2024-03-28T08:52:17Zhttps://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/oai/requestoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/41722021-03-19T09:59:51Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Real time control of the sewer system of boulogne billancourt - a contribution to improving the water quality of the seine
Lahoud, Antoine
Entem, Stephane
Yde, Lars
Bendsen, Bo
Confronted with the problem of overflows from its combined sewer system into the River Seine during rainfall, the Department of the Hauts de Seine (which covers some thirty urban districts on the west side of Paris) has decided to implement the real time control of its sewer system. To initiate this plan, as the town of Boulogne Billancourt seemed to be a particularly favourable site for the use of such techniques, a project to control its sewer system in real time has been implemented within the scope of the SPRINT 226 programme financed by the European Community.
The preliminary studies, based on a MOUSE computer model of the sewer system, showed that the real time control of the sewer network under study had a high potential benefit, since it would allow an 80% reduction of the volumes of waste water discharged into the Seine annually in the study zone. Following on from these encouraging results, the installation of a complete real time control system was set in hand. The system, at present undergoing testing and evaluation, consists principally of a MOUSE ON LINE real time model and a system for forecasting rainfall by means of radar images.
2016-07-21T06:09:18Z
2016-07-21T06:09:18Z
1998
2016-07-21
Article
0273-1223
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4172
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00785-3
Entem, S., Lahoud, A., Yde, L., & Bendsen, B. (1998). Real time control of the sewer system of Boulogne Billancourt-A contribution to improving the water quality of the Seine. Water science and technology, 37(1), 327-332.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://wst.iwaponline.com/content/37/1/327.abstract
en
Water science et technology
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/41732021-03-19T09:59:51Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Some considerations on the melting of reactor fuel plates and rods
Lahoud, Antoine
Boley, Bruno A.
Current practice generally leads to overdesigning with respect to catastrophic accidents involving gross melting of fuel elements. It is clear, however, that from both the standpoints of cost and safety it would be desirable to be able to base the design on calculations regarding the details of the melting process itself. This paper considers the gross melting of fuel plates and rods and seeks to estimate the extent of melting and the rapidity with which it occurs. Methods of analysis are presented in detail in the present exploratory study. For short times after the onset of melting, an analytical series solution is constructed by the ‘embedding technique’. The effect of the change in density which accompaies the change in phase is examined, and is found to be relatively unimportant as far as the melting front position is concerned. An exact steady-state solution is found, which makes possible a prediction of the maximum extent of melting in cases in which steady state can be expected. The actual progress of melting for all times is more difficult to calculate, and an approximate solution is therefore introduced. Its accuracy can, in some cases, be estimated by comparison with the known final melting extent. The approximate solution is applied to a class of melting problems, and the results are presented in the form of graphs depicting the progress of the melting front for a range of parameters representing various possible conditions.
2016-07-21T06:18:39Z
2016-07-21T06:18:39Z
1975
2016-07-21
Article
0029-5493
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0029-5493(75)90086-2
Lahoud, A., & Boley, B. A. (1975). Some considerations on the melting of reactor fuel plates and rods. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 32(1), 1-19.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0029549375900862
en
Nuclear Engineering and Design
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/41742021-03-19T10:00:54Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
The role of cultural (architecture) factors in forging identity
Lahoud, Antoine L.
A nation's architectural heritage is an important part of its identity, and a testament to its history. This article looks at the Lebanese house – a fine example of the relationship between architecture, identity and history. It describes the architectural development of Lebanese dwellings and the influence of both Muslim and Christian civilizations, which together produced this unique architectural phenomenon. The article also explains how the Lebanese house reflects the identity of the Lebanese community and nation, and how it illustrates the mosaic of different cultures and civilizations that have left their mark on Lebanon.
2016-07-21T06:24:50Z
2016-07-21T06:24:50Z
2008
2016-07-21
Article
1460-8944
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14608940802518963
Lahoud, A. L. (2008). The role of cultural (architecture) factors in forging identity. National Identities, 10(4), 389-398.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14608940802518963
en
National Identities
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/41752021-03-19T10:03:23Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
The Architects of the Sultan Ḥasan Complex in Cairo
Kahil, Abdallah
2016-07-22T06:50:46Z
2016-07-22T06:50:46Z
2006
2016-07-22
Article
0004-3648
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4175
Kahil, A. (2006). The Architect/s of the Sultan Ḥasan Complex in Cairo. Artibus Asiae, 66(2), 155-174.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25261860?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
en
Artibus Asiae
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/47192021-03-19T10:00:56Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Christian Norberg-Schulz's phenomenological project in architecture
Haddad, Elie
This paper will examine the theoretical work of one of the major proponents of a phenomenological approach in architecture, the historian-theoretician Christian Norberg-Schulz, examining the development of his ideas across 30 years. While Norberg-Schulz started out with Intentions in Architecture (1963), a work that was clearly influenced by structuralist studies, he soon shifted to a phenomenological approach with Existence, Space and Architecture (1971), and then with Genius Loci (1980) and The Concept of Dwelling (1985). He attempted through this trilogy to lay down the foundations of a phenomenological interpretation of architecture, with an underlying agenda that espoused certain directions in contemporary architecture. This paper will examine the major writings of Christian Norberg-Schulz, critically evaluating his interpretation of phenomenology in architecture in its ambiguous relation to the project of modernity.
2016-11-01T12:48:28Z
2016-11-01T12:48:28Z
2010
2016-11-01
Article
1326-4826
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4719
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1080/13264821003629279
Haddad, E. (2010). Christian Norberg-Schulz's Phenomenological Project In Architecture. Architectural Theory Review, 15(1), 88-101.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13264821003629279?needAccess=true
en
Architectural Theory Review
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/47202021-03-19T10:00:56Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Charles Jencks and the historiography of Post-Modernism
Haddad, Elie
The history of Post-Modern Architecture was to a large extent tied to the name of Charles Jencks, who played an operative role in promoting the movement, much like his predecessor Sigfried Giedion had done for Modern Architecture in the 1930s. Like Giedion, Jencks was a prolific writer and a protagonist of a radical change in the direction of architecture. In the thirty-five year period from the appearance of his first book in 1971, Jencks published more than twenty four works, not counting the ones he edited or co-edited. And like Giedion, Jencks also attempted to reach a synthesis of opposites, by including disparate examples within his original ‘canon’, extending it in its last revision to include works by Eisenman and Tschumi, as Giedion had done by the inclusion of Aalto and Utzon in his later editions of Space, Time and Architecture. This paper will discuss Jencks's historiography of Post-Modernism by looking at the seminal texts that he wrote from 1970 until 2007, beginning with Architecture 2000 and ending with Critical Modernism. The main focus of this article is critically to examine his major work, the Language of Post Modernism, and to trace its evolution as a means of evaluating his contribution to the development of this movement, as well as to architectural historiography.
