Wael Al Awar and Kenichi Teramoto, Principal Architects of Dubai's ibda design. Image © National Pavilion UAE – La Biennale di Venezia
Dubai based ibda design, through its principals Wael Al Awar from Lebanon and Kenichi Teramoto from Japan have been appointed as the curators for the National Pavilion of the UAE at the 2020 Venice Biennale. Their winning proposal explores “sea salt as a traditional, locally-sourced building material, and its potential uses for developing sustainable habitation in desert environments like the UAE”.