Marwa Al-Sabouni

The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the author's personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country's bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment offers a mirror to the community that inhabits it. From Syria's tolerant past, with churches and mosques built alongside one another in Old Homs and members of different religions living harmoniously together, the book chronicles the recent breakdown of social cohesion in Syria's cities, with the lack of shared public spaces intensifying divisions within the community and corrupt officials interfering in town planning for their own gain, actions symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With first-hand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of refugees struggling to find a home, this compelling and original book explores the personal impact of the conflict and offers hope for how architecture can play a role in rebuilding a sense of identity within a damaged society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson / Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 401g
• ISBN-13: 9780500343173
• ISBN-10: 0500343179
• Artikelnr.: 43920570

Autorenporträt

Marwa al-Sabouni has a PhD in Islamic Architecture and runs a private architectural studio in Homs, Syria. She is co-owner of the first and only online media site dedicated to architectural news in Arabic: www.arch-news.net.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Battle of Freedom - 2. The Battle of Old Homs - 3. The Battle of Mortar - 4. The Battle of Baba Amr - 5. The Battle of Finding a Home - 6. The Battle of Continuation

Rezensionen

'An angry and personal memoir' - Daily Telegraph