We were honored to speak and lead workshops at the Dubai Future Forum, where we at theOtherDada talked and joined global thinkers and innovators to explore what nature centred futures could look like.
In Dubai, our talks focused on how we can collectively reimagine systems, design with nature in mind, and collaborate across disciplines to move toward futures that are regenerative, thoughtful, and built to last. These talks and workshops were delivered as part of theOtherDada’s Bioleadership collaboration at the Dubai Future Forum, exploring how collaboration with nature can guide future systems and decisions.
We hosted a dynamic workshop in collaboration with the Bio-Leadership Project, where facilitators Adib Dada and Andres Roberts explored how to work with nature to support a community’s capacity for resilience, systemic intelligence, adaptability, connection, and regeneration across creative platforms, projects, and organizations.
Join a drop-in planting workshop to help us build a life-hosting pavilion at Jameel Art Center. Come and learn more about the materials and ideas behind Tarabot: Weaving a Living Forum. We will plant native vegetation, as well as fruits and vegetables, for the community space that opens November 30th, in time for Cop 28.
"A call to all green thumbs! Join and connect with friends at the Jaddaf Community Garden in planting a variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Explore the Jaddaf Waterfront Sculpture Park and join info sessions to hear more about the Community Garden's programme for the season."
Step into Dubai’s first Living Boardroom, where nature claims its rightful role as shareholder, cofounder, and decision-maker. In this immersive workshop, you’ll learn and experience how to bring nature’s intelligence from people leading nature-centred progress about how to bring the intelligence of nature into the organisations of the future, and how we might work together to help nature-centred organisations thrive on our planet.
Workshop Hosted by:
Diversity on Board (Leena & Tariq Al Olaimy)
The Bio-Leadership Project (Andres Roberts & Adib Dada)
theOtherWay: How can designers create conditions conducive to life, buildinginterspecies habitats for humans and other creatures to thrive?
In this informal roundtable-format presentation, Adib will share the different components underpinning his work, and how his personal passions, architectural projects, biomimicry training and hands-on forest-making work are interdependent. He will cover his approachfrom understanding current urban challenges as opportunities to turn cities into sharedspaces for humans and other organisms to thrive.
Beirut's RIVERLESS Forest stands as a symbol of hope and resilience as well as a memorial of what was once Beirut's beautiful river. The part already planted will be opened as a public park in only about 2 years time. Another 10.000 sqm are stil waiting for funding and planting.
After a whole revolution and a pandemic, lots of sweat and care, as well as over 66,320$ of generous funding, the first parts of Beirut's RiverLESS Forest are now fully self-sufficient: They need neither maintenance nor watering. We celebrated this milestone with plentiful activities - have a look at how it went in our report!
AEC: Art, Ecology and the Commons is an interdisciplinary program bringing artistic and ecological practices together in the aim of building a community on a 2,000-square-meter forest site along the Beirut River, in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon.
Planted by theOtherDada in 2019 as part of an urban afforestation initiative, Beirut's RiverLESS Forest serves as host and muse.
These are unprecedented times.
We are all fragilized by economic, psychological and social collapses; summoned to continuously question our priorities. However, TAP and theOtherDada are no strangers to these challenges: it is because and in spite of this context of crisis that Art, Ecology and the Commons is more relevant than ever.
Can togetherness be harnessed as a practice? Can we use it to address the glaring needs of our communities, and in so doing, discuss and design alternate possibilities for our future going forward?
This project will bring six participants together for ten days of experimental learning and exchange from and on a young forest site in Sin el Fil, punctuated by a series of commissions, public and outreach activities we have been stitching with individuals, collectives and institutions who share our values and positioning vis a vis our communities durduringting these times of distress. Our program seeks to harness this young forest’s interdependence and resilience to inspire and bring a community together under circumstances of undeniable agony in a gesture of persistence.
