nARCHITECTS

ABC Dbayeh shopping centre . Beirut

nARCHITECTS . photos: © Joe Kesrouani . + domus

This project provides a 300,000sf addition and a new facade for the existing 200,000sf building, ABC Dbayeh department store.

Turning various constraints into opportunities, the project creates a cohesive assembly of disparate parts: four volumes step down the sloped site, terminating in a backlit laser cut aluminum screen on a prominent highway bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The screen reduces heat gain on the building’s western exposure. Waste from the aluminum cut-outs on the westernmost volume is being used as a cladding element throughout the remaining three volumes. ABC held an opening celebrating substantial completion of the project on July 17th, 2012. Attendees included Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and 1,000 other guests.

Location:
Beirut, Lebanon
Program:
Department Store exteriors
nA Scope:
Design of all exteriors to 100% CD level, including overall massing and details.
Area:
500,000sf building (including Phase 2)
Completion:
Construction complete Fall 2012
Consultants
ARCHITECT OF RECORD: ABC Department Store Technical Team: Lamia Jallad, Baschir Muhanna, Johnny Salman. STRUCTURE: Bureau Rodolphe Mattar, Beirut; Architect, INTERIORS: A-Consult; LANDSCAPE: Renee Khazen; LED: Philips.
Client:
ABC Department Stores

Team:
Eric Bunge, Mimi Hoang (Principals);Phase 2: Stephen Hagmann (Project Manager), Tiago Barros (Project Architect), Hubert Pelletier (Project Designer), Ammr Vandal, Seung Teak Lee. Phase 1: Stephen Hagmann (Project Architect), Hubert Pelletier, Tiago Barros, Julia Chapman, Dominique Gonfard, Christopher Grabow (Design Team). Competition Phase: Alice Wong (Project Designer), Dominique Gonfard, Adam Vana.