Give us a B...MSc City Design staff, students and friends, image courtesy of Bianca Ryseck.
MSc City Design and Social Science students and faculty members Dr Gunter Gassner and Professor Fran Tonkiss travelled to Beirut 16-21 May 2015. Working in collaboration with colleagues at the American University of Beirut's Neighbourhood Initiative and Department of Architecture and Design, the students explored processes of urban development in key sites in central Beirut, including: the Solidere redevelopment of the city's historic core, new residential developments in the Ain Mreisseh area bordering the AUB campus, and the planned development of the Dalieh of Raouche seafront area to the west of the centre. The images on this page are by MSc students Alessia Finckenstein (AF), Bianca Ryseck (BR), Nicole Hofert (NH) and Sam Merkt (SM).
Miscellaneous City: chaos and coherence in Beirut, an essay by Ankit Bhardwaj and Melissa Chin based on their field trip, can be read as a PDF here: Miscellaneous City.
Images
Busy Beirut (AF)
Palms (BR)
Buildings (SM)
Under construction (AF)
On site (NH)
Cool customers (BR)
Side street cafe (AF)
Terrace (SM)
Boat trip (BR)
Boat trip (NH)
Bathers (SM)
Model Beirut: Gunter Gassner, Fran Tonkiss (second right) and students are introduced to a vision of the future (SM).
Model Beirut (NH)