Beirut Interface, On-the-go

Abstract

FYP 1 : “Can architecture be a horizontal link from polarization towards confrontation? How can we create opportunities for Interface ?” How to generate a city that is not in conflict but no one ?” The goal would be to find ways in which people can interact and live with each other without necessarily agreeing with each other. Creating opportunities for interface, encounters, and confrontation, allows us to understand the dynamics behind interaction in a fragmented, conflict-filled city.

FYP 2: Rethinking the gas station in the urban realm! On-the-go proposes a kit to Wardieh holdings, by creating this kit the aim is to utilize the gas station, a non-pretentious necessary service provider, into creating more spaces for people to interact. Repurposing the Gas station as a cultural urban horizontal link. The Kit acts as a base for Wardieh and its future collaborators to customize and shape the spaces as they wish. The structure, spaces, circulation, and advertisements are ever changing depending on site and program.