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No Borders (Presence and Absence)

Part 2 Project 2019
Douaa Arkoub
 University of Strathclyde | UK
The project is a tale of two cities (broadcasting/host and receiver city). It is a reflection of six parameters of a city that is becoming a twin with another city for a short period of time while leaving its twinning evidence in both cities forever. The six parameters include: History, Art, Architecture, Culture, Storytelling and innovations. The parameters are displayed in the host city using digital art and advanced technologies that immerse visitors with stories of the twin city.

It is a broad idea that can be applied between any two cities while Glasgow is the global coordinating centre. The twining process is associated with urban projection that transforms a public space in the receiver city into another public space in the broadcasting city. This would blur borders through a light festival that not only puts us in the physical environment of another city but also brings us feelings and thoughts of people from the other part of the world.

The case study deals with Glasgow and Damascus as receiver and broadcasting cities respectively. The project is an opportunity for building connections through sharing art and experiences that connect nations across geographical, historical, cultural and political borders.
Douaa Arkoub
Tutor(s)
Ewan Imrie
Lizzie Smith
2019
‘’An immigrant is double absent: Absent in the place from which he arrived and absent in the place to which he arrived’’ Abdelmalek Sayad/ Pierre Bourdieu _ (The double absence)
Imagine yourself walking in Glasgow and then you find yourself in Damascus. Or walking in Paris then you end up being somewhere in Jerusalem. What if George Square turns to be the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque and the gate at the Royal Exchange is the E
The twinning process involves the use of six parameters including art, architecture, history, innovation, storytelling and culture.
George square in Glasgow and Almiskyeh square in Damascus are the centre of the collaboration between Damascus and Glasgow.
The global coordinating centre locating in Glasgow to ensure collaboration between twin cities around the world.
The new George Square in Glasgow.
New art space created in Damascus and it plays as the centre for the collaboration between Glasgow and Damascus.
The new Almiskyeh Square in Damascus.
Every parameter is represented in a space in the global centre in Glasgow using digital art and advanced technologies with a live webcam to cities around the world in the centre of the building.
Axonometric section through George Square, outdoor performance space and the tower serving as a gathering space for international discussions.
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