Throughout its history, the city of Mosul had witnessed several developments and changes in its structure following different eras of its formation. These faces and the related development can be considered the devices of the urban character, the essential construct of the collective memory. Thus, while approaching the city methodologically, it is crucial to identify the urban facts, which are presenting the city’s identity. Importantly, Mosul started to form following the Tigris Riverbank, where the first settlements has been established. After the Islamic conquest, the city started to grow organically. However, the process was not haphazard but followed the rules of the religion, and the specificity of the position around the waterfront. These prehistoric conditions are still dominating the character of the fabric. What could be essential for the consideration is the fact that the structure of Mosul city was following a specific hierarchy. The monuments are considered the locus of the urban space and the heart of the Islamic city. The monumental system, main city services, institutions, and the most livable urban cores in the city are connected by the urban axes and spines. Besides that, it must be considered the perimeter wall of the city, as a widespread archetype of the Islamic world. This formal presence is a complex mechanism that gives encloser to the city and plays an important identity role. The urban identity of Mosul is part of the cultural identity of the Moaslawi society, and a city’s identity is necessary for preserving harmony and giving people a sense of belonging. Mosul’s riverfront and the city wall represent the most ancient part of the city, with a unique urban panorama and distinctive skyline. The near-water region of Mosul witnesses historical memories and displays extensive heritage aspects, forming a composite integrated structure, strongly linked with the typical running of the city’s activities. The issues and opportunities of Mosul’s historic walls are unrivaled and pose unique planning and management challenges that seek integrity and preservation of its characteristics and individuality. The relationship between the structure of Mosul city, its riverfront, and its former city wall was a major criterion in evaluating the most suitable location for this thesis project. The reconstruction proposal aims to formulate a specific approach for the urban regeneration of the riverside area of Mosul’s Old City, to achieve urban sustainability together with the conservation of the main features of the urban scene. In this context, protecting the heritage is a priority, as much as its redevelopment. The integration of the historic facts with new urban functions and utilities hypothetically can offer an opportunity for future development and support the collective memory of Mosul. THE CITY WALL SYSTEM The hypothesis for rebuilding the ancient wall acts as the recollection of pieces and remnants of different heights, reflecting the former presence. On one hand, the proposed element separates the city and the esplanade both visually and physically. To emphasize the character of the division, only occasional doors, usually locked, serve as a connector for the flows. From the other perspective, the proposal creates communication with the river. It protects the waterfront with the system of platforms, while also allowing a more permeable relationship with the Souk and Citadel areas of the city. The proposal for the City Wall is based on the lost context and considers the chaoticity and order of space and time. The proposal rethinks the continuation of urban contexts with tiny spaces and buildings as catalysts, to guard contexts, and protect the identity of the city and its architecture. Partition walls are arranged in a staggered manner to construct intrigues spatial levels and fluctuations. As a result, the space is varying between, continuous, or pauses, bright or narrow. The state of rhythm is displayed as reflecting the sliced scenes of historical time. The City Wall expresses traditional architecture by means of the new intervention, creating a metaphor mediated between time and space, link and disjunction. THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN The landscape platform was inspired by the case of the Xuzhou City Wall Museum. The intention was to create some sunken spaces, launched at two heights: the ground and underground. It is expressed by towers of varying heights and special square spaces. The protruding landscape platforms are accompanied by some sunken plazas and stairs. The interventions are leading people to explore the rich riparian space while complementing the new city wall system. As a result, the quality of the public facilities in the city of Mosul was improved. This landscape system also borrows from Siza’s seaside project, where previously unseen river bank views appeared below the platform. The low wall along with the platform contrasts with the surrounding river bank. Moreover, the historic location of the city gate was translated into a new form, supporting both the architectural and the landscape design. As the historical witness of Mosul, the river bank is an important public space for those