Design Statement
Rebalance the imbalance _ Beirut has a lengthy and eventful history, which makes studying and categorizing its cityplanning and expansion challenging. The port brought economic development to the city, which drew more people, causing overpopulation and an imbalance in city design, which resulted in the agricultural zone being overtaken. The imbalance urban planning and the informal issue making Beirut people have to depending on import food. The project try to respond to the economic and the cultural extension of the city to the Beirut’s port. The existing facilities which the site where happened explosion mix with the new program, creating a concept of ‘architecture for food ‘ for the recovery of the natural ecosystem, and also help to generating new opportunities, connecting the Beirut population and welcoming tourism.
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