#PROJECT-Fanar: "Fanar Tower" | 76m

By the demand of Mr. Georges Salameh, president of Fanar municipality, to create a new tourist attraction pole to refresh the area, there for was the idea. From the word Fanar that means lighthouse, this tower was designed to be the first of it's kind and shape in Lebanon and the region. Fanar is at 250m of altitude, topped with the 76m high tower. At the apex, there is a circular indoor restaurant for 200 people and another one outdoor. Above he restaurant there is a room with a telescope and binoculars all around its periphery. What characterizes this tower is the circular management section above the entrance, noticing the distinct entrance and exit. As for the vertical circulation, four elevators for public and service do it, and a fire staircase used as well by climbing fans. This tower is planted in a park, and forms a unique tourist station for everybody. Time Square: A unique new conception of a light and water clock. During the day, the water clock in which the level of water rises 1.5 meter every hour to reach the top at 12 o'clock. As for nighttime, the light level rises along with the water level so that water and light become as the hands of the clock. And more, the ancient sun clock, used in a new unique way, the shadow moves clockwise on the numbers marked on the floor .the head of the main volume is divided into 2 so that time is marked by the shadow between the 2 heads. The external shape is symbol of the Lebanese cedar, and the water jets on the right and left of it complete the whole to become a Phoenician boat floating on a wave of geometrical volumes.

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