Project Name
Stone mattersLocation
Architecture Practice
AAU AnastasArea (sqm)
62Completed
2017More Info
In collaboration with GSA ENSA Paris-Malaquais
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Project Name | Stone matters | Location |
Jericho
Palestinian Territory | Architecture Practice | AAU Anastas |
Area (sqm) | 62 | Completed | 2017 | More Info | In collaboration with GSA ENSA Paris-Malaquais |
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f12_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f19_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s9_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Paving of structure and foot detail. Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Paving of structure and foot detail. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s4_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Paving of structure and foot detail. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
More recently, AAU Anastas has moved one step closer to making El-Atlal’s unique project a reality, by completing “Stonematters”, a prototype of a freestanding massive stone dome made of 300 uniquely-cut Injassa stone pieces in which the stones support each other to keep the structure in place, giving a sense of lightness and movement to an otherwise extremely heavy structure; a project that was developed by “Scales”, AAU Anastas’ research studio, in collaboration with the Laboratory Geometry-Structure- Architecture (GSA), a research unit of the National Graduate School of Architecture Paris-Malaquais. To construct the 7-meter-wide structure, the team had to calculate the unique shape of each and every stone separately, before cutting a formwork out of polystyrene that would keep the stones in place while building the dome. The 300 stones were then cut using a computer-controlled stone cutter, and were placed on the polystyrene mould to construct the dome. A small feat of local architecture and construction, Stonematters functions above all as a research project that helps understand traditional building techniques and local materials, as well as the connection between Palestine’s historical cities and its present-day urban areas.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f13_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
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Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f15_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f16_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Arch facade © AAU Anastas. Arch facade © AAU Anastas.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f15_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_yatzer.jpg)
Arch facade © AAU Anastas.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f17_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f18_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![el-Atlal artists and writers residency in Jericho will be composed of 12 interconnected stone vaults © AAU Anastas. el-Atlal artists and writers residency in Jericho will be composed of 12 interconnected stone vaults © AAU Anastas.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f14_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_yatzer.jpg)
el-Atlal artists and writers residency in Jericho will be composed of 12 interconnected stone vaults © AAU Anastas.
![Stone stereotomy, door lintel in Bethlehem Old city. Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Stone stereotomy, door lintel in Bethlehem Old city. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s1_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Stone stereotomy, door lintel in Bethlehem Old city. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Saint Anne Church stone vault, Jerusalem. Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Saint Anne Church stone vault, Jerusalem. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f1_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Saint Anne Church stone vault, Jerusalem. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Stone cutting using a five axis cutter. Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Stone cutting using a five axis cutter. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f2_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Stone cutting using a five axis cutter. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
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Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
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Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s2_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f5_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Axonometrical view © AAU Anastas. Axonometrical view © AAU Anastas.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s5_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_yatzer.jpg)
Axonometrical view © AAU Anastas.
![Plan © AAU Anastas. Plan © AAU Anastas.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s6_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_yatzer.jpg)
Plan © AAU Anastas.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f6_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f7_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f8_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
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Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
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Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s7_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Theodolite measuring the displacement of structure from a fixed point during the removal of the scaffolding. Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Theodolite measuring the displacement of structure from a fixed point during the removal of the scaffolding. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f10_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Theodolite measuring the displacement of structure from a fixed point during the removal of the scaffolding. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s3_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.
![Photo by Mikaela Burstow. Photo by Mikaela Burstow.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f11_aau_anastas_stone_matters_jericho_palestine_photo_mikaela_burstow_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Mikaela Burstow.