Nichtoffener Wettbewerb | 05/2012
Zaarour Club
Preis / 1st runner up
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Credits:
Architects: 109 Architectes
Partner in Charge: Youssef Mallat
Architect in Charge: Richard Kassab
Team: Michel Semaan, Rami Nouhra, Layal Aoun, Raffi Santourian, Richard Azzam, Nada Assaf, Joy Traboulsi, Aline Chahine, Sandra Richani
Renders: Tony Antoun
Project Description:
The inherent character of the site’s environment is unique. The location allows various relationships to the larger environment through views, pathways, trails and landscapes. Our aim is to take advantage of the natural setting while creating a distinctive yet subtle project identity. Hence the challenge with the Zaarour Resort is to construct the density required while still respecting and incorporating the rich natural environment.
The project’s identity is formed by a humble approach towards the site and anability to look beyond architectural trends.
Collaborators:
Landscape Architects: Atelier Hamra
Sustainable design: Eco Consulting
Electro-Mechanical consultant: Barbanel
Traffic engineering: Sets
Quantity surveying: EGN Consultants
Architects: 109 Architectes
Partner in Charge: Youssef Mallat
Architect in Charge: Richard Kassab
Team: Michel Semaan, Rami Nouhra, Layal Aoun, Raffi Santourian, Richard Azzam, Nada Assaf, Joy Traboulsi, Aline Chahine, Sandra Richani
Renders: Tony Antoun
Project Description:
The inherent character of the site’s environment is unique. The location allows various relationships to the larger environment through views, pathways, trails and landscapes. Our aim is to take advantage of the natural setting while creating a distinctive yet subtle project identity. Hence the challenge with the Zaarour Resort is to construct the density required while still respecting and incorporating the rich natural environment.
The project’s identity is formed by a humble approach towards the site and anability to look beyond architectural trends.
Collaborators:
Landscape Architects: Atelier Hamra
Sustainable design: Eco Consulting
Electro-Mechanical consultant: Barbanel
Traffic engineering: Sets
Quantity surveying: EGN Consultants
Beurteilung durch das Preisgericht
…After careful deliberation, the Zaarour Club Competition Jury has unanimously recommended the selection of the firm Najjar + Najjar as the winner of the Zaarour Club competition. The jury felt that the firm's scheme was the strongest in producing the Client's need to create a magnetic architectural image that would raise Zaarour as a destination of choice as a prime mountain and ski resort…
Jury:
Ole Bouman, Director, Netherlands Architecture Institute, former editor-in-chief of Volume, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Vladimir Djurovic, Principal, Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architects, Broumana, Lebanon
Vincent James, Principal, Vincent James Associates Architects, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, winner of the 2012 AIA Firm Award
Samer Maamari, General Manager, Green Engineering & Management, Beirut, Lebanon, former Vice President for Facilities at AUB
Nader Tehrani, Head, MIT School of Architecture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and Principal NDAAA (formerly of Office dA)
Jury:
Ole Bouman, Director, Netherlands Architecture Institute, former editor-in-chief of Volume, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Vladimir Djurovic, Principal, Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architects, Broumana, Lebanon
Vincent James, Principal, Vincent James Associates Architects, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, winner of the 2012 AIA Firm Award
Samer Maamari, General Manager, Green Engineering & Management, Beirut, Lebanon, former Vice President for Facilities at AUB
Nader Tehrani, Head, MIT School of Architecture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and Principal NDAAA (formerly of Office dA)
The Auberge
The Chalets
Cuvette
The Hotel
The Hotel in the summer
Night View
The Summit