In-Between cities: Jerusalem - Sarajevo - Magazine

In Hanikah of Gazi Hurev Bey Madrasa two architectural proposals by Lejla Odobasic and Liane Bresler are exhibited.

In Jerusalem, a wastewater treatment landscape is proposed for a valley which straddles a dividing line of a former border. In Sarajevo, a new national library is envisioned across the river from the bombed Vjecnica city hall.

Caught between a tormented past and a contested future, between religions and nationalities, both Jerusalem and Sarajevo are cities of multiplicity and division. Sarajevo has been referred to as the ‘Jerusalem of the West’, a place where mosques, churches and synagogues are found side by side.

Having emigrated from the two regions presented here to Canada, where they currently reside, Bresler and Odobasic bring forth a Canadian perspective on multiculturalism. This research was developed as part of their Masters of Architecture thesis at the University of Waterloo, Canada.