2016-11-01T12:54:11Z
2016-11-01T12:54:11Z
2009
2016-11-01
Article
1360-2365
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602360902867434
Haddad, E. (2009). Charles Jencks and the historiography of Post-Modernism. The Journal of Architecture, 14(4), 493-510.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13602360902867434
en
The Journal of Architecture
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/47212021-03-19T10:00:56Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Between myth and reality
Haddad, Elie
2016-11-01T13:12:18Z
2016-11-01T13:12:18Z
2007
2016-11-01
Article
0952-4649
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epm010
Haddad, E. (2007). Between myth and reality: the ‘Tuscan influence’on the architecture of Mount Lebanon in the Emirate period. Journal of Design History, 20(2), 161-171.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://jdh.oxfordjournals.org/content/20/2/161.full.pdf+html
en
Journal of Design History
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/47222021-03-19T10:00:56Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
The realization of the beautiful
Haddad, Elie
2016-11-01T13:18:46Z
2016-11-01T13:18:46Z
2003
2016-11-01
Article
1033-1867
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2003.10525173
Haddad, E. (2003). The Realization of the Beautiful: On Henry van de Velde's Aesthetic Theory. Fabrications, 13(1), 1-13.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10331867.2003.10525173
en
Fabrications
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/47232021-03-19T10:00:56Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Projects for a competition
Haddad, Elie
In this paper, I will discuss the results of the international competition that was organized in the spring of
1994, to redesign the souks of Beirut. This competition, which attracted more than 300 entries from around
the world, was a unique event in the history of the reconstruction of Beirut, as it was the only open
competition to be held for the reconstruction of a major urban space in this city after the war. I have chosen a
selection of projects to discuss in this paper, highlighting the various approaches that architects take when
faced with a problem of this scope.
2016-11-01T13:25:57Z
2016-11-01T13:25:57Z
2004
2016-11-01
Article
1357-5317
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000122
Haddad, E. (2004). Projects for a competition: reconstructing the souks of Beirut (1994). Urban Design International, 9(3), 151-170.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://ku7rj9xt8c.scholar.serialssolutions.com/?sid=google&auinit=E&aulast=Haddad&atitle=Projects+for+a+competition:+reconstructing+the+souks+of+Beirut+(1994)&id=doi:10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000122&title=Urban+design+international+(London,+England)&volume=9&issue=3&date=2004&spage=151&issn=1357-5317
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Urban Design International
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/47242016-11-01T13:35:04Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Roman Byzantine Amphorae from a terrestrial site and its underwater environs
Haddad, Elie
This study deals with storage jars/amphorae from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods found in the salvage excavations at the site of Horbat Castra, located at the foot of the Carmel Ridge across from Kfar Samir. The excavation was carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority and directed by Z. Yeivin and G. Finkielsztejn. Numerous storage jars/amphorae were found at the site. Horbat Castra functioned mostly in the Byzantine period (4th–6th centuries AD) and seems to have been a main centre for wine and oil production, supplying its immediate neighbourhood, the general region and overseas destinations. Following the analysis of the amphorae types at Horbat Castra, an interesting quantitative picture emerges. From among the imported amphorae there are a number of the LRA 1, LRA 2 and LRA 10 types. There are also Tunisian amphorae. For the closed regional forms we have the Bag-shaped Jar, which is the most common jar in the region. The ceramics are then compared to the storage jars/amphorae found in the sea along the coast of Kfar Samir, in underwater surveys carried out on behalf of the marine unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority under the direction of E. Galili and Y. Sharvit. The finds from the sea are mostly local jar types. An effort is made to understand the nature of the trade and economy of the northern coast of the Carmel Ridge, and the sea transport of the Roman-Byzantine period in the Southern Levant. The varied types of imported goods found at Horbat Castra bear witness to trade which encompassed much of the Mediterranean basin.
2016-11-01T13:35:04Z
2016-11-01T13:35:04Z
2009
Article
0075-8914
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/175638009X427602
Haddad, E. (2009). Roman Byzantine Amphorae from a Terrestrial Site and its Underwater Environs: Horbat Castra and Kfar Samir (Southern Levant) as a Case Study. Levant, 41(1), 79-91.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/175638009X427602
en
Levant
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/47252021-03-19T10:00:56Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
What Went Wrong? Reflections on the Condition of Architecture and Urbanism in Lebanon
Haddad, Elie
In a short article presented at a conference in New York City two years ago, Joan Ockman lucidly diagnosed the contemporary dilemma faced by architecture, i.e. how to insert itself between a pessimistic discourse that warns of the end of time, and an uncritical surrender to globalization. This dilemma is now universal(i). It applies to New York City, where in the same context Kenneth Frampton commented on the dystopia of an “oddly paranoid, rather ruthless, instrumental and resentful landscape”(ii), as well as to other cities around the world, especially in the Third World, where more difficult conditions permeate architectural practice, resulting in even more devastated landscapes. This article will discuss issues that relate to architectural practice and pedagogy, drawing on specific examples in the context of Beirut, Lebanon, and reflecting on the impact of‘architectural education’ and the transformations within the architectural profession in this context. One can no longer deny the negative impact of economics on a profession that has been, for the most part, idealistic in its approach to the built environment, but the responsibility of architects and architectural education, can no longer beminimized in assessing the problems that cities like Beirut face today.
2016-11-01T13:52:35Z
2016-11-01T13:52:35Z
2007
2016-11-01
Article
2329-9339
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4725
http://dx.doi.org/10.17831/enq:arcc.v4i1.53
Haddad, E. (2007). What Went Wrong? Reflections on the Condition of Architecture and Urbanism in Lebanon. Enquiry: A Journal for Architectural Research, 4(1), 31-38
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.arcc-journal.org/index.php/arccjournal/article/view/53/53
en
Enquiry
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/47882021-03-19T10:00:51Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Arquitectura y urbanismo en Beirut
Haddad, Elie
2016-11-14T12:01:40Z
2016-11-14T12:01:40Z
2010
2016-11-14
Article
0004-2706
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4788
Haddad, E. (2010). Arquitectura y urbanismo en Beirut. Arquitectura: Revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM), (359), 83-93.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3642113
en
Arquitectura: Revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid ( COAM )
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/56902021-03-19T10:00:48Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
The Sultan Hasan Complex in Cairo, 1357-1364
Sultan Hasan Complex (Cairo, Egypt)
Mosques -- Egypt -- Cairo
Architecture, Mameluke -- Egypt -- Cairo
2017-05-31T12:59:40Z
2017-05-31T12:59:40Z
2017-05-31
Book / Chapter of a Book
9783899136432
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5690
Kahil, A. (2008). The Sultan Ḥasan Complex in Cairo, 1357-1364: a case study in the formation of Mamluk style (Vol. 98). Würzburg: Ergon in Kommission.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://books.google.com.lb/books/about/The_Sultan_%E1%B8%A4asan_Complex_in_Cairo_1357.html?id=XvkVAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
en
Ergon in Kommission
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/56942021-03-19T10:00:54Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Real time control of the sewer system of Boulogne Billancourt
Lahoud, Antoine
Kopecny, Emmanuel
Entem, Stéphane
Moeller, Arne
Yde, Lars
Soulier, Marc
Confronted with the problem of overflows from its combined sewer system into the River Seine during rainfall, the Department of the Hauts de Seine (which covers some thirty urban districts on the west side of Paris) has decided to implement the real time control of its sewer system in 1996. To initiate this plan, as the town of Boulogne Billancourt seemed to be a particularly favourable site for the use of such techniques, a project to control its sewer system in real time has been implemented within the scope of the SPRINT 226 programme financed by the European Community. The preliminary studies, based on a MOUSE computer model of the sewer system, showed that the real time control of the sewer network under study had a high potential benefit, since it would allow an 80 % reduction of the volumes of waste water discharged into the Seine annually in the study zone. Following on from these encouraging results, the installation of a complete real time control system was set in hand. The system, at present undergoing testing and evaluation, consists principally of a MOUSE ON LINE real time model and a system for forecasting rainfall by means of radar images.
