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Roden Crater project
Annually, ten days before and ten days after the Winter Solstice (Dec 11th and Dec 31st with additional imaging on three days before and after those dates), the annual southernmost sunset, offset by the dates above, is pictured on the west side of the image stone.
The Alpha Tunnel also serves as a naked eye telescope to view the setting moon.
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Every 18.61 years (the most recent was 2006) the moon reaches its northernmost and southernmost maximums known as a Major Lunar Standstill. Viewed through the tunnel, the southernmost moonset will form a reverse image on the west side of the image stone.
The next Major Lunar Standstill is calculated to be at zenith in 2025.
The South Space is aligned to the North Star that concentrates the viewer’s attention on the night sky.
With this instrument celestial bodies and events (such as lunar and solar eclipses) as they occur within the timeframe of the 18-year, 11-day Saros Cycle.
A single seat provides a view focused on the North Star. The South Space is, in effect, both a space with its own characteristics and a calendar for the celestial movements and events that are at the heart of the varied spaces of the Roden Crater project.
Jean Nouvel Sharaan Resort in AlUla, Saudi Arabia:
A design concept for Sharaan, were there will be a hidden resort in the rock dwelling of Alula, an oasis in north-west Arabia Asia.
This design will showcase modernity giving a style of living in an old Millennium way, a modern curved monumental design in rocks while preserving and respecting mother nature’s landscape.
The concept is to bring landscape with history.
Preserving nature while introducing modern way of living, the project will have minimal impact on nature and on urban landscape.
Alula development will have a balance of heritage with economic potentials.
