Feature: City and Reconstruction: Beirut

08/05/2013
IMAGE: Zerega, 2010

IMAGE: Zerega (Panoramio), 2010

Recently in ARQUITETURA E URBANISMO (aU) series Conversas urbanas (Urban Conversations), Bianca Antunes discussed the modern reconstruction of Beirut’s central area from the perspective of visionary politics. Her argument stressed the importance of visionary planners and planning/design seizing political opportunities – such in the case of Beirut’s reconstruction – to influence change rather merely being civic activists. Antunes interviewed Fadi Shayya on this issue as in the article below “Cidade e Reconstrução: Beirute (City and Reconstruction: Beirut)”. Continue reading →

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Feature: Critics Wary of Plan to move Stadium

06/05/2013
IMAGE: THE DAILY STAR, 2013

IMAGE: THE DAILY STAR, 2013

Recently in The Daily Star, Lysandra Ohrstrom covered the controversy surrounding Beirut Mayor’s announcement to demolish the city’s Municipal Stadium and build a community center instead. Ohrstrom interviewed Fadi Shayya on this issue as in the article below “Critics Wary of Plan to Move Stadium”. Continue reading →

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Feature: Is Tripoli Ready for A Sea Change?

06/05/2013
IMAGE: NAKHEEL, 2007

IMAGE: NAKHEEL, 2007

Recently in Bold Magazine, Daria El Samad interviewed a number of experts and stakeholders about the land reclamation project proposed as a development strategy in Tripoli. Below is an excerpt of the article titled “Is Tripoli Ready for A Sea Change?” and featuring feedback from Fadi Shayya. Continue reading →

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Recognizing the Invisible Monument

19/12/2012

Image: Nabil Ismail, 1986

Can public space remain neutral to conflict and emptied of political meaning in a neoliberal socio–spatial context that promotes formal aesthetics while society strives to transcend the post–colonial and post–modern conditions in the most brutal way: civil war? The war in Lebanon never ended. Probably, wars never do. Continue reading →

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Revisiting Open Space Provision in Beirut

04/10/2012

Image: Estates, 2010

In a country like Lebanon with a notorious reputation of being chaotic and hectic, it might be hard to believe that the professions which promote organization and structure, such as urban design, have considerable impact on shaping urban settings. Continue reading →

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