Rami Daher 

Co Founder 

“PRACTISING ARCHITECTURE RESTS PRIMARILY ON A GENUINE UNDERSTANDING OF PLACE; ITS SOCIAL PRODUCTION; LOCAL DYNAMICS AND POLITICS; EMERGING DISCOURSES; AND CONTINUOUS EVOLUTION.  THE ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT, THEN, BECOMES AN AFFIRMATION TO CREATIVELY LOCATE NEW MEANING FOR THAT PLACE IN ORDER FOR IT NOT TO BE FROZEN IN TIME.  ONLY THEN, PLACE EMERGES AS A PALIMPSEST OF CONSTANT CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION; AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE EVOLVES INTO THE METICULOUS MANAGEMENT OF THAT CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION.”