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  • ARTery_A Practice of Space Sealant 
    Saad, Lea (5/28/2021)
    Driven by the curiosity to explore how I interact with a given space and what makes me interact with it this way, my journey starts with a misinterpretation of the practice of space in Mar Mikhael. In a context where the ...
  • Belle De Sour: Heterotopia to Utopia 
    Mortada, Yara (5/28/2021)
    The following Thesis Project is a year-long research and design framework based on a case study in Sour. The initial framework will attempt to reveal the layers of forbidden spaces that govern a certain building in Sour: ...
  • The Rural Nexus 
    Abdallah, Yara (5/28/2021)
    This thesis is an exploration of different strategies of intervention in the rural areas of Lebanon, specifically the rural mountains that have adopted a static presence. The current rate of expansion is leading to the ...
  • Al Finiq: An Animated Film 
    Ghamlooch, Amal (5/28/2021)
    The story follows 22y/o Qamar living in Beirut in 2071, as she goes through her day to day encountering anxiety-inducing situations that are usual for any Lebanese citizen. For some time we’re not sure if this is in fact ...
  • Tabshour 
    Kobeissi, Karim (2021-05-28)
    Tabshour is a series of short public service announcement animations aiming at raising awareness and incentivizing change in our educational system. Each animation tackles a facet of our educational system like the choices ...
  • Alternate Eulogy 
    Anouti, Ghida (5/28/2021)
    This thesis explores the relationship between a nation and one of its most influential ‎icons, Fairuz. As a site of power that participates in the shaping of Lebanon’s post-‎colonial identity, the icon harbors a monumental ...
  • Heritage Renovation Mechanisms 
    Dabliz, Dina (5/28/2021)
    This thesis is a study of the renovation practices in Lebanon and using the findings and analysis to implement into a new renovation project for better results in longevity of the project and usability. Firstly, it looks ...
  • The City as a Machine 
    Abla, Salameh (2021-05-28)
    With the state of Beirut’s current social, economic, and environmental infrastructure, its relationship with its inhabitants is at the tipping point of becoming uninhabitable. Beirut River, once a riparian river, now an ...
  • Architecture as a Mediator between People and Space - Mar Mikhael Village 2.0 
    Safadi, Haya (5/28/2021)
    On August 4th, a warehouse at the Beirut Port exploded, causing widespread damages. In the districts surrounding the port, dozens of buildings are fully evacuated. These neighbourhoods embody extensive layers of lived ...
  • Home in the Age of Amazon 
    Barhoumi, Lama (5/28/2021)
    Home in the Age of Amazon explores living in an age where the home as we know it today is nothing but a single component in the larger network of spaces we have come to depend on in our daily lives. In an age dominated by ...
  • Bridge The Gap 
    Ghosn, Nour (5/28/2021)
    When a massive earthquake hit Southern California early July of last year, earth shifted, and a huge fissure was created that could even be seen from space. A man standing along that line with all his requirements of ...
  • New City Life, Architectural Translation from Man & the City 
    Jaber, Laure (2021-05-28)
    After rising geo-political issues, an acute economic crisis, a blast that destroyed half of the city and the to date coronavirus pandemic, Lebanon has been victim of its worst crisis of all time. Shops are closing, people ...
  • 2021: Voyage & Existentialism 
    Ezzeddine, Hadi (5/28/2021)
    A study of the mind, the self, and the human condition. The project is a dissection of Graphic Design in its various disciplines, as a universal language of communication, and as an instrument of study, culminating four ...
  • F.I.S.H Floating Infrastructural Safe Haven 
    Rassie, Leah Rosemary (5/28/2021)
    When we think of coastal cities, we imagine them as attractive, dynamic built forms that celebrate their proximity to water. Yet, the reality of water is threatening. This same fluid body has generated fear, leading ...
  • Beirut: Beyond the built 
    Saade, Clara (5/28/2021)
    My research questions the spatial and non-spatial manifestations of rebuilding Beirut after the blast. Notions of heritage are re-questioned, including not only the physical but also the social practices, which are the ...
  • Dubai, Elsewhere. 
    El Kassar, Hadi (5/28/2021)
    This thesis speculates the possibility of exporting the nation-state into external sovereignties. Can I install Dubai Elsewhere?
  • Connecting Flow: Saida Edition 
    Rachidi, Hiba (5/27/2021)
    My thesis revolves around identifying what defines a resilient city and how to achieve doing so in a dying city like Saida through creating tangible and intangible connections between the Old Saida Region and the Great ...
  • Contemporary Urban Centers Through Sports and Religion: Retrofitting Al Khor's Desert Landscape 
    Munzer, Ali (5/27/2021)
    Sports and religion both operate as opiums where they have been historically known to distract people and prevent them from political activism. They share common social implications. They both indoctrinate and are strong ...
  • SAWIYAN 
    Adaimi, Karel (5/27/2021)
    Sawiyan is a mobile application targeting Lebanese college students going through mental conditions mainly anxiety, depression and eating disorders. The app was created to form a community among college students in an ...
  • Mezzanine 
    Hamze, Nayla (5/27/2021)
    Prior to the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, the Lebanese theatre community and scene in Lebanon was very much booming. The war took quite a toll on this art form; leading to a lack of documentation, funding, heightened ...

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