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The Politics Of Traditional Contemporary Buildings, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

This paper surveys contemporary Buildings in Lebanon that incorporate traditional Elements, as a way to deconstruct possible meanings of this dominant practice in contemporary Lebanese Architecture. I will start by discussing what is meant by tradition in relationship to building activity in Lebanon and what issues do these buildings engage. Then I will move to discuss the production of the Traditional in architectural practice. I will conclude by looking at "traditional" Contemporary buildings as thlngs around which social relations are problematized.

Building As Social Practice, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

The last century saw the establishment of various institutions that organized building construction in Lebanon as well as the formation of academic programs in architecture. The number of architects has grown from the handful who came from abroad in the first quarter of the twentieth century. With a skill known only to few, and forming a sophisticated class of professionals they, together with structural engineers, maintained exclusive legal access to the making of buildings. Architects have been involved in all matters of physical design, developing broad planning regulations as well as micro-scale spatial regulations that covered all Lebanese territory. On …

Building As Social Practice, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

The Politics Of Traditional Contemporary Buildings, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour