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Atelier de Recherche - Research Workshop is a transdisciplinary structure in the Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA). It deals with urban issues specific to the city of Beirut, Lebanon. Since its foundation in 1997 the workshop has initiated several projects focusing on places in Beirut such as the "Grand Theatre", the "Theatre de Beyrouth" and Ain el Mraissé area, the French Cultural Centre, Damascus road, the public staircases... The workshop hosts the regular intervention of invited guests including scholars, artists and professionals from different fields.
INVITED GUESTS
muriel abourrousse film director  roger assaf theatre director  'shams' association / université saint joseph beirut [iesav] jean-marc bonfils architect - american university of beirut  issam boukhaled theatre director  - 'shams' association / 'al kafaat' foundation irene bourse french cultural attaché omar boustany journalist / copyrighter catherine cattaruzza installation artist / graphic designer esther charlesworth architect - american university of beirut  karim chaya designer may chemali vocational guidance - college louise wegmann maroun daccache architect - lebanese american university may davie historian - université françois rabelais tours [urbama] michael davie urban planner - université françois rabelais tours [urbama]  dina debbas graphic designer habib debs urban planner  michel dector conceptual artist ariane delacampagne journalist / translator christian delacampagne philosopher - johns hopkins university baltimorejuan d'ornellas architect - university of east london brigitte dubois collectif 12 mantes la jolie thierry dufourmantelle sculptor - compagnie theatre ecarlate beatrice de durfort president of 'patrimoine sans frontieres' shin egashira architect - architectural association london edouard françois architect ricardo garcia calo anthropologist elie haddad architect - lebanese american university hanane hajj ali assaf theatre director - lebanese university [inba] / 'shams' association mouna hallak architect sophie halluc photographer mona harb architect - american university of beirut georges issa architect  pierre issa 'arc en ciel' association sarah jane issa arida graphic designer nabil itani architect abdul halim  jabre architect - american university of beirut / association pour la protection et la sauvegarde des anciennes demeures nadim karam architect / sculptor patrick kassardjian architect  karim kik copywriter  ziyad makhoul journalist  yara maroun lawyer leonardo matossian photographer / dentist - trustee at université paris VII fiona meadows architect - institut francais d'architecture maya metni advertising director  zeina misk sociologist richard mitri architect - universite saint esprit kaslik  jacques moeschler sculptor / installation artist  rabih mroueh theatre director  karim musfi architect - american university of beirut  nadim najjar engineer - 'arc en ciel' association  cecile neoushi designer  wissam neoushi designer  philippe niorthe artist - collectif 12 mantes la jolie  walid raad conceptual artist  anne-marie rochietti secretary general of the french cultural mission michele roelofsma architect - university of east london  antoine romanos architect - lebanese american university walid sadek artist  assem salam architect - president of the arab architects association paola salerno photograph / video artist eike siedlinger architect - university of east london peter speetjens journalist  jade tabet architect / urban planner christine tohme journalist / arts curator - 'ashkal alwan' association jalal toufic conceptual artist  michael trentham architect raoul verney architect akram zaatari film director gilles zaepfel theatre director - compagnie theatre ecarlate jean pierre zahar architect 
INVITED [CURRENT & FORMER] ALBA TUTORS
kamel abboud architect  celia abou arbid architect - artist  ghazi abou jaoude architect dalida akl advertising director georges arbid architect  catherine ariss architect  poppy arnold graphic designer / artist  nada assi architect  naji assi architect maroun azoury stage designer aurore beaini graphic designer vera borgi architect alain brenas advertising director - dean of the  film directing school tony chakar architect fady chinirara architect  fadlallah dagher architect  jacqueline dardaud achkar designer - chairman of the preparatory school youmna debs bekhazi interior designer didier drummont architect marianne emad interior designer may geha badawi interior designer olivier gredzinsky painter ghada hage photographer gilbert hage photographer  youssef haidar architect fouad hanna architect nicole harfouche painter - dean of the plastic arts school semaan kfoury architect georges khayat architect - deputy dean of  the architecture school ghassan kotait film director marcelle massoud interior designer nadine mokdessi  theatre director pierre neema architect - dean of architecture school joseph rabbat interior designer - dean of the decorative arts school rosy raggi film director  saba sabbagha architect  gregoire serof architect michele standjofski illustrator  jean marc touma psychologist  adolphe youssevitch interior designer  joumana youssevitch interior designer maroun zahar architect

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