Over at “BLDG BLOG” they’ve got some images from Viktor Ramos as part of his final project at Rice University.  It’s an incredible collection of renderings for a theoretical building project, an architectural solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This thesis takes a formal approach to understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by studying mechanisms of control within the West Bank. The occupation of the West Bank has had tremendous effects on the urban fabric of the region because it operates spatially. Through the conflict, new ways of imagining territory have been needed to multiply a single sovereign territory into many. It is only through the overlapping of two separate political geographies that they are able to inhabit the same landscape.

Avoiding the sticky political issues, the idea itself is breathtaking and the rendering are impressive.

via BLDGBLOG: The Continuous Enclave: Strategies in Bypass Urbanism.