who come to the city. It is the boundary between the interior of the city, and the natural landscape from one perspective, while also operating as a link between them. Thus, a specific gathering space has been formed, experimental from the cultural perspective, but in the very nature of the city at the physical level. Here, people can re-experience the historical memory carried by this river bank. This part of the proposal seeks to recreate the prosperity of Mosul in the past. As a result, the memory of Mosul has been brought back to light through the lens of new meanings. THE CITADEL Mosul still has the remains of the so-called Citadel of Bashtabia that is also thought to have been built sometime during the 12 century AD, though various sources attribute earlier possible dates to the site. Bashtabia is known to have played an important role in the various invasions and sieges of Mosul. The doors also played an important role in the economical and social life of the city, they were key location for shops and commercial trades. Bash Tapia Castle was built in the 12th century as one of seven castles within Mosul’s city wall. The castle was damaged by Timur in 1393, and was later rebuilt by the Ottoman Empire. Bash Tapia Castle played an important role in the siege of Mosul during the Ottoman–Persian War of 1743–46. The siege began on 14 September 1743 when the Shah of Persia, Nadir Shah, arrived in city. The Pasha of Mosul, Hajji Hossein Al Jalili, successfully defended the city, and the siege was lifted on 23 October of the same year. The ruins of the castle were an archaeological site, and were also significant as being one of the few surviving parts of Mosul’s walls. The castle was a landmark and a symbol of Mosul’s identity, and it was popular with tourists from other parts of Iraq and neighbouring countries. It became neglected after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Bash Tapia Castle: is in proximity to the medical district of Mosul and numerous schools, the location is calling for the establishment of a sustainable urban park that may provide space for recreation, children’s facilities and the preservation of the ruins of the historic citadel. Design Strategy: It serves as a terminus for our city wall sequence, and we hope that this complex can serve as a transition to the current urban complex and landscape. As a public building that can display the history of the city wall and the market, it carries the memory of the Mosul people’s glorious history, and this public building can accommodate local residents to carry out some public activities. It is an intersection of past and present. In design, it has two horizontal and two vertical axes divided into three main courtyards, each of which carries a different function. The open courtyard provides an inclusive place for local residents to gather, and the closed courtyard can be used as a small exhibition space. Taking into account the local hot climate, this public space tries to take into account the shade, shade and comfortable activity space. THE SOUQUE Mosul’s Old Town is made of a network of ‘veins’ in the form of narrow alleyways. These “Awjat”, as called by locals, host generational craftsmen and shop owners who have typically inherited their shops. Those who have remained in the Old Town following the war and refused to migrate to the surviving left bank of the river or surrounding provinces have funded the reconstruction with no external or governmental help. They explained this as an “emotional connection that compels us to work here and disables us from accepting to work anywhere else”. While almost all the shops in the city’s most dynamic markets have been damaged on different levels, this attitude of the residents has shown no ordinary strength in facing the challenges the wartime brought. The gradual return and rejection of reopening elsewhere have shown a bond connection to the city’s historic routes from the modern perspective of Mosul. The aim of the proposal for “Rebuilding the Memory of Mosul: the case of the Souque and the Former City Wall” is to design a new bazaar in the Old Town of Mosul, experimentally replicating a traditional market. The design is supposed to be an inventive response to a destroyed market that corresponds to its primary function while becoming a part of a memorial of the past and a lifestyle in the culturally-rich urban ecosystem. Focusing on the multi-functional aspect of a bazaar was created an architectural landmark that would enrich the community life. The design was based on a grid layout to reflect the natural typology of a traditional bazaar. However, the system was broken up to create a more complex solution at both planimetric and volumetric levels. The variety of cells and their combinations define volumes. Here, the hierarchy of the communal spaces is defined by different functions and dimensions. Meanwhile, the conceptual voids in the market blocks are marking the places where people can gather and rest. The facade is created from bricks and alabaster. The built materials are thought of as the ones, that are used to celebrate the traditional methods of the culturally-rich city of Mosul and evoke the memory of the old city.
