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Beirut Waterfront Masterplan
Beirut, Lebanon · Beirut Municipality
Client
Beirut Municipality
Country
Lebanon
Coordinates
33.8938 N, 35.5018 E
Project dates
Apr 2016 – Sep 2018
Project manager
N. Khoury
Disciplines
Urban PlanningCoastalDrainage
Project description
Masterplan for 220 hectares of seafront including coastal erosion mitigation, public realm and interim drainage strategy for the port district.
Shoreline protection across 14 km of exposed frontage
Stormwater catchment remodelling after the 2021 rainfall event
412 boreholes over reclaimed and natural ground
Integrated public realm and utility corridor design
Key insights generated from historical data
Derived from the governed knowledge base
- Drainage surcharge patterns here match 6 coastal projects across the Gulf and Red Sea.
- Foundation solutions on reclaimed ground reused from Abu Dhabi Airport Development reduced design iteration by an estimated 4 weeks.
- Shoreline erosion rates are 2.1× the regional median, informing the revetment design life.
Project boundary
EPSG:4326Schematic basemap · PostGIS geometries
Data completeness
Catalogued assets79%
Coordinate metadata88%
Classification assigned97%
Embedded for semantic search83%
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