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Recoding Post-War Syria | Designing Peace exhibition video
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For audio descriptions, please visit https://youtu.be/WM4bm5J8MLc Recoding Post-War Syria is a research and open-data platform that offers a new process for rethinking and revitalizing cities in the wake of conflict. After witnessing firsthand the destructive legacy of war in their own cities of Damascus, Syria, and Beirut, Lebanon, two architects propose a new methodology that fuses state-of-the-art technology and community participation to plan, design, and rebuild damaged post-conflict cities. Challenging typical rebuilding approaches that demolish entire neighborhoods, the studio aims to recycle the rubble and use existing functional buildings. Advanced 3D scanning and digital modeling of the destruction provides an accurate reconstruction plan. Designing Peace explores the unique role design can play in pursuing peace. The exhibition features design projects from around the world that look at ways to create and sustain more durable peaceful interactions—from creative confrontations that challenge existing structures to designs that demand embracing justice and truth in a search for reconciliation. On view at Cooper Hewitt through Summer 2023. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/channel/designing-peace/
