​BEGINNINGS 

Lifehaus started as an architecture, consultancy, design, and innovation initiative with a collaborative workshop approach to problem-solving founded by talented Lebanese architect Nizar Haddad.

LIFEHAUS aims to develop energy neutral, low-cost, self-sufficient dwellings.

It promotes the use of locally procured natural, recycled and unprocessed building material, all the while reintroducing ancestral building and survival techniques.

THE PROTOTYPE

The first experimental prototype of the LIFEHAUS project was first intended to be for a small residential project of 160 m² in the village of Baskinta, Mount Lebanon consisting of a studio with a living room, mezzanine, terrace, greenhouse and a technical room.

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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

​​Its construction was supported by an eclectic community of creative specialists encouraged into green architecture by local environmental crises committed foremost to creative sustainability engaged in reforming the construction industry through.

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APPLICATION

Models of this prototype range in their application, from the emergency relief dwelling to the more luxurious; passing through the more affordable homes for those who wish to lead a more peaceful, off-the-grid life.

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ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

LIFEHAUS ​successfully invested in sustainable self-sufficiency, developed evermore practical alternatives to public-utility dependence, dedicated to promoting a healthy harmonious lifestyle, enthusiastic about developing improved eco-friendly building methods inspired by traditional architecture and ancestral artisanal techniques ready to prioritize the natural in all things.

HOW IT WORKS 

LIFEHAUS strives to adapt to and ultimately resolve many of the problems from which the region suffers -as do many nations of the developing world- by addressing the following fields:

ECOLOGICAL LEVEL

LIFEHAUS project promotes the process of rainwater harvesting and its reuse threefold, so as to economize the precious and increasingly rare resource.

LIFEHAUS by design helps sustain the practice of organic, hydroponic and aquaponic agriculture; preventing the pollution of ground water reserves.

Each LIFEHAUS is individually designed to mold discretely and respectfully into its surroundings, with a mindful approach to minimize the structure’s visual impact, so that both dwelling and natural surrounding act as one.

Petrolium extracted combustibles are replaced with passive natural practices, mainly powered by the greatest and cleanest energy source: sunlight. ​

The use of upcycled and local materials reduces transports, and new building materials production.

​SOCIO-POLITICAL LEVEL

Due to the exponential densification of regional populations, we aim to reduce the total land surface needed for an all year round entirely self-sufficient existence, through modern vertical agricultural techniques, aquaponic and hydroponic agriculture.

By using local, recycled and upcycled material for construction, new job opportunities based on basic skills and traditional knowledge of old generations will be created.

The LIFEHAUS design can provide comfortable low energy cost dwellings for war and natural catastrophe refugees going back to their destroyed homes.

The LIFEHAUS project meets the survival needs of the developing world as it improves the quality of life at the bottom end of the spectrum.

​CULTURAL LEVEL

Unearthing ancient and regional building methods and ancestral knowledge, thereby reinforcing communal interdependence, the project amounts to an ecological awareness campaign, in a region where such ideas are very much needed.

The LIFEHAUS project will serve to raise ecological awareness in an area most susceptible to the repercussions of climate change, through the effective demonstration of its ability to integrate fully into nature and adapt to its surroundings.