Amale Andraos co-founded WORKac in 2003 with partner Dan Wood. She received her Masters in Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and her Bachelors in Architecture from McGill University in Montreal. She is currently an adjunct professor at Princeton University’s School of Architecture and was previously a visiting critic at the GSD, the Kowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture. Recent publications include research projects on Beirut and Dubai in addition to publications through WORKac. Andraos was born in Beirut, Lebanon. She has lived in Saudi Arabia, France, Canada, and the Netherlands.
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We took the idea of a three-dimensional street and created six iconic “Lanterns” by twisting the required program into sinuous bands to create unique, visible destination nodes. These Lanterns also act as connections for surrounding neighborhoods, and at night glow with colored light and activity.
Each Lantern includes commercial space and special destination programs. From an electronics museum at the south, to a food market and nightlife Lantern in the electronics district, to a spa and fashion center in the fashion district, we have included an array of program types that intersect with their locations and provide moments of variation.
Due to the complex nature of the existing area and its particular requirements, we have teamed up with one of the world’s biggest and best experts in traffic engineering. As a result, particular attention has been paid to expanding and enlarging bus-stops, adding taxi zones, adding signals at pedestrian crossings, providing underground connections and bridges at the Lantern level and creating new underground parking.
The underground area provides new retail space and connections across the street and between metro stations. Terraced steps create generous entrances at each of the Lanterns. Below, we have created the largest possible retail space, connected by a wide shopping boulevard. A moving sidewalk provides an express route between a series of plazas. We have also designed a massive expansion of parking facilities in the second underground level.
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