Marwan Basmaji

December 21, 2016	ARCHIDES Lecture Series: “Creative Processes”
	Following his architectural studies in Lebanon at USEK (1992-1999), Dr. Basmaji continued his postgraduate studies as a member of Tadao Ando Academic Laboratory at the University of Tokyo in Japan (2001-2008). During his studies, he also worked shortly at Arata Isozaki and Associates on a project in Beirut, before establishing Basmaji and Bielinska Architects (BBA) along with Mrs. Kamila Bielinska-Basmaji. Dr. Basmaji taught, directed design workshops, participated in conferences and was a guest critic at various institutions in Mexico, Poland, Switzerland, Tunisia, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 2012, BBA studio won the Young Arab Architects Honor Award/ Venice Biennale 2012, and the International Union of Architects Award for Young Architects-Leonardo Award in 2013, for the design of Barbar Temples Visitors Center in Bahrain, a commission by Bahrain Ministry of Culture. Other awards include the 1st prize in the Future Vision Leisure Architectural Competition, Austria; the 2nd prize in the Environment Competition by ESCWA-UN, Lebanon; the 3rd prize for the Wodka Museum in Poland and the Award of Merit in Kobe International Biennale, Japan.
Embodiment	Abstract: "Embodiment" is the representation or expression of something in a tangible or visible form: the visible is just the architectural form, the invisible is what made this form manifests itself in the physical world. This presentation will highlight various architectural experimentation by Dr. Marwan Basmaji in quest of an Identity as the main narrative driving the architectural design, in an era where the ephemeral architectural form is becoming the central mean, rather than a logical end.

December 21, 2016

ARCHIDES Lecture Series: “Creative Processes”

Following his architectural studies in Lebanon at USEK (1992-1999), Dr. Basmaji continued his postgraduate studies as a member of Tadao Ando Academic Laboratory at the University of Tokyo in Japan (2001-2008). During his studies, he also worked shortly at Arata Isozaki and Associates on a project in Beirut, before establishing Basmaji and Bielinska Architects (BBA) along with Mrs. Kamila Bielinska-Basmaji. Dr. Basmaji taught, directed design workshops, participated in conferences and was a guest critic at various institutions in Mexico, Poland, Switzerland, Tunisia, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 2012, BBA studio won the Young Arab Architects Honor Award/ Venice Biennale 2012, and the International Union of Architects Award for Young Architects-Leonardo Award in 2013, for the design of Barbar Temples Visitors Center in Bahrain, a commission by Bahrain Ministry of Culture. Other awards include the 1st prize in the Future Vision Leisure Architectural Competition, Austria; the 2nd prize in the Environment Competition by ESCWA-UN, Lebanon; the 3rd prize for the Wodka Museum in Poland and the Award of Merit in Kobe International Biennale, Japan.

Embodiment

Abstract:

"Embodiment" is the representation or expression of something in a tangible or visible form: the visible is just the architectural form, the invisible is what made this form manifests itself in the physical world.
This presentation will highlight various architectural experimentation by Dr. Marwan Basmaji in quest of an Identity as the main narrative driving the architectural design, in an era where the ephemeral architectural form is becoming the central mean, rather than a logical end.