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Press release, Amsterdam/Beirut, 28 February 2006 |
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PEARLS FOR LEBANON: The Netherlands is stimulating the dialogue in and with Lebanon
Dutch architects, artists, town councils, housing corporations and companies are dedicated to stimulate the dialogue in and with Lebanon, to reinforce public space in Lebanon, and to look for new answers regarding society and urban development. During ‘Pearls for Lebanon’ on March 6th, Dutch partners sign in on the plans for projects that range from a computer class room to a competition for the reconstruction of South Beirut, from a bus stacked with playground equipment to a new ferry connection along coastal towns
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Press release, Amsterdam/Beirut, 12 March 2006 |
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An evening full of creative interventions in public space in Lebanon.
On Tuesday March 6th ‘Pearls for Lebanon’ was organised at De Balie in Amsterdam. Author Abdelkader Benali and the new director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute Ole Bouman held a warm speech to convince representatives of Dutch businesses, government and cultural sector of the value of their involvement in the projects presented by a team of Lebanese architects, urban developers, designers and artists. All projects aim to reinforcing public space in Lebanon. The projects are, among others, setting up an arts centre (Studio Beirut), an international architectural competition for an assignment in Lebanon and constructing a website to stimulate a dialogue between Lebanese and Dutch youngsters.
Under the impassioned guidance of ‘auctioneer’ Chris Keulemans the Lebanese projects were linked to Dutch partners who were asked to provide their expertise and financial means to realise the plans.
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Press release, Beirut, August 13, 2007 |
WORKSHOP 'PUBLIC SPACE? - Why does it matter so much in Lebanon?'
The workshop 'Public space? – Why does it matter so much in
Lebanon?' is initiated and organized by Studio Beirut and the Dutch
organizations Archis, Partizan Publik and Pearl. The workshop will take
place from August 17 till August 31 in Beirut, the North and the South
of Lebanon. The workshop deals with a challenging theme in Lebanon
where the structural lack of public spaces reveals the post civil war
trauma and the existence of demarcation lines between different social
and ethnic groups. In an attempt to define the notion of public space
in Lebanon, the participants will follow the old Lebanese railway from
north to south. Proposals for a (temporary) public space will be initiated for several locations in Beirut that are allocated for public space.
These potential public spaces are amongst others: Ard Jalloul, Charles
Helou bridge and surrounding lots, 800 meters of the corniche facade
stretching from AUB beach to Riviera beach, parallel upper road on
Ramlet el Baida and the trainstation in Mar Mikhail. After the workshop
an international competition will follow to generate an executable plan
for one of these potential public spaces.
During the workshop a multidisciplinary and international faculty with
lecturers and critics from Lebanon, Holland, Norway and the USA will
explore the concept of public space in Lebanon together with a group of
30 participants. The participants are architecture, urban design, urban
planning, arts, sociology and political science students and young
professionals from (different universities in) Lebanon, Germany,
Holland, Swiss, USA, Slovenia, Aruba, Egypt and Russia.
PUBLIC EVENTS
The opening debate at August 18 at 10 a.m. and the final debate with Pearls in Lebanon
(moderated by Ole Bouman, director of the Dutch Architectural Institute) at August 31 at 4 p.m. at the Order of Engineers and Architects will be
attended by amongst others the president of the municipality of Beirut, Abed El Mounim Al Ariss. During this event the special issue of VOLUME
MAGAZINE #12 Unbuilt will be officially launched. The issue contains a
dossier on Lebanon and the first issue of NOISE published from Studio
Beirut. These events and the celebration in Studio Beirut (Rue Gouraud,
purple house with red windows, first floor, facing Patisserie Kassab,
Gemmayze, Beirut) August 31 at 9 p.m. are open to the public.
End of press release
See programme at www.pearl-foundation.com or download it at
www.studiobeirut.org. For more information please contact Studio Beirut
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For more information about Archis, Partizan Publik and Pearl see:
www.archis.org
www.partizanpublik.nl
www.pearl-foundation.com
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