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Beirut International Urban Design Ideas CompetitionA place whose identity has changed throughout history: Sahat el-Sour (City Wall Square), Sahat el-Bourj el-Kachef (Lookout Tower Square), Sahat el-Ittihad (Union Square), Sahat el-Hamidiyyeh (Hammidiyyeh Square), Place des Canons (Canons Square), Sahat el-Shohada (Place des Martyrs - Martyrs' Square)...
To identify new and emerging roles for the Martyrs' Square Grand Axis, Solidere has launched an international urban design competition for the square, now extended to the harbor quayside, and its associated development corridor that has opened up new views towards the port and the Mediterranean beyond. The challenge is to envision the new identity of Martyrs' Square and the Grand Axis of Beirut within the context of a renewed capital that is overcoming the destruction and divisions of war and regaining its role the regional and global economies. Significant to this development is the concept of a new kind of active, sustainable and mixed-use city center. The re-emergence of the city's restored historic core as a central meeting point for all Lebanese communities highlights the potential for Martyrs' Square to regain its identity as the place of the people and the premier social arena of Beirut's new downtown.
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