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Architects: nabil gholam architects
- Area: 2000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Richard Saad, Geraldine Bruneel, Joe Kesrouani, Nabil Gholam
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Manufacturers: -
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Lead Architects: Nabil Gholam
Text description provided by the architects. The house is set in a beautiful site surrounded by a pine forest near the Lebanese mountain village of Bois de Boulogne and comes with a wide range of complications. Firstly, it already had the remains of a house on it. Though of limited architectural interest, the house had been one of the first modern homes built in the resort in the 1930’s and originally belonged to the current owner’s grandfather. Fought over at the outset of Lebanon’s wars – the town straddled an important frontline – it had developed a bloody reputation. Damaged by gunfire and shelling, it had been occupied by the assorted military and militia forces and was used for 28 years as a torture and detention center. We were facing a house with its splendor past buried in memory.
