Gemmayzeh Village

Beirut, Lebanon

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Gemmayzeh is one of the most representative neighborhoods of the late 20th century Beirut. The project is designed on one of the last few plots authorizing a large scale intervention in the region. Two scales of urban interventions were adopted: the towers as a landmark at the scale of the city, and the low-rise buildings integrated to the scale of the street.

The two towers, more than 100m tall, incorporate most of the project's surfaces and are set off Gouraud Street. Their impact is masked at street level by surrounding them with a cluster of low rise buildings, no higher than their environment, integrating the complex into the neighborhood. The two towers were envisaged as being wrapped in mousharabiyeh style perforated metal screens. The perforation expands along the high-rise elevation to disappear progressively into the sky, thus enhancing its monolith appearance. The low rise elevations are a contemporary interpretation of the neighboring contextual architectural features.

^^Don't like it. I hate these freestyle designs. What's good is all the trees, a lot of projects are being designed with trees.

I thought high-rise cant be built in that area, it looks allright

looks nice, but i'm against building highrises in Jemmeyzé...does anyone else think that the port entrance area (1st pic) leading downtown, needs a major facelift??

^^^ i was thinking just that, not only a facelift but some proper zoning.

rue gourad leading to downtown needs that aswell.

Quick fix...Plant the center of the road and some small trres in the sidewalks ..further paint the sidewalks..would look nice

I thought high-rise cant be built in that area, it looks allright

I was thinking the same thing!

I dont think this will get approved.

I remember last year I posted an artcle, about High Rise has been banned in that area

Who is the architect and what is the status of this proposal?

^^ 109architectes

http://109architectes.com/track.aspx

It looks like there is no update since 2006 concerning its status

can someone show us where it is on wikimapia pls

any news about this project?

It's ugly! They are destroying old houses in Gemmayzeh to build that kind of things..!

thats why they banned high rise in that area... how the hell did that get approved !

^^ someone got bribed probably

can someone show us where it is on wikimapia pls

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.8956664&lon=35.513649&z=18&l=0&m=b&v=1

Any infos about the project, owner? Design? Architect? Contractor?
And works had started or not?
thank you!

Saw it, there's a render on the wall arround the plot. It has nothing to do with the render in the first post, it's just a regular single tower. Will post the pic soon.

..shame, the first render is nice... the street level facade that is..

the high rise is messy, ugly and wont fit in with the rest of the area.

The landscape of our country is getting day by day more worse. I hope that in a few years Beirut has still it old charm. Personally I am not happy with the development. The Beirut marina in the BCD is looking horrible. The PT really does not fit in this area.

It is the same with the "Gemmayze- Village" . Like John said; it will not fit in this area. I hope that the final rendering will look match better.

are u kidding me ???
The platinum tower is my favorite tower there.....

No, I am not kidding. Why in the hell they are building highrises in BCD. It is horrible. The BCD looks like it is divided in two parts. If you look at London or Paris you see that the whole city is looking like one. The high-rises [BT,BB,PT,MT...) of BCD does not have anything special. If you take pictures of the new marina you will be not able to know if this place is really in Lebanon. They are not eye catcher like the "Torre Agbar" in Barcelona; Spain.

Beirut don't have to take a theme from Paris or London.. I think the different districts in Beirut are genius and Marina tower is now a landmark tower

Doesn't look promising at all
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umm i like them, they look nice... why is everyone against this project?

"Scheduled for completion by 2014 or 2015, the 37-floor tower will be surrounded by gardens and five housing blocks ranging from three to 10 floors each.
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Still, every development in the neighborhood is studied case-by-case and altered according to DGU’s request. As Akl points out, the original design of the Gemmayze Village included just two high-rise towers; the directorate asked the developer to change this to one tower and several low-rise building blocks to better blend with Gemmayze’s aesthetic."
Source: http://www.executive-magazine.com/getarticle.php?article=13248

And here is a picture of some of the archeological escavation: http://twitpic.com/24lfxr

^^ if it's 37 floors,then i think it will be between 130-150 m and not 100 m high.

^^ I'll have to revamp the whole thread once we have an actual rendering and some solid info.

1 tall tower fits in better than 2 tall towers? That is pretty stupid imo.

That's good even better.. 1 Tower is alot better.. anyone with eyes standing in the downtown region can notice this area is going to be Filled up with highrises sooner or later... let some of them stand out as taller already.. Personally, idk why everyone was against this project.. the design is not so bad. its friendly and nice... and changes the concrete that is filling the city... but once again if its a new height its probably a new design... so we have to wait and see.
as for the people defending older structures in beirut.. i am with most definitely keeping the older structure but not if it is destroyed. i think its time beirut gets rid of these in the hopes of never getting them again.

http://www.sa47.com/ProjectPhotos/1136030048_GVillage-(0).jpg

http://www.sa47.com/ProjectPhotos/1106520048_GVillage-(2).jpg

Ufff ! Where did you get that from ?

ok thats HAWT! :)

thats the website.
http://www.sa47.com/SubPage.aspx?CategoryID=10&PcategoryID=4&ProjectID=48

17-6-2011

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