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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. Hillside Villa in Baabdat, Lebanon by Joe Serrins Architecture Studio, PCNovember 12th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Joe Serrins Architecture Studio, PC Twenty miles above Beirut, the village of Baaddat on Mount Lebanon serves as the dramatic site for this single family villa. The property is covered with pinenut trees clinging to the rocky slope which drops twenty meters at a 45-degree incline. The architecture is a vehicle for traversing the steep slope and bringing the client in contact with the landscape.  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel
 Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel Composed of a series of boxes, the building climbs four stories, digging into the hillside to create outdoor terraces at each floor. Multiple interior and exterior stairs wind through and around the house, linking program with landscape and view. Several double-height interior volumes reinforce visual links to the sloping hillside and highlight the movement of people through the house and around the property. Large picture windows frame mountain vistas and allow for moments of stillness. The program is organized by floor: the lowest level is the garage, and level two includes a media room and three bedrooms. The third level is the living area which has tall ceilings and the largest of the four terraces. The fourth level holds the master suite and a private terrace with a swimming pool tucked against the hillside.  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel The building is made of CMU and cast-in-place concrete which is typical for structures of this size in the region. The exterior is clad in a rough-hewn grey stone interrupted by a volume of white plaster and several folding glass planes with operable doors. Landscape terraces and property rubble walls are made with rough-faced local rock. The interior finishes are composed of a limited palette of materials: the same grey stone from the exterior is sliced and honed for floor and tile applications and cedar siding wraps the elevator and interior stair core top to bottom. The bedroom levels have end-grain oak floors and simple plaster walls.  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Vicky Mokbel  Image Courtesy © Joe Serrins Architecture Studio, PC  Image Courtesy © Joe Serrins Architecture Studio, PC  Image Courtesy © Joe Serrins Architecture Studio, PC  Image Courtesy © Joe Serrins Architecture Studio, PC  Image Courtesy © Joe Serrins Architecture Studio, PC  Image Courtesy © Joe Serrins Architecture Studio, PC  Image Courtesy © Joe Serrins Architecture Studio, PC
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