Nablus "an authentic urban space”
Published on Tue 20 Oct 2015
Nasser Arafat (fifth from the right)
The first satellite event for The City is a Thinking Machine ... activism in the built environment exhibition took place in the Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee on Monday 19th October 2015. Mr Naseer R. Arafat, who is visiting Dundee as a guest of the Dundee-Nablus Twinning Association, gave an illustrated lecture entitled: Nablus "an authentic urban space”. Drawing on his research, planning and architectural practice in the city, Naseer reflected on design innovations in Nablus, and explained how the historic city centre of Nablus has transformed over centuries in light of changing social, economic and environmental pressures.
Naseer showed how communities have variously responded to social and cultural sensitivities, economic ambitions in various market spaces, and deployed ingenious environmental design responses to climatic specifications.
Some thirty participants attended the talk, including students and staff from the University of Dundee and members of the Nablus-Dundee Twinning Association.
The Exhibition is funded by The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and is accompanied by a programme of events.