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Designed and built shortly after Lebanon’s civil war, this project marked the start of Beirut’s reconstruction and enabled hosting the 1997 Pan Arab Games. The government aimed to rebuild a war-damaged landmark, boost Lebanon’s sports economy, and create a 50,000-seat stadium meeting international standards to support Lebanon’s bid as the games’ host.
Master Planning
Architecture And Engineering
Landscape Design
Infrastructure Design
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.
