19 May 2010 | In this Newsletter:
	| Al Manakh 2
	| Architecture of Peace
	| Moon Issue
	| Beyroutes
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		Al Manakh 2
		Available now! Click here to order your copy. 'Volume 23 – Al Manakh: Gulf Continued' was successfully launched in Abu Dhabi at the Sorbonne University of Paris last week. Upcoming is the presentation at the auditorium of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, Wednesday 19 May, 5-7 pm. Speakers will include Ole Bouman, Hani Asfour, Rem Koolhaas and Reinier de Graaf, and Ronald Wall. The debate will focus on the current conditions in the Gulf region, in particular relating to economics and culture and how this might influence other regions in the world. This event has sold out. Click here to browse through the excerpts of 'Al Manakh: Gulf Continued'. More about Al Manakh: almanakh.org

		Architecture of Peace
		How do we materialize peace? Architecture of Peace is an international long-term research and action project in which a large number of stakeholders are involved. The project will consist of local case studies, interventions, university research studios, debates, publications and exhibitions. The public kick-off of the program commenced with a two-day conference at the Netherlands Architectural Institute in Rotterdam, The Netherlands during early May, 2010. Participants included architects and urbanists and professionals from the fields of development studies, sociology and conflict studies. The first day keynote speakers - Jolyon Leslie, Kai Voeckler, Sultan Barakat, Hilton Judin, Cees Hamelink and Paul van Tongeren - shared their experience in the field. On the second day, participants worked on setting a new agenda for action in the second phase of restoring the 'urban fabric' in post-conflict societies. We will publish the results soon so please stay connected via archis.org/interventions. Architecture of Peace is a cooperation between Archis Interventions, the NAi, Partizan Publik and the University of Amsterdam.

		Moon Issue
		Volume 25 will be dedicated to the challenges of living on the moon. 'The moon' is a liminal condition, an ultimate test to human inventiveness and feedback mechanism on our 'taken for granted' assumptions down here. The issue is being developed in close collaboration with Alicia Framis' Moon Life project and the European Space Agency (ESA) in Noordwijk. Last month, the Moon Academy workshops started, gathering some 50 students from different backgrounds. The end results will be displayed in Shanghai, and also as a special companion to Volume magazine later this year. Click here to browse through the Moon Life handbook, which is part of the Moon Academy.

		Beyroutes
		The alternative guide to Beirut, introducing you to ‘first impression’, ‘official’, ‘emotional’ and the ‘invented city’ is a sell out. A second print run is in the making and will be distributed in June. As a supplement to the 22nd issue of Volume, we presented the separate publication Beyroutes, a guidebook to Beirut, one of the grand capitals of the Middle East. Beyroutes presents an exploded view of a city which lives so many double lives and figures in so many truths, myths and historical falsifications. Visiting the city with this intimate book as your guide makes you feel disoriented, appreciative, judgmental and perhaps eventually reconciliatory. Beyroutes is the field manual for 21st century urban explorer.

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