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Client Doha
Project Doha Pearling Museum
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Diving into History
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Challenge
“Life at sea requires endurance and patience, as well as courage in the face of dangers and horrors of diving.” Our Client wanted to dedicate a museum to the traditional livelihood of pearl diving through true stories related by a master diver who had experienced the dangers and challenges of collecting pearls.
Interpretation
A museum is a repository of information but it also has the potential to take a visitor back in time and become one with history. We viewed this as an opportunity to create a sensory storyline, allowing the visitors to immerse themselves in a pearling dive through the reconstruction of the experience.
Solution
The built-form has been visualised in three levels. The visitors enter the museum experience by elevator to the highest level. On entering, they witness a breathtaking sight of a ship lit from below, appearing to be sailing on a blue glowing sea. They walk alongside the master diver as a young boy who narrates the experience through a busy market town, and the excitement and trepidation of preparing for the diving season. The visitors descend to the next level in a transparent tube in a surround 360 ocean experience to understand the intricacies of preparation, the fear of the first dive, the dangers in the ocean without the support of high-tech equipment and finally the recognition of quality pearls. A detailed museum of artefacts at the lowest level of the museum explains the trade and the reasons for its decline.
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