“In a volatile world where architecture is often targeted in local and international conflicts, and in cities where political and social divides are the accepted norm, the public realm requires a radically different spatial approach - traditional modernist forms, advocating the open plan and transparency, may no longer be relevant.”

Exhibition: “Negotiating Conflict: Intransigent Architectures,” Twelve Instigations for a Becoming Middle East exhibition, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, March 2016.

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Image: Amin Alsaden