In collaboration with theOtherDada, this program is supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), the French Institute, SUGi, the Municipality of Sin El Fil, Advanced Car Rental and Bossa Nova Hotel.
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As part of Eco-Consulting's new CircularHub, tOD will be delivering a guided visit of the “Urban Afforestation Lebanon’s first Miyawaki Forest”. The workshop will focus on the process of creating and maintaining a dense native forest using the Japanese Miyawaki Method of afforestation.
As part of Eco-Consulting's new CircularHub, tOD will be delivering an "Introduction to Biomimicry" workshop under the "Circular Economy & Eco‐Design" track.
In collaboration with the scouts of Compagnie Franciscaines Badaro, tOD organized a hands-on maintence session with a group of 50 scouts where they learnt and helped maintain a Miyawaki Forest. The maintenance tasks included: compost-tea making, de-weeding, re-stacking support sticks and more.
As part of Eco-Consulting's new CircularHub, tOD will be delivering an "Introduction to Biomimicry" workshop under the "Circular Economy & Eco‐Design" track.
As part of Eco-Consulting's new CircularHub, tOD will be delivering an Urban Afforestation workshop in Beirut's first Miyawaki Forest. The workshop is part of the "Sustainability, Climate Change & Environmental Knowledge" track.
As part of BeirutRiverLESS initiative, tOD partnered with Afforestt and SUGi, to gather 20+ participants and introduce them to the Japanese Miyawaki technique. Through an engaging hands-on workshop, they managed to plant the first native urban forest in Sin el Fil Lebanon.
As part of our collaboration with The Chain Effect, we organized a community focus group session for residents of urban areas surrounding the river.
In collaboration with The Chain Effect, tOD curated a workshop where participants came up with bottom-up and low cost interventions focusing on mobility and public spaces around the river in Bourj Hammoud.
theOtherDada has participated in the DPU summerLab in collaboration with the Development Planning Unit, The Barlett by University College London.
On the occasion of Beirut Design Week 2016, tOD developed an installation on a vacant plot of land near Beirut River, along with 20 volunteers who managed to plant more than 400 species of plants.
In collaboration with Dar Al Uloom University in Riyadh, Adib Dada from tOD gave a workshop on sustainability in interior design.
theOtherDada participated in the International Symposium on Miyawaki Forests, contributing to global discussions on native forest restoration and ecological regeneration.
We are contributors and signatories of the Yokohama Declaration, which advances the Miyawaki Method as a nature-based solution for climate resilience, biodiversity, and community well-being.
Adib Dada will join the Pre-Africa Biophilic Building Conference & Expo 2026 Webinar to explore how nature-based and regenerative design can create resilient, occupant-focused, and climate-smart cities. Drawing on experiences from the MENA region, he will share insights on integrating biodiversity, culture, and ecological restoration into the built environment
Adib Dada will be speaking in London during London Climate Action Week as part of the conference Building Resilience: Demonstrators for a Changing Climate, hosted in partnership with C40 Cities. The event brings together international practitioners, policymakers, and city leaders to explore innovative pathways toward a more sustainable and resilient urban future. As part of the session Urban Rewilding & Grey-to-Green, Adib Dada will spotlight Beirut’s RiverLESS Forest and the transformative role of urban rewilding in addressing pollution, extreme heat, and water-related challenges. Rooted in regenerative design and biodiversity restoration, the discussion will emphasize how urban forests can serve as vital cooling infrastructure while strengthening ecological and community resilience.
We were excited to take part in Microforests, Big Impact: Seeding the Future with Miyawaki Method, where we at theOtherDada delivered a talk on microforestry in Lebanon and the transformative potential of nature led urban regeneration.
Speaking at Sapienza University of Rome in Rome, we shared our work on how microforests can reshape cities, reconnect communities with nature, and create living systems that restore ecological balance in dense urban environments.
