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Ahmad Baydoun (b. 1994, Beirut) is an architect and researcher who frequently operates in artistic settings. He completed his Bachelor of Architecture at the Lebanese American University and the École Spéciale d’Architecture. He is interested in developing research-based projects around collective memory in situ and in generated environments, critical cartographic and pedagogic practices that resist the carceral continuum in architecture and urbanism. Currently, Ahmad is building a repository for the decaying Khiam Detention Center to publicly perpetuate its infamous memory in the face of recent attempts of erasure and biased revisions. He is also working as a research assistant for Lawrence Abu Hamdan where he is working on upcoming audio investigations. He has previously worked as an architect at DW5 Bernard Khoury Architects where he was involved in a multidisciplinary range of work from concept discussions, to the illustration and production of digital images. His research-based projects have been supported by and presented at the Technical University of Delft, Art Jameel, Beit Beirut, Hammana Artist House and the internet.