ELIAS KATEB
elias.kateb@gmail.com
+33 7 66 86 67 79
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Architect
Architeknik
Paris, France
November 2023 - Present
Design Architect
Ciguë
Paris, France
July 2022 - May 2023
Design Architect
Amar Sabeh Studio
Paris, France
March 2022 - June 2022
Project Architect
MU Architecture
Montreal, Canada
November 2020 - December 2021
Design Manager
Solidere | Urban Design and Master Planning Department
Beirut, Lebanon
December 2017 - October 2020
March 2015 - December 2016
Senior Architect
BAD | Built by Associative Data
Barcelona, Spain
January 2017 - November 2017
Junior Architect
L.E.FT Architects
Beirut, Lebanon | New-York, USA
January 2014 - February 2015
SOFTWARES
Modeling
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper
Visualization
Lumion, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects
TUTORING EXPERIENCE
Tutor _ B.Arch | 4th year
Urban Morphology
ALBA | Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, University of Balamand Beirut, Lebanon
September 2015 - June 2020
Tutor _ B.Arch | 4th year
Parametric Modeling + Visualization
ALBA | Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, University of Balamand Beirut, Lebanon
January 2020 - June 2020
Tutor _ Master in Advanced Architecture
Building OS | Project for the Self-Sufficient City
IAAC | Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
Barcelona, Spain
January 2017 - June 2017
EDUCATION
Specialized Master’s Degree _ Architecture and Scenography
École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville
Paris, France
January 2022 - March 2023
Diplôme d’ É tudes Supérieures en Architecture
B.Arch + M.Arch
ALBA | Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, University of Balamand Beirut, Lebanon
September 2007 - January 2014
French Baccalaureat
Collège des Frères Mont La Salle
Ain Saade, Lebanon
June 2007
LANGUAGES
English | French | Spanish | Arabic
01 URBAN DESIGN
CAPE ENFEH 08
AL ZORAH 18
DISTRICT 5 26
BEIRUT OLD SHORELINE WALK 30
02 ARCHITECTURE
AMIR SHAKIB ARSLAN MOSQUE 36
N5 40
SURSOCK TERRACES 44
BAOBAB 50
OBEROI HOTEL _ STAFF ACCOMMODATION 54
03 INTERIOR
SALEH BARAKAT ART GALLERY 60
REMOMERO 64
SURSOCK ANNEX 68
MH COUNTRY HOUSE 72
04 SCENOGRAPHY SET DESIGN
SPACESHIP X 78
EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE PLAY 82
MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS 86
05 TACTICAL URBANISM URBAN FURNITURE
URBHANG _ BEY 94
URBHANG _ BCN 102
URBAN GATHERINGS 110
URBAN PLUGINS 112
URBAN DESIGN
CAP ENFEH
LOCATION
AREA
PROGRAM STATUS YEAR
COMPANY ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
RENDERINGS
Enfeh, Lebanon
34°22’22”N 35°44’11”E
900,000 sqm
Mixed-use
Design development
2018
Solidere International
Design team lead
Bachir Moujaes, Elias Kateb, Rafah Farhat, Karl Sader, Karl Viranian, Maya Sharif, Lara Kanaan
Scuares
Capitalizing on the site’s unique attributes, Cap Enfeh aims to create a Mediterranean seaside community that celebrates living by the sea. With its simple yet crafted architecture, the project values its direct relationship with its natural, cultural and historical context.
This mixed-used neighborhood provides a car-free environment where parkings are located outside its village center, offering walkable distances, bicycle friendly streets and other methods of green transportation (shuttles, golf carts).
Far from being another private beach resort on the Lebanese coast, Cap Enfeh is an all-year destination village.
By carefully analyzing and understanding Enfeh's old village attributes, morphology and evolution, the project aims to promote local craftsmanship and encourage traditional building techniques.
ABANDONED SALT PANS
SALT PANS
CONVENT
ILLUSTRATIVE MASTER PLAN
FISHERMEN'S PORT
BEACH CLUB
VILLAGE CENTER
NATURAL COVE
ENTRANCE SQUARE
RESIDENTS PARKING
DETACHED HOUSES
SEASIDE ROCKS
100 m
ELIAS KATEB
Souk entrance
VILLAGE CENTER
Main square
Fishermen's
Seafront promenade and natural cove
MODULES - FORM LANGUAGE
UNIT TYPOLOGIES
COMBINATIONS
The design process of the village center stretches from the smallest scale room module to the architectural massing to the cluster guidelines to the neighborhood organization.
First, on the smallest scale, a catalogue of interior spaces modules is defined: living, dining, kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms. These modules are then assembled to form four typologies of units: studio, onebedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments.
Carefully staggered in a two floors layout, the apartments are then organized in clusters.
The village center is subdivided into clusters linked by a network of pedestrian commercial streets - the 'Souk' - and a series of squares.
Each cluster presents a central courtyard that distributes to the apartments. This hierarchy structure and clear organization of the outdoor communal spaces create flexible boundaries and a gradual transition between public and private spaces.
