Can architecture play a role in solving social divides in progressing the future?
Located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean sea, Lebanon is a country with an extensive history. Some of the oldest human settlements were in Lebanon. Lebanon is a country of contradictions it has wonderful aspects such as a rich culture, environment, history, and cultural influences but also has negative features such as its current political turmoil. It is a country that for some time has had difficulties controlling its own destiny.
To guide my design for this project I studied and analyzed the House without Qualities by Oswald Mathias Ungers. This was to demonstrate how the design principles used in one project can be used again with a different project; regardless of the building typology, program, scale, or location. By the end of this design process, I had learned much about my own tendencies while designing and ways to improve.
