Architecture students at American University of Sharjah (AUS) have designed a display wall and community table for its College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD). The Tarkeeb Wall functions as table, seating and display areas at the side entryway of the college. It coveres both interior and exterior segments of the college that includes the integration of a display wall, interior seating, exterior display vitrine and an exterior community table providing display and communal space for the college. It also provides a much-needed exterior study and gathering place.
The Tarkeeb Wall has already won two professional awards; the AIA Middle East Merit Award for Unbuilt Work, in which it was competing against professional firms from around the MENA region and the AIA Middle East Design Excellence Award for a Student Graduating Project. The CAAD students, now alumni, who were key in the creation of the wall included Layth Mahdi, Ali Ahmed, Noor Al Awar, Bahar Al Bahar, Fatima Al Zaabi, Reyan Hanafi and Tayo Odulana.
