{"id":9410,"date":"2025-05-20T09:55:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.programmepause.fr\/?p=9410"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:57:37","slug":"hommage-a-ahmed-shamia-architecte-laureat-du-programme-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.programmepause.fr\/en\/hommage-a-ahmed-shamia-architecte-laureat-du-programme-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Ahmed Shamia, Palestinian architect and PAUSE laureate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.programmepause.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/solidariteukraine-1.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,1_2,1_4&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.programmepause.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fond002.jpg&#8221; background_size=&#8221;contain&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|5%|100px|5%|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;45px||||false|false&#8221; global_module=&#8221;412&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div onclick=\"history.go(-1);\" style=\"cursor:pointer;font-size:30px;\"><strong>\u21b5<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_post_title author=&#8221;off&#8221; date_format=&#8221;j M Y&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#5f86d2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;60px||30px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_divider divider_weight=&#8221;2px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;20px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.programmepause.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/signal-2025-05-14-19-25-51-533-1.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;signal-2025-05-14-19-25-51-533&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;49%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#142da5&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; content_en_us=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of <strong>Ahmed Shamia<\/strong>, Palestinian architect and artist, laureate of the PAUSE programme. Ahmed succumbed to his injuries this Tuesday, May 13th, after being critically wounded in an Israeli strike on Gaza the previous week. He was 42 years old.<\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>In a territory where, according to the United Nations, two-thirds of residential buildings have been destroyed or severely damaged, Ahmed described himself as an %22<em>architect in a country where architecture no longer exists.<\/em>%22 He dreamed of building sustainable, supportive, and resilient cities, where each building would be a response to ecological and human emergencies. His talent, his vision, his commitment to an architecture serving life were brutally interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">C\u2019est avec une profonde tristesse que nous annon\u00e7ons le d\u00e9c\u00e8s d\u2019<strong>Ahmed Shamia<\/strong>, architecte et artiste palestinien, laur\u00e9at du programme PAUSE. Ahmed a succomb\u00e9 \u00e0 ses blessures ce mardi 13 mai, apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 gri\u00e8vement atteint lors d\u2019une frappe isra\u00e9lienne sur Gaza la semaine pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente. Il avait 42 ans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dans un territoire o\u00f9, selon les Nations Unies, deux tiers des b\u00e2timents r\u00e9sidentiels ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9truits ou gravement endommag\u00e9s, Ahmed se disait <em>\u00ab architecte dans un pays o\u00f9 l\u2019architecture n\u2019est plus \u00bb<\/em>. <strong>Il r\u00eavait de b\u00e2tir des villes durables, solidaires et r\u00e9silientes, o\u00f9 chaque b\u00e2timent serait une r\u00e9ponse aux urgences \u00e9cologiques et humaines.<\/strong> Son talent, sa vision, son engagement pour une architecture au service du vivant ont \u00e9t\u00e9 brutalement interrompus.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image title_text=&#8221;3 ans Ukraine(1)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#142da5&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; content_en_us=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=%223:1-3:501%22 style=%22text-align: justify;%22>Ahmed had been a laureate of the PAUSE programme since last March and was to be hosted by the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure d\u2019Architecture Paris Val-de-Seine and Paris-Est to continue his work as an architect. As a reminder, in December 2023, in response to the escalation of violence in Gaza, and in collaboration with the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Consulate General of France in Jerusalem, the PAUSE programme was able to put in place emergency procedures to respond to this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=%225:1-5:177%22 style=%22text-align: justify;%22>Currently, <strong>twelve researchers and artists from Gaza, expected by the PAUSE programme, are still trapped in the enclave with their families, under the threat of bombing and famine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=%227:1-7:113%22 style=%22text-align: justify;%22>To his family, his loved ones, and all those who uphold the ideas he defended, we extend our deepest condolences.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=%229:1-10:49%22 style=%22text-align: justify;%22><strong>Saving a life, saving ideas. A hope.<\/strong> A commitment. We must remain mobilized to uphold it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahmed \u00e9tait laur\u00e9at du programme PAUSE depuis mars dernier et devait \u00eatre accueilli au sein des \u00c9coles Nationales Sup\u00e9rieures d\u2019Architecture Paris Val-de-Seine et Paris-Est afin de poursuivre son travail d\u2019architecte. Pour rappel, d\u00e8s le mois de d\u00e9cembre 2023, face \u00e0 l&#8217;escalade de la violence \u00e0 Gaza, et en collaboration avec le minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Europe et des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res et le Consulat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de France \u00e0 J\u00e9rusalem, le programme PAUSE a pu mettre en place des proc\u00e9dures d\u2019urgence pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 cette trag\u00e9die.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Actuellement, <strong>douze chercheurs et artistes de Gaza, attendus par le programme PAUSE, sont toujours bloqu\u00e9s dans l\u2019enclave avec leurs familles, sous la menace des bombardements et de la famine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 sa famille, \u00e0 ses proches, et \u00e0 toutes celles et ceux qui portent les id\u00e9es qu\u2019il d\u00e9fendait, nous adressons nos pens\u00e9es les plus \u00e9mues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sauver une vie, sauver des id\u00e9es. Une esp\u00e9rance. 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