Saida Public Park

The design of the Bahr El Eid park revival project is a DI-LAB project. DI-LAB is a course at the American University of Beirut’s Department of Architecture and Design at the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (MSFEA course No. ARCH016). The project was designed in Summer 2017 and the advisers are instructors Karim Najjar, Ahmad Nouraldeen and Balsam Madi. Students that participated in designing this project are: Mohammad Nazar, Nella Abi Khalil, Sari Kantari, Nirvana Kobeissi, Leen Nadar, Jad Najm, Danielle Raffoul, Maha Sabalbal, Meriam Soltan and Aya Nadera Zantout. External consultants Dana Ali (Landscape Architect) and Anwar Antoun (Structural Engineer) also participated in the development of the design. SOSI a local NGO worked closely on this project to achieve a participatory design approach.

The scope of the project includes the design of a permanent installation on the 800m2 rectangular site and a masterplan for the overall area of approximately 3500m2 surrounding the installation including public spaces, roads, and facades.

Client: Saida Municipality | Location: Lebanon | Size: 4000m2 | Year:2017