2004 -
2005
| > YOUSSEF AFTIMUS
| PROJECT I | July 2004 - August 2004 | the architect and the city in
the first half of the 20th century. | more|| |
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2003 -
2004
| > WATER POINTS
| PROJECT II | July 2003 - August 2003 | Atelier de Recherche ALBA's
intervention in the project SEIL [Salima entre Invention et
Liberté] with Patrimoine Sans Frontières organization. | more|| |
| > BEIRUT 'S COASTLINE
| PROJECT I | July 2003 - September 2003 | the city and its coast line
in collaboration with ACTU [Observatoire et groupe de recherche Art
Contemporain et Territoires Urbains], Ecole supérieure des
beaux-arts de Montpellier-Agglomération | more|| |
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2001 -
2002
| > CHEZ
MOI - CHEZ TOI | PROJECT I | March 2002 - April 2002 | PAS DE
PLACE is Atelier de Recherche ALBA's contribution to 'chez moi chez
toi', a transdisciplinary project initiated by 'Collectif 12' since
1998 | more|| |
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2000 -
2001
| > DIALOGUE DES CULTURES
DANS UN JARDIN DE SOURDS | PROJECT III | July 2001 - September
2001 | 9th 'Francophonie' Summit | intervention in the French Cultural
Centre, Damascus road, Beirut, Octobrer 4-30, 2001|| more|| |
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1 ACTE / 2 PIECES | PROJECT II | February 2001 -
March 2001 | installation in the vitrine of Theatre de Beyrouth | daily
publication during the 'Shams Festival' | more|| |
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THEATRE DE BEYROUTH AIN EL
MRAISSEH BEIRUT | PROJECT I | November 2000 -
December 2000 | the city and its doubles: 'theatre de beyrouth' ain
mraisse beirut | the actors as objects / the objects as actors | more|| |
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1999 -
2000
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MACHINES CELIBATAIRES | PROJECT III | February 2000
- May 2000 | installation Beirut Hall | Art-Deco SIMAA 2000 | May 16 -
21, 2000 | the project is based on bf 1237, one of these places
in Beirut which are out of order, deserted & cut off. they do not
have anymore specific functions and became aliens in the city.
these anarchitectures are tools for experimenting a new urban practice
| more|| |
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RE DESIGN© TO | PROJECT II | January 2000 -
February 2000 | atelier de recherche features one yearly design project
| using industrial objects that take a growing part in our daily urban
lives for a new approach to city problematics|| To Re Design in the old
urban tissue of Tripoli|| more|| |
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MONUMENT X | PROJECT I | October 1999 -
November 1999 | monuments in Beirut | How are they
related the the city, its history, its rituals?|| do they procede by
typologies?|| |
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1998 - 1999
| > BIEN-FONDS 1237: THE
ARCHITECT, THE VERNACULAR AND THE FRANC-TIEUR | PROJECT V |
July 1999 - September 1999 | the bf 1237 is known under the
barakat building. it is located at the crossing between damascus road
[green line] and the independence avenue. since 1990 this building has
been a subject of numerous polemics concerning its destruction or
transformation | more|| |
| MEMORY
PLACES / MEMORY GAMES | PROJECT IV | April 1999 | 'Automatique',
'Cosmos', Chouchou's theatre, 'Parisiana'... these places in Beirut
Central District have disapeared. they still exist in people's memories|| a new lecture of the city,
through subjectivities, to re-locate and re-create urban pathways|| |
| (RE)DESIGN
| PROJECT III | March 1999 | three objects / one
word | a reflection on the form / function relationship | what
different subjective and collective meanings can these objects carry
out?|| |
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BODY SPACE MOVEMENT
| PROJECT II | February 1999 | locate describe enumerate |
what is your relation with the 'salle polyvalente' (alba's multipurpose
purpose room)? | analyze this space's specific elements | which
elements are missing? | what are the opposition pairs? | creation
- narration - rituals | analyze the process, the conventions, the
relation between the space and its users | more
(french only)|| |
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EXIT CULTURE
| PROJECT I | November 1998 - December 1998 | exit >
théâtre maroun naccache | exit > théâtre
de beyrouth | exit > ? | exit > ? | in 1999, Beirut is the
Cultural Capital of the Arab World | more|| |
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1997 - 1998
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PUCLIC STAIRWAYS
IN BEIRUT | PROJECT IV | April 1998 - May 1998 | more than
120 public stairways are still in use (or in ruins?) in beirut city | more|| |
| JEUX
DE MOTS / NOMS D'OBJETS | PROJECT III | January 1998 - March 1998
| a reflection based on the meaning(s) objects can carry|| |
| SECONDE
PEAU | PROJECT II | November 1997 - December 1997 | the
city has been made by humans for humans: how does it affect you as an
individual being define the envelope that shapes your existence, your
sensations, your perceptions? | the image you figure of yourself within
the city / situated inside / outside the city / is it still or moving?
/ transient or permanent ? / solid or
flexible? / soft or hard? | installation in an abandoned
factory (formerly arc-en-ciel) jisr el wati|| |
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HOMMAGE AU 'GRAND THEATRE
DE BEYROUTH' | PROJECT I | October 1997 | stage design and
dramatic arts workshops with the Compagnie Théâtre
Ecarlate | intervention on the grand theater building |
documentary film | 12 performances in 4 days | more|| |
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1996 - 1997
| > L'ALBA MARQUE L'ESPACE DU CCF|
PROJECT O | April 1997
- May 1997 |
intervention in the French Cultural Centre, Damascus road, Beirut |
MARQUE DEPOSEE / DISPOSEE - CCF COLLABORATION / DEFI ALBA. INSTRUMENT :
VOUS / DIALOGUE: ECHELLE 1:1 - CONTENEUR : NOUS / DENSITE DES LIEUX -
TEMPS FONCE, TEMPS FAUSSE / BLOPS - TROU; TROU DE MEMOIRE, MEMOIRE
TRONQUE : PARKING / TRONÇON, SON: EFFONDREMENT D'1 TRONC
D'ARBRE... | more|| |
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