Objective

Inspire multidisciplinary student teams to design solutions that blend wellbeing, cultural storytelling, sustainable practices, and social innovation to address Lebanon’s post-war societal challenges and recovery. Winning entries will be featured in a curated booklet for the university yearbook, celebrating resilience and national identity.

First competition Theme:

Design for Healing: Spaces, Systems, and Symbols in Post-Conflict Lebanon.

Submissions must reimagine physical spaces, social systems, or symbolic interventions that:

• Promote mental health, unity, and collective hope.
• Repair societal fractures (e.g., community divides, displaced populations).
• Include a cohesive brand identity (name, logo, visual language) that communicates the solution’s purpose and values.

Key Requirements:

• Open to all design disciplines.
• Branding Mandate: Teams must develop a solid brand for their proposal (e.g., logo, typography, narrative) to ensure solutions are actionable and communicable to stakeholders (NGOs, communities).
• Focus on space-making’s impact on human physical, psychological, and mental wellbeing.