tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892545703905534779.post5138856490061799001..comments2011-12-02T19:19:43.663-05:00Comments on diplomacy_12: Chan_Territory 2_RefugeAncahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12747523386555346144noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892545703905534779.post-43507702508482428512011-10-31T02:18:01.942-04:002011-10-31T02:18:01.942-04:00Huge political focus here, which is fine, but it c...Huge political focus here, which is fine, but it can become a loud player in the project. And, it is a big territory to take on. I can see conflict resolution institutes, or a kind of shared occupied space based on some kind of program that unites people. Maybe that's nothing like what you were thinking but I'm just throwing things out there- things that come to mind. It's tricky because it's not a project that wants to solve a dispute- I think we'd both agree it would be naive to argue that an architecture will make the Israeli Palestine conflict go away, but there could be something there- making apparent the conflict- explicating histories... not sure what the goal is. What are the ways or architectural devices that function in this territory? Is it a fruitful area for investigation? Where do you see an architecture intervening/ creating leverage or equalizing? How? All questions I'm sure you can't answer right away but let them be framing device, a way to focus the study down to something tangible to make necessary diplomacy at an architectural scale.Monicamuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772066284753227818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892545703905534779.post-31681126523838476112011-10-26T15:32:09.168-04:002011-10-26T15:32:09.168-04:00Gaza is an interesting place when discussing power...Gaza is an interesting place when discussing power structures and societies that exist outside of the structures of recognized nation states. I want to hear more about your ideas about what specific interventions at the architectural scale happen because of this situation. There's the tunnel to Egypt, rocket launches from high-rise apartment blocks, the wall of course, etc. Because the powers that control the strip are in a way acting in defiance of the world system, what has that caused to emerge that might be unique within that system?seanbaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12330823276594449298noreply@blogger.com