WHAT MATTERs
Reusing debris to rebuild community in Syria
E.M.G. Boon (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
A. Luna Navarro – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
R. Schroën – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
This graduation project explores how post-conflict debris in Homs, Syria, can be transformed into a building system that supports climate-responsive architecture and community rebuilding. Responding to material scarcity, widespread debris, and a hot–dry climate, the project develops a makerspace and rebuilding hub where making, learning, and participation come together. Debris is translated into a layered building system in which gabions function as a self-supporting outer climate buffer, while a modular block system forms the main structural logic. Rather than proposing a universal solution, the project offers a design-oriented architectural framework that connects material reuse, climate response, and collective rebuilding in post-conflict Homs.