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ARCHITECTURE + INTERIOR
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
02 ARCHITECTURE
AMIR SHAKIB ARSLAN MOSQUE
LOCATION
AREA
PROGRAM
STATUS
YEAR
COMPANY
ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
PHOTOGRAPHS
Mokhtara, Lebanon
33°39’32”N 35°36’50”E
100 sqm
Mosque renovation
Completed
2016
L.E.FT Architects
Design
Makram El Kadi, Ziad Jamaleddine, Gentley Smith, Rafah Farhat, Elias Kateb, Alex Palmer, Shun-Ping Liu
Iwan Baan, Bahaa Ghoussainy
The design for the Amir Shakib Arslan mosque in the village of Mukhtarah, Lebanon, occupies a renovated cross vaulted space with the addition of a steel structure and a plaza in front.
The slender minaret is formed of thinly sliced steel plates, angled in the direction of Makkah, and linked horizontally through a canopy to a curved wall delineating the entry to the mosque. Atop the minaret, the word Allah (God) is folded biaxially from the minaret, becoming a structural calligraphy rather than a traditional ornamental applique. Seen from one side, Allah is read as solid, from the other side, Allah is read as a void.
Below, at the entry to the mosque, the word Insan (Human Being) is added to the steel plates, to create a Hegelian dialectic of God/Man, putting humanity as an integral part of the equation with God, as a reminder of the humanistic tradition of Islam.
LOCATION
BUILT-UP AREA
PROGRAM
STATUS
YEAR
COMPANY
ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
Jnah, Beirut, Lebanon
33°52’10”N 35°29’26”E
15,000 sqm
Mixed-Use: residential, offices, retail, f&b
Concept desgin
2017
Built by Associative Data
Design
Ali Basbous, Farshad Mehdizadeh, Raffy Doulian, Antoun Rizk, Josep Alcover, Ji Won Jun, Elias Kateb, Montakan Monosong, Irene Ayala Castro
Nestled in an L-shaped site at a busy traffic junction, the development creates a new high quality public space sheltered from the traffic and a new focal point for the high-density F&B, retail, office and residential environment.
The building volume is formed as an extrusion of the site creating a sharp edge to the chaotic urban fabric around it. Carved out of this solid volume is a contrasting soft public space with a series of terraces and courtyards. The new public space allows maximized exposure of the program at ground level while also maximizing natural daylight and ventilation for the offices and residential apartments.
Using computational modeling and analysis tools, the pixelated massing was studied under various programmatic and environmental parameters to create a comfortable external public space by allowing controlled wind infiltration and solar radiation.
04
Terraces & prevailing winds cooling down temperatures
03
Connection between upper and lower plazas
02
Carved volume with required BUA
SURSOCK TERRACES
LOCATION
PLOT AREA
PROGRAM STATUS YEAR
COMPANY ROLE
DESIGN
Sursock, Beirut, Lebanon
33°53’38”N 35°31’06”E
2,400 sqm
Mixed-use: Apartments, offices, restaurant, exhibition space
Concept design
2019
Elias Kateb Studio
Design
Elias Kateb, Philippe Bekhazi
Located on a prominent hill in Beirut, the site benefits from an overlooking sea view to the north and a vast view on a unique garden to the west.
The project consists of a mixed-use program with various typologies of residential units, flexible office spaces, an exhibition gallery, a café/ restaurant, a rooftop and a garden.
By extending the vegetation on the facade and connecting the different levels with outdoor circulation, the project celebrates nature and offers a healthy lively environment.
In addition, the apartments benefit from generous terraces, shifted between floors, avoiding repetition, optimizing shade and allowing interaction.
Offer a pedestrian connection between upper and lower neighborhoods 02
Narrow the volume width to follow the plot linearity and free the garden
03
Subdivide the massing into 3 modules and create visual and wind flow
Step the modules in order to free the seaview and break the facade linearity
First floor Offices
Second floor Apartments
Third floor Apartments
FLOOR PLANS
Ground floor Restaurant, exhibition space, terraces, garden
Second floor Apartments
Roof Restaurant, terrace
BAOBAB
LOCATION
AREA
PROGRAM
STATUS
YEAR
COMPANY
ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
Abidjan, Ivory Coast 5°17’06”N 3°58’30”WResidential Completed
2017
Built by Associative Data
Design
Ali Basbous, Roland Bosbach, Antoun Rizk, Josep Alcover, Ji Won Jun, Elias Kateb, Ruth Mc Donnell, Lana Fattah
BAOBAB is a residential development and mixed-use project aiming to create a fresh definition of urbanity and sustainable living in the centre of the Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
The distinct urban form of BAOBAB introduces a new level of sustainable design to Abidjan. Its five fingered form is developed to maximize the buildings environmental performance and, like the branches of a Baobab tree, expose each of its apartments to a maximum of daylight, panoramic views and natural ventilation.
