The architecture of war : a conflict generated architecture

In cities of conflicts, the damage of war has become the visual common denominator that

defines the region of destruction and vulnerability. According to Jonathan Budd,

“the term 'Warchitecture' describes the condition of war waged specifically as the

destruction of architecture."3 But the visual impact of such destruction is only the first

stage in a long series of negative impacts which have social, cultural and humanitarian

consequences. When the visual contact, or rather 'touch' with such conditions is made through the

remains of destroyed architectural structures, it becomes understandable that it is architecture

itself which is then responsible for the renewed existence, or the lack of, necessary elements that

each society needs to restore and regenerate itself.