Assistant professor Carol Moukheiber, like many Lebanese people living around the world, was blindsided by August's explosion in Beirut, which injured thousands of the city's residents and left thousands more homeless. That's why she and NMinusOne, the architecture studio she founded with Christos Marcopoulos, have donated a work of art to Architects for Beirut.

Architects for Beirut is a charitable initiative that has solicited artwork from an international crew of architects. The group is donating proceeds from the sale of all that art to Beirut Urban Lab, a research space, affiliated with the American University of Beirut School of Architecture, that is leading several rehabilitation projects in the city.

Moukheiber's immediate family in Beirut were spared the brunt of the blast, but not everyone in her circle of acquaintances was as fortunate. "A lot of my friends and friends of friends were severely affected," she says. "It was traumatic not to be able to go there because of the pandemic and the country's political instability."

NMinusOne/Ari Marcopoulos's photo contribution to Architects for Beirut.

Her contribution to Architects for Beirut is a photographic print by renowned photographer Ari Marcopoulos (he's Christos's brother), of a domestic scene inside a home that NMinusOne designed for a site in Whistler, British Columbia. In the photo, the home's owners, former professional snowboarder Marc Morisset and his partner, Dominique Pampin Els, are shown lounging in a sparsely furnished living room.

"What's interesting about Ari's style is, it's not about objectifying the architecture," Moukheiber says. "It's not about fetishizing the object. It's about revealing the serenity of the domestic space."

The print is being sold in an unlimited edition for the duration of the Architects for Beirut sale, which ends at 9 p.m. EST on November 17. The cost of each print is $150. "This is a chance to collect great artwork and provide critical support to Lebanon's people,” Moukheiber says.

Architects for Beirut was conceived by architects Makaram el Kadi and Ziad Jamaleddine of LEFT, with Amale Andraos, dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. The sale is being conducted in partnership with Design Miami.

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Moukheiber also recommends donating to the following organizations:

• Nusaned
• Arab Image Foundation
• The Nation Station