Sandra Frem
Lecturer at the American University of Beirut, Lebanese American
University and co-founder at platau | platform for architecture and urbanism.
Working between academic research and practice, her work probes the overlays of
architecture, landscape, and practices of the urban environment to open up
speculations on their interdependence. She holds a SMArchS in Urbanism from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a DES in Architecture from the
Lebanese University.Boulos Douaihy
Architect, geographer, activist and lecturer at Lebanese American University. He is the founding principal of platau | platform for architecture and urbanism, a design research practice dedicated to expand the agency of architecture at multiple scales, from material to territory. He holds a DES in Architecture from the Lebanese University and a Master in "Environment et Aménagement du Territoire" from Université St Joseph.Carla Aramouny
Architect and assistant professor at the American University of
Beirut, Department of Architecture and Design, where she is founder and
director of ArD TechLab, a digital fabrication unit, and currently the
architecture program coordinator. Her work and research reflect on
intersections of architecture and the expanded environment. She holds an M.Arch
from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.Arch from the Lebanese American
University.Nicolas Fayad
Beirut based architect who completed his Bachelor in Architecture at the American University of Beirut before earning a Masters in Architecture with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is a founding partner at East Architecture Studio, a collective practice committed to architectural design and experimental research. Nicolas is a senior lecturer at the American University of Beirut and a visiting lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Rana Haddad
An AA graduate, acquired the title of an activist as she practiced architecture and design in post war Beirut. Starting 1997, her research workshop was setup with the aim of questioning the ability of objects and places to become means of political expression in Beirut. She is currently an assistant professor at the American University of Beirut where she founded BePublic Lab. In 2013, she co-founded 200Grs. Recently the Victoria and Albert Museum, V&A in London, UK; acquired from 200Grs. the ‘Stuck Stick’ series.Beirut Shifting Grounds is sponsored by the Department of Architecture and Design, and the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut.
Team
Sandra Frem
Lecturer, ArD | American University of Beirut
Lecturer, SArD | Lebanese American University
Co-founder, platau| platform for architecture and urbanism
Lecturer, ArD | American University of Beirut
Lecturer, SArD | Lebanese American University
Co-founder, platau| platform for architecture and urbanism
Boulos Douaihy
co-founder, platau| platform for architecture and urbanism
Lecturer, SArD | Lebanese American University
co-founder, platau| platform for architecture and urbanism
Lecturer, SArD | Lebanese American University
with
Carla Aramouny
Assistant Professor of Architecture,
ArD | American University of Beirut
Assistant Professor of Architecture,
ArD | American University of Beirut
Rana Haddad
Assistant Professor of Architecture,
ArD | American University of Beirut
Assistant Professor of Architecture,
ArD | American University of Beirut
Nicolas Fayad
Senior Lecturer, ArD | American University of Beirut
Senior Lecturer, ArD | American University of Beirut
Contributors
Nayla Al Akl
Associate Dean of Student Affairs | American University of Beirut
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, LDEM | American University of Beirut
Associate Dean of Student Affairs | American University of Beirut
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, LDEM | American University of Beirut
Ahmad Nouraldeen
Visiting Assistant Professor, ArD | American University of Beirut
Co-founder | snono studio
Visiting Assistant Professor, ArD | American University of Beirut
Co-founder | snono studio
Joanne Hayek
Senior Lecturer, ArD | American University of Beirut
Founder | An Open Studio
Senior Lecturer, ArD | American University of Beirut
Founder | An Open Studio
Production Team (Alphabetical Order)
Yara Abdallah, Nour Abdel Baki, Salameh
Abla, Rabih Arasoghli, Yasmine Atoui, Ghinwa Azzi, Michelle Azzi, Nour Balshi,
Mia Baraka, Taha Barazy, Lama Barhoumi, Christina Battikha, Mariana Boughaba,
Joseph Chalhoub, Annabelle Chebat, Dina Chehab, Araz Demerdjian, Gina Ghaoui,
Souraya Hammoud, Yara Haidar, Helena Homsi, Joanna Howayek, Ismail Hutet, Lynne
Khater, Tara Kanj, Karen Madi, Thea Maria Maroun, Carmen Matta , Careen Matta,
Nathalie Mounzer, Mohammad Nahle, Rayanne Njeim, Yasmine Saad, Clara Saade,
Lama Salameh, Tala Salman, Jana Semaan, Hala Stouhi, Lea Tabaja, Riad Tabbara,
Sarah Tannir, Nicol Yamin, Hussein Zaarour, Maya Ziade
Featured Student Projects by:
Nicolas Abou Haidar, Loulwa Achkar,
Lina Akkaoui, Mira Al Jawahiry, Luzan Al Munayer, Jana Aridi, Lina Badda, Sara
Batal, Mia Baraka, Taha Barazy, Sama Beydoun, Andrea Chaanine,
Mohamad Chami, Mustafa Chehab, Lamia Dabaghi, Tracey Eid, Sari El
Kantari, Elie Geha, Thea Hallak, Soraya Hammoud, Farah Harake,
Youssef Ibrahim, Yara Kamali, Ralph Karam, Amina Kassem, Abdo Khanachat,
Ibrahim Kombarji, Jamie Lau, Jalal Makarem, Mira Moussa, Shada Mustafa,
Micheline Nahra, Rami Saab, Marianne Safi, Tamara Salloum, Tala Salman, Hala
Tawil, Nicol Yamin, Carl Yammine, Betina Abi Habib, Zeina Bekhaazi, Souha Boumatar, Mario El Khouri, Karen Madi, Tima Rabbat, Mariya Zantout, Tala El Khatib, Jad Najm
Video and Photo Contributions by
Ali Chehade, Wissam Chaaya, Sandra
Frem, Louay Kabalan, Joanne Harik, Joanne Hayek, Rana Haddad, Rami Rizk, Hassan
Ammar
Acknowledgments and Research Support
Archives and Special Collection Department at the Jafet
Library - American University of Beirut, ArD Techlab - American
University of Beirut, Arab Image Foundation, Beirut Urban Lab, Sursock
Museum Library and Archives, Emerge Beirut, Open Map Lebanon in collaboration
with Center for Research Computing's Spatial Studies Lab at Rice University,
Solidere
Antoine Atallah, Michael and May Davie, Fadi Ghazzaoui, Balsam Madi, Camille Tarazi, Serge Yazigi
Antoine Atallah, Michael and May Davie, Fadi Ghazzaoui, Balsam Madi, Camille Tarazi, Serge Yazigi
We would like to additionally thank
Joumana Kreidi Nasr and Nour Najem
(Together LiBeirut); Maj. Elie Salem (BeirutFER); Joy Kanaan and Yasmine Dagher
(Beirut Heritage Initiative) ; Caroline Fattal, Sarine Anserlian and Roula
Achkouti (Stand For Women); Yasmina Skaff (The Women Collective); Michelle
Mouracade and Marina Chamma (AlFanar); Elisabetta Pietrostefani and Mayssa
Jallad (The Relief Center); Joana Dabaj (Catalytic Action); Lea Ghorayeb and
Jacques Matta (Baytna Baytak); Mariana Wehbe, Michelle Salamoun and Nour Farhat
(Beb W’ Shebbek); Tamara Saade; Evita Mouawad; Elie Mansour (UNHabitat); Michel
Semaan and Dorothea Wenzel (Ardkon), Arab Center for Architecture.