Ghost Building
2020
Beirut, Lebanon
Polyethylene braided cables suspended by
40 floating rubber helium balloons (Ø 2.5 m).
W21.5 x D31.5 x H150 m
Commisioned by fashion house Maison Rabih Keyrouz to
celebrate the opening of the new atelier, Ghost Building
floats 150m above Beirut. Using polyethylene braided cables
and 40 helium balloons to draw the allowable legal envelope
on top of an existing house of historical significance. The
project invites visitors to inhabit the generated outline in
juxtaposition with the old house and imagine the absence of
one during the presence of both.