Commissioned by Jaeger-LeCoultre as part of its Made of Makers programme, Bridge in Time explores a dialogue between past, present, and future through the lens of Dubai’s built environment. The project begins with a photographic study of the city’s architectural landscape, where selected structures and urban motifs are documented as they exist today. Rather than isolating iconic landmarks, the work draws from a broader visual field by identifying elements that reflect both the city’s rapid development and its layered identity. These photographs form a point of departure for a speculative extension into the future. Through a collaborative process, Mona Algwaiz translated the photographs into AI-generated compositions, reimagining their forms, materials, and spatial qualities. In this exchange, the present is not treated as a fixed moment, but as a bridge that carries traces of the past while suggesting new possibilities ahead.

Positioned between documentation and interpretation, Bridge in Time reflects an ongoing interest in how architecture can be read across time. While the work was conceived to exist across both digital and spatial installation formats, its essence lies in the dialogue it establishes—where photography grounds the work in reality, and digital transformation expands it into speculation.