Nizar Haddad, a Lebanese architect, constructed a “self-sufficient”, eco-friendly residence for himself in Baskinta, Lebanon, to boost consciousness of the air pollution attributable to building.
Nizar Haddad graduated from the Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) with a specialised diploma in structure. He based NH-Architects in 2011, implementing his evolving imaginative and prescient of structure and his ardour for nature as tips.
These embody the applying of sustainable building and the discount of the business’s carbon footprint whereas creating wholesome and reasonably priced dwellings.
“At the moment, there’s a drawback in architectural engineering, it pollutes the setting very a lot, the entire building course of will not be eco-friendly, it pollutes each water and air, it’s additionally inefficient,” acknowledged Haddad. “Homes at present all the time require heating, cooling, electrical energy, and water so there may be excessive dependency.”
The undertaking is titled “Lifehaus” and the structure of the construction is meant to scale back carbon footprints through the use of recyclable supplies, native sources, and conventional strategies.
Lifehaus depends on photo voltaic panels and a rainwater assortment system to generate water and electrical energy. The constructing can also be constructed utilizing pure mud brick partitions that embody up-cycled glass bottles to offer gentle.
One other of his agency’s tasks is the Inexperienced Residential Venture, a home of uncooked stone partitions, and which “is part of the bottom that was torn out to create the shelter beneath, for full integration within the setting.”
One other Lebanese architect with eco-friendly ideas is Lina Ghotmeh, who has been chosen to design the 2023 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. She can also be incorporating upcycled supplies to finish her tasks whereas reducing her carbon footprint.
