Aydamoun 600

Aydamoun, Lebanon – 2021

scope of work

  • Architecture

After Aydamoun 595, a sibling who is living abroad wanted to design their vacation home. The initial purpose was to have complete privacy from the adjacent Church and main road, yet complete openness to the nature. A minimal, linear and brutalist style house was designed making use and detaching it slightly from the steep topography levels.

An engineer living abroad, looking to build his vacation home

typology

  • Residential

loft size

  • 4375 sqm

built-up area

  • 300 sqm

floors

  • G-1

ground floor – 120 sqm

  • bridge enrance
  • open living + dining + kitchen
  • guest WC

basement floor – 100 sqm

  • TV area
  • 2 bedroom
  • bathroom
  • master bedroom + bathroom

GF balcony + terrace – 80 sqm

  • parking
  • outdoor play area
  • hanging hammock

B1 covered terrace – 100 sqm

  • barbeque and firepit area
  • outdoor kitchinette
  • storage room

project architect:

project team

structural engineer

electrical engineer

Mechanical engineer

The overall design is purely linear and open space on the entrance level, hiding the lower private level and gathering space from any visibility from the upper main road and Church. The entrance can become a small basketball play area with only a bridge connecting us to the main door. A stairs would lead us directly to the lower covered terrace, under the cantilevered upper floor, and an extended barbeque area on the side.

The upper ground floor is an open living, dining and kitchen with a concrete finish and linear long balcony to the outside. On the living room side, a louvres system created a wider porch with privacy from the adjacent neighbor, with a spiral steel stairs taking us directly to the concrete, barrier free roof terrace. The lower basement floor is detached from the back topography, allowing the private spaces to breath and create a more interesting passage in the back of the house.