Industrial, Residential and Commercial District
Vision for a new sector in Beirut
Project description
Affected by years of civil war and internal migration, Beirut’s southern and western suburbs suffered from heavy population density, lack of proper infrastructure and haphazard development with large numbers of illegal buildings and tenants. The Elyssar agency was entrusted with the area’s rehabilitation and Sabra and Chatila constituted one of the first zones for which a detailed master plan was prepared in which district zones for light industries, shopping areas and residential areas were studied.
The design work took into account housing a community of 35,000 residents and all development stages needed for dealing with both current and anticipated living conditions. Proposed solutions included social, cultural, educational and administrative facilities along with public parks and playgrounds. A primary and secondary roads network of 14 kilometers, a water supply network for domestic, irrigation and fire extinguishing purposes, waste and storm water drainage networks, electrical and telephone networks were also proposed as part of the project master plan.
