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THE NARROW HOUSE - Bassam El-Okeily

THE NARROW HOUSE - Belgium
Bassam El-Okeily 


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Biography: Bassam El-Okeily 

1974 - Born in Alexandria, Egypt 
1993 - French secondary school,  Casablanca, Morocco 
1998-1999 - Atelier Christian De Portzamparc (Pritzker price) Paris, France
2001 - Graduated from L’Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture (Promotion’s lauréate) Paris, France 
2006 - Atelier Bassam El Okeily Architect D.E.S.A. Brussels, Belgium
2012 - Atelier Bassam El Okeily Architect D.E.S.A. Paris, France


THE NARROW HOUSE, 2009, Bilzen, Belgium
 
A man's life, a woman's life and their passions
Only this raw material could count,
As a wall being raised as if it is a last will,
A House that is our ultimate shelt, not to live:
but to remain...


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