2017-06-01T08:03:25Z
2017-06-01T08:03:25Z
2017-06-01
Conference Paper / Proceeding
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5694
Kopecny, E., Entem, S., Lahoud, A., Moeller, A., Yde, L., & Soulier, M. (1999, June). Real Time Control of the Sewer System of Boulogne Billancourt a Contribution to improving the Water Quality of the Seine. In Proceedings of 3rd DHI Software Conference, Helsingør, Denmark.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://www.theacademybydhi.com/upload/publications/mouse/Kopecny_Real_time.pdf
en
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/56992021-03-19T10:00:54Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Restoration of fragile remains of bridges in Lebanon
Lahoud, Antoine L.
Bridges -- Lebanon -- Maintenance and repair
Cultural property -- Protection -- Lebanon
Highway planning
Urbanization -- Lebanon
Many bridges have been built in Lebanon, due to its geography of rivers and valleys. These bridges mostly belong to Roman, Mediaeval and Ottoman periods or to the French mandate. With modern urban development, new vacant transportation means such as highways appeared in Lebanon during the 1920s. These new roads crossed through the same passages as the old roads or bridges; sometimes they were parallel and sometimes overlapping. The historical variable bridges became residue and adjacent to the new highways. Large high-speed highways transformed the historical bridges into neglected elements of the landscape. Only a few bridges, belonging to the French mandate (1920-1945), are still used as vacant transportation means. This article presents a proposal to promote and enhance those remaining historical bridges. The proposal includes techniques to be used, including lighting and security system as well as restoration and consolidation interventions, the transformation process and the activity proposal. The author uses the Jaj Bridge to illustrate this proposal.
2017-06-01T09:15:35Z
2017-06-01T09:15:35Z
2017-06-01
Conference Paper / Proceeding
8496395006
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5699
Lahoud, A. L. (2004). Restoration of fragile remains of bridges in Lebanon. In The first international conference on archaeology and conservation, 12-17 August 2002, Jordan (pp. 347-357).
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
en
Fundación El Legado Andalusí
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57122021-03-19T10:00:48Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Writing & Research for Graphic Design within Undergraduate Studies
Khoury, Melissa Plourde
Khoury, Tarek E.
Numerous questions arise from the topic of writing and research for graphic design. For example: Why do graphic designers often not learn to research and write for design until studying at the Masters or even the PhD level? Why do many faculty of graphic design not have knowledge of common research paper writing? If they were not taught this process and can not contribute to the future world of design research, who will? Furthermore, how will today’s students learn this valuable skill? Research and writing are not simply for the scientist or historian buried in books and publishing for a limited scope. Every publication, printed material and on-line resource regarding design should involve research and writing. Many of today’s professional publications on graphic design are little more than image-based “eye-candy” with no, explanation, information or description included. Through the examination of current design research in publications and journals the potential expansion of written research in graphic design is explored. Problems within pedagogical approaches and graphic design studies are approached. Moreover, the promise of graphic design students as great researchers and writers through combined creativity and logic is investigated. Research paper writing is a means of influence and inspiration for design innovation. Questioning, analysis, and a formulation of ideas into words and solutions benefit not only the growth of the individual designer but also the reputation of the graphic design discipline. The lack of writing and research within contemporary graphic design studies is detrimental to the current state of the profession. However, improvements are possible. The advancement of design writing and research can be made through: modifications to undergraduate graphic design programs, improvements in faculty development and an analysis of contemporary design publications
2017-06-02T10:40:50Z
2017-06-02T10:40:50Z
2009
2017-06-02
Conference Paper / Proceeding
9788996319405
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5712
Khoury, M. P., & Khoury, T. E. (2009). Writing & research for graphic design within undergraduate studies. In International association of societies of design research: Proceedings of the 3rd IASDR world conference on design research (pp. 839-846).
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.iasdr2009.or.kr/Papers/Orally%20Presented%20Papers/Design%20Education/Writing%20&%20Research%20for%20Graphic%20Design%20within%20Undergraduate%20Studies.pdf
en
Korean Society of Design Science
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57162021-03-19T10:00:54Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Cultural identity crisis within contemporary graphic design case study
Khoury, Melissa Plourde
Khoury, Tarek E.
Visual representations of Lebanese culture are rich and diverse. Traditionally, Lebanese culture is a unique mixture of the East and West. However, Westernization jeopardizes this cultural identity in contemporary Lebanese graphic design. Furthermore, today's Lebanese design students commonly refer to Western inspirations and view Middle Eastern influences as conventional. Student designers are integral to the revival of their visual culture. Pedagogical approaches can encourage the incorporation of visual culture into design by embracing change without oblitera- ting the past. Adjustments are necessary in design studies through the modernization of Lebanese visual culture within graphic contexts. The future existence of a Lebanese visual cultural identity is possible through changes in graphic design studies.
2017-06-02T12:37:16Z
2017-06-02T12:37:16Z
2017-06-02
Conference Paper / Proceeding
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5716
Khoury, M. P., & Khoury, T. E. Cultural identity crisis within contemporary graphic design case study: Lebanon
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.dis.uia.mx/conference/2009/articulos/cultural_identi.pdf
en
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57172021-03-19T10:00:54Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Across Disciplines
Khoury, Melissa Plourde
Khoury, Tarek E.
The visual communication of word, meaning and content too often is overlooked in graphic design studies. Graphic design students commonly create designs in which content plays a secondary role while emphasis is placed upon aesthetic and visceral approaches. This predicament derives from the students’ lack of guidance in comprehending, creating and transmitting written information. An examination of common collaborations in undergraduate studies indicates that a range of disciplines other than writing are often combined with graphic design. However, graphic design should be visual communication through word and image. Therefore, words should play an integral role in graphic design education. The question then arises: What kind of words could possibly provide content that stimulates change within graphic design studies? Literature poses great potential. It is an ever-evolving, multi-faceted discipline, which places emphasis on aesthetics. An analysis of the relationships between literature and graphic design indicates that numerous commonalities exist. Key examples of parallelisms occur within the realms of: Imagist poetry, visible words, words in motion, fairy tale animation and digital media. In conclusion, literature offers a valuable and diverse content base with the capacity to inspire and enrich today’s visually oriented graphic design studies.
