House Of Wisdom
HOUSE OF WISDOM
Shoayb Khattab
ARCHITECTS
Shoayb Khattab
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2021
LOCATION
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORY
Educational › Library
Located on the Sharjah International Airport Road, ten kilometres from the city centre, the two-storey building embodies a sense of clarity and lightness, with a large floating roof cantilevering on all sides of a transparent rectilinear volume.
The 15-metre-wide overhang shades the façades throughout most of the day, while aluminium screens with differing densities filter the low sun in the evenings.
The movable screens are deployed only during the late afternoon, when the sun is at its lowest, preserving the visual connections with the landscaped gardens.
