Lecture 1. The Transformation of the Palestinian House

The first lecture presents the transformations Palestinian architecture went through during the past three centuries. It starts with the orientalist perception of Palestine and then continues to the architecture of the Palestine Khans (Urban Caravanserais), the development of the rural dwellings and the later urban houses. It then introduces the modernist Palestinian architecture and concludes with the depopulation and appropriation of Arab houses and cities following the 1948 War and the Palestinian exodus.


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