Tarek Ibrahim

Specialized in Architecture Design.

Tarek Ibrahim

About Tarek Ibrahim

Arch. Tarek Wassim Ibrahim Founder of Paseo Architecture office in 2012; Where Architecture becomes poetic Story. A contributor to the cultural ambition and the welfare of the community. The Recognized as the fastest growing and one of the highest achieving architectural office. Winner “Excellence in Architecture For 2018” of Kotinos International Award, a member of United Nations. Gave several Lectures about concepts and applying concept in architecture at the Lebanese University. Tarek Ibrahim graduated from the Lebanese American University (L.A.U.) with a Bachelor degree of Architecture, and now he is a graduate student in Masters of Islamic Art & Architecture after he finished project and construction management degree. Active participant in several international workshops and seminars: - Represented Lebanon in the Lebanese delegation in Seoul international conference, Soul of the city, that was held by Union of international Architects UIA in Seoul in (2017). - The Fundació Mies van der Rohe Mediterranean Cities International Seminar and Workshop Barcelona, June 27 - July 8, 2011 - Lebanese For Lebanon: when cultural heritage calls at peace. Published Work with recognition: - Sodeco competition was published in Computational Architecture in 2011 - MEIS VAN DEH ROHE International workshop project in 2011 - Jounieh Market was exhibited and published in the municipality of jounieh Architecture for Tarek Ibrahim is a Promenade, and he believes that there is architecture when there is a poetic story to tell. Architecture should share with you experiences, stories and reflects the social behaviors.

  • Winner of 2 A' Design Awards.
  • Specialized in Architecture Design.
  • Original Design.
  • Creative, Diligent and Innovative.
  • All Designs
  • Architecture
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Extended Interview with Tarek Ibrahim

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
I have studied In mount Lebanon Village Called Baakleen, in its one of the oldest schools in Mount Lebanon, where I was able to evolve my hobbies from sports to acting on stage. As well as to develop the ability to observe ,analyze and interpret. I was able to use these three steps as a system to develop a space and come up with an out of the box concepts.
How did you become a designer?
Creating a new space, and seeing it evolving from a simple idea into a real space is what makes me motivated. My motivation comes from the satisfaction and happiness of my clients after the project finishes and they get a new, different and unique experience in design.
What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?
At university I started industrial engineering major, after a full year I decided to shift to architecture after discovering the beauty of creativity in creating spaces.
Which emotions do you feel when designing?
I mainly design Villas, and I have always loved creating Villas in-addition to complicated projects that are full of factors and designers can find them very challenging. I would also like to design spaces that tells the story of the society and evolves with society's developments and needs.
What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?
The most important thing is to be passionate about design. By being passionate they can become original, by becoming original they will be a copy of themselves where they can express their ideas by their own methodology and way.
What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?
The capability of transmitting the clients and social needs into a space holding his own theory, what makes him even greater is when he/she is capable to apply his/her theory through concepts without repeating him/herself , with his own language and methodology.
What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
The design is good is when it answers the needs and give a better quality of living. The design is really good when it has a concept and everything in the design is related to the concept, i.e. when the design tells a story and have an exceptional experience.
You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects?
Good design means, higher standard in living, advanced life quality, higher productivity, healthier environment, and different experience. if your building a house you want healthier and higher standard of living, if your building commercial or offices building you need efficient environment and higher productivity and space that increase the quality of working for the workers to give you better productivity. These are some examples why everyone should invest in good design.
What is your day to day look like?
I would like to design factories, and the reason behind that is to be capable to rise the quality of work and too prove that increasing the quality of living and to be more efficient is not related to the amount of money spent on the building. If I would have time I would like to study and design the old center of my own town Baakleen, for the reason that I see lots of potentials that people are not investing neither in design or spaces or public squares, as well as how to insert the international language, needs and businesses in an old center that is more than 400 years old.
How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter?
My dream project is every project I design, to be able to deliver a space that will interact with the users for a life time. But I always question my self How I would realize a hospitable and how to create space that will relief the patients from their pain, and rise their spirits?
How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?
Well the is secret is a secret but I will tell you the main ingredients, architecture is not makeup and looks, while creating architecture your creating a space that can be a life changing for human kind. The space that you create is a story that will represent the owners/community life with your own language.
How do you decide if your design is ready?
Well there are so many legends and masters in design that I always keep up my eyes on, and I wish to be like them one day. But I will make the long story short I like the sensitivity of the Spanish, Portuguese schools blended with the approach of the Dutch school.
What is your biggest design work?
I really appreciate the bold yet sensitive designs. I like when the project represent a new story to live or experience. I like thermal baths by Peter Zumthor, I like the theory of Rem koolhass and how he approaches his designs, I like Alberto Campo Baeza works the surprises you get when approaching his buildings example Granada bank. Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura projects are another example of what architecture means to me.
Who is your favourite designer?
For me every design is as one of my babies, all are great, but I believe the greatest is yet to come. What makes the design great is the story hidden in its space.

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