A threshold is never just a passage. It is a porous boundary between worlds, a space of tension and continuity, memory and movement. In the exhibition Architectures of the In-Between, hosted by Aisha Alabbar Gallery in Dubai, three artists with architectural training reflect on this liminal zone where space becomes story, experience, and presence. Nevine Hamza, Atefeh Majidi Nezhad, and Layla Juma engage with the emotional and perceptual dimensions of built environments, transforming architectural concepts into visual and material expressions. Their works unfold across multiple media and scales, activating a dialogue between geometry, memory, and identity. Hamza’s works articulate metaphysical ideas through meditative landscapes, where architectural fragments float between earth and sky. Her images evoke silence and introspection, translating the immaterial into visual terms and exploring the spiritual charge of space. Majidi Nezhad’s installations use lace, fabric, and suspended structures to recall domestic rituals and collective memory. Her architectural interventions are ephemeral yet grounded, weaving personal and cultural histories into light, tactile forms that challenge the weight of built space. Juma works with formal repetition and variation, creating visual systems that evoke both order and disruption. Her geometric grammar becomes a tool for mapping alignment, dissonance, and the invisible codes shaping perception. Together, the three artists propose an expanded idea of architecture - no longer defined by walls or functions, but by openness, resonance, and relational depth. The “in-between” emerges as a shared vocabulary, a zone of becoming where space is felt rather than measured.
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