Saturday 3 January 2009

Decolonizing Architecture


Questioning the future of Israeli colonies in Palestine; an acute architectural and urbanistic problem.


Scenarios for the transformation of Israeli Settlements.
A project by the London/Bethlehem based architectural studio of Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti and Eyal Weizman.




"Two case-studies; the settlement of P'sagot, a hill near Ramallah and the abandoned millitary camp of Oush Grab, near Bethlahem. The first project is an imagined set of scenarios and the second, a real battleground between Palestinians who want to turn it into a public park and Israeli settlers who try to claim it, heavily armed and escorted by the Israeli army."
Unfortunately, with the ongoing war in Gaza, seems like a lot more similar projects will be carried out in the future of the region...


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