W a u R K WauRK WauRK

Architecture & Urban Development — Beirut / Paris

Human
Needs
Into Gold

WauRK is an integrated ecosystem at the intersection of spatial justice, urban creation, and human connection — rooted in the memory of Mediterranean territories.

WauRK — Agency
WauRK° — Research Center
WauRK+ — NGO

Our Promise

Building
Communities,
One Space at a Time

Every project we undertake is a factor of impact upon a community — and an opportunity to resolve the problems of the whole system. We transform ordinary spaces into extraordinary places where people can thrive.

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Architecture◆ Urban Planning◆ Spatial Justice◆ Community Development◆ Research◆ Inclusive Localism◆ Mediterranean Territories◆ Beirut · Paris◆ Architecture◆ Urban Planning◆ Spatial Justice◆ Community Development◆ Research◆ Inclusive Localism◆ Mediterranean Territories◆ Beirut · Paris◆

01 — The Ecosystem

Three Pillars,
One Mission

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WauRK

The Agency

The design and architecture studio — delivering urban planning, architectural design, and spatial interventions for municipalities, private clients, and public institutions. From city-scale masterplans to intimate installations, WauRK turns community needs into built reality.

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WauRK°

The Research Center

An academic and intellectual engine exploring cities through emotion, politics, and community dynamics. WauRK° produces workshops, lectures, and urban research — including pioneering work in psychogeography, participatory urbanism, and the theory of inclusive localism.

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WauRK+

The NGO

A civic platform built on the promise of inclusive localism — empowering communities to become independent, resilient, and self-sufficient. WauRK+ runs initiatives, NGOs, and community-building programs that strengthen the local social fabric across Lebanon and beyond.

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02 — Our Promise

Every project is a factor of impact upon a community — and an opportunity to solve the problems of the whole system.
Inclusive Localism — Our Philosophy

WauRK was built on the belief that the dissolution of communities — caused by unstable financial, social, and political paradigms — leaves individuals without a locus of power. Architecture and urban planning, done right, can change that.

The name encodes this mission: WOrkshop Richart Khalil. The "O" becomes "AU" — the alchemist's symbol for gold — because WauRK transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. Architecture and Urbanism, turned to gold.

We plan the change in every community: highlighting strengths, maximizing potential, and crafting strategies born directly from the inhabitants' own perspectives.

03 — Services

What We Do

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Architectural Design

  • Residential, civic and institutional projects
  • Spatial interventions for municipalities
  • Heritage rehabilitation and modernist lifting
  • Memorial and installation design
WauRK Agency

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Urban Planning

  • City-scale masterplanning and neighborhood restructuring
  • Public space reinterpretation and activation
  • Linear park and corridor strategies
  • Old souk and heritage district revitalization
WauRK Agency

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Real Estate & Development

  • Real estate dynamics analysis
  • Affordable housing strategy
  • Gentrification impact assessment
  • Economic and social transformation consulting
WauRK Agency

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Urban Research

  • Psychogeography and emotional mapping
  • Community geopolitics observation
  • Academic inquiry into urban sociology
  • Lectures: affordable housing, minority rights, status quo change
WauRK° Research

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Workshops & Education

  • Participatory urbanism workshops
  • Urban scenario and role-play training
  • Cognitive mapping and sensory city walks
  • Tools for civic activism and advocacy
WauRK° Research

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Community Initiatives

  • NGO creation and leadership
  • Inclusive localism programs
  • Grassroots organizing and civic advocacy
  • Community resilience and self-sufficiency strategies
WauRK+ NGO

04 — Selected Work

Projects

07 projects / 2016–2019
Jounieh Old Souk
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Urban Planning

Jounieh's Old Souk

Municipality of Jounieh · Apr 2019

Human Rights Memorial
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Memorial Installation

Human Rights Memorial

Municipality of Jounieh · Jun 2019

Fouad Chehab Stadium
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Stadium Rehabilitation

Fouad Chehab Stadium

Jounieh · Feb 2019

Plant Nursery
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Architecture

Plant Nursery

Municipality of Jounieh · Aug 2018

Broken Window Workshop
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WauRK° Workshop

Broken Window

Fabrika, Achrafieh · Jun 2018

Emotional Beirut Workshop
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WauRK° Workshop

Emotional Beirut

AltCity, Hamra · Jan 2016

Richart Khalil

05 — Founding Profile

Richart
Khalil

Urban planner, architect, and civic advocate — Richart Khalil is the founder and lead architect of WauRK. His work began in 2003 with small punctual projects, growing into a full ecosystem once the mission became clear: to create initiatives that develop, build, and strengthen marginalized communities.

His urban planning practice focuses on towns and communities navigating gentrification, affordable housing challenges, economic transformations, and neglect by state planning. His approach is deliberate: small, strategic changes that generate people's contribution through participatory urbanism.

He has worked closely with communities, NGOs, and municipalities across Lebanon to present urban plans that contribute directly to inhabitants' wellbeing. That accumulated knowledge — and the urgent sense of responsibility it created — is what WauRK carries forward.

"Richart Khalil embodies a rare approach to urbanism: at once a shaper of form, a thinker of territories, and a craftsman of human connection."
Architect
Researcher
Civic Advocate
7+
Built Projects
3
Ecosystem Pillars
2
Cities
20+
Years of Practice

06 — Contact

Let's
Build
Together

Whether you're a municipality, developer, community organization, or individual — if you believe architecture can be a force for social good, we want to hear from you.

Paris
+33 7 57 77 05 55
contact@waurk.xyz
Beirut
+961 70 122 888
contact@waurk.xyz
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