Iris

This vigorous film features IRIS, a spatial ocean dynamo at the coastline of Beirut by Najjar-Najjar Architects:

“IRIS is an attempt at resisting the expropriation of Beirut’s open coastline returning the sea back to the fishermen and the local inhabitants of the Ras Beirut district. Through architecture, it materializes the threshold condition between two very distinct, yet concomitant entities: the dense city and the open sea. Waves transform the kinematic structure into an experience of place and to harvest energy for the fishermen community.