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Urban Modernity in the Contemporary Gulf (April 2023)

CAAD AD1-102
April 8, 2023
16:00 - 18:30
Free
AUS Community

A city within a bigger city, the urban fabric produced during the modernization era has the potential to narrate the social growth, East–West dynamics and citizens’ memories of the recent past. This panel discussion offers a timely and engaging discussion on architectural production in the modernization era in the Arabian Peninsula. Focusing on the 20th century as a starting point, speakers explore the display of transnational architectural practices resulting in different notions of locality, cosmopolitanism and modernity. It interrogates the value of modern architecture in the non-West, examining how academic research is expanding the debate on Gulf urbanism, and describes how practices of reuse could foster rethinking neglected areas and promote cultural, social and environmental sustainability.

Speakers
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Roberto Fabbri | Jumanah Abbas | Jason Carlow | Lina Ahmed | Marco Sosa | Kevin Mitchell

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