Stone Building System - Aga Khan Award for Architecture
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Stone Building System

Stone Building System
 Location: As-Suwayda, Syria (West Asia)
Architect: Raif, Rafi & Ziad Muhanna
Client: Syrian Ministry of Education
Completed: 1990
Site size: 4'800 m²

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Stone Building System Project Brief

Low-cost, effective, speedily erected building with high dependency on local basalt stone based on a construction system of stone arches. This simple form, based on a 5m span is repeated and adapted to meet the needs of a particular brief.

  • Construction detail of barrel vault

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  • Exterior, prototype is a simple construction system using local basalt stone

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  • Exterior

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  • Interior of classroom; each of the six classrooms is covered by a vault that spans 5 metres

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  • Exterior, school yard

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  • Exterior, façade

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  • Construction, formwork for a vault

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  • Covered corridor looks out over the courtyard

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