[10] In 2010 DAAR asked the lawyer Ghiath Nasser to file a petition in the Israeli courts to allow the width of the line partitioning Palestine to be a site for a new 'borderline state'.
[12] The jury rewards its work "for introducing a non-traditional approach to development in conflict and post-conflict situations, for providing valuable speculation on the future realities of disputed territories, for its critical challenge to outdated urban planning theories based on a more peaceful world, and for highlighting the role of architecture highlighting the role of architecture and visualisation in creating and altering the frontiers of reality.
[14] Co-founder, Alessandro Petti, received a 2016 Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism at Bard College.
[citation needed] DAAR's members have taught lectured and published internationally including a term as guest professors at the Berlage Institute,[21] Bir Zeit University, Bard-Al Quds, and Goldsmiths.
[citation needed] Alessandro Petti is currently Professor in Architecture and Social justice at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.