Damascus (Uptown) 2050

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Damascus Downtown Re-generation 2050
Graduation Final Presentation

''Citycenters had alwayas received the most attention as they are the vital hubs of our cities. So far successful designs for city center rejuvenation have beenthose tied to sound traffic, business, and financing studies. For city centersto continue being the the nuclei of our cities we should make them easy toreach through all transportation media, make them worth frequenting because oftheir facilities, diversity, and attractions; and develop a resident populationto keep them alive at all times''. The Architecture Of Towns andCities; Paul D. Spreiregen, AIA.

2050 isn't far any more yet it's going to bring us a lot of change; a change in materials, in planning priorities, in implementation methods, in values of comfortable living, and in architectural scene that is going to reflect back changing our lives. Since the beginning of the millennium Damascus as well as several underdeveloped cities in Syria has made a lot of vital plans to improve the quality of its architectural and urban scene. This concluded distributing several investment opportunities in the urban sector. One of the most vital projects was the so called Diar Damascus which vision to develop a new city center that can render an imprint image of modern Damascus as well astonishing as the image of the old, ancient image.

General View

Museum of the Arts, performing as a transitional gate space between the new uptown and the existing neighbor University of Damascus

Main Shopping Parade Axis

Urban Public spaces through manipulation of street edges and plot limits

Exihibition Park including semiannual exhibiion pavilions and Open air Exihibition spaces

The City skyline _ THE AIMED PROJECT TOWER'S HIEGHTS WILL ADD LIFE TO THE CITY MONOTYPE SKYLINE

View from the University of Damascus neighboring main gate

Shading Study _ ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE FULLY EXPOSED TO SUN DURING THE DAY HOURS AND THE SHADE OF THE MAIN TOWER WILL DETERMINE THE ACTIVITIES UNDERNEATH BY EVERY HOUR PASSING.

The business entrance _ ONE OF 3 ALL LEADING INSIDE TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER

General Landscape View _ OASIS GARDENS LIE IN THREE LEVELS, PASSING THEM ARE WATERFALLS, LAKES, AND RAMPS FOR WALKERS ALL SUPPORTED BY AN OPEN AIR THEATRE AND CAFETERIAS NEXT TO THE SHOPPING AVENUE.