MarcLeb
June 14th, 2011, 12:06 AM
ABC Dbayeh
Department Store
by narchitects
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Facade Renovation + Extension
nARCHITECTS is currently in construction of the 500,000 sq.ft. ABC Dbayeh department store - a Beirut landmark for Beirut’s oldest and most important department brand. This project provides a 300,000sf addition and a new facade for the existing 200,000sf building. Turning various constraints into opportunities, the project creates a cohesive assembly of disparate parts: four volumes step down the sloped site, terminating in a backlit laser cut aluminum screen on a prominent highway bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The screen will reduce heat gain on the building’s western exposure. Waste from the aluminum cut-outs on the westernmost volume is being used as a cladding element throughout the remaining three volumes.
all images courtesy of narchitects
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Department Store
by narchitects
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6236/abclogo.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/abclogo.jpg/)
Facade Renovation + Extension
nARCHITECTS is currently in construction of the 500,000 sq.ft. ABC Dbayeh department store - a Beirut landmark for Beirut’s oldest and most important department brand. This project provides a 300,000sf addition and a new facade for the existing 200,000sf building. Turning various constraints into opportunities, the project creates a cohesive assembly of disparate parts: four volumes step down the sloped site, terminating in a backlit laser cut aluminum screen on a prominent highway bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The screen will reduce heat gain on the building’s western exposure. Waste from the aluminum cut-outs on the westernmost volume is being used as a cladding element throughout the remaining three volumes.
all images courtesy of narchitects
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2695/abc01z.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/12/abc01z.jpg/)
http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/8445/abc02.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/837/abc02.jpg/)
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2577/abc05.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/abc05.jpg/)
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/5504/abc06.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/abc06.jpg/)
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3827/abc03.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/abc03.jpg/)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8444/abc04.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/abc04.jpg/)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7677/abc07.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/abc07.jpg/)