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<p>Scope: Olympic City master plan: 50,000-spectator stadium, multipurpose hall, landscaped piazza extending to Beirut's seafront. Post-civil war reconstruction landmark that enabled Lebanon to host 1997 Pan Arab Games.<br>Challenge: Achieve three Lebanese Government objectives: rebuild demolished civil war landmark and restart post-conflict reconstruction era, spur growth of Lebanon's sports economy, and deliver international-standard 50,000-seat stadium enabling Lebanon's candidacy for 1997 Pan Arab Games. Optimize project cost for financially constrained post-war government. Reintegrate major sports infrastructure into Beirut's urban fabric after decades of war damage and neglect.<br>Approach: Olympic City master plan integrates 50,000-spectator stadium with multipurpose hall and urban connectivity strategy. Landscaped piazza extends from project to Beirut's seafront - reintegrating stadium into city's urban composition rather than creating isolated sports precinct. Stadium design references ancient Roman amphitheaters - enabling flexible programming for cultural events and concerts beyond athletic competitions, maximizing asset utilization. Full compliance with international competition standards qualified Lebanon to host 1997 Pan Arab Games and 2000 AFC Asian Cup. Cost optimization strategies enabled financially constrained post-war government to fund project.<br>Status: Completed</p>
Urban planning and design
Architecture design
Interior design
Structural engineering
Mechanical engineering
Electrical engineering
Infrastructure enigneering
Landscape design
Architect of record
Construction supervision
Laceco responded to the above objectives by:
Designing a consistent urban framework that nevertheless provided a diversity in the individual architectural character of buildings.
Curating a seamless pedestrian experience in a site that had a challenging topography and was exposed to dominant winds.
Anchoring the site along three platforms linked to each other by a continuous game of terraces, stairs, suspended bridges and esplanades that gently slope down the length of the development.
Conducting value engineering and cost optimization studies to preserve economic viability of the development.
Laceco responded to the above objectives in several ways. We designed an Olympic City master plan that features the 50,000-spectator stadium
and a multipurpose hall. We reintegrated the stadium into the urban composition
of Beirut through a landscaped piazza that extended from the project to Beirut‚ seafront and conceived a stadium that has the features of ancient Roman amphitheaters, allowing the client to use
it for non-athletic programming such
as cultural events.
The stadium was designed to be fully compliant with international competition standards, enabling Lebanon to submit its candidacy to the 1997 Pan Arab Games
and 2000 AFC Asian Cup.
Finally the project cost was optimized to enable a financially constrained government to fund the project.
