AS_Architecture Portfolio

FAR Laboratory of Construction and Architecture

Karantina Playhouse

Prof. André Ullal Yvan Vuarambon Ricardo Vannucci

Collaboration:Kyra Michel

VISIBILITY, A MANIFEST

1. DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SPATIAL, SOCIAL, HISTORICAL, AND LEGAL CONDITIONS, KARANTINA IS CURRENTLY DEFINED BY THE NEGATIVE.

2. THE INHABITANTS AND COMMUNITY OF KARANTINA CARRY THE BURDEN OF SOCIAL IMPAIRMENTS SET UP BY THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND SECURTIZATION OF REFUGEES.

3. AS VULNERABILITIES INTERSECT, SOME POPULATION GROUPS FACE EVEN MORE INVISIBILITY THAN OTHERS. WOMEN, CHILDREN, ELDERS, LGBTQ, AMONG OTHERS, CUMULATE THE OBSTACLES TO THEIR FREE EXPRESSION.

4. NOBODY GOES TO KARANTINA, NOODY WANTS TO SEE KARANTINA. IT IS TIME TO VISIBILIZE THE INVISIBLE AND MAKE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY HEARD, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

5. MANY OF THE PRESSURES FACED BY THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ARE APPLICABLE ON A LARGE SCALE TO LEBANON AND REFUGEES. WE NEED TO VISIBILIZE AND VALUE THOSE NARRATIVES IN ORDER TO PLACE THE INHABITANTS AS ACTORS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENTS.

Karantina is a fragile district of the city of Berouth. Throughout its history it has been home to the most vulnerable segments of the population.

This project deals with the design of an urban theater and a local humanitarian coordination center in the Karantina district.

It will host workshops, performances, and simultaneaously act as the technical coordination hub of civil society groups and local NGOs: it gives visibility to the inhabitants, while encouraging the creation of communication and coordination channels.

The theatrical architecture serves both purposes.