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NAWAH

نواة — بيت القراءة

A reading pod. Cut from flat birch sheets, built round — a quiet room within a room.

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The idea

الفكرة

NAWAH is a seed you sit inside. A sculptural pod that wraps around the reader — back, sides and overhead — leaving one open mouth of daylight and a cushion of olive-green wool.

The whole shell is cut from 18 mm birch plywood on our CNC, layer by layer, then threaded together on steel rods. No carving, no moulds — the drama comes from repetition: dozens of precise flat parts becoming one continuous curve.

It ships flat, assembles with a wrench, and every plywood edge is left exposed as the finish — the stripes of the laminations are the ornament.

NAWAH technical drawing sheet — ring construction, elevations and ring family
PLX-NAWAH-02 · working drawing, ring construction
NAWAH pod at dusk with its brass reading light glowing inside
The crown light — a brass stem and glass globe, hung through the shell

Six ways to build it

ستة خيارات

One idea, explored properly. Three silhouettes — the balanced original, a slimmer taller cocoon, and a wider fuller pod — each buildable in two constructions: nested rings that wrap front-to-back, or vertical ribs that stand side by side. Three of the six carry the brass reading light.

Option 1 — ring construction, original proportions, with reading light
OPTION 01

The Original الأصل

nested rings100 × 95 × 116 cm
reading light
Option 2 — ring construction, slim tall proportions
OPTION 02

The Slim الرشيق

nested rings88 × 95 × 120 cm
Option 3 — ring construction, round full proportions, with reading light
OPTION 03

The Full الممتلئ

nested rings112 × 95 × 108 cm
reading light
Option 4 — rib construction, original proportions
OPTION 04

The Original, Ribbed الأصل مضلّع

vertical ribs100 × 95 × 116 cm
Option 5 — rib construction, slim tall proportions, with reading light
OPTION 05

The Slim, Ribbed الرشيق مضلّع

vertical ribs88 × 95 × 120 cm
reading light
Option 6 — rib construction, round full proportions
OPTION 06

The Full, Ribbed الممتلئ مضلّع

vertical ribs112 × 95 × 108 cm

Engineered before it exists

مدروس قبل أن يُبنى

This is not a sketch waiting for problems. The ring version has already been taken to manufacturing level: every ring is drawn, checked and nested; the rod paths are verified dead straight through the whole stack; the seat is a built platform, not a loose cushion on hope.

16unique rings, each CNC-ready
4sheets of birch ply
0joints — every ring cut whole
4steel rods lock the stack
Ring construction working drawing
PLX-NAWAH-02 · rings — elevations, ring family, hardware
Rib construction working drawing
PLX-NAWAH-01 · ribs — elevations, rib family, stack detail

Walk around it

تجوّل حوله

All six options live in one interactive 3D room — orbit them, explode the construction into its parts, switch the lights on.

Open the 3D room

drag to orbit · scroll to zoom · E explode · I lights · M dimensions