Damascus-SANA
I addressed it with its beauty, the fragrance of its architecture, and its uniqueness in its architecture, since the paving of its stones until it became a heritage.. Meticulously mentioning the details and the abundance of information and backgrounds, the researcher Anisa Hammouche sang about Damascene houses in the symposium held by the Directorate of Culture in the Cultural Center in the field today entitled “Damascus is fading in beauty” in cooperation with the Friends of the Friends Association Sobky Garden.
Hammouche indicated that she used the term “disappearance,” referring to the reason for its meaning, which is “its scent intensified,” meaning the fragrance of Damascus intensified until it roamed the world, citing the choice of the Syrian embassy in the German city of Bonn, which is built on the Damascene style, as one of the most beautiful embassies in the world.
Hammouche began her symposium by referring to the first beginnings of building houses in history, where she explained that Syrian cities and civilizations were pioneers in the arts of architecture, such as “Ebla, Mary and Ugarit”, the owner of the first irrigation and sanitation project in history, to the Damascene houses, their architecture and characteristics.
Hammouche indicated that the method of building Damascene houses is based initially on the necessity of having water within them, and building walls of stone at the base to a certain height, and then mud on top of it to resist the flooding of the Barada River in its seasons.
She explained that they were built adjacent to each other, as it is difficult to find a single Damascene house in order to resist earthquakes, given that the city of Damascus is located on one of the earthquake lines.
Hammouche also attributed the varying heights of the floors inside the rooms of the house to control the rising and falling air currents, even the “land of the home”, the kitchen, the library and other details of the Damascene house, describing the way these houses were built as innovative and creative in their time.
It is noteworthy that Anisa Hammouche holds a Bachelor of Arts in History Department from Damascus University in 2001 and a diploma in Archeology from the same university in 2003.
Khader Suleiman
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