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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Aga Khan Program for
Islamic Architecture at MIT</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Lecture Announcement</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Monday,
March 14</span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=6
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Architecture in </span></font><font
size=6><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Lebanon</span></font><font size=6><span
style='font-size:24.0pt'>: from Modernism to</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=6
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Contemporary Trends</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Dr. Elie
George Haddad</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Lebanese</span></font><font
size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span></font><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>American</span></font><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span></font><font size=5><span style='font-size:
18.0pt'>University</span></font><font size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>.
</span></font><font size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Byblos</span></font><font
size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>, </span></font><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>Lebanon</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Lecture
is at </span></font></b><b><font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-weight:bold'>5:30 pm</span></font></b><b><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'> in MIT room 3-133 and it is free and
open to the public. </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>MIT Map</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black'> :
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=6-120&mapsearch=go</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For information call 617
253 1400 or e-mail akpiarch@mit.edu or on the web http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Abstract</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>This paper will present a survey of the development of architecture in </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lebanon</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>, one of the foremost modernizing countries in the
Arab world, which, after its independence in 1943, witnessed a process of
renewal in which architecture played a visible role as a mediator of positive
political and economic change. One of the main questions remains about the
relationship between such changes, no matter how positive, and the cultural
climate in which they occur. Do they appear as "imports", foreign to
the context in which they are projected? Or are they normal extensions of a
historical process that affects the whole world in phases?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The importation of styles seems to be, unfortunately the case of many
countries that fall now under the categorization of "third-world"
countries, where the existence of "modern" forms did not happen
concurrently with a general level of industrialization, economic development
and individual emancipation. In such cases, new forms appear within
"traditional" contexts more as samples of another way of life,
imported for their apparent promises of fast emancipation. It is in this sense
that we may understand the enthusiasm with which traditional societies initially
welcome the arrival of new colonizers that soon remodel the traditional
landscape in their own urban and visual language.</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>In this presentation, I will discuss the process of dissemination in
the specific case of </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lebanon</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, which attempted to develop its own
architectural identity after its independence in 1943. I will specifically
discuss three moments in the developments of architecture in Lebanon: the first
phase, influenced by the process of modernization around the world [1950-1975],
the second phase in the midst of the civil war [1975-1990] and the third phase
after the end of the civil war [1990-present] showing examples of the different
realizations that developed throughout this period. Within the scope of this
presentation I will be discussing examples of the contemporary architectural
"scene" in </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Beirut</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, and their effect, if any, of the
development of a new direction in architecture.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Bio</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Elie Haddad studied
architecture at the </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>American</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> of </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Beirut</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> and
the </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Boston</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Architectural</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Center</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
[1982-88] then received his Masters from the </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> of </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cincinnati</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> [1991] and his PhD in Architecture from the </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> of </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Pennsylvania</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> [1998].</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>He has been a full time
faculty member at the Department of Architecture at the </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lebanese</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>American</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> since 1994 and was appointed Chair of the
Department in September 2000.</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Haddad has been
active in academic circles, where he has participated in a number of
international conferences, organized local conferences, the latest being
a symposium on Contemporary Discourses in Architecture in May 2004 in </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Beirut</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>, and published articles on architectural theory and
urbanism.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Among his publications:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Projects for a
Competition: The Souks of </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Beirut</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>,
1994</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>forthcoming publication
in Urban Design International, issue 9:3, Fall 2004</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Beyrouth : Reconstruire
la ville apres la guerre civile</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>in Faces, Journal of the </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Institute</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> of </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Architecture</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> at the </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> of </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Geneva</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>, Issue # 56, Autumn 2004</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Against Reification:
Re-reading Manfredo Tafuri</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>in Datutop 24, Journal of
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tampere</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> of Technology</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Realization of the
Beautiful: On Henry van de Velde's Aesthetic Theory</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>in Fabrications, Journal
of the Society of Architectural Historians, </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Australia</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> and </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>New Zealand</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>, Vol. 13, No.1, June 2003</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On Van de Velde's
Manuscript on Ornament</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>in Journal of Design
History, </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Oxford</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> Press, Vol. 16, No.2, 2003</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Aga Khan Program for
Islamic Architecture<br>
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Phone: 617-253-1400<br>
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Aga Khan Program Web Site: http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/</p>
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