2017-06-02T12:50:06Z
2017-06-02T12:50:06Z
2011
2017-06-02
Article
1833-1874
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5717
Khoury, M. P., & Khoury, T. E. (2011). Across Disciplines: Literature and Graphic Design. Design Principles & Practice: An International Journal, 5(2).
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http://web.a.ebscohost.com/abstract?site=ehost&scope=site&jrnl=18331874&AN=91794798&h=D4rIyhFs7S2dxTxl4plmTzXsgNp3NoYFnOpDmu67HBb3Qzc%2bJJtNTeIE2cBN2e3eEw%2fE6k%2fTnQDhymjMW32USg%3d%3d&crl=c&resultLocal=ErrCrlNoResults&resultNs=Ehost&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d18331874%26AN%3d91794798
en
Design Principles & Practice: An International Journal
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57182024-03-01T07:34:05Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
The Egg
Khoury, Melissa Plourde
he Egg is an iconic ruin in Beirut. It was once the Beirut City Centre's cinema, designed by Lebanese modernist architect Joseph Philippe Karam in 1965. This structure's use is complex and ever changing. As such, the Egg is a continuous source of discussions and depictions. This article is a textual analysis exploring visual structures within a series of 15 images of the Egg. The notion of memory is examined within each image. Memory is viewed as a phenomenon rooted in the past with a relationship to the present and the future. Contemporary representations of the Egg are a fascinating reflection related to Lebanon, the civil war, memories of today, and inquiries regarding the memories of unknown future contexts.
2017-06-02T13:05:42Z
2017-06-02T13:05:42Z
2017
2017-06-02
Article
1555-1393
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2016.1272417
Khoury, M. P. (2017). The Egg: Memory and Visual Structures Within Representations of an Iconic Lebanese Ruin. Visual Communication Quarterly, 24(1), 3-14.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15551393.2016.1272417
en
Visual Communication Quarterly
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57202021-03-19T10:00:54Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Sustainability and Design Education Case Study
Khoury, Melissa Plourde
Khoury, Tarek E.
Lou, Yongqi
Zhu, Xiaocun
2017-06-05T08:56:13Z
2017-06-05T08:56:13Z
2011
2017-06-05
Conference Paper / Proceeding
9789526000466
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5720
Khoury, M.P., Khoury, T. E. Sustainability and Design Education Case Study: Lebanon.Cumulus Proceedings Shanghai 2010: Young Creators for Better City & Better Life, Shanghai, China, 369-373
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http://www.cumulusassociation.org/cumulus-proceedings-shanghai-2010/
en
School of Art and design, Aalto University
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57622021-03-19T10:03:19Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
In Nietzsche's Shadow
Haddad, Elie
Henry van de Velde's intellectual relation to Nietzsche constitutes one of the interesting episodes in the early developments of Modernism in architecture. On the basic level, it opens the question of the influence of a radical philosopher of Modernity on a contemporary artist: while at another level it raises the question of the correspondence between ‘idea’and ‘form’ in the context of an architectural problem: the project for the Nietzsche Monument in Weimar.
Although this relation has already been explored by other scholars, this paper will look at some of the parallels in the thoughts of the philosopher and the artist, as in their vision of the role of art in culture, while also examining the discrepancies in Henry van de Velde's understanding, or appropriation, of the Nietzschean message. This is evident in the Nietzsche Monument project, a project that showed the artist's difficulty at the time in conceptualizing a project that would concretize the philosopher's vision. Finally, this paper will explore the parallel notions of power and force, the former being a foundational nation in ihe philosopher's thought, the latter afoundational notion in ihe artist's aesthetic theory.
2017-06-12T07:17:32Z
2017-06-12T07:17:32Z
2009
2017-06-12
Article
1326-4826
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13264820509478543
Haddad, E. (2005). In Nietzsche's Shadow: Henry van de Velde and the New Style in Architecture. Architectural Theory Review, 10(2), 89-99
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http://ku7rj9xt8c.scholar.serialssolutions.com/?sid=google&auinit=E&aulast=Haddad&atitle=In+Nietzsche%27s+Shadow:+Henry+van+de+Velde+and+the+New+Style+in+Architecture&title=Architectural+theory+review&volume=10&issue=2&date=2005&spage=89&issn=1326-4826
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Architectural Theory Review
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57662021-03-19T10:03:25Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
On Henry van de Velde's Manuscript on Ornament
Haddad, Elie G.
2017-06-13T06:47:37Z
2017-06-13T06:47:37Z
2003
2017-06-13
Article
0952-4649
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5766
Haddad, E. G. (2003). On Henry van de Velde's" Manuscript on Ornament". Journal of Design History, 16 (2), 119-138.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1316270.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A361ad8685eb84a59846364fc76722a29
en
Journal of Design History
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57672021-03-19T10:00:54Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture
Haddad, Elie G.
Rifkind, David
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century
Architecture, Modern -- 21st century
2017-06-13T08:01:25Z
2017-06-13T08:01:25Z
2014
2017-06-13
Book / Chapter of a Book
9781472429384
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5767
Haddad, E. G., Rifkind, A. P. D., & Deyong, M. S. (Eds.). (2014). A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture: 1960-2010. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd..
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https://books.google.com.lb/books?hl=en&lr=&id=UL6jBgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&ots=aXIICqvtC1&sig=aTIqmGfix2pb7LmEz_lbM6Tu2Vw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
en
Ashgate
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57682021-03-19T10:00:57Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Theoretical speculations and the design studio
Haddad, Elie G.
Architectural design -- Congresses.
2017-06-13T08:45:44Z
2017-06-13T08:45:44Z
2006
2017-06-13
Conference Paper / Proceeding
9789957860202
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5768
Haddad, E. G. (2006). Theoretical Speculations and the Design Studio. Changing Trends in Architectural Design Education, 255-266
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://books.google.com.lb/books?hl=en&lr=&id=xESW0p5YrdkC&oi=fnd&pg=PA255&dq=2.%09Haddad,+E.+G.+(2006).+Theoretical+Speculations+and+the+Design+Studio.+Changing+Trends+in+Architectural+Design+Education&ots=fAGnnCNN-4&sig=3ReULyzGqFbo7_66QioF71BhRWI&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
en
The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57692021-03-19T10:03:25Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
The Mediterranean City Between Myth and Reality
Haddad, Elie
Daccache, Maroun
Romanos, Antoine
Mawlawi, Ziad
Awabdy, Rima
Haddad, Elie
Mediterranean Region -- Civilization -- Congresses
Architecture, Medieval -- Mediterranean Region -- Congresses
Cities and towns, Ancient -- Mediterranean Region -- Congresses
2017-06-13T10:09:06Z
2017-06-13T10:09:06Z
2017-06-13
Conference Paper / Proceeding
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5769
Daccache, M., Haddad, E., Romanos, A., Mawlawi, Z., Awabdy, R., ... (2005). The Mediterranean City Between Myth and Reality: April 2000/Lebanese American University: Conference Proceedings. Lebanese American University
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.lau.edu.lb/news-events/conferences/med-city.html
en
Lebanese American University
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57712021-03-19T10:03:25Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Learning from Beirut
Haddad, Elie G.
his paper will discuss the developments in architecture in Lebanon in the second half of the Twentieth century. Lebanon presents one of the interesting ‘laboratories’ of the different tendencies and movements of this pastcentury, beginning with Modernism and its gradual assimilation, to Postmodernism and more current trends,in a context that presents a fertile field for experimentation. The questions of meaning, context, relations to place and tradition, have all played a part in the development ofarchitecture in Lebanon, without necessarily achieving their desired goals, especially in the current climate of globalization. The loss of material identity that many regions around the world have experienced is reflected in the case of Lebanon, exacerbated here by political and social conflicts. This paper argues that the attempts to reinject material forms with a measure of ‘communicative’ symbols or forms fails in the end to answer to this perpetual desire for ‘identity’.
