“JABALA: 9 ASH CLEANSING TEMPLE” is a living architectural entity for homing non-human life and endangered species in the womb of a sacred mountain. It honours ephemeral rituals across architecture, performance, and art within Bedouin, Yoruba, and Cherokee communities that respect the natural world and practice environmental consecration. The temple is composed of jute, hemp, and cotton yarns knitted into fabric — chosen for their skin-like quality, porousness, and scalability.

The temple’s outer form mimics the silhouette of Ras Al Khaimah’s Jebel Jais Mountain and the porous tectonic layers embedded within the region’s geological history. After its life in Sharjah, the temple will be relocated to the Amazon, where it will merge with the forest, creating a sacred space for human and non-human environmental contemplation.