Interior Design

2020

In Progress

Beirut | Lebanon

Interior Design

2021

In Progress

Faqra | Lebanon

Interior Design

2020

Pending

Beirut | Lebanon

Flexibility is the key in the design of the Armath center in AEC. Instead of using traditional partitioning of spaces, we decided to renovate the basic infrastructural needs of the designated spaces, leaving the plan open to a more playful manner of zoning.

A series of floating devices make up the tech hub that is Armath. These devices act like islands; each has a specific role but they come together in order to zone the spaces and activities. Eventually, the benefit of having these devices be so flexible is the opportunity it creates to mimic this hub elsewhere, either by dismantling and adapting it or by recreating it in another location.

Interior Design

2020

Completed

Faqra | Lebanon

the project is a duplex retreat house, with a garden extension.

a device inserted within the space on the double floors, acts as the main services supplier. The space is thus a floating open extension with a light color scheme, that creates a bright mood within the space - as a mountain escape in Faqra -

team: Etienne Bastormagi - Aya Youssef

Architecture

2016

Aborted

Beirut | Lebanon

Located at the heart of the Armenia Street in Mar Mkhayel | the project is the renovation and addition on an abandoned structure in the so-called region of Hajin which is inhabited by the Armenian community | 
the project revolves around a central courtyard that opens to the street and continues vertically through a bar structure that becomes an urban viewing deck.

Architecture

2019

Aborted

Kuwait City | Kuwait

designed for multinational (K&A)

KFAS is a vertical city

KFAS is a lighthouse

KFAS is a solar energy captivating device

KFAS is an open house and an intersection of events

KFAS is an outdoor exhibition and multi functional space

Interior Design

2018

In Progress

Beirut | Lebanon

Architecture

2021

Completed

Beirut | Lebanon

Located within a gridded environment, this playground is characterized by its introverted nature.

The block geometries suggested on site in this proposal, offer the students new opportunities to behave differently and have new experiences whether by incorporating green spaces or activity oriented shapes.

These shapes replace what used to be a fence separating age groups of students and instead becomes an interactive platform engaging all parties.

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Collaborators:

@bebwshebbek @marianawehbepr @hatchinbrackets @cedrichelou_architect @fadisuidan

Interior Design

2012

Completed

Beirut | Lebanon

Interior Design

2018

Completed

Paris | France

Architecture Installation

2019

Aborted

Venice | Italy

Proposal in collaboration with

• Public Works

• Hatch Architects

• Nadia Christidis (curator)

What emerges in the process is the beginning of a visual vocabulary or material lexicon that holistically documents the past, present, and potential future of the water commons in Lebanon through narrative, practice and attention to the micro-scale .

Most significantly, it presents glimpses onto bottoms up commoning processes and provides an opportunity to develop a bottoms up approach to shaping a better future.

architecture

2018

shortlisted

riyadh | saudi arabia

designed for multinational K&A

architecture

2020

aborted

Collaborators: Nada Borgi | Omar Dally

Our main observation of the existing spaces of the family is the clear cut between internal and external spaces.

Built spaces are small and dark, limited by the constraints of the materials and traditional construction techniques.

The outdoor however is vast, vague lacking clear zoning whether in flooring, shading or delimitation.

The main intention of our proposal is to create more categories of spaces ranging from the most private to the most public. Following the direction of the site, the movements of the neighbors and the paths of the animals, a rhythmic wall draws the line between the built private space and the unbuilt outdoor accessible to all.

The Line however is fluid, not a cut line. It grows on both sides and creates various forms of communication between the outdoor and the covered buffer area. Patios, indoor outdoor table, covered passage and staircase occupy the buffer zone and delineates the private spaces of the extended family including the private views, gardens and terraces overlooking the open space on the southern side.

The house composition is an articulation of basic geometric shapes for ease and affordability of construction. Bordered by the agriculture plot from one side and the wet facilities from the other side, the house is a play of mass and void: the indoor kitchen, the living space and the bedroom blocks alternates with outdoor kitchen, pocket spaces and a shared garden with the existing cottage.

A light plastered finish gives a unified treatment for the concrete structure and the brick walls. Natural materials such as bamboo and wood studs shade the terraces on both floors. A rain harvesting system collects water on top of the kitchen roof.

Elements of landscape furniture are inserted around the site, a reminder of the simple aesthetic of the house itself. Terracotta pavement connect to the kettle and a circular bench highlights a main old tree of the site.

architecture

2012

finalist

bikfaya | lebanon