2017-06-14T07:56:32Z
2017-06-14T07:56:32Z
2008
2017-06-14
Article
2329-9339
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5771
http://dx.doi.org/10.17831/enq:arcc.v5i1.28
Haddad, E. G. (2008). Learning from Beirut: From Modernism to Contemporary Architecture. Enquiry: A Journal for Architectural Research, 5(1), 45-52
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://arcc-journal.org/index.php/arccjournal/article/view/28
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Enquiry (Washington DC): a Journal of Architectural Research
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57722021-03-19T10:03:25Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Territory, city and architecture
El-Daccache, Maroun
It seems like all the architectural debates are finished as nobody cares for the “old” problems like people or lodgings. Architecture today means publicity and its beauty follows is the subject to the same conditions. The risk is that architecture has become an object design.
2017-06-14T09:41:58Z
2017-06-14T09:41:58Z
2008
2017-06-14
Article
1897-6271
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5772
El-Daccache, M. (2008). Territory, city and architecture. Czasopismo Techniczne. Seria A: Architektura, 15. 47-52
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://suw.biblos.pk.edu.pl/resourceDetailsRPK&rId=1377
en
Czasopismo Techniczne. Seria A: Architektura
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/84192021-03-19T10:43:18Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Perceptive destabilizations
Akoury, Chahid
Contemporary sensory reality has been dominated by the sole sense of vision. This has largely affected the design process and eventually the relationship between designer and the work. This dominance of the image creates a distancing effect. Consequently, designers lack both proprioceptive and haptic performative abilities. This article explores the importance of both of these abilities for the design process, and looks to Augmented Reality as the medium that re-establishes these abilities within digital design. Moreover, the role of augmented perception in enabling unforeseen organizations, and in synthesizing bodily movement and interaction with objects and spaces, is highlighted and discussed. This article capitalizes on two distinct characteristics that enrich the design process, which are multiple readings of the same, and non-linear spatio-temporal immersion. The former allows for all appearing and absent information to be incorporated in the design decisions, whereas the latter enables a destabilization of perceptive capacities. Both incite a more profound investigation of the formal, the experiential, the spatial, and eventually the design narrative. As such, this article considers design not as an act of mere formation, but as an incessant performance of multiple decisions, direction, forms, experiences, and perceptive relations. The role of Augmented Reality in capitalizing on these notions and abilities is highlighted and explained through real-life examples.
2018-09-04T07:03:14Z
2018-09-04T07:03:14Z
2018
2018-09-04
Article
2325-1298
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8419
https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-128X/CGP/v12i03/47-54
Akoury, Chahid. 2018. "Perceptive Destabilizations: Design as Incessant Performance." The International Journal of Design Education 12 (3): 47-54.
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https://cgscholar.com/bookstore/works/perceptive-destabilizations?category_id=common-ground-publishing
en
The International Journal of Design Education
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/84202021-03-19T10:43:18Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Apprehending the Creative Process through Drawing in the Foundation Design Studio
Akoury, Chahid
One of the main goals of design education is to enhance and enable creative thinking. Therefore, effectively teaching visual representational and interpretational skills is vital for the communication and articulation of such ideations. This article will explore examples from two specific introductory design studios where my personal pedagogical approach emphasises drawing as a creative language of reflection and critical conceptualisation. The aim of my approach accentuates the exploration any idea through drawing and thus allowing this graphic language to aid in the generation of creative thinking. Drawing, then, assumes the role of a research process concerned not only with the projection of thoughts, but with the study of correlations, and the consequent incorporation of perceptive and conceptual articulations.
2018-09-04T08:29:46Z
2018-09-04T08:29:46Z
2018-09-04
Article
1476-8062
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8420
https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12223
Akoury, C. (2020). Apprehending the Creative Process through Drawing in the Foundation Design Studio. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 39(1), 113-125.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jade.12223
en
International Journal of Art & Design Education
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/85362023-10-30T08:29:36Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Women and photography
Nachabe Taan, Yasmine
This special issue of al-raida on Women and Photography addresses photography as a medium that challenges gender roles, positions, and attributes as seen in the mainstream media. It includes papers by contributors who examine the practice of women photographers in the Middle East as well as the different ways women are represented in photographs from a variety of perspectives that range from critical art disciplines to the social sciences.
2018-10-02T07:39:38Z
2018-10-02T07:39:38Z
2013
2018-10-02
Article
2226-4841
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8536
Taan, Y. N. (2013). Women and Photography. Al-Raida Journal, 4-6.
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http://www.alraidajournal.com/index.php/ALRJ/article/view/4/4
en
Al-Raida
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/85382023-10-30T08:26:43Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Cross-dressing in photographs of 1920s and 1930s Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon
Nachabe Taan, Yasmine
This issue will not be complete without the eclectic representation of women in the following intriguing photographs that I found while looking for photographs for this issue. All nine photographs are part of the Arab Image Foundation, an inspiring archive of photographs from the Middle East and North Africa.
2018-10-02T07:53:52Z
2018-10-02T07:53:52Z
2013
2018-10-02
Article
2226-4841
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8538
Taan, Y. N. (2013). Cross-dressing in Photographs of 1920s and 1930s Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon. Al-Raida Journal, 60-63.
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http://www.alraidajournal.com/index.php/ALRJ/article/view/9/9
en
Al-Raida
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/85392023-10-30T08:26:01Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Interview with Christina Rahme: a fashion photographer based in Beirut
Nachabe Taan, Yasmine
Christina Rahme holds an M.A. in photography from Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK) and is currently teaching photography at LAU. Yasmine Nashabe Taan interviewed her for this issue of alraida.
2018-10-02T07:59:24Z
2018-10-02T07:59:24Z
2013
2018-10-02
Article
2226-4841
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8539
Taan, Y. N. (2013). Interview with Christina Rahme: A Fashion Photographer Based in Beirut. Al-Raida Journal, 64-65.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.alraidajournal.com/index.php/ALRJ/article/view/10/10
en
Al-Raida
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/85412023-10-30T08:28:06Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
The naked blogger of Cairo: creative insurgency in the Arab world
Nachabe Taan, Yasmine
2018-10-02T08:18:51Z
2018-10-02T08:18:51Z
2017
2018-10-02
Article
1460-2466
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8541
Nachabe Taan, Y. (2017). Review of the book The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World, by Marwan M. Kraidy. Journal of Communication, 67 (1), E7-E9.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://academic.oup.com/joc/article/67/1/E7/4082456
en
Journal of Communication
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/85462023-10-30T08:31:38Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
An alternative representation of femininity in 1920s Lebanon
Nachabe, Yasmine
2018-10-02T09:21:30Z
2018-10-02T09:21:30Z
2011
2018-10-02
Article
2051-0861
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8546
Nachabe, Y. (2011). An Alternative Representation of Femininity in 1920s Lebanon: Through the mise-en-abîme of a masculine space. New Middle Eastern Studies, 1(1).
