Moukarzel Architecture

Designed by Moukarzel Architecture as sub-consultants to ACE,
The new campus will be implemented in a 3 phase methodology, in such a way that the existing school continues to function while simultaneously being replaced. Developed in a configuration of volumes, it is set in a network of open and closed spaces, embracing the football field.
The functions are set in an Oriental pattern of semi-introvert spaces, articulated in a rhythmic succession of buildings and courts, light and shade, in an organization that diffuses the atmosphere of patrimonial urban settings.
The main gallery deploys in depth like a shaded oriental inner road or "promenade", inviting the student and visitor to access the space, leading him to the functions. The forms are easy to read, guiding the user intuitively to their destination.
Intellectual, social, and sport activities "merge" organically to contribute to the formation of student personalities. The global networking thus obtained confers to the campus the concept of unity and diversity to its parts. Unity is the result of a global geometric patterning formed by axes, rhythms, and basically a modular repartition. The buildings are connected for functional efficiency as well as for an optimal exploitation of the terrain, yet each section has its distinctive identity in space, form, and relationships.
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“Perspective: What you see depends not only on what you look at, but also on where you look from.”
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Commissioned by the Maronite Church Authorities to be the reference of the Community in Washington DC, the Church of Our Lady of Lebanon is built as a new paradigm, for it has to be Modern and integrated to its environment, while baring the character of the Maronite tradition rooted in the History of Mount Lebanon. The architectural concept does not recall the Identitarian typologies of that tradition, but rather evokes their character in an abstract manner, assessing a new language for church design in response to new social and contextual components.
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Set on a unique promontory by the sea in the Northern Lebanese coast, the Sea Side Villas living spaces are extended in full aperture along wide terraces that embrace an unobstructed panoramic view. The spaces are oriented South-West, they are generously lit by a flooding sun during winter, while remaining variably shaded from a high rising sun during summer.
Each of the Villas was designed with a unique character, some recalling the spirit of the seventeenth and eighteenth century Lebanese patrimonial palaces, while others extend the span of the internal spaces in order to visually embrace the wide panorama.
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