The project consists of four single-family houses on the coast of Aamchit, Lebanon as well as the rehabilitation of the existing landscape and old houses. 

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Architects: Hashim Sarkis

Location: Lebanon

Area: 1392.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

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Team : Hashim Sarkis, Boulos Douaihy (Project Coordinator), Rola Idris, Sandra Frem, Wissam Chaaya, Samir Bitar, Pablo Roquero, Cynthia Gunadi, Penn Ruderman, Christopher Johnson, Charif Tabet, Helena Briones.

Construction Management: Polygon, sal.

Structure: Rudolphe Mattar

Mecanical: Roger Kazopoulo
Electrical: Roger Njeim HORTICULTURE: Exotica

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The project consists of four single-family houses on the coast of Aamchit, Lebanon as well as the rehabilitation of the existing landscape and old houses. 

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Site Plan

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The site slopes west towards the Mediterranean, its angle allowing for embedding the houses in the landscape in such a way that the front is open to the view and breeze whereas the other sides of the house are protected by earth. Each house consists of a double-layer wall that retains the earth from the east and slopes w...