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.brismes.ac.uk/nmes/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NMES2011QSNachabe.pdf
en
New Middle Eastern Studies
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/85482023-10-30T08:31:08Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Refracted gazes
Nachabe, Yasmine
The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the French Mandate created many conflicts and much debate in the Middle East region. The paper will attempt to answer the following questions: How were these conflicts in the context of Lebanon represented through Marie al-Khazen�s (1899-1983) photographs? What does the change in pose and attire signify within an emerging culture caught between the two imperial powers of the Ottoman Empire and the French mandate? And where can �modernity� be located between the rural subject and the urban subject? Unlike the mainstream representational strategies of Middle Eastern women which were structured around white male European fantasies of the sort that circulated widely at the turn of the Twentieth-Century in images such as Marie Lydie Bonfils�s (1837-1919) bedouin woman, in Marie al-Khazen�s photographs, women projected a local female subjectivity.
This paper explores the relationship between modernity and femininity as manifest through the women�s activity, gaze and attire in Marie al-Khazen as well as other photographs taken in the Middle East region between the 1930s and the 1940s. Al-Khazen and the women represented in the photographs of this period were part of a cosmopolitan sensibility that reveals the Middle East region to be far more international than one might have imagined. Caught between projecting a self-image of the cosmopolitan woman and one of the traditional bedouin, these photographs provide a rich field for tracking the ambiguities of the modern.
2018-10-02T09:37:57Z
2018-10-02T09:37:57Z
2012
2018-10-02
Article
2035-7680
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8548
Nachabe, Y. (2012). Refracted Gazes: A Woman Photographer during Mandate Lebanon. Altre Modernità: Rivista di studi letterari e culturali, (8), 167-173.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4951792
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Altre Modernità: Rivista di studi letterari e culturali
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/86182023-10-30T08:28:51Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Performing masculinity during mandate Lebanon in Marie al-Khazen’s photographs
Nachabe Taan, Yasmine
Marie al-Khazen (1899-1983) is an amateur photographer who took most
of her photographs in the 1920s and 1930s in and around Zgharta, a
village in the North of Lebanon. In this paper, I will analyze how gender
a category used to express differences between male and female
individuals depending on a combination of naturally endowed and chosen
attributes, abilities, appearances, and expressive codes —is represented
socially and culturally in a number of her photographs through complex
conventions and significations. How and in what way men inhabit alKhazen’s
photographs is the focus of this paper. These photographs were
produced during a period that is often characterized as predominantly
patriarchal. In most of the photographs selected for this paper, I will
argue that, al-Khazen reflects this predominantly patriarchal ideology
and will show how most of al-Khazen’s photographs prescribe to
meanings of masculinity as heroic.
While analyzing the photographs, I consider the following question: How
do representations of masculinity differ from representations of
femininity in al-Khazen’s photographs? Her position being behind the
camera puts her in control of the image provided to us today. In other
words, she is not a neutral mediator, but, rather, manifests control
through her choice of the subject matter, the moments that she wanted to
be salient in her life, the light and shadow, the objects in the foreground
* Ph.D., Associate Professor, e-mail: ytaan@lau.edu.lb
Masculinities Journal and background setting, the subjects’ positions within the space of the photograph and the ways in which these subjects perform their social relations to each other within a group. How do al-Khazen’s photographic
decisions shape our understanding of gender relations in her
photographs? I will examine the ways photographs disseminate ideas and meanings by generating discursive notions on gender. Gender is explored as a category used to express differences between male and female individuals
depending on a combination of naturally endowed and chosen attributes
and appearances. The paper offers a scrutinized study of the photographs
and the different ways manhood or rujuliyya, particularly in the rural areas in Lebanon, was culturally represented through an amplified masculinity. From having a moustache, smoking a cigarette, sporting tarabish to holding rifles, a plethora of props and accoutrement appeared in the photos to denote signs of virility.
2018-10-12T06:52:57Z
2018-10-12T06:52:57Z
2018
2018-10-12
Article
1072-8538
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8618
Nachabe Taan, Y. (2018). Performing Masculinity during Mandate Lebanon in Marie al-Khazen’s photographs. Masculinities 9-10, 97-128.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.masculinitiesjournal.org/en-us/makele/performing-masculinity-during-mandate-lebanon-in-marie-alkhazen%E2%80%99s-photographs-/234/pdf
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Masculinities Journal
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/116952020-01-10T06:42:20Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
WAF - Test1
Joseph, Sayah
2020-01-10T06:42:20Z
2020-01-10T06:42:20Z
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/11695
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
en
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/118742021-03-19T10:47:40Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Relational Perception and the Discoverability of the Thing-In-Itself
Akoury, Chahid
2020-04-29T10:10:55Z
2020-04-29T10:10:55Z
2020-04-29
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/11874
Akoury, C. Relational Perception and the Discoverability of the Thing-In-Itself.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
en
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/118752021-03-19T10:47:40Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Immersive Experiences as the Condition of Possibility for Affective Spacing
Akoury, Chahid
2020-05-01T08:58:26Z
2020-05-01T08:58:26Z
2020-05-01
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/11875
Akoury, C. Immersive Experiences as the Condition of Possibility for Affective Spacing.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
en
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Influences and aspirations in the production of national projects in Lebanon and Kuwait
Mazzetto, Silvia
El-Khoury, Roula
Purpose
By looking at a selection of iconic modern projects designed by or commissioned to the prominent but not well-examined architect Sami Abdul Baki both in Lebanon and Kuwait during his most productive years in the 50s, this paper attempts to identify first main trends, influences and ideologies that shaped these works at the peak of modern architectural development in the region. Through these examples, the paper then aims at retracing predominant trajectories of intellectual capital exchange and transfer of knowledge between Lebanon and Kuwait. These can go far beyond their territorial boundaries, without claiming a single grand-narrative that describes the modern architectural development in any of the two countries.
Design/methodology/approach
The data collected from discourse analysis, interviews and biographical notes were mapped into a schematic diagram illustrating a complex network of connections and multidisciplinary involvement in projects.
Findings
However, the outcome did not generate a dominant theme for the projects or expertise of the architect.
Originality/value
It is very likely that Sami Abdul Baki's strong political dimension and quality as a mediator or facilitator in addition to his strong network of contacts played a significant role in the project commissions that he has won as an architect/engineer in Kuwait, Lebanon, Germany and other countries.
