Located in Monot, Beirut, this plot benefits from a strategic position between Downtown and Achrafieh. The site’s constraints — particularly those related to the basement and the orientation of the views — are transformed into an opportunity to design a highly flexible residential structure, allowing multiple configurations and divisions across each floor.

The main façade is articulated into two apartments, each benefiting from an approximately 6-meter-wide exposure. Rather than enclosing each unit within a rigid, closed envelope, the project introduces a void between the balconies, creating a subtle gap that enhances privacy while preserving openness, light, and cross-ventilation.

In recent years, Beirut has suffered from a significant lack of accessible green spaces. This project responds to that reality by reintroducing nature into daily domestic life. Each apartment is conceived as having its own intimate garden, echoing the tradition of Lebanese houses that once revolved around small private gardens or courtyards.

The architectural concept draws inspiration from Rem Koolhaas’s vision in Delirious New York — a vertical reinterpretation of individual dwellings. The building is imagined as a stacking of houses, each with its own garden, suspended between slabs, forming a superposition of private worlds within a dense urban framework.

Rather than a conventional apartment building, the project proposes a vertical neighborhood, where each resident inhabits a house-like space with direct access to greenery, light, and air — a contemporary response to Beirut’s urban density and a poetic reclaiming of domestic nature.