Tag: Dr Yara Sharif

“The International (dis)Order and the Crisis in Gaza” Roundtable Discussion with: Dr Aidan Hehir, Dr Yara Sharif, Dr Atef Alshaer, and Dr Catherine Charrett | Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 18:00 (GMT), UG05 at Regent Street campus

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When: Tuesday, 12th of December 2023 at 6pm (GMT)

Where: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW

The ongoing crisis in Gaza has generated intense debate worldwide and exposed a range of tensions – moral, legal, and political – that continue to beset the international system.  

This crisis did not happen in a vacuum and its repercussions will likely define international politics for many years to come.  

In this roundtable we will situate this crisis in context, analyse the key themes and issues that make it so controversial and emotive, and speculate on its long-term impact on the existing international order. 

This is a cross University event. 

All students and staff welcome.  

Book Launch + Webinar: “Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope” | Thursday, June 10 , 2021 at 18:00 (BST)

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Please join MArch DS22 tutors and the founders of Palestine Regeneration Team, Senior Lecturers at the UoW, Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzari, on the 10th of June 2021 at 6pm (BST) for a webinar and a book launch for Open Gaza: Architectures of hope, co-edited by the late Michael Sorkin and Deen Sharp.

In an attempt to cultivate hope, a group of scholars got together to explore imaginative spatial scenarios to heal the fractured city of Gaza. While we share some of the work, we will also be discussing the wider subjects of Architecture of Care and the Right to the City.

The event hosted by the Head of School of Architecture + Cities, Professor Harry Charrington, is a tribute to Michael Sorkin and a testament to his insistent cry for a right to the city and a spatial justice for all.

The event is part of London Festival of Architecture.

For further details and to register for the event please go to Eventbrite.

“Secrets of a Digital Garden: 50 flowers, 50 villages” curated by DS22 tutors Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzari at the Chicago Architecture Biennial, 19 September 2019 – 5 January 2020

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Dr. Yara Sharif and Dr. Nasser Golzari from the School of Architecture + Cities will be taking part in the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial.

In a collaborative project with Riwaq: centre for architectural conservation, Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzari will be curating the exhibition entitled Secrets of a Digital Garden: 50 flowers, 50 villages.

Secrets of a Digital Garden is a future imaginary scenario set up in rural Palestine in the form of a digital garden with 50 interactive flowers representing 50 Palestinian villages. The work draws on their collaborative work with Riwaq on revitalising 50 Palestinian historic fabrics and their on-going research by design as founders of NG Architects and Palestine Regeneration Team (PART).

Nothing is conventional in this garden. 50 slices of earth containing ‘digital’ flowers will be brought to Chicago to narrate the absurd dis-connectivity of Palestine and the attempt to reclaim it through the 50 Villages Project. Underneath the surface, a process of production is in place. Capsules containing physical and digital DNA is trapped in each flower to capture and share the story of the 50 Villages.

The exhibition explores new means to navigate the landscape of Palestine using digital fabrication and film.

https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/news

The 2019 edition of Chicago Architecture Biennial is directed by Yesomi Umolu and is titled ‘ …and other such stories’.

The opening will take place on September 19, 2019, and will stay open till January 5, 2020.

The event promises to form an expansive and multi-faceted exploration of the field of architecture and the built environment globally. Developed through a research-led approach, the curatorial team Paulo Tavares, Sepake Angiama — led by Umolu — draws on the spatial, historical, and socio-economic conditions of Chicago to consider questions of land, memory, rights, and civic participation…’

Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzari are award-winning architects and academics with an interest in design as a mean to facilitate and empower ‘forgotten’ communities, while also interrogating the role of architecture politics and social commitment. Combining research with design, their work runs parallel between the architecture practice NG Architects, London and the design studio at the University of Westminster and their design-led research group Palestine Regeneration Team (PART). Their work has been exploring new means to rethink the Palestinian landscape through speculative scenarios and live projects.

Their work has won the RIBA President’s Award for Research amongst other awards.

The installation is done with the support of the University of Westminster and the Fabrication Lab, Golzari NG Architects, London and Palestine Regeneration Team (PART).

“Refugee Shelter: Design, building and engagement” – Monday 30th April, 18:30 – 21:00, RIBA

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When: Mon 30 April 2018, 18:30 – 21:00

Where: RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1NR

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/refugee-shelter-design-building-and-engagement-tickets-43742106819?aff=es2

 

‘Toward Healthy Housing for the Displaced’, the winning entry to the RIBA President’s Awards for Research 2017 Housing category, was written by a team of researchers from the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering at the University of Bath.

Their work highlights the neglected issue of indoor environmental conditions that displaced people are exposed to; conditions that are often extreme and can have serious implications for the health of the occupants. The reality is that there are 10’s of millions living in these ‘temporary’ camps, which often endure for years on end. Using literature review and collecting on-site longitudinal data and occupant interviews from camps in Jordan, the team sought to understand and document the range of climatic conditions faced by those living in the camps, the problems caused and the adaptions made to alleviate the situation.

With projects involving displaced peoples and camps making a regular contribution to the RIBA President’s Awards for Research, we have invited other leading researchers to present their work and provide a broader perspective on this often overlooked aspect of shelter for displaced people.

We invite you to join the discussion, along with researchers in-the-field, to explore ongoing efforts to improve the conditions of the many that find themselves forced from their homes and their normal lives.

Speakers:

  • Prof David Coley & Dr Jason Hart, University of Bath
  • Dr Nasser Golzari & Dr Yara Sharif, Golzari-NG- Architects
  • Dr Irit Katz, University of Cambridge, Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Architecture
  • Dr Maria Faraone, Oxford Brookes University, Lecturer, School of the Built Environment

#PARPresents

 

 

DS22 Students Participate in “Here, There, Everywhere” Exhibition _ Opening at P21 Gallery, Tonight 7th November at 6.30pm

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Artists, architects, actors, teachers, photographers, film makers and families get together in London and Gaza to inaugurate the exhibition Here, There, Everywhere.

Join us at P21 gallery 6.30 pm today –with a live streaming from Gaza at 7 pm — and get a taste of the work from an adaptation of of Tolstoy’s War and Peace to installations by postgraduate students of architecture from DS22 University of Westminster, to self-build initiatives for reconstruction by Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), the works will reflect on moments of hope to celebrate life.

This is part of a great initiative by Az Theatre to mark 10 years of collaboration with Gaza.

Event Curator: Jonathan Chadwick

When: 7th November 6.30pm

Where: PS21 gallery, 21-27 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD

Read more here.