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/Hamra Terraces
2022/ Residential & Cultural Project Hamra, Beirut
This project accommodates the families of AUB professors in one tower, and students in the other, while enriching the community with a cultural center along with a public park. Located in the proximity of AUB and Hamra Main Street, the cultural center gives its surrounding community access to an art exhibition space, multi-purpose theater, and a rooftop amphitheater. Additionally, the public park is a stepped, highlighting the theatrical essence Hamra once glew with.
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Massing & Orientation
Massing consists of 3 units: Faculty building, students’ dorms, and cultural hub. The connection between the faculty and student buildings is through green terraces.
Orientation of the massing on the site optimizes views, limits sun exposure through self-shading, and the allocation of cores to absorb heat from western sun makes the building efficient with heat loss.
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South Elevation
East Elevation
North Elevation
