NOTHING. THAT’S IT
The new Beirut Port! A landscape of absence. A group of international architects have proposed a new master plan for the ground zero of the explosion in 2020. Their main building material: THE VOID! Their building blocks: NOTHINGNESS AND ITS REMAINS! By isolating what’s left of the silos, they will reconstruct the ocean bay near the city center. A pedestrian bridge encloses the new bay acting as a memorial promenade to remember the victims of the explosion, a “skeleton” to appreciate the remnants of the building that guarded a part of the city from the expansion wave. A double perspective envelops the isolated silos contrasting the ruins with the void of the ocean and vice versa with the dynamic life of an ever-rebuilding city.
I LOVE BEIRUT
BRAG