Article source: nabil gholam architects

Sheltered behind a basalt wall, this horizontal box of a house unfolds in a processional transition from the busy outer world to the serenity of the main garden, with its views of the mountains beyond.

The clients’ requirements were specific, with a detailed brief. Their move from an urban apartment to a landscaped house with a garden set a challenge of creating an overlap of functioning coupled with a need for compactness and added security. The challenge was to capitalize on the benefits of the site as well as economizing on the circulation spaces, creating as few corridors as possible. The house faces a road on the south, the client’s father to the east and his brother to the west.

North East Elevation, Image Courtesy © Richard Saad

• Architects: nabil gholam architects
• Project: AY House
• Location: Yarze, Lebanon
• Photography: Richard Saad
• Structural Engineer: P.A.R. Consultants
• Electro-Mechanical Consultant: Pierre Dammous & Partners
• Lighting Design: The Lofts
• Site: 5,000 m²

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