Founded in 2019, maqam, is a spatial design practice not tethered to any particular city, style, or material, always adapting to the genius - the genetic footprint - of a place. Inherently assimilative, the research driven practice draws from the locally embedded knowledge within a landscape uncovering latent technologies, skills, and stories that inform the development of new, metabolic architectural languages.
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maqām
Derived from the Arabic root ق-و-م (q-w-m), meaning to stand or to rise, and referred to a place or establishment - both in geographical and metaphorical contexts. Over time, it evolved to encompass meanings such as rank, position, and spiritual station, assimilating into regional Indian languages through cultural syncretism.
n.
a melodic mode or system in Arabic music
one's spiritual or metaphorical "place" in the world
a "place" or "location" where someone stands or resides