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Beirut, Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon Introduction Beirut: Its history dates back over 5,000 years. Under the city’s program. Massive privatized public investment was coupled with values which were the founding principles of such a diverse com- downtown area lay remnants of Ottoman, Mamluk, Crusader, Ab- macro-economic policies designed to stimulate private local and munity damaging the entire strata of urban socio-economic val- bassid, Omayyad, Byzantine, Roman, Persian, Phoenician and foreign investment. ues. The city has become a bourgeois ghetto catering to only 5% - of the Lebanese population .( LE SCHÉMA DIRECTEUR DE LA ony, only to be destroyed later by a triple catastrophe of earth- The development company, SOLIDER was established within the RÉGION MÉTROPOLITAINE DE BYEROUTH (SDRMB, 1986), framework of Law 117 of 1991 which regulates Lebanese real es- The SDRMB plan is considered the reference for the reconstruc- until the Crusaders took over in 1110. Following the Crusaders tate companies aiming at the reconstruction of war-damaged areas, tion of the Beirut metropolitan region today. were the Mamlukes and the Turks, and after World War I there was a French mandate period ended in 1943. There after Beirut wit- DIRECTEUR” catering to the private upper class which is 5% of nessed numerous local and regional wars of civil and uncivil hostil- the population and negating the rest of the Lebanese population. Based on a Master Plan which optimizes the site’s natural assets ities coupled with a twenty years of Israeli occupation ended year “More than half of Lebanon’s 3 million people live below the pover- and draws on its rich heritage, the project aims at creating a mod- 2000 and thirty years of Syrian control ended 2005. Furthermore, ty level. The minimum wage amounts to $127 per month, with food ern district spreading over 108 million sq m of land, one- third re- Beirut was devastated by the Israeli bombing in 2006. Beirut is the prices as high as Paris’s and energy prices as high as Tokyo’s. A claimed from the sea, and offering a mix of facilities totaling 4.69 commercial center of the region and was sometimes called “the Lebanese architect fears that the renovated heart of the city will Paris of the Middle East” because of its cosmopolitan atmosphere company of the central district promotes that the plan respected prior to the Lebanese Civil War. Prior to the Israeli bombings Beirut then, we will have a Beirut without Beiruters!” the main natural feature and typography of the site by maximizing had undergone major reconstruction in recent years and had been views of the sea and surrounding landscape, on the contrary the set to host the Jeux de la Francophonie (Francophone Games) in The “SCHÉMA DIRECTEUR” of the Metropolitan Region of Beirut people of the city consider it a harsh devastation of the urban 2009. Beirut is the capital; the largest city; has a population of 1.5 and the interlocking relationship of the various forces that have morphology of the city. million people in the city proper and 2.1 million people in the sur- shaped the planning process and lead to the present segregated rounding metropolitan areas. quality of urban life, as a result of the SDRMB capitalistic approach Lebanon 10’452Km2 * Inhabitants 3’971’000 and the “clientelistic politics and other forms of patronage” that With the return to peace and stability, Lebanon’s economy re- underlie the current urban development resulting in cultural voids Urban Region 253Km2 * Inhabitants 1’500’000 emerged in 1990, sustained by an ambitious national development and segregated communities, denouncing the various pluralistic “The Place L’Etoile” March 2005 Manifestations Christmas festival 2009 Martyr’s Square Concerts House of Arts and Culture Installation Arts Mohammad El Amine Mosque Protests and Tents Pillow Protests Leisure Block “I love gemmayzeh” campain Beirut Marina The “4 Seasons Hotel” Fire Department Beirut Souks Beirut Port Hamra St Nicolas stairs Daoura new Infrastucture Project Gemmayzeh ESCWA building Sursock Museum Jdeide Garden “ Les Domes de Sursock” Palace of Justice Music Festivals “Roueisat” Sama Beirut Borj Hammoud Stadium Mar Elias Beirut National Museum Ministry of Justice Mazraa Ministry of telecommunication Ministry of Youth and Sports RBG Hippodrome Beirut Ministry of Social affairs Beirut Train Station Camille Chamoun Sports Stadium Sabra Camp Beirut Mall Shatila Camp Beirut National museum exhibits Ouzai Galaxy Square Legend Urban Region Central areas Areas of State-Led Reinvestment / Areas of Urban Regeneration Areas of Private Reinvestment / Areas of Intense Neighbourhood Upgrading Trendy Neighbourhoods Gated Communities / Exclusionary Zones Areas of Privatization Very High Income Area Areas of disinvestment Subcentres Strategic Urban Infrastructure Projects Flagship Projects Events Failed and Grounded (large) Projects Informal Settlements Spaces and Places of Resistance / Alternatives scale 1:25.000 * Restriction Zone * Check on 2nd Poster CEDAR ISLAND SAMA BEIRUT CITY MALL LINORD PROJECT beirut | LEBANON FAILED PROJECT beirut | LEBANON IN PROGRESS beirut | LEBANON ACTIVE beirut | LEBANON PENDING CEDAR ISLAND SAMA BEIRUT CITY MALL LINORD PROJECT Purpose: villas, apartments, shopping complexes, schools and hospitals. Purpose: residential, commercial and retail space. Purpose: commercial. Purpose: residential, commercial. Dimensions: 320 km². Dimensions: 200 meters tall, 50 oors. Dimensions: 220,000 m². Dimensions: cross area of 2,400,000 m² with a net area of 1,300,000m². Projects costs: $8.2 billion. Projects costs: not known. Projects costs: $24,000,000 million. Projects costs: $800 millions. Investors: Lebanon and abroad, with Arabs and other investment Investors: Fadi Antonios, head of Antonios Projects and the Devel- Investors: not known. parties. oper of 'Sama Beirut' project. Investors: CDR (The Council for Development & Reconstruction). Architects: D & ADESIGN & ARCHITECT PARIS. Architects: 20 architects. Architects: ERGA Group - Elie and Randa Gebrayel. Architects: not known. Size of the Project Compering to the Size of Beirut. View of the Whole Island. ACTIVE DESCRIPTION / REASON FOR THIS CHOICE / BACKGROUND CONTEXT DESCRIPTION / REASON FOR THIS CHOICE / BACKGROUND CONTEXT DESCRIPTION / REASON FOR THIS CHOICE / BACKGROUND CONTEXT DESCRIPTION / REASON FOR THIS CHOICE / BACKGROUND CONTEXT The Company «Noor International Holding» revealed that the project Sama Beirut's prime location in the Sodeco area, in the heart of The commercial center is located in the North-East residential and urban The Council for Development & Reconstruction (CDR) is understood is an articial island in the sea and it is similar to Lebanon's national Ashraeh, is currently attracting large masses. 'Sama Beirut's' prox- area of Beirut, on a rectangular land of 70,000 m², bordering the region's to be considering sub-dividing the Beirut coastline development symbol and according to them, it is worth mentioning that this island imity to Downtown Beirut, makes it the perfect address for poten- three major axes. At City Mall, there is a 11,000 m² of shopping sales Linord project into separate packages after the government will be the biggest articial tree in the history. It is proposed that the tial investors. It will include shops, oces and apartments. The area. announced the cancellation of the long-delayed project. The build- island will hold residential, commercial, recreational, and tourist view from the tower promises to be wonderful, as the surrounding The mall includes a cinema complex with 9 movie theatres, specialty operate-transfer (BOT) development between Beirut and Antelias are lled with green trees and esthetically designed gardens. The shops and the BHV department store on 2 levels totaling 18,000 m² . involved the reclamation of 1.4 million square kilometers of land and facilities, as well as being equipped for permanent inhabitants (villas, tower itself will bring real estate development in Lebanon to a new The mall area is divided in a way to facilitate the access to the Hypermar- the installation of sewage and water networks, a marina and a apartments, shopping complexes, schools and hospitals). It is planned level, especially as this project is the rst of its kind in the country ket, to the stores and the restaurants. harbor. to be built 18 kilometers south of Beirut airport o the coast of Damour. and is a big leap forward in the eld of urban development. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics in 1997, Greater Beirut and The Government of the Lebanon initiated a scheme to clean up the DEALS The residential section of the tower, which can be accessed through its Northern suburb (Mount Lebanon) represent the market’s greatest coastal area on the north side of Beirut between the rivers Nahr A delegation from «Noor International Holding» headed by Chair- Elias Sarkis Avenue, oers its residents a private entrance. The consumption potential: 45% of households correspond to 60% of the Beirut and Nahr Antelias. It includes the reclamation of a coastal strip man Dr.Mohammad Saleh insists the project will attract funding in apartments vary in size, ranging between 300 and 1,500m². In addi- income per capita of Lebanese households. The overall spending of the for commercial, residential and touristic purposes and the building of spite of the global economic downturn: “I am not worried about the tion to the residential units, the tower contains six commercial shops average household of Greater Beirut is of 19,059 USD, of which 33% go on new harbors and a marina. Royal Haskoning, undertook a series of global crisis, because my main target is Lebanese expatriates who that will be held by luxury brands. As for the oce spaces, they will groceries. studies and prepared reports covering the LINORD Development have nostalgia for their country and would like to invest in it”. Accord- welcome blossoming businesses, and are conveniently located in the The project marketing plan consists of a construction site of 200,000 m² Project in Beirut. ing to the developer, it is expected that the accomplishment of this vicinity of all facilities and services that may be eventually required.
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