Nel corso della sua storia, la città di Mosul ha assistito a numerosi sviluppi e cambiamenti nella sua struttura in seguito a diverse epoche della sua formazione. Questi volti e il relativo sviluppo possono essere considerati i dispositivi del carattere urbano, il costrutto essenziale della memoria collettiva. Pertanto, mentre si affronta la città in modo metodologico, è fondamentale identificare i fatti urbani, che presentano l'identità della città. È importante sottolineare che Mosul iniziò a formarsi seguendo la riva del fiume Tigri, dove sono stati stabiliti i primi insediamenti. Dopo la conquista islamica, la città iniziò a crescere organicamente. Tuttavia, il processo non è stato casuale ma ha seguito le regole della religione e la specificità della posizione attorno al lungomare. Queste condizioni preistoriche continuano a dominare il carattere del tessuto. Ciò che potrebbe essere essenziale per la considerazione è il fatto che la struttura della città di Mosul seguiva una specifica gerarchia. I monumenti sono considerati il locus dello spazio urbano e il cuore della città islamica. Il sistema monumentale, i principali servizi cittadini, le istituzioni ei nuclei urbani più vivibili della città sono collegati da assi e spine urbane. Oltre a ciò, è da considerarsi il muro perimetrale della città, come archetipo diffuso del mondo islamico. Questa presenza formale è un meccanismo complesso che racchiude la città e svolge un ruolo identitario importante. L'identità urbana di Mosul fa parte dell'identità culturale della società Moaslawi e l'identità di una città è necessaria per preservare l'armonia e dare alle persone un senso di appartenenza. Il lungofiume di Mosul e le mura della città rappresentano la parte più antica della città, con un panorama urbano unico e uno skyline caratteristico. La regione prossima all'acqua di Mosul è testimone di memorie storiche e mostra ampi aspetti del patrimonio, formando una struttura composita integrata, fortemente legata allo svolgimento tipico delle attività della città. I problemi e le opportunità delle mura storiche di Mosul non hanno rivali e pongono sfide di pianificazione e gestione uniche che cercano l'integrità e la conservazione delle sue caratteristiche e individualità. Il rapporto tra la struttura della città di Mosul, il suo lungofiume e le sue ex mura cittadine è stato un criterio importante nella valutazione della posizione più adatta per questo progetto di tesi. La proposta di ricostruzione mira a formulare un approccio specifico per la rigenerazione urbana dell'area fluviale della Città Vecchia di Mosul, per raggiungere la sostenibilità urbana unitamente alla conservazione delle principali caratteristiche dello scenario urbano. In questo contesto, la tutela del patrimonio è una priorità, così come la sua riqualificazione. L'integrazione dei fatti storici con nuove funzioni e utilità urbane può ipoteticamente offrire un'opportunità per lo sviluppo futuro e sostenere la memoria collettiva di Mosul. IL SISTEMA DI PARETE CITTÀ L'ipotesi di ricostruire l'antica cinta muraria funge da ricordo di pezzi e resti di diverse altezze, a testimonianza della precedente presenza. Da un lato, l'elemento proposto separa visivamente e fisicamente la città e la spianata. Per sottolineare il carattere della divisione, solo porte occasionali, solitamente chiuse a chiave, fungono da raccordo per i flussi. Dall'altra prospettiva, la proposta crea comunicazione con il fiume. Protegge il lungomare con il sistema di piattaforme, consentendo anche un rapporto più permeabile con le aree del Souk e della Cittadella della città. La proposta per il City Wall si basa sul contesto perduto e considera la caotica e l'ordine dello spazio e del tempo. La proposta ripensa la continuazione dei contesti urbani con piccoli spazi ed edifici come catalizzatori, per presidiare i contesti e proteggere l'identità della città e della sua architettura. I muri divisori sono disposti in modo sfalsato per costruire intrighi livelli spaziali e fluttuazioni. Di conseguenza, lo spazio varia tra, continuo o pause, luminoso o stretto. Lo stato del ritmo viene visualizzato come riflesso delle scene tagliate del tempo storico. La cinta muraria esprime l'architettura tradizionale attraverso il nuovo intervento, creando una metafora mediata tra tempo e spazio, legame e disgiunzione. IL DISEGNO DEL PAESAGGIO La piattaforma paesaggistica è stata ispirata dal caso del Museo delle mura della città di Xuzhou. L'intenzione era quella di creare degli spazi incassati, lanciati a due altezze: terra e sotterraneo. È espresso da torri di diverse altezze e speciali spazi quadrati. Le piattaforme paesaggistiche sporgenti sono accompagnate da alcune piazze e scale incassate. Gli interventi stanno portando le persone ad esplorare il ricco spazio ripariale mentre completano il nuovo sistema di mura della città. Di conseguenza, è stata migliorata la qualità delle strutture pubbliche nella città di Mosul. Questo sistema paesaggistico prende in prestito anche dal progetto balneare di Siza , dove sotto la piattaforma apparivano viste inedite della sponda del fiume . Il muretto e la piattaforma contrastano con la sponda del fiume circostante . Inoltre, la collocazione storica della porta della città è stata tradotta in una nuova forma, assecondando sia il disegno architettonico che quello paesaggistico. Come testimone storico di Mosul, la sponda del fiume è un importante spazio pubblico per chi viene in città. È il confine