• Changing therapeutic geographies of the Iraqi and Syrian wars 

  Dewachi, Omar; Skelton, Mac; Nguyen, Vinh Kim; Fouad, Fouad Mohammad; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S.; Maasri, Zeina; Giacaman, Rita H. (Elsevier B.V., 2014)

  The health consequences of the ongoing US-led war on terror and civil armed conflicts in the Arab world are much more than the collateral damage inflicted on civilians, infrastructure, environment, and health systems. ...
• Impact of boundary conditions in a microclimate model on mitigation strategies affecting temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed in a Mediterranean city 

  Jaafar, Hasan; Lakkis, Issam A.; Yeretzian, Aram (Elsevier Ltd, 2022)

  This paper investigates several mitigation strategies to detect which has the biggest effect on thermal comfort parameters, namely temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed in a neighborhood in Beirut, the capital ...
• Urban energy modeling and calibration of a coastal Mediterranean city: The case of Beirut 

  Krayem, Alaa; Al Bitar, Ahmad; Ahmad, Ali; Faour, Ghaleb; Gastellu-Etchegorry, Jean Philippe; Lakkis, Issam A.; Adjizian-Gérard, Jocelyne; Zaraket, Haitham; Yeretzian, Aram; Najem, Sara A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)

  Urban expansion, driven by population and economic growth, has been a major contributor to increased levels of energy consumption across the globe. Beirut, Lebanon's capital, is no exception in facing a surge in its demand ...
• Virtual and augmented reality for rich interaction with cultural heritage sites: A case study from the Roman Theater at Byblos 

  Younes, Georges; Kahil, Rany; Jallad, Mayssa; Asmar, Daniel C.; Elhajj, Imad H.; Turkiyyah, George M.; Al-Harithy, Howayda Nawwaf (Elsevier Ltd, 2017)

  The conservation and valorization of our cultural heritage has become one of the priorities of the international community. Accordingly, many technological applications are being developed with a cultural object as the ...
• The corporate food regime and Lebanon: Machgara and adverse incorporation 

  Martiniello, Giuliano; Kassem, Julia (Routledge, 2023)

  Despite low productivity in Lebanon’s agricultural economy, neglected for finance and service sectors, land and labor potential are very high. Literature on agrarian and food crises in Lebanon remains sparse in agrarian ...
• Unplanned links, unanticipated outcomes: Urban refugees in Halba (Lebanon) 

  Fawaz, Mona; Al-Hage, Carla; Harb, Mona (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2022)

  Much of the literature covering forced population displacement has neglected spatial implications, dealing with place as mere context. Building on a case study of the city of Halba (Lebanon) where it maps a process of ...
• Planning and Crisis, Planning in Crisis 

  Fawaz, Mona (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2023)

  How does a profession that prides itself on standing for the common good and working through action –not mere analysis or gesturing- demonstrate its effectiveness in a city devastated by intractable political, economic, ...
• Entrepreneurial Systems of Syrian Refugees as Stimulators of Host Economy: Case of Ouzaii (Lebanon) 

  Yassine, Batoul; Al-Harithy, Howayda Nawwaf (Oxford University Press, 2021)

  This article investigates the impact of the Syrian displacement on the economic and urban transformation in Ouzaii, a major informal settlement in the southern suburbs of Beirut that is characterised by a complex socio-political ...
• Mapping Covid-19 Governance in Lebanon: Territories of Sectarianism and Solidarity 

  Harb, Mona; Gharbieh, Ahmad; Fawaz, Mona; Dayekh, Luna (Brill Academic Publishers, 2021)

  Many states, including Lebanon, have used the Covid-19 pandemic as an occasion to reassert their power and to consolidate their policing and repressive apparatuses. We are far from a seamless scenario, however. Rather than ...
• The Co-Production of a Shared Community Space in Al-Khodor, Karantina, in the Aftermath of the Beirut Port Blast 

  Al-Harithy, Howayda Nawwaf; Yassine, Batoul (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)

  This paper explores urban recovery as a participatory bottom-up process that highlights the importance and social significance of spaces of shared memories in reconstituting the built as well as the sociocultural fabrics ...
• Refugees Hosting Other Refugees: Endurance and Maintenance of Care in Ouzaii (Lebanon) 

  Yassine, Batoul; Al-Harithy, Howayda Nawwaf; Boano, Camillo (Oxford University Press, 2021)

  This article examines the socio-spatial mechanisms that emerge when refugees host other refugees. It argues that there is an underlying social infrastructure of care that impacts the refugees' choice of destinations and ...
• Optimizing the use of natural ventilation while reducing energy cost_case study for retrofitting an old residential apartment in a Mediterranean city 

  Yeretzian, Aram; Karam, Jennifer (Elsevier Ltd, 2023)

  This study investigates the effects of using a hybrid natural ventilation (NV) and HVAC system in old residential buildings in the Mediterranean city of Beirut. The system operates with a control strategy that maximizes ...
• Materiality and digital technologies: concrete experiments for the built environment 

  Aramouny, Carla (Emerald Publishing, 2021)

  Purpose: This paper presents the applied research and design work on innovative and sustainable building products developed by an undergraduate architecture seminar course. It presents the case for innovative uses of ...
• Optimization of building form to reduce incident solar radiation 

  Taleb, Sirine; Yeretzian, Aram; Jabr, Rabih A.; Hajj, Hazem M. (Elsevier Ltd, 2020)

  In recent years, concerns about global warming have encouraged researchers to incorporate optimization techniques into the design of energy-efficient buildings. Designing a building with energy consumption in mind, design ...
• Integrating building shape optimization into the architectural design process 

  Yeretzian, Aram; Partamian, Hmayag; Dabaghi, Mayssa; Jabr, Rabih A. (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2020)

  The evolution of the architectural design process is associated with technological progress and the constitution of the design team. The design process is continuously enhanced by the development of computer softwares that ...
• Ecologies of leisure: Reimagined architectures and landscapes of leisure and infrastructure 

  Aramouny, Carla (Maggioli S.p.a., 2021)

  The research detailed in this paper revolves around an ecological and spatial exploration for a derelict coastal area in Lebanon. It frames the possibility for an agile ecological approach to design, one that builds upon ...
• Visual essay i will not find this image beautiful i will not find this image beautiful i will not find this image beautiful (An unfinished monument) 

  Mismar, Omar (TU Delft, 2020)
• Using the clustering method for a heterogeneous reading of Lebanese youth 

  Harb, Mona; Atallah, Sami; Diab, Mohamad (Routledge, 2021)

  How to better study youth in ways that can capture their complex subjectivities? While qualitative methodologies succeed rather well at unpacking youth’s holistic selfhoods, quantitative tools are often more rigid at ...
• Hosting syrian refugees in Saida (Lebanon) under protracted displacement: Unfolding spatial and social exclusion 

  Al-Harithy, Howayda Nawwaf; Eltayeb, Abir; Khodr, Ali (Intellect Ltd., 2021)

  Lebanon has witnessed multiple waves of displaced peoples throughout its recent history, including the displacement of Palestinians to Lebanon after the occupation of Palestine in 1948, the internal displacement of families ...
• Public installations or how to reclaim our rights as citizens 

  Haddad, Rana (Intellect Ltd., 2020)

  This article focuses on the importance of reclaiming our rights as citizens and our public spaces by documenting two different public installations/performances that took place in Beirut. The first took place in Spring ...

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