Beirut · Urban Territory

Beirut Urban Programme.

A long engagement with Beirut’s northern metropolitan edge, from programme coordination and municipal strategy to a new HYRAX study exploring the rehabilitation of the Bourj Hammoud landfill landscape.

Programme period

2010 to 2015

Role

Programme Coordinator

Funding context

€1.5M · Région Île-de-France · AFD · French Ministry of Foreign Affairs · CGLU-BTVL

Current study

HYRAX · Bourj Hammoud landfill rehabilitation

Chapter 01 · 2010 to 2015

Programme coordination.

The Beirut Urban Programme was a citywide public-space programme developed with the Municipality of Beirut through its cooperation with the Région Île-de-France. It combined strategic planning, public-realm studies, mobility, landscape and lighting within one coordinated municipal framework.

The programme combined three strategic planning studies, the Soft Mobility Plan, the Green and Landscape Plan and the Lighting Masterplan, with the operational Soft Link pilot between central Beirut and Horsh Beirut. It also included communication, consultation and municipal capacity-building so that the studies could move from analysis into decision-making and implementation.

The programme was financed at €1.5 million, with 65% from Région Île-de-France, 23% from Agence Française de Développement and 12% from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. CGLU-BTVL provided the Lebanese administrative and financial partnership structure.

Lead consultants · Frédéric Francis · Habib Debs Architects · Egis / Urbi / SITRAM · 4B Architects

Green and Landscape Masterplan · Citywide green network

Programme coordination structure for the Beirut Urban Programme, identifying Nagi El Husseini as project coordinator — 01 · Programme Team and Coordination Structure

Soft mobility network and street hierarchy for Beirut — 02 · Soft Mobility Network

Lighting masterplan for Beirut showing the proposed nocturnal city network — 03 · Lighting Masterplan

Urban morphology analysis along the Soft Link route between central Beirut and Horsh Beirut — 04 · Soft Link Urban Morphology

Alternative route options and urban sequences for the Beirut Soft Link pilot — 05 · Soft Link Route Options

Existing and proposed public realm transformation for the Beirut Soft Link pilot — 06 · Soft Link Existing and Proposed Transformation

Chapter 02 · HYRAX Study

Landfill to landscape.

The Bourj Hammoud landfill study is a recent HYRAX-led proposition within the same wider geography. It is an independent study developed to explore how the public dump hill and its surrounding edge could be reframed as a landscape and urban rehabilitation opportunity.

The study is not part of the 2010 to 2015 programme. Its purpose is to support local discussion, municipal and governmental awareness, and the possibility of future consideration, support or funding.

Beirut Northern Arc · Landfill to Landscape · HYRAX study

Existing territory of the Beirut Northern Arc and Bourj Hammoud landfill — 01 · Existing Territory

Beirut Northern Arc implementation framework 2026 to 2036 — 02 · 2026 to 2036 Implementation

Lightweight coastal belvedere at the landscaped summit — 03 · Lightweight Coastal Belvedere at the Landscaped Summit

Green connection between Bourj Hammoud and Dora — 04 · Green Connection between Bourj Hammoud and Dora

Rehabilitated tidal lagoon proposal in Beirut — 05 · Rehabilitated Beirut Tidal Lagoon

Energy landscape proposal for Jdeideh — 06 · Jdeideh Energy Landscape

Status

Independent HYRAX study for discussion and awareness. The work is presented as a proposition for the territory, not as an approved municipal or governmental project.

Selected Work

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Explore the other projects and experience currently represented across the HYRAX portfolio.

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