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Description

1. xix, 155 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "The city of Homs, like so many places in Syria, has suffered mass destruction since the war began in 2011. So far, the architectural response to the crisis has focused on 'cultural heritage', ancient architecture, and the external displacement of refugees, often neglecting the everyday lives of Syrians and the buildings that make up their homes and communities. In Domicide, Ammar Azzouz uses the notion of the 'home' to address the destruction in cities like Homs, the displacement of Syrian people both externally and internally, and to explore how cities can be rebuilt without causing further damage to the communities that live there. Drawing on interviews with those working in the built environment professions, both inside and outside of Syria, but also Syrians from other backgrounds who have become 'architects' in their own way as they were forced to repair and rebuild their homes by themselves, Domicide offers fresh insight into the role of the architect during time of war, and explores how the future reconstruction of cities should mirror the wants and needs, the traditions and ways of living, of local communities. Focusing on Homs but offering a blueprint for other urban areas of conflict across Syria and the wider world, the book is essential reading for researchers in architecture, urban planning, heritage studies and conflict studies"--

Subject

1. Since 2011
2. Architecture and war > Syria > Homs
3. Architecture, Domestic > Syria > Homs
4. Dwellings > Syria > Homs
5. Buildings > War damage > Syria > Homs
6. Home > Syria > Homs
7. War and society > Syria > Homs
8. Internally displaced persons > Syria > Homs
9. Architecture and war
10. Architecture, Domestic
11. Buildings > War damage
12. Dwellings
13. Home
14. Internally displaced persons
15. War and society
16. Buildings
17. Destruction and pillage
18. Syria > History > Destruction and pillage. > Civil War, 2011-
19. Syria
20. Syria > Homs

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Domicide : Slow violence, division and destruction -- War on home : In search of a place to call home -- Domicide and representation -- Domicidal reconstruction -- Domicide in war and peace.

Call number

1. JQE 24-303

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Azzouz, Ammar, author.

Title

1. Domicide : architecture, war and the destruction of home in Syria / Ammar Azzouz.

Publisher

1. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023.

Copyright date

1. ©2023

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological term

1. Since 2011

Other form:

1. Online version: Azzouz, Ammar. Domicide London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023 9781350248113 (DLC) 2023000350

LCCN

1. 2023000349

ISBN

1. 9781350248106 (hardback)
2. 135024810X (hardback)
3. 9781350248144 (paperback)
4. 1350248142 (paperback)
5. 9781350248113 (pdf)
6. 9781350248120 (epub)
7. 9781350248137

Research call number

1. JQE 24-303