ECO-SCAPES Ecological, Social & Economic Alternatives Thesis Shortlisted in the 2022 Areen Awards Competition
American University of Beirut AUB-Fall 2021/Spring 2022
Synopsis Dreams have long been a subject of artistic inquiry, defined as a succession of ideas, emotions, images, and sensations that occur in the mind. Recent research has shown that dreaming serves a vital function in our overall well-being, often associated to therapy. Dreams convey a spectrum of emotions, past experiences, recent events, defensive operations, perceptions of self
and
others,
conflicts,
problems,
and
attempts
at their resolution. In essence, dreams represent an adventure in a world where our internalized thoughts, feelings, and unfulfilled needs and desires come to life, as many theories suggest and support (Jung, 1974). This project explores the concept of dreams as a starting point for designing explorative, therapeutic, and
experiential
latter
serve
as
spaces
and
ecological,
landscapes.
social,
and
The
economic
alternatives to an environment defined by destruction, deterioration, and deprivation such as the city of Beirut. In
other
words,
designing
spaces
they that
represent
the
address
the
possibilities
of
deep-seated
social and economic issues faced by the city of Beirut,
while
fostering
healing
and
well-being.
Mixed-Income Housing + Urban Vertical Farming Beirut, Lebanon Architectural and Urban Design Cad, Rhino, Grasshopper, Lumion, Adobe Suite