Similar to Beirut, the House of the Arts and Culture is
inspired by the diversity of cultures; stimulating the imagination by integrating
the sensitivities of various artistic domains.This overlapping of
cultural layers is a characteristic feature of the program, which creates a
strong identity for the future House of Arts and Culture and hence refers to
the iconic image of Beirut;
city of cultural and historic sedimentation, nicknamed the "well"
because of the various Hellenistic, Roman, Arabic and Ottoman layers.That
is why the building is not conceived as a monolithic mass, but rather in a
manner to stage this overlapping of cultural layers and the process throughout
which they become real spaces, transitional spaces for the exchange and
intertwining of creativity.