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Beirut House of Arts and CultureProject by:
JDS Architects
Location:
Beirut,
Lebanon
Program:
Art and culture center
Architects statement

The Beirut house of arts and culture is a simple cube of 40 by 40 by 40 meters placed on a hill site in down town Beirut.

The site is excavated to permit to have the desired connections and
avoid unnecessary adjacencies. The south side is accessible from the
road, and so is the north side that acts as main entrance to the
building.

The required program is within the building envelope and is excavated
in 3 places to provide public spaces. The concept of the facility is to
let the visitor go through the building in an ‘outdoor’ climate. The
working and performance rooms are all climatized to the required level
but there’s the option of, especially in tempered evenings, appreciate
the real outdoor climate while strolling in and out of the controlled
zones.

refrence:architecturenewsplus.com