ATELIER HAMRA

Atelier Hamra was founded in 2008 by Maha Issa (architect DPLG) and Gamar Markarian (Landscape Architect). The two had just finished teaching a landscape design studio together and wanted to extend their successful collaboration beyond the academic experience. Multidisciplinary and open, Atelier Hamra allows for experiments in design, architecture and landscape architecture. Our projects are crafted with care using extensive research that cover all aspects of the site: history, cultural identity, topography, climate, and biodiversity. Convinced of the social role landscape architects have in improving the urban living environments, we divide our practice between private clients and collaborations with Municipalities to increase the open green areas within cities... ‘Genius Loci' (The Spirit of the Place) is at the start of the design process. We believe that each site is unique and holds a large part of the design response in its characteristics and history. As landscape architects,..

Primary location: Beirut Lebanon