andre KHOURY completed a Bachelor degree in architecture from the Lebanese American University. She then travelled to the United States to pursue a Master degree in architecture from the University of Oklahoma. Master Thesis entitled The Fourth-Dimension – in the Silent Light of Architecture. It aimed at exploring the intangible factor of design in the tangible space – seeking and questioning a new dimension in architecture through the theory of light as a creator of space. Following the Master degree – andre practiced close to a decade in the professional architectural field. She worked for Arquitectonica – on national & international projects – where she held an Associate position. andre was granted a PhD scholarship at the University of South Australia where she is exploring the architecture of alterity as per Emmanuel Levinas philosophy in Beirut city. The thesis questions architecture case studies as spatial alterities in the post–war becoming of Beirut city to unravel of future design possibilities in other cities.
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