2020-07-14T09:14:25Z
2020-07-14T09:14:25Z
2020
2020-07-14
Article
1938-7806
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/11975
https://doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-06-2019-0159
Mazzetto, S., & El-Khoury, R. (2020). Influences and aspirations in the production of national projects in Lebanon and Kuwait: selected iconic projects by Sami Abdul Baki. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-06-2019-0159
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https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ARCH-06-2019-0159/full/html?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Archnet-IJAR_TrendMD_0
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Archnet-IJAR
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/123552021-03-19T10:47:41Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Influences and aspirations in the production of national projects in Lebanon and Kuwait
Mazzetto, Silvia
El-Khoury, Roula
Purpose
By looking at a selection of iconic modern projects designed by or commissioned to the prominent but not well-examined architect Sami Abdul Baki both in Lebanon and Kuwait during his most productive years in the 50s, this paper attempts to identify first main trends, influences and ideologies that shaped these works at the peak of modern architectural development in the region. Through these examples, the paper then aims at retracing predominant trajectories of intellectual capital exchange and transfer of knowledge between Lebanon and Kuwait. These can go far beyond their territorial boundaries, without claiming a single grand-narrative that describes the modern architectural development in any of the two countries.
Design/methodology/approach
The data collected from discourse analysis, interviews and biographical notes were mapped into a schematic diagram illustrating a complex network of connections and multidisciplinary involvement in projects.
Findings
However, the outcome did not generate a dominant theme for the projects or expertise of the architect.
Originality/value
It is very likely that Sami Abdul Baki's strong political dimension and quality as a mediator or facilitator in addition to his strong network of contacts played a significant role in the project commissions that he has won as an architect/engineer in Kuwait, Lebanon, Germany and other countries.
2020-12-08T08:52:33Z
2020-12-08T08:52:33Z
2020
2020-12-08
Article
2631-6862
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/12355
https://doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-06-2019-0159
Mazzetto, S., & El-Khoury, R. (2020). Influences and aspirations in the production of national projects in Lebanon and Kuwait. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 14(3), 599-614.
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https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ARCH-06-2019-0159/full/html?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Archnet-IJAR_TrendMD_0
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Archnet-IJAR
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/126362021-03-24T15:31:51Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Beirut: Alternative Chronotopes for an Aesthetic Experience of Presence
Akoury, Chahid
The capital city of Lebanon has borne witness to violent and degrading events. Marred by incessant destruction, wasting, and latent promises of prosperity, the image of the city is enshrouded with a hauntingly resilient memory characterized by unresolved conflicts and urban alienation. These experiences have left their visual and experiential mark throughout the urban space producing a state of involuntary suspension. While memory appears initially to be a strictly temporal phenomenon, this article propounds the spatial repercussions of memory. Additionally, The aim of this article is to turn to artistic practices for the production of new images leading to an aesthetic experience of the presence. The article highlights selected projects by local artists and designers that attest to the formation of new aesthetic experiences of presence. These experiences provide a way out of the deadlock of past memories and tropes in favor of an alternative chronotopic image of Beirut.
2021-03-24T15:31:51Z
2021-03-24T15:31:51Z
2021-03-24
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/12636
Akoury, C. Beirut: Alternative Chronotopes for an Aesthetic Experience of Presence. (Preprint)
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oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/139242022-08-11T11:08:29Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
A Methodology of teaching fundamentals of art and design
Srouji, Hanibal
The focus of this paper is to present a methodology of teaching fundamentals of Art & Design course base on analysis of artworks, mainly paintings, aimed at supporting art & design teaching practice at the foundation year level. The main argument is that this kind of analytical research and its application has not (always) been comprehensive and may not have been guided by sufficient assessment of teaching of the fundamentals of composition. The cases here are derived from my teaching practice and research in design studios of the Foundation Studies courses at the School of Architecture and Design and are supported by the students’ outcomes in these related studio courses. The conceptual background of the program puts forward that design develops its theory from practice through the iterative creative process of “thinking through making” as it was demonstrated by the teachers in the foundation courses at the Bauhaus. (Lecanides-Arnott, 2014; Ranjan, 2005).
As a teaching methodology in question, this paper argues in favor of a direct teaching approach to core ideas relating to composition at the foundation year level of Art and Design. This may question educational methodologies concerned with the teaching of the fundamentals of art & design in general, where students are to discover compositional core ideas, processes and application within rather intuitive and indirect learning processes. Although in other teaching methodologies, the elements of composition may be referred to and may be demonstrated in lectures, analysis, projects, processes and critiques, little evidence remains to show how students are consciously aware of their significance and use.
The methodology presented in this paper urges for a more direct process of discovery and assimilation of the core ideas related to composition by the students: as firsthand research and development on their behalf. This research maintains that when core ideas are presented, synthesized and applied at an early stage in art & design teaching, students forge a deeper understanding of composition that empowers their visual thinking processes, analysis capacities, synthesis, self-critique and application.
This research considers the transmission of core ideas related to composition as a fundamental objective in art and design learning and practice. It looks at ways of expanding the findings acquired through the analysis of artworks to notable applications in art & design, where core ideas become the basis for explorations of more complex or rather different compositional structures in diverse media.
The paper also argues that most “significant” artworks are based, whether it be intuitive (visual) or intentional (rational / mathematical), on a relative and proportional relation among the “parts” that constitute the “whole”. When examined, the compositions demonstrate an inherent structural complexity comparable with a mathematical relativity among their visual constituents.
Core ideas are presented within an itemized framework of an analysis process. A case is made that the breakdown of an artwork to its essential components will help to produce essential compositional outcomes [regarded as "schemas"or blueprints] that can be used in further design applications and developments.
Then it looks at methods on how to reinvest the outcomes of the analysis in projects that would carry further the understanding and the applications of the acquired concepts, thinking processes and approaches.
Based on the notion of de-construction / re-construction, a case is made of certain possibilities of the use of the outcomes of the analysis as systems to produce novel art & design exercises and projects [new outcomes].
Such a methodology can be developed into a well-grounded and rich set of open art & design teaching approach appropriate to the needs of instructing students at introductory undergraduate levels in art, design and those in preparation for architecture schools; particularly in countries where undergraduate students have had little creative training or insufficient art education at secondary and high schools.
2022-08-11T10:54:05Z
2022-08-11T10:54:05Z
2017
2022-08-11
Article
2321–2454
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13924
Srouji, H. (2017). A Methodology of Teaching Fundamentals of Art and Design. Asian Journal of Education and e-Learning 5(4), 113-140.
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337339470_A_Methodology_of_Teaching_Fundamentals_of_Art_and_Design
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Asian Journal of Education and e-Learning
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/139302022-08-12T09:44:26Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Visual thinking
Srouji, Hanibal Charles
In Art Education, reading and understanding artworks and designs through a direct process of structural analysis improve visual thinking and performance, especially at the foundation level. This paper examines ways in which the learning process takes place. It argues that mathematical relations and geometry are underlying constitutes in artworks. The analytical process enhances the learners’ cognition, perception, and their acquisition of visual and iterative skills that can significantly affect their development. Accordingly, it considers the mechanisms of the analysis and their educational value, as these may solicit novel rereadings of the artworks and their aesthetics.
