As one of the important ports in the Mediterranean region, Port of Beirut is a
cargo transit hub in Lebanon and even the Arab region. Every year, 6.2m tons of cargo is circulated through the port of Beirut and transported to Lebanon and surrounding areas.
But the port’s logistics system faces many challenges. The previous civil war brought many problems to the port’s logistics system. With the 2020 explosion, port mobility came across even more serious problems. So, in the context of post-explosion, how to boost the logistics system of Beirut port? In order to solve this problem, this project will start from the role of the port itself, further analyze its operation function and the surrounding environment in the city, and eventually come up with a solution at the architectural level.

As one of the most prestigious architects of the Art Nouveau period, Victor Horta explored a set of innovative methods to combine iron materials and architectural forms. This article will focus on this particular material language, first analyze the background of iron materials and architectural development at that time; secondly, analyze the characteristics of iron material itself to discover opportunities for its integration with architecture; finally, through analysis of architectural cases, it will discover the specific design of Horta for iron materials technique, so as to summarize his personal material language. From the perspective of architecture, this new material brought both opportunities and challenges to Horta. This article hopes to analyze Horta’s design strategy not only at the operational level, but also at the conceptual level to explore how to creatively combine new materials for architectural design.