At theOtherDada, we believe small forests can spark massive change. Through our work with microforestry, we are helping reimagine how cities grow, breathe, and thrive, demonstrating that even the smallest patches of land can become powerful engines for biodiversity, climate resilience, and community connection.
Step beyond the noise of targets and trends. Build What Outlasts You is an experiential gathering where ambition meets long term impact, and we, theOtherDada, took the stage to share our perspective and contribute to the conversation.
In Dubai, the perennial city of the future, the gathering connected timely vibes with timeless truths, and visionary thinking with purpose. Participants traveled through time, explored science and fiction, designed moonshot architecture, imagined their digital afterlife, and left invigorated with new plans.
Through talks, discussions, deep dives, hands on workshops, performances, and immersive experiences, the event explored the ideas, innovations, and shifts that will define tomorrow long after today’s successes have faded.
Together, we are shaping what comes next, and what truly outlasts us. ✨
This 60-minute forum invites participants to reimagine sustainability through the lens of repair, rather than replacement, exploring how built, natural, and cultural environments can be restored through collaboration, care, and systems thinking. The session opens with a 5-minute framing by moderator Marjan Faraidooni, drawing on the example of Terra at Expo City Dubai: a living building that models what it means to design with, not against, nature.
Four panellists will then share rapid-fire case studies (5 minutes each) that span ecological, architectural, and curatorial practices of repair. A moderated conversation will follow, drawing links across disciplines and prompting reflection on questions such as:
* How can we shift from preserving to participating in planetary repair?
* What does it look like to treat nature as a collaborator and how can we learn from nature as a resilient system?
* What is the role of different platforms such as cultural institutions/innovation centres for driving systemic change?
This session aspires to elevate interdisciplinary knowledge, amplify real-world innovations, and ensure that projects move beyond pilots into embedded, long-term impact for people and planet alike.
Exciting News!
Adib Dada joined Blue Earth Summit 2025 as a speaker in London.
This event focused on driving impactful solutions across Nature, Innovation, Sport & Adventure, and Leadership & Green Skills.
We're excited to announce that theOtherDada will be speaking at Temporary Art Platform (TAP) on Thursday, May 22 in a talk titled “Where Breath Meets Resistance.”
“Breath” is the starting point—both the first and most universal phenomenon of the living. This theme emerges from the literal suffocations of recent months and the overlapping health, social, political, and environmental crises that continue to compromise our ability to breathe. The talk underscores the vital role of art and culture as breathing spaces—sanctuaries for reflection, resilience, and resistance.
We are excited to announce that theOtherDada will be presenting at the 5th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week (5MPCW), scheduled to take place from April 7 to 11, 2025, at the St. Raphael Resort & Marina in Limassol, Cyprus. This congress will gather experts, researchers, and passionate individuals from across the globe to engage in vital discussions on the conservation of wild plants and their habitats throughout the Mediterranean. It serves as an important platform for sharing knowledge, advancing research, and fostering collaborations aimed at preserving the natural heritage of the Mediterranean region. We are proud to contribute to this important event and look forward to the opportunity to engage with like-minded professionals dedicated to the sustainable management of nature.
At CLW School, theOtherDada delivered an engaging talk on ecological literacy, inspiring students to explore sustainable practices and environmental stewardship.
We are excited to have spoken and welcoming you to the upcoming Cities in Action Forum!
theOtherDada proudly participated in the SUGi Rewilding Talk Summit on January 31, 2025, a global conversation on restoring nature and rewilding urban environments.
Adib Dada delivered a compelling TED talk in Egypt, spotlighting our endeavors in regenerative consultancy and advocating for a shift from ego to eco in environmental practices. Emphasizing the interconnectedness of humanity with nature, Dada's discourse underscored our mission to foster empathy towards the natural world. Our initiatives consistently align under this overarching theme, reinforcing the notion that humans are integral components of the natural ecosystem. Dada's address illuminated our commitment to sustainable practices that harmonize with and empower our environment.
