[1] Atelier de Recherche was founded in 1997 and aimed to deal with urban issues related to the city of Beirut.
[2] This project was based on the Barakat Building or “Yellow House”, designed in the 1920s by Youssef Aftimus and was located on Beirut’s demarcation line.
It consisted of a theater seat place in a vitrine and being cut in two pieces by a mechanical device, thus reminding the work of Gordon Matta Clark.
Also based on narratives, the piece was placed in the showcase window, in order to create an interaction with people passing by the street.
It resulted in installations, soundtracks and publications, including a comic book Beyrouth Catharsis, by Zeina Abirached.