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Aerial view of the integrated emergency and rescue complex in Al-Sumariyah, showing the lattice training tower and circular response plaza among the low buildings.

Civic infrastructure

Integrated Emergency and Rescue Complex

Additional analytical board · Al-Sumariyah — between Damascus and Rural Damascus

01People · Infrastructure · Coordination · Resilience
Location
Al-Sumariyah, Damascus–Rural Damascus
Programme
Emergency response, logistics, training, administration, housing
Themes
People · Infrastructure · Coordination · Resilience
Boards
Seven analytical and design boards

Overview

An integrated emergency and rescue complex in Al-Sumariyah, between Damascus and Rural Damascus. The project brings together response, logistics, training, administration and housing within a unified facility to improve emergency response, enhance coordination, strengthen disaster management capacity and support a safer, more resilient region.

PeopleInfrastructureCoordinationResilience

Design notes

  1. 01One site for the whole response chain — dispatch, vehicle bays, training and staff housing share a common ground so coordination is spatial, not procedural.
  2. 02Site selection is argued through service influence, access to major and secondary roads, topography and response time rather than through a single rendering.
  3. 03The plan is organised around a public forecourt and a working yard, keeping the operational sequence legible from the street.

Boards

The drawings

7 boards · click to zoom
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