“The Boom” Debate starts at Yarmouk Cultural Centre.
Moderator: Ricardo Camacho
Guest Speaker: Edward Nilsson
Debaters: Aseel Al-Ragam & Naji Moujaes
Tonight’s debate series for MAK ( Modern Architecture Kuwait )
Although the rise of state- sponsored funding in the 1970s transformed this temporary utopian community into a state of building spectacle, spectacular form was superimposed on the modern town.
With the 1973 oil- embargo, the “new build” is finally informed by the relationship between Kuwait and the global economy, which applied to the prevailing architectural paradigms of the post-modern era.