CLUSTER COURTYARD
3-Bedroom
4-Bedroom Ground floor
AL ZORAH
LOCATION
AREA
COMPANY ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
Ajman, United Arab Emirates
25°26’12”N 55°29’29”E
650,000 sqm
Mixed use
Under construction
2020
Solidere International
Design team lead
Bachir Moujaes, Elias Kateb, Hala Chamandi, Karl Sader, Jean-Marc Nasr, Omar Kalach
SECTOR 4A
SECTOR 4B
SECTOR 5
Al Zorah is a mixed-use development in Ajman, a refined coastal destination with a rich existing ecosystem, that aims to create a bustling seaside community, a nurturing place to live, work, and play.
The development includes hotels and resorts, residences, commercial space, leisure facilities, and an 18-hole golf course set in a natural environment of sandy areas and natural mangroves.
Five distinct neighborhoods with defined characters, connected via lush parks, active public spaces, and shaded paths and promenades, result in a sustainable and cohesive environment: (1) The Shores, (2) The Avenues, (3) The Coves, (4) The Fairways, and (5) The Gates.
VIEWS STUDY
Plots and buildings at 30 o angle from road direction
MASTER PLAN
A computational algorithm was used to generate the best rotation for buildings in order to achieve a layout that maximizes views toward the Golf Course and reduces blocked facades. Moreover, building heights are designed in stepped massing that range from 3 to 7 floors.
© 2023 Google Earth
SECTOR 4A
SECTOR 4B
SECTOR 5
Fairways Residences bring together 17 plots of land that will be sold to third parties along with a full architecture concept and design guidelines, aiming to create a coherent neighborhood. Each proposed design offers flexible residential options for studios, one, two, and three-bedroom apartments.
GOLF COURSE
FLOOR PLATE TYPOLOGIES
Covered parking
Communal garden
Vehicular entrance
Rooftop apartment Private terrace
1-Bedroom apartments + Studio
2-Bedroom + 3-Bedroom apartments
MASTER PLAN
A forested park is located at the heart of the project, with lushly landscaped green spines extended from the center and connecting, through walking and cycling passageways, the park with the 3 loop streets and boulevard. Each one will have its own urban identity, whilst the main street is designed as a 25m boulevard with wide treelined sidewalks and a 2 km two-lane cycling track.
DISTRICT 5
LOCATION
AREA
PROGRAM
STATUS
YEAR
COMPANY
ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
RENDERINGS
New Cairo, Egypt
30°00’39”N 31°30’18”E
90,000 sqm
Mixed-use
Concept design
2019
Solidere International
Design team lead
Bachir Moujaes, Elias Kateb, Hala Chamandi, Jean Yazbeck, Nadine Dada
Scuares
LIVING CITIES, THEREFORE, ONES IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER, ARE ALWAYS STIMULATING BECAUSE THEY ARE RICH IN EXPERIENCES, [...] NO MATTER HOW MANY COLORS AND VARIATIONS OF SHAPE IN BUILDINGS ARE INTRODUCED.
Jan Gehl
Life Between Buildings - Using Public Space (1971)
Life happens between buildings. Vibrant outdoor public spaces are places for urban encounter. This is where people living, working and entertaining meet and interact with one another.
District 5 is a mixed-use vibrant neighborhood formed of four interconnected poles organized around a central park, its fifth district.
The master plan offers high quality outdoor spaces that invite their users to reconnect with streets, courtyards, squares and parks - applying urban design principles that generate neighborhoods for people and not for cars.
D3 THE WELLNESS DISTRICT Hotel, boutique hospital, clinics
D2 THE BUSINESS DISTRICT
Business park, offices spaces, restaurants, cafés, retail
D4 THE RESIDENCE DISTRICT Student housing, furnished apartments, retail, supermarket
D5 THE CENTRAL PARK
D1 THE LEISURE DISTRICT Entertainment, cinemas, F&B
BEIRUT OLD SHORELINE WALK
Beirut, Lebanon
33°54’00”N 35°30’00”E
600 m
Living street
Design development
2019 Solidere
Project initiation + Design team lead
Bachir Moujaes, Elias Kateb, Karl Sader, Jean-Marc Nasr, Jean Yazbeck
TOMORROW
Fred Kent “ ”
IF YOU PLAN CITIES FOR CARS AND TRAFFIC, YOU GET CARS AND TRAFFIC. IF YOU PLAN FOR PEOPLE AND PLACES, YOU GET PEOPLE AND PLACES.
The proposed design aims to strengthen the Old Shoreline Walk by connecting Beirut Souks to Saint George Bay through a 640 meter generous pedestrian friendly promenade that offers a unique public space in Beirut.
On its main street, the transformation consists on lowering the vehicular traffic from two to one paved lane on each side - based on a traffic impact study. The 2 meter width median is expanded to an 8 meter central walk, following the model of shared public spaces and introducing the concept of "living street".
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
ILLUSTRATIVE MASTER PLAN
ZEYTOUNEH SQUARE
Linking Beirut Souks commercial district to Saint George Bay waterfront and marina.
BEIRUT SOUKS
50 m
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