tra l'interno della città e il paesaggio naturale da una prospettiva, fungendo anche da collegamento tra di loro. Si è così formato uno specifico spazio di aggregazione, sperimentale dal punto di vista culturale, ma nella natura stessa della città a livello fisico. Qui le persone possono rivivere la memoria storica portata da questa sponda del fiume . Questa parte della proposta cerca di ricreare la prosperità di Mosul in passato. Di conseguenza, la memoria di Mosul è stata riportata alla luce attraverso la lente di nuovi significati. LA CITTADELLA Mosul conserva ancora i resti della cosiddetta Cittadella di Bashtabia che si pensa sia stata costruita anche nel 12 secolo d.C., sebbene varie fonti attribuiscano al sito possibili date precedenti. Bashtabia è noto per aver svolto un ruolo importante nelle varie invasioni e assedi di Mosul. Anche le porte giocavano un ruolo importante nella vita economica e sociale della città, erano luoghi chiave per negozi e attività commerciali. Il castello di Bash Tapia fu costruito nel XII secolo come uno dei sette castelli all'interno delle mura della città di Mosul. Il castello fu danneggiato da Timur nel 1393 e successivamente ricostruito dall'Impero Ottomano. Il castello di Bash Tapia svolse un ruolo importante nell'assedio di Mosul durante la guerra ottomano-persiana del 1743–46. L'assedio iniziò il 14 settembre 1743 quando lo Scià di Persia, Nadir Shah, arrivò in città. Il Pascià di Mosul, Hajji Hossein Al Jalili, difese con successo la città e l'assedio fu revocato il 23 ottobre dello stesso anno. Le rovine del castello erano un sito archeologico ed erano anche significative come una delle poche parti sopravvissute delle mura di Mosul. Il castello era un punto di riferimento e un simbolo dell'identità di Mosul, ed era popolare tra i turisti provenienti da altre parti dell'Iraq e dai paesi vicini . È stato trascurato dopo l'invasione dell'Iraq nel 2003. Castello di Bash Tapia: è in prossimità del distretto medico di Mosul e di numerose scuole, la località chiede la creazione di un parco urbano sostenibile che possa fornire spazio per la ricreazione, le strutture per bambini e la conservazione delle rovine della storica cittadella. Strategia di progettazione: funge da capolinea per la nostra sequenza di mura cittadine e speriamo che questo complesso possa fungere da transizione verso l'attuale complesso urbano e paesaggistico. In quanto edificio pubblico in grado di mostrare la storia delle mura cittadine e del mercato, porta la memoria della gloriosa storia del popolo di Mosul e questo edificio pubblico può ospitare residenti locali per svolgere alcune attività pubbliche. È un incrocio di passato e presente. Nel progetto presenta due assi orizzontali e due verticali suddivisi in tre corti principali, ciascuna delle quali svolge una funzione diversa. Il cortile aperto offre un luogo inclusivo di aggregazione per i residenti locali e il cortile chiuso può essere utilizzato come piccolo spazio espositivo. Tenendo conto del clima caldo locale, questo spazio pubblico cerca di prendere in considerazione l'ombra, l'ombra e lo spazio confortevole per le attività. IL SOUQUE Il centro storico di Mosul è costituito da una rete di "vene" a forma di vicoli stretti. Questi “ Awjat ”, come vengono chiamati dalla gente del posto, ospitano artigiani e negozianti generazionali che hanno tipicamente ereditato i loro negozi. Coloro che sono rimasti nel centro storico dopo la guerra e si sono rifiutati di migrare sulla riva sinistra superstite del fiume o nelle province circostanti hanno finanziato la ricostruzione senza alcun aiuto esterno o governativo. Lo hanno spiegato come una "connessione emotiva che ci costringe a lavorare qui e ci impedisce di accettare di lavorare altrove". Mentre quasi tutti i negozi dei mercati più dinamici della città sono stati danneggiati a diversi livelli, questo atteggiamento dei residenti non ha mostrato una forza ordinaria nell'affrontare le sfide portate dal tempo di guerra. Il graduale ritorno e il rifiuto della riapertura altrove hanno mostrato un legame di legame con i percorsi storici della città dal punto di vista moderno di Mosul. L'obiettivo della proposta per “Ricostruire la memoria di Mosul: il caso del Souque e delle ex mura della città” è progettare un nuovo bazar nel centro storico di Mosul, replicando sperimentalmente un mercato tradizionale. Il design dovrebbe essere una risposta creativa a un mercato distrutto che corrisponde alla sua funzione primaria, diventando parte di un memoriale del passato e di uno stile di vita nell'ecosistema urbano culturalmente ricco . Concentrandosi sull'aspetto multifunzionale di un bazar è stato creato un punto di riferimento architettonico che avrebbe arricchito la vita della comunità. Il progetto si basava su un layout a griglia per riflettere la tipologia naturale di un bazar tradizionale. Tuttavia, il sistema è stato scomposto per creare una soluzione più complessa sia a livello planimetrico che volumetrico. La varietà di celle e le loro combinazioni definiscono i volumi. Qui la gerarchia degli spazi comuni è definita da diverse funzioni e dimensioni. Nel frattempo, i vuoti concettuali nei blocchi del mercato stanno segnando i luoghi in cui le persone possono riunirsi e riposare. La facciata è realizzata in mattoni e alabastro. I materiali costruiti sono pensati come quelli usati per celebrare i metodi tradizionali della città culturalmente ricca di Mosul ed evocano la memoria della città vecchia.
