Sep 9, 2026 · 18 min · 10 segments
How are young female architects taking over Qatar’s built environment and bypassing traditional practice?In Episode 4 of The LM Architecture Show, we sit down with Architect Dana Anas Karuvattil to…
Liya MariyamHost
Dana Anas KaruvattilGuest
Not only Qatar, all Arab countries, when we check the landscape, desert is one of the most important factors, significant factor.
And then, when I When I went to the history of Musharraf, so before even there were buildings and cars, it was just a valley, river valley.
Yeah, so for people who don't know what a valley is, it's a valley basically.
So during that time, people used to come there and come there just to get that water.
because that was a gathering place because it was difficult for them to find fresh water during that days so it was like a gathering spot that area
it was like a node connecting people yeah yeah like that this is this is very interesting i never heard about this
yeah from that my concept was arrived like when this water flows back there will be a pattern have you noticed in beaches like when the water flow back there there will be certain pattern yeah that beautiful pattern yes yeah so that pattern was introduced into my this like the form itself yeah the
form that pattern was also imitate you imitated that organic form or like the pattern that's formed by the water
it's like the impression of water in sand yeah and then you translated that into form yes so beautiful really um i i genuinely don't know how to express this i have seen your design in person and knowing the story behind it in such depth i think a really beautiful work mashallah thank you congratulations so i want to know what were you feeling when when they announced the winners or while they were announcing the winners because uh shout out to dana the director of the program so when she was announcing the winners i was there too and although i was not part of the competition i could still feel the energy and you know the anticipation like who's gonna win what's gonna happen how did you feel
Not only Qatar, all Arab countries, when we check the landscape, desert is one of the most important factors, significant factor.
And then, when I When I went to the history of Musharraf, so before even there were buildings and cars, it was just a valley, river valley.
Yeah, so for people who don't know what a valley is, it's a valley basically.
So during that time, people used to come there and come there just to get that water.
because that was a gathering place because it was difficult for them to find fresh water during that days so it was like a gathering spot that area
it was like a node connecting people yeah yeah like that this is this is very interesting i never heard about this
yeah from that my concept was arrived like when this water flows back there will be a pattern have you noticed in beaches like when the water flow back there there will be certain pattern yeah that beautiful pattern yes yeah so that pattern was introduced into my this like the form itself yeah the
form that pattern was also imitate you imitated that organic form or like the pattern that's formed by the water
it's like the impression of water in sand yeah and then you translated that into form yes so beautiful really um i i genuinely don't know how to express this i have seen your design in person and knowing the story behind it in such depth i think a really beautiful work mashallah thank you congratulations so i want to know what were you feeling when when they announced the winners or while they were announcing the winners because uh shout out to dana the director of the program so when she was announcing the winners i was there too and although i was not part of the competition i could still feel the energy and you know the anticipation like who's gonna win what's gonna happen how did you feel
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