[Graduation Project]
Post- and Through-War Reconstruction for Raqqa City
Project “Al Raqqa – Civic Generator” is a tale about a neighborhood in the city of Raqqa, a once lively town by the river Euphrates in Syria, now reduced to rubble by the raging war in Syria and, prior to it, by harsh political conditions and environmental changes. This story explores a scenario where elements from the city’s past, both materialistic and cultural, are woven and reused to rebuild its future. It is also the story of the people of Raqqa, their struggle and fight to rebuild their beloved home, and reconnect the shattered fragments of their society. It is about an architecture in a time of emergency, that looks beyond questions of form and program, to face the more pressing challenges of resources, needs, and identity.
Time Section (from left to right) of the rebuilding strategy starts by clearing the rubble (left) and camping on-site. The mission of the founding group is to build the first vaults and then move into them to use as a base of operation to build the next ones, thus allowing more people to move to the campus to accelerate the building process.
As people begin to repair and return to their original houses, the structures are repurposed to be used in three main public functions, as suggested here: Vocational Training Center, Workshops, Market, and Farming School.
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The case study location used to be a political prison; it held the same function when ISIS took the city as a capital, only to be completely razed to the ground by the international coalition’s airstrikes.
The modular construction template, made of only three unique elements, ensures rapid and easy production. The form can be used to construct a vault, then collapsed once done to be reused to build the next one.
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