opposite, top: north/south section of the new CCB middle: plans of the top, ground, first and sixth floors bottom: experiential section of the new CCB this page, top: aerial of Beirut City Centre along with a cropped rendered aerial of the new City Centre Build- ing on Place des Martyrs. above: view from the adjacent Mouhamad Ali Mosque looking back at the new CCB
as a beacon – a place for reconciliation of the past and discussions for the future. The new program begins at the datum of the city street (the present), descends through the strata of the city’s layers to the space of dialogue, memory, and recollection (the past) and finally rises to the commanding contemplative view of the city (the future).
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