The reconstruction of Mosul : memory and invention
HE, WEI;Lin, Jingying;Yang, Yongmei
2021/2022
Abstract
Throughout its history, the city of Mosul had witnessed several developments and changes in its structure following different eras of its formation. These faces and the related development can be considered the devices of the urban character, the essential construct of the collective memory. Thus, while approaching the city methodologically, it is crucial to identify the urban facts, which are presenting the city’s identity. Importantly, Mosul started to form following the Tigris Riverbank, where the first settlements has been established. After the Islamic conquest, the city started to grow organically. However, the process was not haphazard but followed the rules of the religion, and the specificity of the position around the waterfront. These prehistoric conditions are still dominating the character of the fabric. What could be essential for the consideration is the fact that the structure of Mosul city was following a specific hierarchy. The monuments are considered the locus of the urban space and the heart of the Islamic city. The monumental system, main city services, institutions, and the most livable urban cores in the city are connected by the urban axes and spines. Besides that, it must be considered the perimeter wall of the city, as a widespread archetype of the Islamic world. This formal presence is a complex mechanism that gives encloser to the city and plays an important identity role. The urban identity of Mosul is part of the cultural identity of the Moaslawi society, and a city’s identity is necessary for preserving harmony and giving people a sense of belonging. Mosul’s riverfront and the city wall represent the most ancient part of the city, with a unique urban panorama and distinctive skyline. The near-water region of Mosul witnesses historical memories and displays extensive heritage aspects, forming a composite integrated structure, strongly linked with the typical running of the city’s activities. The issues and opportunities of Mosul’s historic walls are unrivaled and pose unique planning and management challenges that seek integrity and preservation of its characteristics and individuality. The relationship between the structure of Mosul city, its riverfront, and its former city wall was a major criterion in evaluating the most suitable location for this thesis project. The reconstruction proposal aims to formulate a specific approach for the urban regeneration of the riverside area of Mosul’s Old City, to achieve urban sustainability together with the conservation of the main features of the urban scene. In this context, protecting the heritage is a priority, as much as its redevelopment. The integration of the historic facts with new urban functions and utilities hypothetically can offer an opportunity for future development and support the collective memory of Mosul. THE CITY WALL SYSTEM The hypothesis for rebuilding the ancient wall acts as the recollection of pieces and remnants of different heights, reflecting the former presence. On one hand, the proposed element separates the city and the esplanade both visually and physically. To emphasize the character of the division, only occasional doors, usually locked, serve as a connector for the flows. From the other perspective, the proposal creates communication with the river. It protects the waterfront with the system of platforms, while also allowing a more permeable relationship with the Souk and Citadel areas of the city. The proposal for the City Wall is based on the lost context and considers the chaoticity and order of space and time. The proposal rethinks the continuation of urban contexts with tiny spaces and buildings as catalysts, to guard contexts, and protect the identity of the city and its architecture. Partition walls are arranged in a staggered manner to construct intrigues spatial levels and fluctuations. As a result, the space is varying between, continuous, or pauses, bright or narrow. The state of rhythm is displayed as reflecting the sliced scenes of historical time. The City Wall expresses traditional architecture by means of the new intervention, creating a metaphor mediated between time and space, link and disjunction. THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN The landscape platform was inspired by the case of the Xuzhou City Wall Museum. The intention was to create some sunken spaces, launched at two heights: the ground and underground. It is expressed by towers of varying heights and special square spaces. The protruding landscape platforms are accompanied by some sunken plazas and stairs. The interventions are leading people to explore the rich riparian space while complementing the new city wall system. As a result, the quality of the public facilities in the city of Mosul was improved. This landscape system also borrows from Siza’s seaside project, where previously unseen river bank views appeared below the platform. The low wall along with the platform contrasts with the surrounding river bank. Moreover, the historic location of the city gate was translated into a new form, supporting both the architectural and