Other Ways of Being
Sara Ibrahim, MArch (Year: 5)
In the context of post-war Mosul, “Other Ways of Being” is a visual anthology which addresses how a narrative-driven design can better retranslate the destroyed cultural heritage in the region, and to re-imagine a parallel narrative of a city loaded with stories on the printed page which lasts longer than material ruins.
A collection of historical and speculative imaginings, preserving the ideas and memories of a destroyed place on the printed page
The people and their monuments and works of art are entangled in this region. To erase or destroy the heritage, the landscape, the monuments, is a way of destroying people.
Mosul in 1930's
Mosul in 2015
“These extremists are trying to destroy the entire cultural heritage of the region in an attempt to wipe the slate clean and rewrite history in their own brutal image,” George C. Papagiannis
A ‘phantom’ in the sense that neurologists use, is a persistent image or memory of a part of the body which lasts for years after its loss. These sensory ghosts can be equally applied to architecture.
Designing through interviews with Mosul's residents. The Leaning Minaret was long known to be the city's urban compass.
A re-interpretation of the Al Nuri Dome. Historically known to be a dome of many versions, a dome of copies.
Designing the Al Nuri Dome through the words of others.
