The Beirut Living port reconstruction project was developed by the team within the international competition organized by the Phoenix Prize. The award was established by the IDAR-Jerusalem Association to find ways to transform risk spaces, into spaces of trust, and challenge boundaries and obstacles. The concept submitted for the competition combines symbolic and practical elements. The architects identified 7 specific zones including a memorial park, social housing, a multilevel container terminal and a water treatment facility. Thus, the port turns into a multifunctional hub, including a duty for international trade and politics. Processed traditional aspects of urban concepts: zoning, landscaping, traffic distribution, and height regulations. Pedestrian walkway nets are shown in a separate schemes. Made economic (estimations) calculations of step by step implementation of the project with a forecast of the cost and payback. The project aims not only to help the city form an integrated vision of the coastal area, but to also embrace modernism without losing traditional values. An important symbolic decision of the project was the use of the word "life" in Arabic script as an element structuring the plan of the memorial park. Moreover, one of the accents of the coastal panorama will be the preserved ruins of the exploded silo. Furthermore, progressive technologies in the cargo part of the port is envisioned. As part of the sustainability agenda, the establishment of an aquatic ecosystem research center is proposed. Solar panels, reduced boat speeds, and the regulation for sustainable oyster harvesting and fishing are also proposed.

Dina Sattarova

Name: State Research and Design Institute for Spatial Pl
Website: https://eipp.ru/
Location (Country, City): Russia, Moscow

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