What Does Responsibility Look Like in Architecture Today?
Chapter
01:12 – Archaeology of the Future: A Method of Responsibility
04:30 – Growing up in Beirut: Beauty, Diversity, and Contradictions
08:41 – Materials, Craft, and Care in Architecture
12:05 – Stone Garden Housing: Memory and Identity in Beirut
21:50 – Permanence vs. Transformation in Architecture 24:06 – The Serpentine Pavilion: Space for Dialogue and Community
Key Learnings
Archaeology of the Future
Ghotmeh sees architecture as a process of listening to place, history, and material before projecting into the future. This grounded approach roots buildings in context, memory, and responsibility.
Materials, Craft, and Care
From biosourced resources to hand-crafted façades, materials are not just technical choices but also ethical and emotional ones. They connect people to nature, empower local craftspeople, and foster attachment and care in the built environment.
Embracing Complexity
For Ghotmeh, architecture is never about simplification but about engaging with the richness of social, cultural, ecological, and temporal complexities. Embracing – not avoiding – complexity is what makes architecture relevant today.
Design Perspectives Podcast
How can we use design as a lever for transformation and economic success? We talk about this with personalities from the fields of design, brand management and architecture. They give us insights into how transformation, sustainability and economic success can go hand in hand in a company. Interesting, informative, inspiring.