Heritage of risk: An (eastern) Mediterranean perspective
22/01/2023 by Elie Saad It’s not a typo. We will be talking about the heritage of risk(s) and not the heritage at risk. We will save the limited characters that we have in the hope that everything will make more sense as the article progresses. For now, let’s start by defining what “risk” is in general, and specifically in the Mediterranean context, and by depicting the influence of this risk on the Mediterranean architecture accompanied by some examples. What is “risk”? From waking up in the early morning, preparing our coffee without spilling it on ourselves to a nuclear Armageddon...