Beirut Civic Center
A space for the community
Project description
The Beirut Civic Center is an adaptive reuse project aimed at converting a football stadium into a neighborhood park, a civic center, and an underground parking in Tariq el Jdideh, one of Beirut’s densest districts.
The brief
The Beirut Municipality aimed to achieve two objectives:
- Building a neighborhood park and a civic center in a neighborhood that severely lacks public spaces
- Building an underground parking to help solve traffic congestion, 30-40% of which is caused by vehicles looking for a parking spot
Our response
- Reconverting the football stadium into a park that integrates programs geared to different constituencies: walking/cycling paths, seating/relaxing areas, children playgrounds, and tennis/volleyball/football courts
- Designing a civic center that can be used by the community and includes a library, a gym, an IT center, and a multipurpose hall
- Designing an underground parking with a capacity of 2,000 cars that is seamlessly integrated within the park
