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People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Surveying Regional Architecture

Arbid, George; Assi, Naji; Kanaan, Joy; Nasrallah, Maha (2005)

In the summer of 2005, the course investigated 1950s and 60s apartment buildings in Ras Beirut. The drawings presented here are accompanied by analytical reports transcending the individual buildings to cover the urban ...
Parking Capacity Study

Neighborhood Initiative (2007)

The supply of parking spots in the neighborhood is always in flux. The parking capacity survey provides a snap shot from 2007, including basic information about the parking lots and garages, capacity and turnover.
Student Spending Survey

Neighborhood Initiative; Office of Student Affairs; Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (2007)

This survey, conducted in 2007 by the Neighborhood Initiative and the Office of Student Affairs, answers the question: where do students spend their money (in the neighborhood, or elsewhere)?
People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Revisiting Hamra

Daher, Rami; Jabr, Abdul-Halim (2007)

When we organized the studio beginning of 2007 we were motivated by our fascination for Hamra’s vigor and diversity, coupled with fear that this might be eroded by looming real estate speculation. Hence, the Studio is ...
Travel Survey 2007

Kaysi, Isam; Al-Naghi, Hani; Myntti, Cynthia (2007)

The study investigates the modes of travel of students at the American University of Beirut in 2007.
AUB's Options for Housing in the Neighborhood: Preservation and Investment Strategy

Blaik, Omar (2007)

This report summarizes the recommendations of Omar Blaik, consultant to the Neighborhood Initiative in 2008, for promoting affordable housing in Ras Beirut.
Ground Floor Land Use Study

Neighborhood Initiative (2007)

Maps that document the types of businesses that operate in the area immediately south of AUB, and the number of establishments that were closed.
People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - University City Interface

Saliba, Robert (2007)

The Bliss Area adjoining the southern edge of AUB campus is a vibrant commercial, entertainment and residential hub highly valued by university faculty and the city inhabitants at large. It has been overtaken in the last ...
Student Commuting Survey

Neighborhood Initiative (2007)

This survey, conducted in 2007 by the Neighborhood Initiative and the Office of the Registrar, answers the questions: where to AUB students live and how do they get to campus?
Greening AUB’s Neighborhood I

Makhzoumi, Jala (2008)

The project explores landscape design approaches to improve the visual and environmental quality of AUB’s neighborhood.
People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Function Duality

El Aris, Balsam; Shebli, Rabih (2008)

Hamra is one of Beirut’s most dense urban settings: a district where commerce, residence, education, and services come together to form a hybrid context that is charged with the dynamics of movement and change. However, a ...
Analysis of Legal Frameworks in Lebanon for Affordable Housing

Abdelsater-Abusamra, Nada (2008)

This study provides preliminary legal analysis of the structures and mechanisms available in Lebanon to protect the affordability of housing in perpetuity. They include: the waqf, servitudes, shifa’a pre-emption right, ...
People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Fences and Neighbors

Nasrallah, Maha; Chmaitelly, Hala; Kossaifi, Gressy; Sharara, Massa (2008)

Taking the Master Plan of AUB as their guideline, the students were asked to work on the AUB fences and gates along Bliss Street. The aim of this project was to observe and analyze the two sides of the fence, constantly ...
People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Architecture Final Year Projects

Arbid, George; Assi, Naji; Weltzien, Julie (2008)

These projects were prepared by students as their final year projects for their Architecture and Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management degrees.
Seafront Stakeholders for Addressing Litter on the Corniche

Chaaban, Jad (2008)

This study examines the problem of litter along and below Beirut’s seaside Corniche.
Survey of Affordable Housing by Non-profits

Neighborhood Initiative (2008)
Analysis of AUB's Economic Impact

Neighborhood Initiative (2008)

AUB is one of Beirut’s largest private employers. This 2008 report quantifies AUB’s economic contributions to the city.
Assessing Demand by AUB Faculty and Staff for Housing in Ras Beirut

Haluk Koksal, Mehmet (2008)

This on-line survey of faculty and staff examined current and preferred housing characteristics.
Survey of Built Environment Near Campus

Neighborhood Initiative; Al Naghi, Hani (2010)

A compilation of the various GIS (Geographic Information Systems) layers that were used in different studies conducted as part of the AUB Neighborhood Initiative program. Data has been gathered from research and students' work.
Travel Survey 2010

Abou Zeid, Maya; Kaysi, Isam (2010)

As part of the Neighborhood Initiative Congestion Studies, a travel survey was conducted in 2010 to understand the travel patterns of students and employees, including the commute (daily travel) to AUB and the daytime walking ...

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