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Wadi 800 Residence

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A rehabilitation of a traditional Lebanese house into a harmonious culmination of heritage meets modernity.

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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.

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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.