Projects
45 Park Place
Located in Tribeca, New York City, the tower’s design is characterized by an "inside-out" process which changes the neighborhood's traditional loft into a vertical modern glass structure, and re-uses the full-floor units, including lofted ceilings, and an in-unit elevator. It has full-height glass windows which provide unobstructed, 360-degree views of the city.CALYPSO
CALYPSO is situated entirely in the sea along the coast of Jounieh Bay in North Lebanon. With only a lateral connection to land, the residential structure is able to withstand continuous wave impacts with heights of up to without incurring breakage. The structure's unique glass envelope is the first ever to be designed as wave-proof. The design received a World Architecture Design Award in 2019.Unilux
Hailed as a “marvel of both contemporary design and ingenious problem solving", the Beirut-based showroom project was commissioned by Unilux Group. Given the challenge of working with a space that was mostly underground. Abboud used the showroom's basement space to showcase lighting fixtures housed in individual niche-like wall displays from floor to ceiling. On the upper floor, Abboud used digital modeling software and aWAVE
Due to its location on the corner of Beirut's Ashrafieh Mar Mitr quarter, the WAVE residential site faced a series of challenges due to sun exposure, solar overheating and privacy concerns. To mitigate these problems, Abboud and his team created a type of “second skin” for the structure, which acts as a screening mechanism by utilizing a horizontal louvered system. The structure's interactive parametric design allows the depth of the louvers to be controlled by an interior program based on the level of shading and privacy required. The louver becomes thinner with the need for less privacy or more sunlight, or deeper when more privacy or shading is desired. The effect of these dynamic, parametrically generated mechanisms gives the building exterior the appearance of having organic waves. The design for WAVE, also nicknamed “The W Residences” won Abboud an Architizer A+ award in 2017.One at Palm Jumeirah
Abboud broke records in the Middle East for his design of the most expensive structure ever to be built in Dubai.Other selected projects
Awards and recognition
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abboud, Michel Living people Architects from New York City Lebanese architects 1977 births Lebanese emigrants to the United States Columbia University alumni