AZADEA foundation, a non-profitable NGO has been put in charge of renovations & management of public spaces in Lebanon. A foundation, brought to you by the same AZADEA group behind all major retail stores in Lebanon (Zara, Decathlon, Bershka, Massimo Dutti and every other single major store you can think about…) Are such private/public initiatives viable answers to institutions with low knowhow and expertise? Or is it just one more of the many ways the public sector has found to shift its responsabilities? Or perhaps a new way for mayors to bypass increasingly regulated channels of public investment in favor of their pockets? Also, can we note the irony here: Beirut’s mayor, Bilal Hamad, the very same mayor defending an outragous and outdated highway project slashing through a historic neighborhood of Beirut, is now all of a sudden an ‘green activist’ in favor of giving residents new spots for “cultural activities”. The rethoric used by Hamad in this propaganda, sorry interview, shows his total lack of understanding of what public spaces can generate and how they can be designed. Yet, he wants to build “the most beautiful garden in the region”, so the people can “breath” again and “come to it for cultural and social activities”, because you know it will be so “beautiful” and “green”. #beirut #lebanon #publicspace #sanayehpark #bilalhamad
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:31:21 +0000
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