THE HI STORY OFARTAND ARCHI TECTURE I S MARKED BY PEOPLE WHO MADE THE VOI D ONE OFTHEI R PRI VI LEGED ELEMENTS.
THE" CARRÉBLANC SUR FOND BLANC"OFMALEVI CH I LLUSTRATESTHEMOMENT THAT PRECEDES THE APPARI TI ON OF FORMS THAT I S BY I TSELF A FORM.
YVESKLEI N SPENTHI SLI FETRYI NG TO PROVETHATTHEMAN OFTHEFUTUREWI LL BUI LD OUT OF LI GHT, FI RE AND WATER I N ORDER TO LI VE I N LEVI TATI ON ALLTHE . . TI ME.
MI ,THE VOI ES VAN DER ROHE ( LESS I S MORE) D SPACES OF T ADAO ANDO, BERNARD TSCHUMIDI 6FOLLI SASSEMBLED THE BOX I NTO 2 ES TRACI NG A NEW KI ND OFGRI D ARCHI TECTURE.
NGS,MODELED BY A DI VI NE TOUCH,ARE FORMED I N THE VOI D, HUMAN BEI FLOATI NG I N THE WOMB OFTHEI R MOTHER, DESI RE TO TOUCH WI THOUTBEI NG ATTACHED TO THE MATERI AL,THEY DREAM OF LI VI NG I N BRI GHT CI TI ES AND CLEAN, PURE, TRANSPARENT, EVEN FLOATI NG HOUSESDESPI TETHEI R FEAR OF THE VOI D FACI NG THEI R EPHEMERALEXI STENCE.
NG THE MI CROCOSMS, BELONG TO THE EARTH AS MUCH AS MAN REPRESENTI TO THE SKY AND HOLDS I N HI S SPI RI T THE VI RTUE OF BOTH,RELATI NG THE SUPREME VOI D TO THE I NTERMEDI ATE VOI D.
HOW TO REACH THE VOI D? THI S PHANTOM CAPABLE OF CAPTI VATI NG OUR SPI RI T AND CREATI NG ARCHI TECTURAL SPACES WI THOUT HAVI NG AN ARCHI TECTURALFORM.
ES I NI TSELFDO NOTLEAD TO THE REALKNOWLEDGE OFTHE VOI D, THI S STUDI LATTER COULD ONL Y BE ATTAI NED BY PUTTI NG ONESELFUNDER TESTAND I NTO THE EXPERI ENCE.
S THI
QUEST COULD LEAD TO THE I SOLATED FORESTS,THE HI GHEST
MOUNTAI NS,THE MOST PROFOUND LAKES AND SOMETI MES TO THE FULLEST FULLOFTHECI TY, WHETHER I N SEARCH OFONE' SOWN LI MI TSOR I N ORDER TO DETACH ONESELFFROM THE LI MI TS I MPOSED BY SOCI ETY.
GAL SON WALKED, ABRAHAM WALKED, ESDRAS WALKED, THE PRODI DDHARTHAWALKED, ESUS, SI J MOHAMMED AND MANYOTHER PEOPLEWALKED AND LEFT I N SEARCH OF AN I DENTI TY, A FATHER, A SPI RI TUALEXPERI ENCE, A MEETI NG WI TH GOD. . .
NG I S AN ACT OF PI LGRI MAGE CONNECTI NG THE MAN WI TH THE ACTOFWALKI THE NATURE, THE MAN WI TH HI S NATURE, HI S BODY, HI S DI VI NE.
LGRI MAGE A PI
PATH PASSI NG BY FI VE SI TES I N
LEBANON.EACH
SI TE
EXPRESSES A TYPE OFVOI D AND I NVI TES TO A CONCRETE UNDERSTANDI NG OF EXI STENCE/ NONEXI STENCE.
T' S A JOURNEY BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SKY I N SEARCH OF THE VOI D. I
T I
I S ONE PROJECT SERVI NG AS ACCOMMODATI ON FOR THE PI LGRI MS,
ALLOCATED TO FI VE SI TES BUT I NTEGRATED DI FFERENTL YI N EACH LOCATI ON.
