Beit el Founoun and Dignity Project: The Beit el Founoun Extreme Makeover

10.2.09

The Beit el Founoun Extreme Makeover

The result is satisfying and the hard work has finally paid. Beit el Founoun stands beautifully among the houses of Maghdouche, a welcoming house where everybody is treated equally... Just leave your religious and political beliefs at the gate and step in...

Beit el Founoun - Before

Beit el Founoun - After

2 kommentarer:

Fijufic sa...: Looks much more inviting!!!

Great job.

Bobby; 10. februar 2009 kl. 22:27
troro - the artists behind sa...: Thanks Bobby, that is the whole idea to make it inviting :) wait til you see the interior :); 10. februar 2009 kl. 23:18

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Beit el Founoun - Huset for kunst

Beit el Founoun means " The House of Arts" and is located in the village of Maghdouche - in southern Lebanon, ten minutes from the Mediterranian sea.

The first floor of the house contains a bedroom, kitchen, living room and a bath. Downstairs, there will be studios for visual artists, a bedroom and a bathroom. On the roof top, there is a 89 square meter terrasse.

The history of the house goes hundred years back in time. It was a local bakery and it is built of local stones. The house is situated in the old part of the village with small narrow pitoresque streets.

På norsk i kortversjon:

Beit el Founoun betyr huset for kunst og er i Maghdouche i Syd Libanon, ti minutter fra Middelhavet. Huset har en leilighet og verksted for Dignity prosjektet samt verksted for billedkunst. Huset har takterasse.

Maghdouche

Maghdouche is a village on a hill top south of Saida in Southern Lebanon. Just 10 minutes from the Mediteranian Sea.
There is ca 8000 citizens in the village and it is famous for its olive oil, soap, grapes, orange flower water and the "Grotto" a cave where it is said that Virgin Mary used to wait for Jesus when he was visiting Sidon.

På norsk:
Maghdouche er en landsby på en ås syd for Saida ( Sidon) i Syd Libanon. 10 minutter fra Middelhavet. Det bor ca. 8000 mennesker i landsbyen som er kjent for olivenolje, såpe, druer, appelsinblomstvann...
I tillegg er byen kjent for sin pilgrimskirke "Grotto" hvor det sies at jomfru Maria ventet på Jesus når han var i Saida.