A.muse.um
Nadim Karam + Atelier Hapsitus
ARCHITECTS
Atelier Hapsitus, Nadim Karam
IRRIGATION CONSULTANT
Beaini Engineering And Contracting
QUANTITY SURVEYING CONSULTANT
Dg Jones & Partners
LEAD ARCHITECT
Ramona Abdo
MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Corten, Adobe, From Site, Local, Robert Mcneel & Ass
CLIENT
Nadim Karam
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Abniah Sarl Engineering And Contracting
EXCAVATION CONTRACTOR
Drillco Liban Sal
LANDSCAPE CONSULTANT
Gaby Chaftari Landscape Sarl
GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Gsc Sal
LIGHTING CONSULTANT
Hilights
PRINCIPAL
Nadim Karam
MEP CONSULTANT
Pierre Dammous & Partners
QS CONSULTANT
Dg Jones And Partners
DESIGN TEAM
Rawad Kuntar, Jad Nassour, Rudy Riachy
STEEL WORKS CONTRACTOR
Gebco Steel Industry Sal
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
_p.a.r. Consultants Sarl, Pierre Abi Rached
PHOTOGRAPHS
Walid Rashid, Natasha Karam
AREA
620 M²
YEAR
2019
LOCATION
Lebanon
CATAGORY
Houses, Offices
English description provided by architects.
A.MUSE.UM has been conceived and designed by architect/artist Nadim Karam as his atelier, a space for him to reflect, create and experiment.
It is located in the village of Daroun, in the mountains of Lebanon.
There on the hillsideabove the atelier is Karam’s own family residence, a traditional Lebanese stone house restored by Hapsitus with minimal acupunctural interventions and landscape works.
A.MUSE.UM was initiated several years ago and has undergone a number of alterations until it reached its ultimate concept in reverence of the traditional Lebanese stone house above and the landscape heritage of the terracing system applied within the village.
The space has been immersed in the ground in the way of a Rhizome and integrates the landscape into its roof.
It has different entry and exit points by way of both ramps and staircases which provokes non-linear pathways, and triggers imagined constructions.
Two separate courtyards aerate and bring light to the project, generating diversity in the spaces and internal vistas.
The design articulation is restrained and employs mainly fair-faced concrete, corten steel and the limestone commonly used for terracing in the village.
A.MUSE.UM desires to be an innovative alternative to high environmental impact implementations.
A.MUSE.UM re-interprets traditional landscape while reverting to an inner monumentality and a new contemporaneity.
