Dagher Hanna & Partners

12/05/2020

البيت البيروتي التقليدي
The traditional beiruti house | La maison traditionnelle beyrouthine

21/11/2017

Celebrating Lebanese heritage, everyday 🇱🇧
Cochrane Residence
Saifi, Lebanon

29/09/2017

Stone: one of the oldest matrials used in man-made habitats

31/08/2017

Our latest competition entry and second prize winner for the Hadath Municipality Sports Facility - Public spaces are meticulously crafted into the natural terrain to create a welcoming environment within the community.

18/07/2017

It's starting to get muddy at the Atelier Pierre, Terre et Bois workshop!

05/05/2017

Here's our updated announcement for the summer workshop with all your questions answered!
Gilles Perraudin arcenciel.aec

06/04/2017

Our presentation at the Lebanese Architect Awards is now online!

06/03/2017

We are very excited to announce our "Stone, Earth and Wood Workshop" in collaboration with Académie de la Pierre and arcenciel.aec in Lebanon, this summer - apply now to participate!

18/02/2017

14/02/2017

“Like” our nominated project and help us win the Crowd Award!

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Project:University of Balamand (UOB) Maroun Semaan Chemical Engineering building - Balamand Al Koura - Lebanon
Architects: Dagher Hanna & Partners (DHP)

The master plan of the University of Balamand’s main campus was developed by the Boston based firm Sasaki. The proposed scheme divided the campus into two main zones: the ‘Central Campus’, groups all the educational facilities and facilitates the fluidity of direct pedestrian connection, and the ‘complementary auxiliary services’, such as the sports facilities and faculty/student housing, are situated on the upper hill. The expansion of the Faculty of Engineering buildings was located within the Central Campus, around the existing Green Field. The Engineering Complex (under completion, to be inaugurated in February 2017) includes the Faculty Tower (design phase) and the Chemical Engineering Building (completed). The design of the latter developed from the imposed positioning of the building and its two main challenges: Firstly, the pedestrian access and the connection – the chemical engineering building creates an integrated platform that connects all the complex buildings. Secondly, its location to the east of the Green Field, and along a North-South axis, enforced an East-West orientation on the main facades. Limited to a budget of 3 million US dollars, with a total area of 6,000 sqm, the building is composed of four levels. The lower ground floor and two upper levels comprise the labs; the main ground floor, sitting on a raised-ground promenade, includes the main entrance hall and classroom facilities. This platform connects all three structures to the ‘core’ of the Campus ‘a crossroads plaza at the faculty of Engineering’. The plan is strategic and straightforward. A central corridor divides the classrooms and the labs onto eastern and western aisles. The lower ground floor acts as a podium, raising the building to the main level of the campus, above the Green Field. The main ground floor sits on that podium, and is protected by a deep canopy. These lower floors seem to disappear in the shade and allow the upper floors (the labs) to appear in the perspective. The strategy of the façades was designed to optimize the sun orientation and to provide maximum shelter from direct sunlight: the main ground floor is lit through narrow and deep vertical windows, topped by a strong horizontal overhang that covers a balcony overlooking the Green Field. On the upper floors, operable vertical louvers in light shades of ivory white protect the labs from direct sunlight in the afternoon. Natural light and ventilation reach into the core of the building via a sun breaker system - pivotal vertical louvers along with the deep horizontal canopy, animate the façade in a grid of light and shades throughout the sun’s trajectory - creating a playful harmony of lightness versus gravity.

08/02/2017

We've been nominated for the Lebanese Architect Awards.
We're very happy to be a part of this journey and hope to see many of you at the event taking place at BIEL February 16-18.

NOMINATED for "Education, Arts & Culture" category

Project:University of Balamand (UOB) Maroun Semaan Chemical Engineering building - Balamand Al Koura - Lebanon
Architects: Dagher Hanna & Partners (DHP)

Don’t miss the visual presentation of this amazing project that will be held during the 3 consecutive days of the event (16th, 17th, 18th of February) at Biel Center
www.lebanesearchitectawards.com

23/01/2017

Dagher Hanna & Partners' self-designed premises illustrate a built expression to its working philosophy. The open office floor plan facilitates communication, whilst the distinctive interior featuring exposed electro-mechanical elements echo the transparent working style between partners and the architectural team. The office is accessed via a corridor entrance sided with glazing that offers open views onto the office interior; the visitor is thus invited into the office as a partner in production rather than just a client.