2016:

_{(In association with AUM Architects)}

MALI-X

NEW CONTEMPORARY ART WING TO MALI

“ART IS EVERYTHING”

WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS THROUGH ART THAT ONE DISCOVERS THE INNER LAYERS OF ONE’S OWN SELF. ART LENDS EXPRESSION TO THE VOICE OF THE SOUL. THIS MESSAGE MUST SPREAD TO THE PEOPLE AT LARGE. THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS TO CREATE A MOVEMENT AROUND THIS IDEA. THE ARCHITECTURE OF THIS PLACE THEREFORE LOOKS FOR SPACES OF OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOUND THE PHILOSOPHY. THE IDEA IS TO MAKE THIS COME ALIVE THROUGH THE CITY GRID THE POINT OF BEGINNING BEING ‘THE MALI’. THE BUILDINGS ARE A PART OF THE URBAN CONTINUUM, AND WITH THIS AS THE CONTEXT, THE NEW BUILDING IS SENSITIVELY POISED TO CONDUCT AN EQUITABLE DIALOGUE WITH THE HISTORICAL MALI AND ASSERT ITS PLACE AND FUNCTION IN THE URBAN MILIEU. ART BECOMES THE TIMELESS CONNECTOR BETWEEN PEOPLES ACROSS ETHNICITY, ACROSS GENERATIONS, ACROSS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCES.