The brief
- Location
- Damascus, Syria
- Year
- 2017
- Scope
- Residential community · 32,000 m²
- Climate
- Mediterranean continental
- Area
- 32,000 m² community
The plan
Three formal axes run through the community, each centred on a water feature with seating. Heritage planting — pomegranate, fig, jasmine, rose — sits in the courtyards between them.
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