Stone Building System, As-Suwayda, Syria.
AKTC
Stone Building System
Award Cycle: 1990-1992 Cycle
Status: Award Recipient
Country of origin: Syria
Location: As-Suwayda, Syria
Client: Syrian Ministry of Education
Architect: Raif, Rafi & Ziad Muhanna
Size: 4'800 m²
Completed: 1990
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.