Rebuilding Iraq?s Liberated Areas, Mosul?s Housing, Iraq Architecture, Architect, Images
3D Printed Housing in Mosul
Rifat Chadirji Prize 3rd Prize, Iraq ? design by Vincent Callebaut Architectures
24 Nov 2017
3D Printed Housing Mosul
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Design: Vincent Callebaut Architectures, Paris
Rebuilding Iraq?s Liberated Areas: Mosul?s Housing
“THE 5 FARMING BRIDGES”
Winning Project of the Rifat Chadirji Prize (3rd Place) – Competition “Rebuilding Iraq?s Liberated Areas: Mosul?s Housing”

Rebuilding on the Tigris River 55 000 Plus-Energy ?3D Printed? Housing Units from the Ruins of War

Fighting Poverty and Feeding the Post-ISIS Mosul.

ASSESSMENT: A city to upcycle

On July 9, 2017, after nine months of fierce battle, the Iraqi army, backed by the international coalition, defeated the forces of the Islamic State that had occupied Mosul since the proclamation of the “caliphate” in June 2014.
Emerging from the ruins, civilians celebrate the long-awaited liberation of the devastated city from apocalyptic streets and ruined buildings.

On June 19, 2017, jihadists attacked the city’s historic, social, and cultural heritage. Shiite mausoleums and sanctuaries have been blown up, as well as the emblematic Al-Nouri mosque and its tilted minaret from the twelfth century.

Long reconstruction work is awaited by the Iraqi government and the inhabitants. Whole neighborhoods have been razed: hospitals, mosques, sports complexes,...