"Among the 2025 Aga Khan Award winners is AAU Anastas and their project, Wonder Cabinet in Palestine, whose central aim is to serve as a haven for culture and creativity and a bridge between design and production. Beyond this meaningful project, AAU Anastas-working from offices in Bethlehem, Palestine, and Paris, France-has built a broad portfolio since 2015. Notable works include Dar Al Majous, a restoration in Bethlehem that challenges"
"Among these compelling works, Wonder Cabinet likely drew the jury's attention not only for its refined execution and layered spatial complexity, but also for how it operates as a socially generative platform-dissolving the boundary between social infrastructure and architecture. Conceived to support culture, creativity, design, and production, the building aspires to host architects, designers, chefs, artisans, and sound and visual artists, among others."
AAU Anastas operates from Bethlehem and Paris and has developed a varied portfolio since 2015, including restorations and civic projects. Wonder Cabinet in Palestine is designed as a haven for culture and creativity and as a bridge between design and production. Notable projects include Dar Al Majous, a restoration that challenges the boundary between domestic and public realms; the Tulkarm Courthouse (2015), which redefined civicness and social gathering; and The Flat Vault, which adds a juxtaposed stone vault to an existing monastery shop linked to a 12th-century church. Wonder Cabinet hosts architects, designers, chefs, artisans, and visual and sound artists, and positions architecture as a catalyst for community and enterprise, aligning with a design ethos of resilience and optimism.
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