DESIGNED BY:
Bilal Malaeb

LOCATION: Baadarane, Lebanon
AREA: 13,233 sqm

This project is situated on an abandoned airstrip atop a mountain hill within the village of Baadarane, Lebanon. The design brief required the re-organization of existing the public activities scattered along the airstrip as well as the introduction of a new mountain sports center on its premises. The main conceptual drive here was the existing nature of the terrain, particularly how to imbed a building without interrupting the steep cliffs that fall along the airstrip's ends. Accordingly, the volumetric implementation in this project is represented in two approaches; the first immerses it into the slopes and the other separates it from them above them without the need for heavy excavation. As a result, a design that seamlessly blends into its surrounding context was conceived. 

ROLE: Lead Designer

• Researching the landscape, geographic, regulatory
and urban constituents of the area
• Designing the volume, spatial allocation, facade as well
as the landscape of the project.
• Producting the diagrams, 3D Visualizations and
drawings and narrating them into the set of boards
submitted.
• Presenting the project to the assigned jury.