Architects without frontiers : war, reconstruction and design responsibility / Esther Charlesworth

1 From lines of contention to Zones of connection-- Three case studies-- Post-war odyssey-- The rise in civil conflict-- The post-war city as an opportunity-- Disintegrating cities-- Existing research-- Trauma-glam?-- The professions: architecture, planning and urban design-- Architecture-- Urban planning-- Urban design-- Road map-- 2 Architects and war-- Tabula Rasa versus Fascimile Cities-- Democracy versus autocracy: the role of architects after the Second World WarContemporary practice-- Urbicide: the city as target-- 3 Archetypes-- Architects as pathologists-- Architects as heroes-- Architects as historicists-- Architects as colonialists-- Architects as social reformers-- Architects as educators-- Summary-- 4 Beirut - city as heart versus city as spine-- Urban paradox-- The cycle of destruction and reconstruction-- The Green Line-- City as heart: Solidere as messiah?-- Colonial visions-- Post-war master plans for Beirut's reconstruction-- Urban surgery-- Lessons learnt-- 5 Nicosia - reconstruction as resolutionBackground to partition-- Drawing the Green Line-- The Nicosia master plan-- The bi-communal sewerage project-- Collaboration-- Negotiating tools-- Pilot projects-- 6 Mostar - reconstruction as reconciliation-- The civil war and Mostar-- Dividing lines: the Boulevard-- Reconstruction without reconciliation-- Barriers to reconstruction-- Misguided priorities?-- Economic and social barriers-- Reconstruction to date: an assessment-- Lessons learnt-- 7 From Zones of contention to Lines of connection - implications for the design profession-- Redevelopment as an economic generatorGolden moments-- Centre versus periphery-- Towards an operational framework: the three 'p' principles-- Proactive roles for architects-- Mobilization-- Conclusion-- 8 Architects without frontiers - implications for design education-- Studio processes-- Dividing Line studio I:The Boulevard studio, Mostar, 1998-- Dividing Line studio II: Demarcating Spaces, Beirut 2000-- Dividing Line studio III: It is about time? Nicosia, 2002-- Studio outcomes-- Guiding principles-- In search of socially engaged architects-- Bibliography-- Further Reading-- Index