In Beitmisk, the skies are sometimes blue and the pines abundant. Like in Stonehenge, we would like to build eight villas in stone, in lighter and darker shades of grey, with a black aluminum floating roof that is accessible as a belvedere.
We orient them toward the sea view, taming the slope and extending all ground levels to infinity pools and private gardens. An upper floor typically houses three bedrooms, and the floor under the roof, with its extended transparency, is an entertainment level with a guest bedroom. Within the roof pitch, we always carve a terrace—calling it a belvedere—allowing residents to catch the spectacular sunsets and views from Jounieh all the way to Beirut.
Architecturally, we alternate full-height stone verticals in natural volcanic grey, a lighter granite, and a local basalt, like land art in a forest. Fair-faced concrete walls negotiate the slopes in terracing, this time in a lighter shade of grey, contrasted by the luxuriant local vegetation of olive trees, pines, and a flowering selection in white and pink. Belvederes is an ode to the slopes of the Lebanese Metn and a celebration of the infinite view.
Project Status: Ongoing
Designed by Karim Nader, Dominique Shemali, Leoanardo al Abboud, Soumer al Kamand, Lea Ramadan, George Naba, Aboud Elah.
Technical Control by SOCOTEC
Legal Consultant Joseph Menassa
Structural Engineering by Elie Turk
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering by Bureau Elias abou Khaled
Visualization by Cleerstudio.