Destroied Buddhas

from Application for MArch Urban Design at UCL Bartlett - Yang Yichen

Bamyan was a thriving center for religions and cultures as an intersection on the ancient Silk Road. Stood in the valley since the 6th century, The Buddhas of Bamyan themselves were symbols of integration between cultures and religions, until they were dynamited by the Taliban in 2001. A deliberate act of destruction, motivated by an extremist ideology that aimed to destroy culture, identity, and history, the loss of the Buddhas revealed how the destruction of heritage could be used as a weapon against local populations and those who hold a different belief.

Oppressed Hazara People

The Hazaras are considered to be one of the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan. Hazaras suffered severe oppression and ethnic genocide. Bamyan is the center of the region of Hazarajat, where Hazaras mainly settled.

ATTACKS TYPE

Suicide Attack

Suicide Attack Massive Attack Massive Attack

Massive Attack Suicide Attack

CLAIMED BY PLACE DATE DEATH INJURIES

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Afghanistan had suffered constant chaos and wars since the 1940s, as invaders and local powers keep comes and goes. In 2021, the Taliban took control of the country for the second time, raising concerns that the ultra-extremist Islamic group would reimpose their inhuman laws on the country.

Shia mosque - Kunduz Sayed al-Shuhada School - Kabul Bamyan

Kowsar Education Center - Kabul Dasht-e Barchi - Kabul

Shia mosque - Kandahar 15/10/2021 08/10/2021 08/05/2021 21/11/2020 24/10/2020 12/05/2020

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Data Resource: Major Anti-Hazara Attacks since 2020

PROJECT 04 - PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND NETWORK

Bring Agricultural Landscape back to Urban Campus

ACADEMIC / INDIVIDUAL SEPTEMBER 2021 - NOVEMBER 2021 TUTOR: LIU

ZHENYU

CUMT CAMPUS, XUZHOU, JIANGSU PROV., P.R.CHINA

are places where education & connections with the local community come together, therefore making them decent sites for the experiment. Here the mapping enlisted all educational facilities & markets in central Xuzhou, demonstrating the potential possibilities of bringing in a productive landscape inside schools & building connections between schools with local markets.