LOCATION: Jameel Arts Cente, Dubai UAE
DATE + TIME: Thursday 25th April, 6-8pm
Join us for a discussion with Bio-Leadership co-founder Andres Roberts and theOtherDada founder Adib Dada as we explore nature-led leadership and the ways in which we can redesign business in a regenerative way. You’ll also hear from several Bio-Leadership Fellows, and together we will explore how we might jumpstart a movement of life-centred projects and businesses.
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Adib Dada will be speaking at this NASA and Globe Program-sponsored webinar, as a part of the Trees Around the World Student Research Campaign.
"Join this special webinar as we hear from colleagues around the world about their experiences with Miyawaki Forests and planting trees. From the planting of over 200,000 trees and over 100 forests in India to restoring forests in countries such as Belgium, reversing the deterioration of the Beirut River by planting native trees, to how creating forests, with students in the United States, has helped students understand the importance of trees and forests to our ever-changing planet. We will also hear from author Hannah Lewis and about the Miyawaki forests."
"Join Adib Dada and the Art Jameel team to hear how architecture can be a force for positive change in the world. Adib Dada will introduce the concept and design behind Tarabot: Weaving a Living Forum a living pavilion showcasing the UAE's biodiversity and designed with sustainable materials innovated and produced in the UAE."
Aspen Ideas: Climate is a solutions-focused event designed for the public to interact, learn, and collaborate with engaged thinkers and doers whose ideas and actions are critical to address our collective future around the realities of a changing climate.
Adib will be joining this panel:
Scaling Up Nature-based Climate Infrastructure
“Gray infrastructure”—large projects engineered to prevent climate disasters—aren’t holding up to the extremes of the changing climate. Nature-based solutions represent a different and effective approach, but scaling them up requires some innovative thinking.
How can designers create conditions conducive to life, building interspecies habitats for humans and other creatures to thrive?
Ecocity 2022’s scientific programme will feature a wide range of sessions, workshops, and other learning opportunities in an innovative virtual format, showcasing the latest research and developments in urban design and city transformation practices. You will have the chance to hear the world-leading experts in the field and discuss the latest trends.
Forests connect across territorial borders, watersheds, and ecosystems, and are not defined by cultural and political boundaries. Within 3 months, the forest transforms into a transition space between urban and natural ecosystems. Through theOtherForest’s afforestation projects, we are addressing the negative impacts of urbanization and lack of green public spaces in the cities of Lebanon.
The Martin Centre Lectures - 52nd Series
Living/Building
The building of architecture is often seen as a tectonic, material process - inanimate matter collected together to form fixed space. While 'life' might be seen as the contents of architecture, existing in and around it, the architecture itself can also be seen as 'alive'. Buildings breathe, consume, grow, shrink, decay, age, mature and undergo many other processes we associate with life.
Our goal for this seminar series is to draw together diverse voices from aesthetics, archaeology, heritage, material science, performance architecture and other disciplines to explore these ideas within our contemporary context of the climate emergency and the many other challenges we currently face as a society.
Commissioned from Alserkal by Expo2020
This conversation between thinkers and practitioners across different geopolitical realities will revolve around the concept of interdependence and how it can play an active part in rethinking the constitutive role of institutions, architecture, art or public health infrastructures. Concrete examples will be discussed about how can one nurture practices of care, what an ecology of a caring practice means, when and on what terms can it be understood as a sustainable practice. Many sources and tools for thinking and working with the concept of interdependence reside in situated knowledges drawn from millennium old healing, ecological, divination and other communal practices. The speakers will explore in what ways could these gestures be part of a larger movement that rethinks our systems of production, distribution and mutual solidarity especially in the domain of contemporary art.
Participants: Nada Raza, Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Adib Dada, Paky Vlassopoulou and Léuli Eshrāghi
Join Carbon CREW Project, Drawdown East End, Damon Gameau, and Southampton Arts Center for an array of virtual talks, workshops, and films on ways that we can participate in “regenerating” our earth and reversing climate devastation.
