The cave (Dahl), National Museum of qatar
doha, qatar
Lead designer Taylor Cullity Lethlane, Adelaide Office
Arterial, Interpretative and interactive Design
Opened in March 2020 alongside the Ship Playground, the Cave Playground was a highly-interactive and interpretive response to reflect Qatar's natural geographical and geological history, the eroded caverns (or dahl) which lie just beneath the earth. Creative a mystical and eye-capturing enclosed playspace required creative uses of light and shadow which captured subtle interpretive elements of animals, textures and text. Selectively-illuminated, these created a play area for children and adults that was unique to Qatar and its landscape.
Arterial collaborated closely with lead consultants TCL and all sub-consultants from engineers to lighting designers, throughout all design phases. Arterial also met with the Curators at the National Museum of Qatar on-site in Doha on 3 separate occasions to workshop ideas and approaches to the material. Integration of Museum content was paramount to everything we designed.
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