S VILLA – BYAKOUT – LEBANON

S VILLA – THE GUARDIAN

BYAKOUT – LEBANON

S VILLA – THE GUARDIAN

BYAKOUT – LEBANON

Conceived for a contractor, a developer, an art collector, a man with a vision…

The GUARDIAN, a black beast, emerges from the ground as a futuristic soldier sent from the beyond to look over the land of the wild green…

Sculpted for its Master, an avant-gardiste with a vision, the GUARDIAN stands tall facing the horizon,

with a body forged of black striped stone, engraved with glass, sprinkled with open spaces and greenery.

This beast of a house is governed by a high-tech multiprocessor SMART IN-MOTION brain that understands its master’s needs.

The GUARDIAN is a series of fragmented shapes and slabs, opening up onto diversified scenery views of its surroundings, redefying boundaries and space allocations through:

• Boundary less Architecture

Eye catching open view of the sky from the indoor living spaces through a transparent pool on the rooftop.

Exposed innards through a glazed oculus that transforms obscure spaces into an artwork gallery.

Significant horizontal openings stretch the thick dark skin to accentuate the relationship between surrounding natural environment and interior spaces.

• Reconfigurable Space

With a combination of dynamic & static multilevel platforms, the internal space allocation is easily reconfigured to suit the needs of the resident.

• Space Magnifiers

Fitted with sliding & rotating series of brick walls a/o glazed panels allowing the occupant to readjust the internal space configuration serving as magnifiers.

• Connectors

Linked to multiple levels platforms, the floors are interconnected with outside space by external pathways. Those same platforms are interspersed by stairs and walkways as well (external) leading up to the roof terrace.

This boundary less monument was conceived as a series of multilevel interlinked platforms. All external areas are linked with a fluid walkway that passes through the house. Those fragmented volumes are interspersed by an opening leading to the internal reception garden area.

On top, a transparent infinity pool resides, acting as a light filter, creating a mystical and magical atmosphere all over the living room…

All house functions are developed around the main feature of the GUARDIAN: its heart.

The heart is a system composed of 2 elevated platforms, a people’s platform PP & a space platform PS.

PP

A transparent glazed elevator overlooking the void serves as connector for all levels.

SP

A big scale platform acting as a spatial extension. This multilevel platform can be used on 4 levels.

Level -1                   Basement level             Access to low level (multipurpose)

Level 0                     Ground level                  Extension for the reception area

Level 1                     Mid-level                        Larger seating areas connecting reception to the entrance

Level 2                     Garden level                  Extension of the welcoming area – entrance

The space platform is assembled through a sophisticated mechanism of retractable stairs and balustrades ascending from the floor up and transforming the horizon into a series of steps leading guests into a theatrical journey.

The entrance courtyard serves as the journey’s starting point. At the center of the courtyard, a massive Wooden Wall slides into a green patio and reveals the double height core of the guardian. Overlooking this green patio is a staircase that outlines the external skin and crawls up to the roof, offering an exceptional ‘end of promenade’ with a view of the surroundings. The courtyard also allows a natural sloped pathway that stretches all around the guardian, exposing his different prodigious angles. This evergreen pathway offers a spectacular scenery, infiltrating the landscape, leading down to the lower garden, flirting through steps above the water basin and climbing up back to the entrance level.

The theatrical play ends with an overview of a suspended landscape dividing heaven and earth by the means of a glazed infinity pool…