Environmental journalist Alexandra Talty will moderate presentations from around the world on vanguard soil sequestration techniques. From a carbon buyback program in Sri Lanka to an urban reforestation business in the Middle East, these experts will share their unique business models as well as potential tips for home gardeners also wishing to drawdown carbon and in turn revitalize their soils. Speakers include Keith Berns, Freddie Catlow, Jason Hansna-Cofield, Adib Dada, and Tanja Hester.
Watch it by copying the link below, from 17:55 until 42:05:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Lr1YF22yU
Join our Outline series with architect and founder of theOtherDada Adib Dada to discuss his latest project, Beirut RiverLESS Urban Forest. Beirut RiverLESS offers a set of replicable interventions to rehabilitate lost ecosystems and improve the living conditions and quality of life of people in the city who live along the river and to restore the area’s biodiversity.
Arab Architecture Week is a regional initiative organized by ArchiNet that aims to highlight some of the most distinguished architects in the Arab World by showcasing their outstanding achievements, award winning projects, and significant studies and research in the architectural fields from around the Arab countries. In the context of our vision and the spirit of cooperation, the goal of the program is to encourage highly creative people to share their experiences and knowledge gained from their projects and studies that will be presented throughout the program. In addition to creating a channel of communication between Arab architects in the region.
The program extends over a period of seven days, during which 51 lectures are presented by an outstanding group of architects from different Arab countries. Participants in this event varied between individuals, institutions and organizations, in addition to official bodies practicing their work in the architectural fields in the Arab countries.
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Moderated by Adib Dada, the talk follows the screening of "Jezzine//Water" and "The Land - Al Marj". It will be a conversation with directors Zeina Aboul Hosn and Mohamed Moe Sabbah, along with Bisri activists Amani Beaini and Rolland Nassour.
Date & Time: Sunday September 4, starting at 9pm
Location: Beirut's RiverLESS Forest
RECORDED SESSION IS NOW ONLINE - click on the image above!
On August 28 at 10AM EST you are invited to join us to @theslowfactory Beirut Symposium “Calling Home” with:
The ritual of “Calling Home” is deeply part of our lived experience as Lebanese war refugees and expats: the idea of calling your homeland and expecting a crisis, a disaster, but whatever it may be nobody expected the shock of August 4’s explosion—and for over a year now we have been trying to understand it, heal it as it opened up all the other wounds we tried to heal for our lifetime, the intergenerational wounds of our parents’ lifetime, their stolen childhood by war and military occupation, and their parents’ survival under colonial occupation.
As part of the UN Decade of Action on Ecosystem Restoration, theOtherDada will participate in the Tabadul on river ecosystems and related successful projects in the MENA region.
We will talk about our pilot project Beirut’s RiverLESS forest as a nature-based solution for challenging urban sites.
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https://amwaj-alliance.com/webinar/innovative-campaigns-to-restore-our-rivers/
Wednesday 24 March at 11:30am Beirut time
Learn about restoring degraded urban ecosystems in Lebanon.
Through the Other Forest Initiative, Adib is firmly committed to the UN Decade of Action; engaged in rewilding the city and empowering communities to reclaim public space by planting native Miyawaki forests in urban landfills.
Adib will go through the environmental challenges and the solutions offered by planting dense native forests in cities around the world, in alignment with the UN SDG goals.
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http://www.slf.org.au/event/forest/
Saturday 27 February 8am Beirut time
The Energy Strategies Summit 2020 hosted Adib in the Strategies for Sustainability panel as a keynote speaker, offering a different view of energy reduction in the city through urban forests.
Adib gave a talk as part of the DieDAS Design Akademie Saaleck, Germany, in Farming Materials' Ecologies: From Uncomfortable Pasts to Responsible Futures alongside Aloce Rawsthorn, Glenn Adamson and Prof. Ákos Moravánszky.
