GATHERINGSTripoli, Lebanon, 2022
Gatherings is a photographic series that examines the socio-spatial dynamics surrounding the Oscar Niemeyer Fairground in Tripoli, Lebanon. Designed as a utopian vision of modernist architecture, the site stands as a powerful symbol of unrealized potential, its intended purpose as a communal space overshadowed by years of neglect and restricted access.
Over two weeks of immersive observation and documentation around the city of Tripoli in Lebanon, this project interrogates the ways in which the spaces adjacent to the fairground, primarily its parking lots and peripheral areas, have been informally appropriated by the public.
These spaces have transformed into vibrant arenas of social interaction: couples seeking moments of intimacy, friends gathering casually, driving lessons and families having a picnic.
While the architectural masterpiece remains enclosed for most of the locals, its external environment becomes an unplanned, organic extension of communal life.
Gatherings reflects on how communities reshape their environments, highlighting how the void left by inaccessible architectural can be filled with everyday acts of occupation and belonging.
Commissioned by the Canadian Centre of Architecture for the exhibition L’inertie du vide.
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