The document discusses architect Luay Buni's concept of the "unbroken broken," which refers to intentionally incorporating broken or fractured elements into building exteriors that are then supported by solid interior structures. It provides several examples of Buni's buildings that feature unbroken broken designs, including fractured walls, columns, and niches on the outside supported by stable interior elements like arches and marble. The unbroken broken approach is presented as a metaphor for how one's internal strength and resolve can support them through external difficulties or feelings of being broken.

1. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
LUAY BUNI ARCHITECT DESIGNER AND RESEARCHER

2. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
I Love New Beginnings ….
With Every New Beginning; We Should Go Against a Certain Flow of Difficulties….
And This Flow Will Certainly Crush Us!
Yes, It Will Crush Us Externally;
But It Can Never Touch Us Internally '' When We Deeply Believe ''
When We Deeply Believe That We Can Go, And When We Decide to Keep Going on ….
Our (UNBROKEN) Inside will Surely Support Our (BROKEN) Outside ..…
This Is Our True (UNBROKEN BROKEN) New Beginning… Which is:
A Victory on All Difficulties;
And A True Sign of Life; In Giving Birth to a New World
A New World that had Never Been Before…… Leaving All Pains Behind…
To Mark a Glory That Might have Simply Started with a Dream!
….. LUAY BUNI
(The photo shows The Chaldean Complex, Al- Ameen Baghdad- Designed By Luay Buni 1997)

3. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
My New Beginning…..
The Dominican Fathers’ Residence
Baghdad 1996 – Designed by Luay Buni
An Intentionally Unbroken broken Exterior and a Perfect Geometric Interior
The Intentionally Unbroken Broken Exterior Has: A Main Elevation Fracture,
Many Broken Columns, and a Shifted Broken Niche Outside…..
The Inside Re-Supports All The Intentional Brokenness and Cracks, Keeping
Both the Structural and Visual Stability…..

5. WHEN WE FEEL THAT WE ARE JUST LIKE THIS BROKEN COLUMN! WITH ALL THE LOAD
THAT WE ARE BEARING ….. WE SHOULD MAKE BELIEVE THAT OUR TRUE POWERFUL
INSIDE WILL ULTIMATELY RE-SUPPORT OUR BROKENNESS, AND WE WILL KEEP GOING
ON FOR SURE……
THE INSIDE SUPPORTS A MAIN ELEVATION FRACTURE!

6. THE MAIN INTERNAL COURTYARD, THE (HEART) OF THE NEW BUILDING
THE (HEART) INTERNAL BELONGING ELEMENTS ARE SUPPORTING THE
BROKEN EXTERNAL ELEVATION

7. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN NICHE OUTSIDE….
COLOURS INSIDE

8. WHEN FENCES ARE BROKEN, WE MIGHT FEEL THAT (IT'S OVER)……
I SAY: (NO)….TRUE DEFENCES ARE INTERNAL….
THE UNBROKEN BROKEN FLOWERBED IS FULL OF GREENERY… A TRUE SIGN OF LIFE
THE NONE BROKEN FLOWERBED GIVES NO PLACE FOR LIFE … A TRUE SIGN OF DEATH

9. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN LIGHT FITTING IS A TRUE SOURCE OF LIGHT AT
NIGHT
THE NONE BROKEN LIGHT FITTING CAN HARDLY BE A SOURCE OF LIGHT AT
NIGHT

10. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
The redevelopment project of the Dominican Fathers’
Complex in AL-SAA’H
Mosul-Nineveh 1998-2000 - Designed by: Luay Buni
This project includes preserving some existing Nineteenth century buildings, and then re-
relating them with other new buildings to represent a unity of a one new complex design.
A Broken Exterior of Stone which is re-supported by Red, Blue, Dark
Blue, and White Internal belonging Marble Elements.

11. THE TWISTED EXTERNAL ELEVATION OF THE ART GALLERY…..
THIS BROKENNESS IS RE-SUPPORTED BY RED AND BLUE MARBLE ELEMENTS WHICH
ARE EXTENSONS FROM THE INTERNAL GALLERY'S ARCHES (SEE BELOW)

13. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN MAIN GATE AND DIFFERENT EXTERNAL CORNERS

14. MANY TIMES WE THINK AND FEEL THAT WE ARE JUST LIKE AN ARCH LACKING AN EXTERNAL
KEYSTONE IN THIS WORLD, BEING BROKEN INTO TWO UNSTABLE PIECES WHICH ARE MOVING
SEPERATELY AND IDEPENDENTLY, TO FEEL THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO FALL …..
I SAY: ((( THIS IS WRONG )))!
OUR INTERNAL POWER WILL NOT ONLY RESHAPE A NEW STRONGER KEYSTONE TO US, BUT IT
WILL ALSO SUPPORT US LATERALLY (LIKE NEVER BEFORE)…..

20. UNLIKE THE NONE BROKEN, THE UNBROKEN BROKEN PROVIDES A PLACE
FOR RINGING BELLS AND MUSIC, I LOVE MUSIC ;)

21. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
The new complex of the Chaldean Church of Ascension
Baghdad 1997-2002 – Designed by : Luay Buni
A Broken Exterior of Brick, Re-supported
by Internal Belonging White Stone…..

26. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
Al- Masbah Hotel
Baghdad 2003 – 2004 - Designed by : Luay Buni
The Non Broken EntranceThe Unbroken Broken Entrance
ELEVATION

27. THE UBROKEN BROKEN ENTRANCE THE NONE BROKEN ENTRANCE
PROVIDES A ROOM IN THE FIRST FLOOR PROVIDES NOTHING BUT A
USELESS ROOF IN THE FIRST FLOOR
THE ROOM PROVIDED BY THE UNBROKEN BROKEN ENTRANCE

28. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
The North Bank
Baghdad 2008 - Designed by: Luay Buni
A MODIFICATION OF AN EXISTING SUPER STRUCTURE

29. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
The Redevelopment Project of the Existing Cathedral of
(Our Lady of Deliverance) The Syriac Catholic Diocese of
Baghdad-Iraq
To memorize the attacks that targeted the Cathedral on
31-October-2010.
2011 – 2012 Designed by: Luay Buni

31. IN THE NEW EXTERNAL FENCE;
THE UNBROKEN BROKEN PIER IS KNEELING, THE NON BROKEN ONE IS NOT……

32. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
The Multi Stages of The new Dominican complex that includes a
popular University, a church building, a multi- purpose hall, the
new extensions and redevelopment of St. Thomas Secondary
School for girls, at Al- Wihda district- Baghdad.
2006 - 2014 Designed by: Luay Buni
THE SCHOOL

33. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
A COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE BUILDING,
KARRADA – BAGHDAD 2014 Designed by : Luay Buni

34. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
A HOUSE IN JADRIYA – BAGHDAD 2014 Designed by: Luay Buni

35. THE UNBROKEN BROKEN
THE DOMINICAN SISTERS' GENERAL HOSPITAL IN
KARAKOSH NORTH OF IRAQ
2014 Designed by: Luay Buni