The facade has three distinct layers: an outer perforated solar shading screen frames a green inner layer, a continuous veranda for rich planting, balconies and terraces in front of a generously glazed and porous inner facade.
Floors 05 > 10
Floors 01 > 04 Hotel rooms
Roof Common terrace + gym + pool
Floors 05 > 10 Apartments
Floors 01 > 04 Hotel rooms
Ground floor
Lobbies + retail
OBEROI HOTEL STAFF ACCOMMODATION
LOCATION
BUILT-UP AREA
PROGRAM
STATUS
YEAR
COMPANY
ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
Ajman, United Arab Emirates
25°26’06”N 55°29’17”E
8,000 sqm
Staff accommodation
Completed
2020
Solidere International
Design team lead
Bachir Moujaes, Elias Kateb, Jean-Marc Nasr
The project consists of allocating accommodation for the staff, managers and supervisors of the Oberoi Hotels beach resort in Ajman.
In order to blend its high density with the surrounding and minimize the impact of the large building, careful design and attention was given on the massing and facade.
A lower block creates the transition with the surrounding buildings, while the higher ten floor block recesses back to form a linear bar, minimizing its impact on the road.
As for the facade, a layer of framing modules is added, creating depth and shadows, reducing the long flat facade into small varied pixels, and randomizing the repetitive openings.
SOUTH ELEVATION
First floor Staff apartments
Fifth floor Staff apartments
Sixth floor Staff apartments Gym + Pool
Seventh floor Supervisors apartments
EAST ELEVATION
SALEH BARAKAT ART GALLERY
LOCATION
AREA
PROGRAM STATUS
YEAR
COMPANY ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
PHOTOGRAPHS
Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon
33°53’51”N 35°29’29”E
900 sqm
Art gallery Completed
2016
L.E.FT Architects
Design
Makram El-Kadi, Ziad Jamaleddine, Ana Conchan, Alex Palmer, Valeri Fervorari, Rafah Farhat, Elias Kateb
Ieva Saudargaite
The design for the new art gallery is an adaptive reuse of a historic theatre which is converted into a space dedicated to showcasing prominent as well as up and coming Lebanese and Arab artists.
Located mostly underground, the attempt was to create a smooth transition from the street level to the lower gallery levels while bringing natural light to the buried space.
The new staircase, also reminiscent of theater promenade staircases, cascades its way down to the underground main gallery space from the ground floor, going through secondary office spaces. The cascading nature allows visual continuity between upper and lower levels, and daylight to pierce its way down to the basement.
From the mezzanine floor, the administrative offices, and that of the gallerist, have a full view of the gallery space.
LOCATION AREA
PROGRAM
DESIGN
Saifi, Beirut, Lebanon
33°53’35”N 35°30’32”E
100 sqm
Restaurant, wine bar, café, art gallery
Completed
2019
Elias Kateb Studio
Design + Construction contracting
Elias Kateb, Sami Daccache
Remomero is an experience created by an Italian couple based in Beirut, sharing their passion for the Mediterranean art, food and wine.
The design challenge consisted on giving shape to remomero's vision, reflecting and translating its components into space, materials, colors and light.
Following the space triangular shape, three zones were defined: The right corner hosts the art gallery and exhibition wall. The left corner presents the food lab with its open-kitchen bar and products display background.
And the central space, facing directly the entrance, offers a long shared table where art and food meet.
Program spatial distribution diagram
Furniture layout sketch
The product display wall is a square grid where modular wooden boxes are inserted and can be easily relocated according to the display needs.
SURSOCK ANNEX
LOCATION
AREA
PROGRAM STATUS
YEAR
COMPANY
ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
Sursock, Beirut, Lebanon
33°53’38”N 35°31’06”E
70 sqm
Residential
Concept design
2020
Elias Kateb Studio
Design
Elias Kateb, Philippe Bekhazi
Lower apartment 02
Upper apartment
MH COUNTRY HOUSE
LOCATION
AREA
PROGRAM STATUS YEAR
COMPANY ROLE
DESIGN TEAM
Baabdat, Lebanon
33°53’13”N 35°40’44”E
140 sqm
Residential
Concept design
2020
Elias Kateb Studio
Design
Elias Kateb, Sami Daccache
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