Rehabilitation

Damascus University

Project idea

The Syrian war left a lot of destruction throughout the province of Damascus countryside, and Zamalka was destroyed by 70%, so Al-Khajah was for reconstruction, which is an opportunity to show the ancient spatial identity of Zamalka within a contemporary urban fabric

Project description

The planning alternative is the social alternative that achieves high population density without exaggerating the vertical expansion. This was achieved by using three models of connected, separate, and tower housing, in addition to a popular housing model that is the heart of the project and its idea, and achieves contrast with the neighboring elevations, and confirms the historical identity and the importance of man in the countryside without obliterating the current identity. to town

Technical information

The construction materials were simple, reinforced concrete loaded on the columns in the connected and separate models, and reinforced concrete mixed between a supporting core and columns in the towers, while the popular housing was with traditional construction materials of clay that give the rural character with paved streets that emphasize the human preference and importance. There are some spacious halls in the community center that have been solved structurally using bearing frames