Maroun Kassab

BOOKS

• The Cave and the Hut: Phenomenology of Architectural Form: In manuscript. (This book explores the phenomenology of architectural from in terms of why we design the way we do, and how we subconsciously approach the design process)
• 701 Lebanese Verbs: Research into the grammar of the spoken language of Lebanon - 2013

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Karantina: An Urban Heterotopia : In manuscript (Article dealing with Karantina re-evaluation after the Beirut Explosion)
• Phenomenology of Space: The Empty Square: In manuscript (Article dealing with the tensions that historically surrounded the Urban context of the city center of Beirut, and how these tensions persist through time till today)
• The Cave and the Womb: In manuscript (The correlation between the cave as the primordial shelter of humanity and the womb as the first shelter for humans. The article is part of the book on the phenomenology of architectural form)
• “Legal Chaos: Sprawl in the Lebanese Suburb”:  Special Issue of “Built Environment”, London, UK- 2015

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• Modernist Architecture in Lebanon: Preservation Framework: USEK Publishers: In Press 2023
• “Western Divisions and the Concept of Origin” published in the book “Architecture, Culture, Interpretation: In Honorem John E. Hancock”: Paideia Publishers - 2015

SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS

Symposium: Out of Control Suburbs? Comparing Representations of Order, Disorder and Sprawl: Hofstra University 27-28 June 2013

Panel C: Planning: Chair: Mary Corcoran, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Maroun Kassab Paper: “Suburban Sprawl in Lebanon” (Affiliation: USYD)

CHAIRED/ MODERATED SESSIONS AT CONFERENCES

Conference: The 3rd International Conference on Sustainability: Developments and Innovations. Riaydh, KSA, 2026
Speaker: Developing User-Centered Smart City Services. Chuloh Jung and Maroun Kassab

Conference: Beirut Urban Declaration. The Beirut Port explosion on August 4, 2020, was a watershed event in the history of Lebanon, and the capital city Beirut.  The Declaration was launched on 10 August 2020 with the participation of the Order of Engineers and Architects (OEA) in Beirut, in partnership with the Faculties of Architecture in Lebanon, Chadirji Foundation for Architecture and Society, Architects Association – Beirut, and the Urban Planners Association. (2021) (Link)

- Axe 3: Towards a Comprehensive View of Rehabilitating the Destroyed Area
Speaker (2021)

Conference: Building Green: Experiments and Expectations: Notre Dame University (NDU) Lebanon (Conference organized by myself and 3 colleagues)

• Conference Co-Organizer
• Conference Introduction Speaker
• Session 2: March 6, 2019

Conference: Iconic Architecture and Urban Design: Notre Dame University (NDU), Lebanon (conference organized by myself and 2 colleagues)

• Conference Co-Organizer
• Conference Introduction Speaker
• Session: Iconic Architecture: April 21, 2018

Conference: Modern Heritage in Lebanon: Opportunity or Threat:  (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon

Session: Architectural Heritage of the Modern Movement in Lebanon:  Assessment and Identification: (Speaker) November 7, 2017

MASTER THESIS COMMITTEES

• Akl, Charbel, “The Effects of Latinization on the Architecture of the Maronite Church”, (NDU), Research Thesis, Committee Member/Reader. January 2018.

REPORTS

• Lebanon’s International Fair Grounds is Tripoli: Inception and Conception: Examines the historical inception and key concepts employed by Oscar Niemeyer in Lebanon’s International Fair Grounds. The report played a part in Examines the historical inception and key concepts employed by Oscar Niemeyer in Lebanon’s International Fair Grounds. UNESCO 2020-2022
   
• Lebanon’s International Fair Grounds is Tripoli: Individual buildings analysis: Analyzes the architectural significance of individual buildings within Lebanon’s International Fair Grounds. The report played a part in Examines the historical inception and key concepts employed by Oscar Niemeyer in Lebanon’s International Fair Grounds. UNESCO 2020-2022

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• Temple Plan Reproductions in the book: “Neokoroi: Greek Cities and Roman Emperors”  by Barbera Burrell – 2004
• “Architecture between Politics and Urbanity“: Annahar Newspaper, Lebanon: April 26, 2014
• “Nostalgia and Heritage in the Lebanese Village”: Annahar Newspaper, Lebanon: March 24, 2013
• The Processions: Co-Translation with Ghassan Kassab. The book is available on Amazon. 2015
• Layers of Byblos, a morphological study of the city of Jbeil. (With Chadi Chamoun and Mahmoud Al Khudary), 1997 – At the main library at Kordahi Foundation. (https://lcf.lau.edu.lb/files/library.pdf)