“The building was used as an instrument of war and it speaks for itself”, said the Lebanese architect Habib Debs who takes part of the project. “If we preserve it just the way it is, it will be an important testimony of the war”, he added. The project aims to transform it into an interactive museum that shall bear the name of “Beit al Madina” (The House of the City) and be dedicated to the memory of Beirut. It will also be a place where all Lebanese can exchange ideas about their history and the future of their city. Paris Town Hall offer to provide the project with technical assistance so to achieve it within two years. “The Yellow House has a patrimonial value doubled over here with the symbolic value of the building revealing conciliation will” says Mathilde Chaboche, member of the Parisian delegation who had recently visited Beirut to discuss the project details with the Lebanese officials. “Our idea is to conserve the major part of the war traces which bear an extremely strong message” she said. “They show that a people can move forward without forgetting the past, otherwise, history shall repeat itself”. The project has got a new symbolic dimension since rips continue among Syria’s allied and opposed Lebanese factions who led Lebanon to the edge of a new civil war in May. “The Lebanese people must learn how to love their Capital and draw lessons and conclude from their mistakes so they don’t destroy it again”, pointed out Mrs Hallak. “If they assess by themselves what the war was about, they would never repeat it again”, she concluded.