Medawar Live, Work & Arts District
A creative hub for Beirut
Project description
The Medawar Live, Work & Arts District is located within the Medawar district located at the Northern entrance of Beirut. It has historically been segregated from the city by various transportation corridors (railway, highway) and the project aimed at stitching it back into the urban fabric.
The brief
The Beirut Municipality aimed to achieve three objectives:
- Regenerating the Medawar area, which has been a historically neglected part of Beirut
- Creating an innovation cluster in the city
- Addressing the pressing needs for affordable housing
- Our response
- Advising the client on potential urban planning scenarios that would regenerate the district
- Developing a masterplan that integrates components of innovation (incubators, research centers, co-working spaces) with affordable housing and retail
- Devising a strategy for physically re-integrating the district within its urban adjacency, thus overcoming historic transportation barriers
