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Seminar at City Debates

Public Works Studio participated in the 2017 City Debates at AUB where we exhibited the findings of our research project, “Mapping Beirut through its Tenants’ Stories,” in the lobby of the Architecture and …

Seminar and Discussion: Right to Housing: The Landscape From Mar Mikhael and Al-Badawi Neighborhoods.

Similar to many other cities in Lebanon, Beirut’s current housing market falls short in providing suitable housing options for the majority of its residents, leaving them without stability or adequate living conditions. Over …

Mapping Beirut through its Tenants’ Stories workshop series

A participatory research space with the aim of promoting the right to the city and affordable housing through a series of six workshops. These workshops specifically focus on gathering and sharing the experiences …

Mapping Beirut through its Tenants’ Stories

This project studied the impacts of market-driven developments and policies on housing rights in Beirut and the creation of social and spatial injustices, resulting in the displacement of many low and middle-income families. …

Mapping Bachoura: Narratives of Residents and Evictions

There are some national statistics on the number of families living in Beirut under the rent control law, the last one was conducted in 2004 and it indicated that Bachoura area contains the …

Bachoura: A Case Study of a Neighborhood at Risk

There have been some national surveys on the number of families that live in Beirut under rent control, the last of which was conducted in 2004, showing that Bachoura has the highest percentage …