FOLLOWING THE TIDE
Coffee-table Collection
This collection is inspired by the lagoons and cenotes in the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico: the movement of the tide and the change in topography reveal different materials shaping the intersection of earth and water. "Following the Tide" is an explosion erupted from the circular nucleus, dispersed into crushed Forest Green marble and aggregates of recuperated brass. It is composed in a pigmented resin on an oxidized bronze base.
Dimensions | W 193 cm, L 145 cm, H 40 cm
Materials | Forest Green Marble, Resin, Recuperated Brass Powder
Date of Completion | September 2019
Production | The Piecemakers @thepiecemakers_beirut and Marm Group @marmgroup
Photos | T Sakhi
PRESENT ACTIONS. PAST REACTIONS
Wadi 800 Residence
A rehabilitation of a traditional Lebanese house into a harmonious culmination of heritage meets modernity.
The residence is entirely renovated and divided into two entities: one side caters as the living and common areas for family gatherings while the other inhabits the private areas and bedrooms. A central axis, the gallery space, connects both parts, giving a visual openness from one side to the other. It is dressed in white and embodies the communal activities of the house with two living areas communicating through a triple-arch opening and indoor plants, extending further into the terrace. Distributing onto floor-to-ceiling carved wooden doors, the main space invites its inhabitants to 6 colorful peripheral rooms; following the inhabitant's desires, each room is carefully designed with a different ambiance, style and function to satisfy their lifestyle and needs; royal blue for the TV room, crimson red for the breakfast room, sage green for the office, lilac for the dining room, and steel blue for the chimney room.
The furniture is entirely custom-designed. They rest as art pieces and subtly translates the function of each room. Optimizing the natural light, a warm palette integrates rich layers of textures and colors; walnut and oak wood, oxidized brass and copper, patina walls, large arches of wooden window frames, Italian calacatta marble floors in the communal spaces and recuperated ceramic traditional tiles integrated with veneer in the private areas.
Client | TSM
Location | Wadi Abou Jmeel Street, Mina El Hosn, Beirut Central District, Lebanon
Area | 400 sqm
Date of Completion | September 2017
Team | Tessa Sakhi, Tara Sakhi
General Contractor | Antoine Mouawad
Sub-Contractor | Joe Habchy
Landscape | Roots & So Green
Photos | Ieva Saudargaite. Guillaume de Laubier