beirut art house

Μελέτη Spyros Kakavas, Dimitris Giannisis,Heleni Klonizaki

Συνεργάτες Kostanti Stamataki Architect ,Georgia Nikolacopoulou

Honorable mention in international compet. UIA.The objective of the proposed building is to connect to the city and communicate with it through an interior atrium. This atrium aspires to be the center of the cultural life of the city - a “protected” public street. The initial idea was to group and organize related functions in zones (enclosed by long walls/bands) woven in a gesture to embrace and protect the cultural core – atrium. A continuous helical movement around the atrium connects these functional units, that are been organized around it, on multiple levels