Hamue Pavilion | 32° EAST
By Monica Ahairwebyona
Hamue Pavilion focuses on the idea of our social fabric valuing both the collective and the
individual as the cultural heritage care instruction. In this installation, we are applying individual rigid wood poles to create a fluid experience as a whole which in a way is an oxymoron (creating visual softness using rigid forms). The material of expression is poles that are used on construction sites as props. These poles, typically discarded after their use during construction, are repurposed to highlight their potential beyond firewood. This reflects on how perceived waste can be transformed into something valuable.

Ahairwebyona Monica is a graduate architect who believes in the power of good design to solve everyday problems. She is also an educator whose hope is that in sharing what she has learnt the generation after her is able to do better.
In addition, as an architectural photographer, she seeks to tell visual stories of space in a way that makes architecture knowledge accessible to the public. As a designer Ahairwebyona believes in the power of thinking through making. In engaging with the ideas through making for instance models, one is able to engage with the idea beyond the visual aspect even if it is at a miniature scale.