FIELD NOTES / ARE / Western Asia
United Arab Emirates
Adobe, stone tombs & oasis channels.
START WITH A PLACE
Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)
Al Ain’s cultural sites include stone tombs, adobe buildings and early irrigation infrastructure. Together they show different ways of settling and managing water in a desert environment.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Compare the circular enclosure of a tomb with the linear route of an irrigation channel. What different kinds of continuity does each create?
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)