PEARLING PATHWAY
Muharraq, Bahrain

Seventeen public plazas mark a pathway that connects many historic buildings enlisted on the UNESCO heritage list. The plazas replace disappeared buildings and introduce a new typology of a shaded public space into the dense maze in the historic city.

Year: 2012 – 2019
Client: Ministry of Culture
Landscape Architect: Bureau Bas Smets
Architect: Office KGDVS
Photographs: (1): Ahmed Al Jishi
Photographs: (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15): Michiel De Cleene,
Photographs: (16, 17): Bureau Bas Smets