Hotel - Beirut: Architecture in the conflict city

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dc.contributor.advisorEl-Dahdah, Faresen_US
dc.creatorByrnes, W. Ryan Mattaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-03T18:31:34Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-03T18:31:34Zen_US
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description.abstractThe post-conflict city is both a tragedy and opportunity; an environment of suffering, yet a fertile landscape for reconstruction. An architect's typical relation to an armed conflict environment is as an agent of reconstruction once fighting stops. But what of a city where conflict is continuous and interminable? How does an architect intervene in a conflict city? My thesis proposes an architectural intervention that recognizes an urban condition where hot and cold conflict are states of a fluctuating environmental condition. As the conditions change, spaces might adapt and architectural elements react, whether by physical operations, shifts in program, or accommodation of different users and occupations. Much of the conflict logic that is embedded throughout is inspired by strategies and spatial reappropriations that civilians employ to cope with a never ending conflict condition. Designing for the conflict condition does not suggest perpetuating its continuance. Rather, propositions which recognize varying degrees of hostilities within the urban fabric allow for the generation of unique spatial configurations, both formal and programmatic, with potential for diverse social and cultural use when conflict is cold, or what the idealist would consider times of relative peace.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 2008 BYRNESen_US
dc.identifier.citationByrnes, W. Ryan Matta. "Hotel - Beirut: Architecture in the conflict city." (2008) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103578">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103578</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2632en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103578en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectCommunication and the artsen_US
dc.subjectLebanonen_US
dc.titleHotel - Beirut: Architecture in the conflict cityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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