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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. STEREOKITCHEN in Pasteur Street Beirut, Lebanon by PAUL KALOUSTIAN ARCHITECTJune 25th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: PAUL KALOUSTIAN ARCHITECT STEREOKITCHEN uses a simple design strategy to create complex spatial possibilities and perceptual effects. The restaurant bar is a simple glass pavilion on the last floor of an office building on Pasteur Street in Beirut. It enjoys views on the city from one city and the Mediterranean sea with Beirut’s Port from the other.  Image Courtesy © Ieva Saudargaite
 Image Courtesy © Ieva Saudargaite The top of the pavilion is constituted partly by the existing concrete slab and partly by an added metal structure cantilevering to cover the whole area below. The edge of the cantilever becomes very thin (2cm) and runs along the whole length of the façade (25meters) and the corner on both sides.  Image Courtesy © Ieva Saudargaite The terrace “wrapping” the rounded glass volume celebrates the two opposite conditions of the crowded urbanity and the stretched wide horizon while creating ambiguous relations with the inside: one engages and perceives the “glass pavilion” in multiple ways depending on the light and time of the day or night, it could appear as a solid volume peeling open, revealing its interior or maintaining a certain amount of “opacity” and intrigue while the glass becomes once a window of display case of the people inside or a display case of the facing city.  Image Courtesy © Joe Kesrouani STEREOKITCHEN’s appeal might not only lie in its array of effects but also in its program and utility. Within its limited footprint, its uses and possibilities are unlimited.  Image Courtesy © Joe Kesrouani  Image Courtesy © Joe Kesrouani  Image Courtesy © Joe Kesrouani  Image Courtesy © Joe Kesrouani  Image Courtesy © Joe Kesrouani  Image Courtesy © Joe Kesrouani  Image Courtesy © Joe Kesrouani  Image Courtesy © Ieva Saudargaite  Image Courtesy © Ieva Saudargaite  Image Courtesy © Ieva Saudargaite  Image Courtesy © Ieva Saudargaite
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Tags: Lebanon, Pasteur Street Beirut Categories: Business Centre, Mixed use, Restaurant |
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