Adib chatted with Geek Express on their 11th episode of the Tech Impact series to talk about how technology is enabling architects to develop creative solutions that have a positive impact on the planet.
Adib talked about the benefits and importance of Urban Afforestation with AMAKEN Placemaking, in their initiative to improve urban areas.
GREEN CITIES Webinar by Lebanon Green Building Council: Nature-Based Solutions for the future city. Presented by Adib Dada. Urban Afforestation: a tool for ecological and social regeneration for future cities.
Talk at Bossanova Hotel preceding the screening of the film Embrace Of The Serpent by Ciro Guerra. Our talk introduces the Native Urban forest we have planted close to the hotel.
We presented “Beirut RiverLESS” in Cleveland, Ohio during PechaKucha Night: Waterways, a groundbreaking event bringing presenters from around the world to share diverse perspectives on how communities can re-think their relationship with the world’s most important resource.
In collaboration with AUB, theOtherDada hosted Shubhendu Sharma, founder of Afforestt, who delivered a presentation about urban afforestation.
Adib Dada and Stephanie Bashir from tOD participated in a panel discussion under the title of "Additive Manufacturing, 3D Modelling and Printing".
During the conference, organized by ESA Business School, we delivered a talk about Beirut RiverLESS as part of a round table discussion focusing on “Increasing Urban Resilience by Improving Urban Planning“.
tOD participated in a panel discussion regarding the WATER element, as part of Sursock Museum’s “Let’s Talk About the Weather”.
tOD took part of the 7th Build It Green Conference organized by EcoConsulting and EcoSolutions, by delivering a biomimicry thinking workshop.
Adib Dada, founder of tOD, talked about his entrepreneurship journey and how he developed a business model by looking at Nature as Mentor, and using Biomimicy in business development as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2015.
tOD took part of the Panel Discussion with TandemWorks for their publication launch entitled Hammoud Badawi, along with Artists Omar Fakhoury, and Marwan Rechmaoui.
Under the theme of “Ecocities in challenging environments”, tOD delivered a presentation focusing on Biomimicry and its application in the built environment.
theOtherDada presented Beirut RiverLess in a fast-paced pitch competition at South by South West (SXSW) Eco’s program entitled Place by Design (PXD) in October.
During the SGBC Conference that was held in Riyadh, tOD presented different residential projects as case studies to show his integrated design process.
Adib Dada will be speaking at the Introducing the Inspire Circular Programme — a curated series of events created by Tarkett, in collaboration with leading voices across architecture, design, academia, and the wider building industry.
The programme is designed to empower architects, designers, and building professionals to bring circularity to lifein their projects and businesses.
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Tarabot: Weaving a Living Forum acts as an interspecies ecotone – an area where two biological communities meet and integrate – hosting a shared space between human and non-human entities, and creating synergies between the natural world and manmade environments. Made of modular and nested cone components crafted from locally sourced, sustainable materials including clay, mycelium, date palm waste and upcycled fabric, the pavilion is a call for the revival of urban spaces, through a focus on the hyperlocal and the creation of circular ecological support systems within new and existing material structures. Its design incorporates four pillars that speak to its concept, construction and de-installation: Soil, Water, Plants, and Energy. After deinstallation, the modular constituents of Tarabot: Weaving a Living Forum will be repurposed for domestic planting on land with the structure taking on new life as underwater habitat for coral and fish, linking life on land to life underwater.
We’re very excited to share that the Beirut RiverLESS Forest is featured in the upcoming Wellcome exhibition in London.
As part of the exhibition, our work will be showcased. We’re keen to share the community-centred, long-term commitment.
We’re proud to share that theOtherDada has been featured in the Collective for Architecture Lebanon exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale, as a collaborator in the national pavilion.
