This international competition asked for proposals to build a pavilion in Senegal with a minimal budget of €8,000 and employ the locals to build it with locally sourced materials. A detailed cost calculation and structure and construction reports were required with the proposal.

Our goal was to use the light as a language to tell the history of the war and the journey to peace and make the visitors not only see it but feel it too, from darkness to light and disruption to tranquility. Toward The Light features a long path that starts with an uncomfortable dim, tall and thin entrance to emulate pain and war. The entrance gradually widens and shortens in height to become a serene, comfortable contemplation space that emulates peace and calm.

Team: Ali Fahmy, Abdullah Kamhawi