Claudia Wahjudi

Paola Yacoub/Michel Lasserre Berlin

Paola Yacoub, born 1966 in Beirut, Lebanon, graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. Michel Lasserre, born 1947 in Auch, France, studied architecture and philosophy in Paris. Paola Yacoub and Michel Lasserre have been associates since 1996. They work on the expressiveness of territories and their aesthetic and political implications.
Selected Projects
"Monuments of an Unfinished War", Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, 2000
"Garden of Eden – Monument for Beirut", installation at the "7. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura", Venice Biennial, 2000
"Stand der Dinge (Teil 1)", Kunst-Werke, Berlin, 2000
"Al Manazer (lecture: La Routine)", installation at the "Ayloul Festival", Beirut, 2001
"The Next Village", exhibition, and "Villages exposés", lecture, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart; Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, 2002
Selected Publications
"Beirut is a Magnificient City. Synoptic Pictures", Barcelona 2003