Accent Design Group, s.a.l.

The Terraces House

The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb

THE TERRACES HOUSE

Accent Design Group

ARCHITECTS
Accent Design Group

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jad Ghorayeb

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Brih, Lebanon

INTERIOR DESIGN
ADG Interiors

MANUFACTURERS
Parex-Group, Schüco

MEP CONSULTANT
Wissam Tawil & Associates

PROJECT CONSULTANT
Elie G. Haddad

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
Joseph Diab

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Elie Abs

CLIENT
Bou Ezzedine

YEAR
2017

AREA
1350.0 m2

PROJECT TEAM
Aline Fadous, Jad Fenergi, Luana Mahfouz, Nada Noueihed, Petia Ratzov

Text description provided by architect.

The design for a single-family villa in the Chouf mountains in Lebanon, took its inspiration from the landscape and the territory.

The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb
The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb

The villa is located in the small village of Brih, which witnessed destruction and desolation during the Lebanese war.

The concept evolved as a composition in two volumes, separate yet connected through the main entrance/lobby: on the frontal side, the public functions, and in the back the family areas contained in a two-storey structure.

The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb
The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb

The resulting U-shape configuration encloses an outdoor space with a pool, almost like a private piazza, open to the landscape.

The approach to the villa is through a meandering road at the bottom of the hill, passing though the terraced olive groves, which follow the natural topography. The building accentuates this horizontal composition, as a terminal point, combining natural stone with a contrasting white stucco in its finishing.

The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb
The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb

The villa embeds itself discretely within the site through this sensitive arrangement of elements, deriving its minimalistic aesthetic from the typology of traditional forms, rendered in modern forms.

It reinterprets the traditional typology by opening up to the landscape, while recreating a sequence of passages and patios reminiscent of traditional architecture.

The house avoids contemporary fascination with ‘glamorous’ forms, or the reactionary imposition of ‘monumental’ mansions, focusing instead on the integration in the landscape, the context, and its history.

The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb


The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb
The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb
The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb
The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb
The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb
The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb
The Terraces House
© Jad Ghorayeb


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1st Floor Plan
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Mass Plan


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