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paul kaloustian architect

Beirut, LB

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entrance tunnel - photo joe kesrouani
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BALLROOM BLITZ

ARCHITECTURE AS EXPERIENCE

Merleau ponty: "we enter a space and the space enters us"

The Ballroom Blitz is a music venue with a program of live DJ sets located in an industrial building on  Beirut's seaside  road.

Music is at the center, and not simply a conductive element for a party; a club that is at once dynamic, transformative and diverse. The venue's programming insists on a thorough hunt for emerging talents both locally and globally fostering a collaborative club culture in Beirut.

Club spaces are quite standardized, in Ballroom Blitz we work on the deepening of differences. we propose a succession of 8 spaces, interlocked yet autonomous, like Morandi's Nature Morte paintings focusing on the experimental and non conventional experiences of Clubers.

Architecture mediates between the outer world and the inner realm of the self through perception.

The sensorial perception is at the core of the design offering a haptic sense of being. time is a dimension we explored as it is connected to the senses, there is a time which one experiences differently in each space.

Spaces are not lifeless answers to a given function, in fact they choreograph  and stimulate action and moods.

Project: The Ballroom Blitz


 
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Status: Built
Location: Beirut, LB
Firm Role: Architect
Additional Credits: Architect: Paul Kaloustian
Project Leader: Giulia Brembilla
Team: Nathalie Fatte - Shoghag Ohannessian - Viken Khatcherian - Leyla Nasrallah
MEP: Andre Kanaan
Acoustics: 21db
Contractor: SNH
Neon: Gyroneon
Photographer: Joe Kesrouani


 
cloak room - photo joe kesrouani
cloak room - photo joe kesrouani
from entrance to the lobby - photo joe kesrouani
from entrance to the lobby - photo joe kesrouani
neon installation - photo joe kesrouani
neon installation - photo joe kesrouani
lobby and terrace - photo joe kesrouani
lobby and terrace - photo joe kesrouani
lobby bar - photo joe kesrouani
lobby bar - photo joe kesrouani
terrace - photo joe kesrouani
terrace - photo joe kesrouani
goldroom - photo joe kesrouani
goldroom - photo joe kesrouani
ballroom - photo eyediaproduction
ballroom - photo eyediaproduction
artist room - photo joe kesrouani
artist room - photo joe kesrouani
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