Form, structure and identity of places in the reconstruction of the city. Aleppo and Mosul: a comparison of two cases
Recent political and economical instability in the Middle East has revealed the fragility of the artistic and architectural heritage of cities. As in Europe following the Second World War, the systematic destruction of architectural heritage is sadly now common practice in territories afflicted by armed conflict. These circumstances push the architectural discipline to question how to reconstruct the architecture of the city.