interviews Bethlehem-based architects Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hilal on their 'Decolonizing Architecture'-project and talk about art, architecture, occupation and urbanism in Palestine. A project developed for the LA Haudenschild Foundation, 'Decolonizing Architecture' attempts to use architecture as an “arena of speculation” about possible futures of Palestine. The project is selected in the upcoming Architectual Biennale di Venezia, Sept 14 - Nov 23 2008. Read full interview here.
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where's Edward Said when you need him.
Man,
Weizman and these two are doing some real interesting work/theorizing on the current state/effects of planning and architecture in th eOccupied Territories. This new project where they are basically trying to adaptively re-use the land "returned" to the Palestinians is very interesting.......
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