Our involvement reflects a shared commitment to reimagining architecture as a tool for ecological and social repair. Through our expertise and vision, we’ve contributed to a powerful, place-based narrative—making an impactful statement in both Venice and Lebanon about the urgent need to reconnect with our environments, reclaim the commons, and design with care.
This collaboration underscores the role of regenerative practices in shaping the future of architecture and affirms the importance of collective efforts in times of systemic crisis.
tOD team participated in the Dar Onboz Ya Ahl El Dar Christmas Fair where they held an exhibition and a talk about Reclaiming Public Space by Planting Native Forests.
Our project Beirut RiverLESS was exhibited in the 5th edition of the Istanbul Design Biennale titled Empathy Revisited: Designs for More Than One, in the collection Library of Land and Sea, curated by Mariana Pestana, Billie Muraben and Sumitra Upham.
Being an Alumnus of AUB, Adib Dada presented his projects during AUB’s Bachelor of Architecture 50th anniversary.
We have partnered with Letitia Gallery to design their new exhibition space in Hamra, which in turn hosted “The Shape of a City” exhibition by artist Nathaniel Rackowe.
Let’s Talk About the Weather: Art and Ecology in a Time of Crisis is an exhibition addressing urgent issues around a changing climate, future ecological disaster, and what this means for our present moment. The challenge was to turn a very elongated volume with irregular openings, located on the rooftop of three residential buildings in Guangzhou into
a dynamic exhibition space, while working closely with multidisciplinary local and international artists.
theOtherDada took part of the “Forum on Cities & Designers” that was co-created by Public Works Studio and Beirut Design Week, during which we presented a timeline of Beirut River highlighting the important events and updates it has gone through since 50 BC.
tOD took part of BDW 2017’s exhibition where we showed how our sustainable approach is developed for our projects with refugee housing in Ouzai, residential projects in Saudi Arabia, and on larger projects such as Beirut RiverLESS.
We participated in the Turkey Design Week which took place at the Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar Congress and Exhibition Hall, bringing the professions of design, imagination and creativity under one roof.
Adib Dada from tOD joined the inauguration of the Shanghai Project throughout roundtable discussions along Otobong Nkanga and other multidisciplinary teams.
During BDW2014, tOD’s team had the chance to showcase their WORK IN PROGRESS, including different architecture and landscape projects, models, and research during the open studio.
JOIN US TO CELEBRATE THE 6TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRLF ON SUNDAY MAY 25, 2025! Registration link: https://form.jotform.com/251342076908357
Did you know that we're less than 2 week ahead of this years UN Climate Change Conference, #cop27 ? And did you know that there's a hiking challenge leading to it all the way from Scotland to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where the conference takes place?
This challenge is called #Walk2Cop27 ! It comprises a series of virtual and in-person events and brings together governments, private as well as citizen initiatives! And guess what, it passes through Lebanon on *Thursday, Oct 27th*!
We're one out of several initiatives that will offer activities during this day.
In the spirit of "walking the talk", we would love to see you at our #beirutriverless project in #sinelfil this Thursday afternoon for our *walking tours*, one starting 4pm and another one at 5:30.
We will also be offering a really cool *bee hotel crafting workshop* with our well-known bamboo sticks we usually use for planting - 4:30-5:30pm!
tOD team participated in The Nature Of Cities Festival in which they led a virtual field trip across the degraded Beirut River, where they planted the first Miyawaki forest in Lebanon in 2019: Beirut’s RiverLESS Forest.
tOD delivered a presentation about Beirut River to a group of graduate Architecture & Urban Design Students from Kent State University at LAU, Beirut.
As part of BDW2018, we organized two tours at our CONVIVIUM Home construction site in Gemmayze, and collaborated with Bokja Design Studio who squatted our LIVING apartment with their unique upcycled furniture.
A tour of the Beirut River area with architect Adib Dada discussed the transformation of the Beirut River from a natural river to its present condition as a toxic site, and its potential rehabilitated future as a public space.
