222904 shards of memories

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‫ ﺐﻠﺣ‬-Halab
(Aleppo)
‫ ةقرلا‬- al
Raqqa
(al Raqqa)
City Memories
Public Spaces
‫ ةكسحلا‬al Hasaka
(al Hasaka)
Landmarks
‫ صمح‬- Hims’
Homs ‫ رمدت‬- Tadmur
(Palmyra)
‫ ﻖﺸﻣﺩ‬- Dimašq
(Damascus)
Syrian historical cities
Trace of urban edges
Ruins of the city
First step for post-war recontruction
Urban historical identity
Boundary building
Employment of remain materials
Subsystem of courtyards
Network of smaller communities
Reinstatement of city memories
Immortality of urban identity
...after 50 years
Network of urban centralities
New image of the city
New urban composition
Private courtyard
Public courtyard
Time 3:
Possibility of elevation
Dynamical façades
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Dynamical spaces
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Single housing unit
Time 0:
Housing Unit plans
Architectural invariants
BACK HOME
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there was a time when we were friends. There was a time were we used to play happily together. But then that war came ... and then we lost everything. I’m writing you to tell you something that you would never expect to hear. That place that we used to call home it’s still alive, like those memories of you in my mind. When they
said that we could go back, I was afraid to find a totally different place; but streets are still the same, like where we used to play around, and where we stopped playing when those black airplanes came like clouds in the sky... but now there are no more, now only good things! There’s a brand new house all for us, it’s not too big, but
everything fits good; daddy told me that he will build my own little bedroom, you know... we still have lot of space left that we can use, i will definetly pin a picture of you when it’s done, so you can see it too!
There are many other families here, mum and dad are working with them everyday to rebuild what is ruined.. I met many new children in our courtyard, we have even our own private garden! Well it’s not just for me... but it’s like living in a big big family. Mums says i can go there to play even without her because it’s safe! Sometimes
i can imagine the both of us playing near the fountain at the center, to splash with water; i imagine our future here, without black airplanes, no bombs, just ourselves and our smiles.
I’ll always keep a room for you here, as well as in my heart, and i hope that my words will reach you even where you are now, up in the sky watching us.
Hugs from our new Syria.
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SHARDS OF MEMORIES
Dear Nizar,
1st floor
Ground floor:
Commerce
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Yours Golan.
Ground Floor - Commerce
Private Courtyard
Public Courtyard | Permanence of memory
Gallery
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