A pluri-disciplinary group founded and led by Nadim Karam, Atelier Hapsitus is a think tank focused on the creation of an original urban vocabulary.‘ Hapsitus’, meaning the unpredictable outcome of choreographed happenings and situations, is usually the starting point of their projects, which reach maturity through ideas, research and debate.
The 1997-2000 project for central Beirut by Atelier Hapsitus was selected amongst five urban projects worldwide by the Van Alen Institute in New York in 2002 for their exhibition and publication “Remembering, Renewing, Rebuilding” on the role these urban projects played in the rejuvenation of city life and morale after a disaster.