Beirut Design Week 2018 at ACA

Join us at the Arab Center for Architecture for an exhibit and talks around different projects as part of Beirut Design Week:

June 23 @ 6pm l Launch of the exhibition entitled: Abandoned Places, Public Spaces: Heritage Preservation. The projects will show different instances such as the decaying remains of the Lebanese Coastal Railway, the houses and gardens frozen by a defunct highway project, the neglected wilderness of an endangered coastal peninsula and the disregarded fabric of the Mkalles Industrial Area, are turned into propelling elements of contemporary urban life.

June 27 @ 6pm I Talk “Plan Lumiere” by Joe Bitar [4B Architects]

“Plan Vert + Liaison Douce” by Habib Debs and Tony Kreidy [Urbi] followed by a round-table discussion moderated by Abdul Halim Jabr [Unit44]

June 29 @ 6pm I Talk
“Mkalles Industrial Area”, by Lebanese American University students, under the guidance of David Aouad

“The Lebanese Coastal Railway-Industrial Heritage” by Lebanese American University students, under the guidance of Joy Kanaan

"Heritage: Preserving the Past into the Future" by Lebanese American University students, under the guidance of Silvia Mazzetto.