Ground Zero – Global Seed Vault Part 2 Project 2020 Shadi Osta Beirut Arab University - Debbieh campus | Lebanon The definition of “Ground Zero” is the centre of a rapid, intense, or violent activity that disrupts. what if we considered humans beings as ground zero for Earth’s disruptions? In fact, human’s revelation exceeded its limits in innovation. But none has designated for future salvation. Thus, the exclamation “the apocalypse is coming “is no longer valid. The project rebels to deconstruct and remould the notion of “apocalypse”; to neutralize its drama and to reconsider what it means to live in an age of revelation. With Post-apocalyptic architecture as scope. A powerful element is needed to save humanity. Seeds for instance, throughout centuries they developed skills of adaption, self-replication, and mobility, these tiny bodies containing the entire genetic information have dispersal strategies in creating a motif for humankind in securing future life. Accordingly, this seed vault resembles the power of revelation especially in Lebanon, a country considered one of the most socio-political corrupted countries in the world. Hence, with seeds vault as the driver of this space, Rocky Mountains with breaking geometrical forms, tiny narrow paths of individual disclosure, and progressive degradation from light to darkness. A story of a vault held safely will divulge to resist the test of time”. Tutor(s) Andrea Canclini Hesham El-Arnaouty Ibtehal El-Bastawissi Khaled Sadek