THE
ATTI TUDE OF ARCHI TECTURE CHANGES I N RESPONSE TO
THE
PHENOMENON GENERATED BY EACH SI TE AND CREATES A MEMORABLE ENCOUNTER THROUGH AN I MPACTON THE HUMAN SENSES. TECTURE ARCHI
FACI NG
PHENOMENON
| MAN
FACI NG
ARCHI TECTURE
HARFOUSH, AN D THE VOI
ABANDONED VI LLAGE I N THE
BEKAA
OF
LEBANON.
HERE I S ENUNCI ATED BY THE TRACES OF ABSENCE AND THE
MEMORI ESOFTHEPEOPLEWHO USED TO LI VETHERE; T' STHELI MI TBETWEEN I WHATEXI STS AND WHATONCE EXI STED.
NTERVENTI ON:THE OLD I
HOUSES OF THE VI LLAGE REPRESENT THE VOI D
DESPI TE THEI R PHYSI CAL PRESENCE, THEY REFLECT A LI FE THAT WAS ONCE THERE
BUT
NO
LONGER
EXI STS, THEY
REFLECT
THE
ABSENCE.
KEEPI NG THE RUI NS I NTACT,ICREATED NEGATI VE SPACES BESI DE THEM I N
FORM OF TROGLODYTES WHERE PI LGRI MS WI LL DWELL;NOW THE NEGATI VE
SPACES ARE EMBRACI NG THE PRESENCE, THE PI LGRI MS PRESENCE. NS RUI
REFLECTI NG ABSENCE
/TROGLODYTES
REFLECTI NG PRESENCE.
OYOUN ORGHOCH: TRANSPARENT, SHAPELESSAND COLORLESS, REFLECTSTHEI MAGEOF WATER, THE SURROUNDI NG MOUNTAI NS;AN I MAGE THAT EXI STS WI THOUT REALL Y EXI STI NG. WHATICALL: CONSTRUCTI VE T RANSPARENCE" " RE.
NTERVENTI ON:THE VOI D HERE I S THE LI MI T BETWEEN THE MOUNTAI NS AND I THE WATER, BETWEEN THE REALI TY AND THE REFLECTED REALI TY. I TI S THERE I N THI S HORI ZONTALLI NE WHERE II NSTALLED MY WOODEN ELEMENTS SERVI NG AS A DECK DURI NG THE DAY AND CAN BE FOLDED TO BECOME SHEL TERS DURI NG THE NI GHT.
QORNETELSAWDA( 3088M)
PI LGRI MS CAN EXPERI ENCE WEI GHTLESSNESS AT QORNET EL SAWDA,THE HI GHEST POI NT I N LEBANON AND THE LEVANT. THE VOI D HERE I S THE STATE BETWEEN GRAVI TY AND LEVI TY.
THE CEDAR T REES DATI NG BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS,CARRY BETWEEN
THEI R BRANCHES A SI LENCE THAT MAKES EVERYTHI NG DI SAPPEAR; S AT THI
STAGETHEPI LGRI M BECOMESTHEVOI D AND ANNI HI LATESHI MSELFFACI NG THE CEDARS GRANDEUR.
NTERVENTI ON: THI S SPOT I S LOCATED ON AN I MPORTANT AXI S BETWEEN THE I CEDARS FORESTAND THE VALLEY OFKADI SHA. MY ARCHI TECTURAL I NTERVENTI ON FOLLOWS THE SHAPE OF THE LAND AND GENERATES AN ELONGATED VOLUME OVERLOOKI NG THE VALLEY OF KADI SHA AND DI SAPPEARI NG UNDERGROUND FROM THE CEDARS SI DE AS AN ACT OF HUMBLENESS.
WHEN NATURE BECOMES ARCHI TECTURE: ICHOSE THE CAVES I N THE VALLEY OF KADI SHA BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE
D.WHETHER NATURALL Y VOI
HOLLOWED OR BY HAND, CAVI TI ES WERE THE FI RST HABI TATI ON OF MAN AND THEY ARE HI S LAST.
NTERVENTI ON: I N THI S LAST STAGE OF THE PATH, IWANTED THE PI LGRI M TO I BUI LD HI SOWN SHEL TER SO IDECI DED TO I NSTALLASYSTEM OFHOOKSATTHE UPPER PART OF THE CAVES AND GI VE HI M THE FREEDOM TO DESI GN HI S OWN
BED, NI CHE, DOOR. MPL YFI XI NG AMESH TO THEHOOKS; THECHOI CEOF . .BYSI HOOKS ENGENDERS THE SHAPE.