The Dining Room

A room designed for conversation. The table was made by Afewerk himself from Ethiopian hardwood. The ceiling is decorated with his only known work in fresco. The room bears the marks of a life lived in proximity to beauty and to work. Nothing in it is accidental. Everything was chosen, made, or modified by the artist himself.

To enter this room is to enter a particular quality of attention. Villa Alpha was not built to impress visitors — it was built to sustain the conditions in which a certain kind of work becomes possible. This room is one of the instruments of that project.