Old Aleppo: Upgrading an Historic Residential Environment

Abstract

The Old City of Aleppo, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, a living town of 110,000 inhabitants residing in thousands of historical courtyard houses and an important commercial centre is now the subject of an internationally recognized rehabilitation scheme. This paper describes the history of this project and identifies a series of lessons to be learnt about the complex process of rehabilitation in a living historic environment.

Citation

Qudsi, A. (2006), "Old Aleppo: Upgrading an Historic Residential Environment", Open House International, Vol. 31 No. 4, pp. 90-94. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-04-2006-B0012