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raya, Kfardebian dağ tesisi yakınlarındaki Ouyon
Al Siman’da konumlanan Faraya 6083, Lübnanlı
mimar Bernard Khoury tarafından 2009 yılında
yapıldı. Faraya Kfardebian, yaklaşık 2000 metre
yükseklikte olması nedeniyle kış mevsiminin
büyük kısmında bol yağış ve kar alıyor, ve bu da daha
çok Mazaar olarak bilinen Faraya’yı Orta Doğu’nun
en büyük kayak merkezi yapıyor. Ortadoğu’nun en
büyük, en gelişmiş ve muhtemelen en popüler kayak
merkezi olan Faraya’nın 42 tane eğimi ve yüksekliği
1931 metreden 2465 metreye kadar değişen, snowboard
ve kayakçılar için eşsiz bir deneyim sunan çeşitli zirve
noktaları var. Aynı zamanda yeni başlayan ve orta
seviyede kayakçılar için üç tane daha düşük yükseklikte
zirve noktası var. Faraya’da yaklaşık dört ay süren kayak
mevsimi boyunca açık havalarda zirve noktalarından
Bekaa Vadisi’nin, sahil kasabalarının ve başkent
Beyrut’un güzelliklerine tanık olmak mümkün.
Faraya 6038’in mimarı Bernard Khoury mimarlık
eğitimine Rhode Island School of Design’da başladı,
ardından Harvard Üniversitesi’nden Mimarı Tasarım
alanında master derecesini aldı. 1993 yılında
tasarımcılar ve mimarlar için bir tür üretim firması
olan ve serbest tasarım çalışmalarının yapıldığı DW5’i
kurdu. DW5 Beyrut, Lübnan’da konumlanmasına
rağmen, oldukça önemli bir uluslararası itibara sahip.
Barnard Khoury’nin tasarım anlayışı Lübnan’ın yıkım
dönemlerinden neredeyse hiç etkilenmemiş. Onun
yerine projeler genelde müşterilerle, tasarımcılarla ve
bina ve çevre konusunda uzmanlaşan mühendislerle
iş birliği yapılarak modernist ve deneysel bir tasarım
anlayışı etrafında şekillenmiş. Birçok projede,
malzemelerde ve yapım tekniklerinde, aynı zamanda
yapım sürecinde üç boyutlu model yapımı ve
görselleştirilmelerde teknolojik gelişmelerin avantajları
kullanılıyor. Ahşap, çelik ve taş malzemenin bir araya
getirildiği Faraya 6038 gibi projeler, geleneksel ve
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he Faraya 6083 residential complex, situated in Ouyon Al Siman village
near the mountain resort of Faraya Mzaar Kfardebian, Lebanon was
designed by a Beirut-based architect Bernard Khoury and completed in
2009. One of the highest points in Lebanon, Faraya Kfardebian at 2000
meters altitude receives heavy precipitation and snowfall during the
winter season making Faraya, also known as Mazaar, a popular leisure destination
as the largest ski center in the Middle East. As the biggest and most developed
ski area in the region Faraya, has 42 slopes and variable peak heights from 1931
meters to 2465 meters that has made it fashionable with Beirut residents that are
the owners of the many of the ski chalets that dot the Mazaar peak and it’s three
lower peaks. From Faraya, it is possible to see the natural beauty of the Bekaa
Valley, the Mediterranean Sea and the capital Beirut from the sweeping vistas
afforded on these mountainsides. With its four-month ski season, Faraya appeals
to visitors for its convenient location near Beirut and to the natural beauty of its
mountain setting.
The architect of the Faraya 6038 chalets is Bernard Khoury, one of the most
distinctive designers working in Lebanon and the Middle Eastern region today. The
son of the modernist architect Khalil Khoury, he started his architectural education
at Rhode Island School of Design then received his Master in Architectural studies
degree from Harvard University. Returning to Beirut in 1993 after the end of the
civil way, he founded DW5 as architecture and design firm and also an open
workshop for designers and architects. Despite it’s location in Beirut, DW5 has
managed to create an important international reputation among designers for
its experimental work focusing in part on the context of the industrial and urban
landscape of post-war Beirut. The architectural style of Barnard Khoury was
influenced significantly by the devastation wrought by the war but realigned
towards the new and lively social life of Beirut in the 1990s and 2000s. Projects
for spaces of leisure and residential buildings were mostly shaped around the
idea of modernist and experimental design based through collaborations with
clients, designers and specialists from structural to environmental engineers. The
application of technology, a hallmark of Khoury’s architectural strategy, is used
in many of his projects emphasizing innovative combinations of materials and
construction techniques driven from the social and physical context of a site.
His famous underground B 018 nightclub, 1998, in the outskirts of Beirut with its
industrial location and opening roof was the best known of a series of projects
emphasizing distinctive juxtapositions of materials and techniques.
These design strategies can be seen in the original combination of wood, steel
and stone in the Faraya 6083 residences. The houses of Faraya 6083 get their
name from their location from the 1088m2 plots numbered 6083 and 6084 at
an altitude of 1842 meters on the mountain. Sitting on a gently sloping site that
is 52 meters long and 21 meters wide, the houses are accessed via the mountain
road that surrounds the houses on three sides, allowing cars and pedestrians
to access the units from the lower northwestern limit and the 6.5 meters higher
southeastern limit. The project consists of three independent units with every unit
consisting of two apartments. Each of the six apartments has their own entrances
and parking spaces that can be accessed from the upper and lower levels. The
immediate landscape on the other hand, was divided into two platforms: one of
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ÇELIĞE EK OLARAK
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DE KULLANILMIŞ.
BOTH STEEL AND
WOOD MATERIAL
IS USED ON THE
FAÇADES OF THE
3 BUILDINGS NEXT
TO EACH OTHER.
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