Weaponizing nature

Ecocide, denuded landscapes, and resource grabs

10/04/2025, h. 14:00
Politecnico di Milano, Campus Leonardo, Edificio 2, Aula 2.2.3
Piattaforma Webex

“During “City Debates 2012” at the American University of Beirut, Caecilia Pieri spoke of Baghdad’s recent transformations. Her images showed a city of multiple realities. Although seriously affected by the prolonged violence that has torn Iraq apart, central Baghdad, according to Pieri, was until 2010 characterized by vernacular monochrome brick construction. Now unchecked new construction is changing its architectural landscape. Also, behind concrete barriers and closed-off streets, spatial polarities and social gaps seem to be getting wider and wider. For someone who has worked and lived in Afghanistan, Baghdad’s contradictions seem to be strikingly similar to Kabul’s”. Khechen, Mona. “Architecture and War: From Baghdad to Kabul.” Les carnets de l’Ifpo, 2012

Relatore

Mona Khechen

Responsabile

Maria Gabriella Trovato