Browsing by Subject "Beirut (Lebanon)"
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Beirut the Connector: Rebuilding the City and its Collective Memory Beyond Trauma
(2022-04-13)Beirut’s history of conflicts has left destruction throughout the city leading to voids of disconnection. Understanding these voids of disconnection through the lens of sites of memory that serve as links between past and ... -
Mending the Broken City: Grafting the Village Towards Regenerating Damaged Urban Environments
(2021-07-09)Pre-war Beirut was characteristic of a typical Mediterranean urban fabric with its densely packed low-rise buildings and a cultural scene that saw public program mixed homogeneously with dwelling and other civic functions, ... -
Scar Tissue: Stitching the Divide - Reintegrating Beirut's Central District Into Public Life
(2016-08-22)This thesis examines the role of ruins and memory in triggering public ownership, and using them as a setting for programs that encourage inclusion, reconciliation, and interaction between different sectarian and social ...