Moukarzel Architecture

That intimate relationship to the sea is enforced by the sound of the waves that roll over the rocks to vanish on the massive foundations, albeit from the private port side where the villa can be accessed by boat.
The architectural concept embodies the typological characteristics of the site, expressing them in the aesthetics whose semantic meaning of vertical rooting and horizontal expansion, join in a dynamic counterpoint of radiating axes in the x, y, and z directions that configure volumes and spaces together. From their point of intersection under the vertical sky-lighted dome, the architectural space expands visually in both directions to embrace the sea.
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Located on a unique promontory, surrounded by the sea, the Cape villa is a large residence conceived on a scale of "grandeur" that does not exclude romance. Its dramatic relationship with wavy waters and the infinitely stretching horizon, triggered the idea of an architecture that has the character of having always been there, housing at the same time the dreamy scope of departure beyond the sea. Such a scope is rooted in the millenniums of the history of the Lebanese shore, addressing inclusively the distant typologies that mark the inland and the Mediterranean identities.
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The Narthex frames a stained glass screen wall that integrates the entrance door, initiating a sanctified feeling at the access of the Church space, a dimmed lit nave that evolves in crescendo towards the flooding light of the spherical glass dome that embodies the Altar. The envelope of the space is constituted by abstract geometric curves modulated to define the various ceremonial settings by recalling semantic liturgical meanings deeply rooted in the Church Tradition.
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The architectural typology is expressed through natural materials; it assumes the heritage of patrimonial architecture in Lebanon. It bears simultaneously the double coding of tradition and modernity.
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