Beirut-Rotterdam: Complex Urban Recoveries

This lecture is organized by the Institute for Environmental Studies and Research [IESR].

IESR was pleased to host this webinar as part of the collaboration between both TU Delft and LAU’s Institute for Environmental Studies and Research [IESR]. This webinar adressed the topics of reconstruction, urban planning, and heritage, connecting the Rotterdam experience with the current situation in Beirut. Within the framework of Complex Projects at TU Delft, and in collaboration with the Institute for Environmental Studies and Research at LAU, the master’s level studio will address Beirut’s multiple acute challenges, notably its protracted socio-economic crisis, the reconstruction of Beirut and the restoration of its heritage.

On Rotterdam: The Empty Center. Kees Kaan, Founding partner KAAN Architecten, Chair of the Department of Architecture at TU Delft

Beirut, Post-disaster City. Maroun Daccache, Chair of the Department of Architecture and Interior Design at LAU

On Beirut: The Forgotten Port. Vincent Panhuysen, Partner KAAN Architecten

On Beirut Studio: The Change. Hrvoje Smidihen, Ar chitect at KAAN Architecten, Lecturer at TU Delft

This webinar was moder ated by David Aouad

Watch the full webinar here