Monzology
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A form for
a public place.

Monzology, with Barazanji Studios, was commissioned to develop original public-art concepts for the State of Qatar — taking the visual language of Qatari artist Salman Al-Malek as the creative reference, and exploring where it could go as sculpture for Doha's public spaces. One concept became this: an abstract human form in reflective metal, contrasting colour and water.

2Material directions explored
133D concept renders
WaterMetal · colour · water
DohaFor Qatar's public spaces
ClientState of Qatar
In association with
Creative referenceQatari artist Salman Al-Malek
Our roleCreative concept development · sculptural ideation · art direction · 3D concept visualization · concept presentation
Public-art concept — a cluster of reflective abstract forms staged in a plaza at dusk

A 3D concept visualization — the abstract form, staged in public space

01 The commission

In 2020, Qatar's committee for artworks invited Qatari artists — Salman Al-Malek among them — to submit sculpture proposals for the beautification of Doha's central and Corniche developments. We were brought in to help explore how the artist's established language could translate into new sculptural directions, and to visualize those directions in 3D so they could be judged as real objects in real places.

Take a language you respect — and ask where else it could stand.

02 The concept — a human form

The idea we developed reads at once as a gathering of veiled figures and as a range of peaks. The first material study grounds it in brushed, patinated metal — solemn and civic, a form you'd walk quietly around, with water brought in as part of the setting.

Reflective-metal concept, elevated view over a water basin
Metal & water — elevated view
Reflective-metal concept at eye level
Eye level — the gathering

03 Reflective metal, a red heart

The second study reworks the same form as flowing polished chrome, each shape split by a cleft that opens onto a lacquer-red interior — reflective metal plus contrasting colour, exactly as the concept intended. At night, under uplighting, it turns jewel-like: a cool exterior around a warm centre.

Polished chrome concept at night with red interior
Night — chrome & red
Chrome concept lit red in a shallow basin
Red-lit in the water
Close-up of a single form — reflective grey shell opening to a vivid red interior
The material story, up close — a reflective shell, a red interior

04 The sculpt

Under the staging, the piece is a clean sculpt. These neutral turntable renders show the form on its own — elevation, three-quarter, high angle — the way a maquette is studied before a proposal is presented.

Studio turntable render — front elevation
Front elevation
Studio turntable render — high angle
High angle
Studio turntable render — three-quarter
Three-quarter

05 A note on what followed

In 2022, Qatar Museums installed "Toub Toub Ya Bahar", a permanent reflective stainless-steel public artwork by Qatari artist Salman Al-Malek along the Doha Corniche — an homage to earlier generations of Qatari women who waited for the safe return of sailors and divers, recorded by Qatar Museums at 2 × 2.2 × 8 m.

The installed artwork bears notable visual similarities to elements explored in the concept we submitted. This page documents Monzology and Barazanji Studios' concept-development and submission work only. We make no claim of authorship, production, commission, or involvement in the subsequently installed artwork, which is credited to Salman Al-Malek.

See the installed artwork on Qatar Museums →

◇  What this included
  • 01 Creative concept development
  • 02 Sculptural ideation & art direction
  • 03 Abstract human-form design
  • 04 Two material & colour directions
  • 05 3D concept visualization (day & night)
  • 06 Concept presentation · with Barazanji Studios

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Attribution: "Toub Toub Ya Bahar" is credited to Salman Al-Malek, courtesy of Qatar Museums (2022). This case study covers Monzology & Barazanji Studios' concept-development and submission work only; it makes no claim of authorship or involvement in the installed artwork. Qatar Museums, Ashghal and other government entities are referenced for context and are not presented as Monzology clients or partners.