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Status

Unbuilt

Date
2011

Location

Ras Beirut, Lebanon

Team
Fouad Samara
Lara Alam

Plug-in volumes

Located on a squarish, single aspect, 405 sqm site in Ras Beirut and with unobstructed views of the Mediterranean sea, the project is for use by a single extended family with apartments for the client and his three children, a small office, and an indoor pool in the basement.
Open towards the Mediterranean, a U-Shaped extruded vertical concrete shell, has all functions plugged into it. Drop off point and building entrance on the ground floor, a small office on the first floor, and four duplex apartments on top.


 


 

Duplex apartments 

Each duplex apartment includes a reception, dining and kitchen on the top floor with 4 bedrooms underneath. In this configuration, the reception spaces can be 4.5m high with the bedrooms 3m. The last duplex has a roof terrace with the U-Shaped concrete extrusion continuing to provide high parapet walls on three sides for privacy.

 

A play of light and privacy 

Large skylights draw light from grade into the subterranean pool area. The main façade of the building is a layered one. A series of sliding aluminum framed shutters with red cedar louvers allow the control of privacy and sunlight. When open, floor to ceiling sliding glass doors transform the interior into a large loggia open to the Mediterranean.