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Rehabilitation of Hebron Old Town

Location: Hebron, Palestine (West Asia)
Architect: Engineering Office of the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee
Client: Hebron Rehabilitation Committee
Completed: 1995
Site size: 270'000 m²

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Rehabilitation of Hebron Old Town Project Brief

The continuing rehabilitation of an ancient city in order to revitalise the Old Town and preserve it's architectural heritage. To date, a total of 71 buildings have been restored.

Renovated dwellings surround the future site of a public park
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Interior courtyard of a stone house
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Aerial view into a hosh, a two or three storey residence assymetrically arranged around a courtyard
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Aerial view
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Exterior, minaret of the Haram of Abraham with rehabilitated stone buildings in the foreground
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Exterior, construction
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Interior, rehabilitated building
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Old Town and surrounding city
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New walls built in local stone
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Other Restoration and Conservation projects
1980 Cycle	Rüstem Pasa Caravanserai	Location: Edirne, Turkey	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1980 Cycle	Conservation of Sidi Bou Saïd	Location: Tunis, Tunisia	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1983 Cycle	Darb Qirmiz Quarter	Location: Cairo, Egypt	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1986 Cycle	Historic Sites Development	Location: Istanbul, Turkey	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1992 Cycle	Palace Parks Programme	Location: Istanbul, Turkey	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1992 Cycle	Kairouan Conservation Programme	Location: Kairouan, Tunisia	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1986 Cycle	Restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque	Location: Jerusalem, Jerusalem	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1995 Cycle	Restoration of Bukhara Old City	Location: Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1986 Cycle	Conservation of Mostar Old Town	Location: Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1989 Cycle	Great Omari Mosque	Location: Sidon, Lebanon	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1989 Cycle	Rehabilitation of Asilah	Location: Asilah, Morocco	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
1995 Cycle	Conservation of Old Sana'a	Location: Sana'a, Yemen	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
2004 Cycle	Restoration of Al-Abbas Mosque	Location: Asnaf, Yemen	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
2007 Cycle	Rehabilitation of the Walled City	Location: Nicosia, Cyprus	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
2004 Cycle	Old City of Jerusalem Revitalisation Programme	Location: Old City, Jerusalem	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
2001 Cycle	New Life for Old Structures	Location: Iran various locations, Iran	Building type: Restoration and Conservation
2007 Cycle	Restoration of the Amiriya Complex	Location: Rada, Yemen	Building type: Restoration and Conservation

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