the landscape design. As the historical witness of Mosul, the river bank is an important public space for those who come to the city. It is the boundary between the interior of the city, and the natural landscape from one perspective, while also operating as a link between them. Thus, a specific gathering space has been formed, experimental from the cultural perspective, but in the very nature of the city at the physical level. Here, people can re-experience the historical memory carried by this river bank. This part of the proposal seeks to recreate the prosperity of Mosul in the past. As a result, the memory of Mosul has been brought back to light through the lens of new meanings. THE CITADEL Mosul still has the remains of the so-called Citadel of Bashtabia that is also thought to have been built sometime during the 12 century AD, though various sources attribute earlier possible dates to the site. Bashtabia is known to have played an important role in the various invasions and sieges of Mosul. The doors also played an important role in the economical and social life of the city, they were key location for shops and commercial trades. Bash Tapia Castle was built in the 12th century as one of seven castles within Mosul’s city wall. The castle was damaged by Timur in 1393, and was later rebuilt by the Ottoman Empire. Bash Tapia Castle played an important role in the siege of Mosul during the Ottoman–Persian War of 1743–46. The siege began on 14 September 1743 when the Shah of Persia, Nadir Shah, arrived in city. The Pasha of Mosul, Hajji Hossein Al Jalili, successfully defended the city, and the siege was lifted on 23 October of the same year. The ruins of the castle were an archaeological site, and were also significant as being one of the few surviving parts of Mosul’s walls. The castle was a landmark and a symbol of Mosul’s identity, and it was popular with tourists from other parts of Iraq and neighbouring countries. It became neglected after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Bash Tapia Castle: is in proximity to the medical district of Mosul and numerous schools, the location is calling for the establishment of a sustainable urban park that may provide space for recreation, children’s facilities and the preservation of the ruins of the historic citadel. Design Strategy: It serves as a terminus for our city wall sequence, and we hope that this complex can serve as a transition to the current urban complex and landscape. As a public building that can display the history of the city wall and the market, it carries the memory of the Mosul people’s glorious history, and this public building can accommodate local residents to carry out some public activities. It is an intersection of past and present. In design, it has two horizontal and two vertical axes divided into three main courtyards, each of which carries a different function. The open courtyard provides an inclusive place for local residents to gather, and the closed courtyard can be used as a small exhibition space. Taking into account the local hot climate, this public space tries to take into account the shade, shade and comfortable activity space. THE SOUQUE Mosul’s Old Town is made of a network of ‘veins’ in the form of narrow alleyways. These “Awjat”, as called by locals, host generational craftsmen and shop owners who have typically inherited their shops. Those who have remained in the Old Town following the war and refused to migrate to the surviving left bank of the river or surrounding provinces have funded the reconstruction with no external or governmental help. They explained this as an “emotional connection that compels us to work here and disables us from accepting to work anywhere else”. While almost all the shops in the city’s most dynamic markets have been damaged on different levels, this attitude of the residents has shown no ordinary strength in facing the challenges the wartime brought. The gradual return and rejection of reopening elsewhere have shown a bond connection to the city’s historic routes from the modern perspective of Mosul. The aim of the proposal for “Rebuilding the Memory of Mosul: the case of the Souque and the Former City Wall” is to design a new bazaar in the Old Town of Mosul, experimentally replicating a traditional market. The design is supposed to be an inventive response to a destroyed market that corresponds to its primary function while becoming a part of a memorial of the past and a lifestyle in the culturally-rich urban ecosystem. Focusing on the multi-functional aspect of a bazaar was created an architectural landmark that would enrich the community life. The design was based on a grid layout to reflect the natural typology of a traditional bazaar. However, the system was broken up to create a more complex solution at both planimetric and volumetric levels. The variety of cells and their combinations define volumes. Here, the hierarchy of the communal spaces is defined by different functions and dimensions. Meanwhile, the conceptual voids in the market blocks are marking the places where people can gather and rest. The facade is created from bricks and alabaster. 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