2022-08-12T09:44:16Z
2022-08-12T09:44:16Z
2019
2022-08-11
Article
1927-0232
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13930
Srouji, H. C. (2019). Visual Thinking: An Attempt at Dissecting Visual Aesthetics. Higher Education of Social Science, 16(2), 31-37.
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http://cscanada.net/index.php/hess/article/view/10946
en
Higher Education of Social Science
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/151592023-10-31T12:07:34Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
The image as a site of transgression: the case of Beirut counter-visuality since October 2019
Nachabe Taan, Yasmine
On 17 October 2019 in Beirut, a Lebanese state bodyguard confronted by demonstrators opened fire when a female protestor hit him with a side kick. Another protestor recorded this moment on his mobile phone. A single frame of the video footage was remediated shortly after as a still image and gained rapid traction across social media platforms, as did the original video. The circulation of the content online inspired a group of artists to remediate the digital image themselves into a series of artistic works, adding in the process additional layers of meaning and interpretation to its original context. Taking the digital image of the side kick as a case study, this qualitative research examines how five young Lebanese artists use ‘cyberartivism’ to participate in the rising wave of political and social transformation. Based on empirical material that consists of a series of interviews with five Lebanese artists, this study aims to understand the role of digital images in their transition from forms of evidence to remediated sites of transgression in the context of the October 2019 Revolution in Lebanon. Its purpose is to explore the way camera witnessing, connective witnessing, and the creative modification of an image and its circulation on social media can foster a sense of solidarity and dissent by empowering and strengthening protestors’ voices, thus generating new forms of leadership and agency.
2023-10-31T12:06:42Z
2023-10-31T12:06:42Z
2023
2023-10-30
Article
1474-2837
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15159
https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2023.2269105
Nachabe Taan, Y. (2023). The image as a site of transgression: the case of Beirut counter-visuality since October 2019. Social Movement Studies, 1-19.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14742837.2023.2269105
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Social Movement Studies
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/154342024-03-18T07:33:36Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Designerly resistance: Professional object design in support of Lebanon’s street protests
Dabaghi, Karma
Design activism theory calls on designers to take responsibility for using their design skills to make real social change though influencing the mindset of their audience. This paper discusses the specific case of architect and designer Guillaume Crédoz who collaborated with the protestors during the 17 October Revolution in Lebanon to help them carry out acts of political disobedience against corruption and government injustice. The history of design lacks examples of professionally designed objects meant to mobilize the public within protest settings, and the examples of Crédoz demonstrate that such objects can be functional, engage the user, express discontent, and support oppositional attitudes in the name of a more just society. At the same time, they can effectively support protestors in their efforts to resist. Designers can play a supportive role in introducing change through functional objects with a disruptive aesthetic.
2024-03-18T07:33:19Z
2024-03-18T07:33:19Z
2024
2024-03-18
Article
1460-6925
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15434
https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2024.2325184
Dabaghi, K. (2024). Designerly resistance: Professional object design in support of Lebanon’s street protests. The Design Journal, 1-18.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14606925.2024.2325184
en
The Design Journal
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/154352024-03-18T08:23:02Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Beyond design thinking and into speculative futures in legal design
Dabaghi, Karma
Lockton, D.
Lenzi, S.
The Legal Design movement has succeeded in proposing change to communities through collaboration between the legal and design professions. As a result, new kinds of empathetic solutions have been introduced where the citizen experience is prioritized over commercial goals. Still missing from Legal Design, however, is a stronger understanding of current theoretical literature in design that is questioning the ontology of the discipline and formulating new scenarios of transition toward the future. This paper encourages an embrace of these methodologies and cautions against their use without a solid understanding of the present and a real understanding of their potential effects. The methods of “futuring” used by designers can help the legal profession imagine better futures with a view toward implementation. These futures keep the moral compass straight for leaders whose exercise of power leads to injustice and how people can have access to justice, governance, and accountability within difficult situations.
2024-03-18T08:05:14Z
2024-03-18T08:05:14Z
2022
2024-03-18
Conference Paper / Proceeding
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15435
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.307
Dabaghi, K. (2022). Beyond design thinking and into speculative futures in legal design. In DRS 2022, Bilbao, Spain. Design Research Society.
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https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2022/researchpapers/70/
en
DRS biennial conference series
DRS2022, Bilbao
Design Research Society
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/154362024-03-18T08:19:47Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
Blended Learning in the Foundational Design Studio
Dabaghi, Karma
Abou Arbid, Silia
Educational technology--Congresses
Computer-assisted instruction--Congresses
Based on our experience of teaching the first-year Foundation studio online in an architecture program, we highlight the benefits of Blended Learning that incorporates strategic scheduling of physical and virtual delivery modes. Our qualitative observations build on recent literature that examines the use of online elements in teaching the design studio. We observed that the more theoretical aspects appear to be effectively mastered online while the practical ones that require tactile abilities are not. We identify what kinds of interaction maximize the potential of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in the Foundation studio.
2024-03-18T08:17:45Z
2024-03-18T08:17:45Z
2023
2024-03-18
Conference Paper / Proceeding
9783031206177
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15436
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20617-7_1
Dabaghi, K., & Abou Arbid, S. (2022, July). Blended Learning in the Foundational Design Studio. In International Conference in Methodologies and intelligent Systems for Techhnology Enhanced Learning (pp. 1-6). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
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https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-20617-7_1
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Lecture notes in networks and systems
v. 580.
Springer
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/154372024-03-18T09:28:01Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
AI4Architect: An Intelligent Help System to Support Students in the Design Domain
Abrusci, Luca
Dabaghi, Karma
D’Urso, Stefano
Sciarrone, Filippo
Chatbots are important tools for improving learning by assisting students in their daily learning activities. In recent years, Deep Learning techniques have made it possible to train chatbots in increasingly comprehensive and even adaptive ways. ChatGPT and DALL-E are the latest and most advanced examples of chatbots that are capable, respectively, of providing textual responses to questions about almost any knowledge domain and of creating an image produced by a concept expressed in a textual form. More and more, students use such applications as a support in their learning process at all levels of study. In this paper, we present the AI4Architect system, a web application to support students in creating their projects in the design domain. The system consists of two modules, structured in a pipe configuration. The first module is based on ChatGPT and the second on DALL-E: students can first post a question and then ask for one or more images to be created based on the response to that question. Our goal is to investigate if such an AI-based system can help students as draw guidance and inspiration for the production of their design projects. A controlled experiment was conducted that showed the effectiveness of the system as a valid educational support.
2024-03-18T09:27:10Z
2024-03-18T09:27:10Z
2023
2024-03-18
Conference Paper / Proceeding
9783031412264
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15437
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41226-4_7
Abrusci, L., Dabaghi, K., D’Urso, S., & Sciarrone, F. (2023, July). AI4Architect: An Intelligent Help System to Support Students in the Design Domain. In International Conference in Methodologies and intelligent Systems for Techhnology Enhanced Learning (pp. 65-72). Cham: Springer.
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https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-41226-4_7
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Lecture notes in networks and systems
v. 764
Springer