He works on diverse projects including social housing and educational buildings, and notably the law faculty in Alen\u00e7on, Normandy with the commissioned architect Philippe Challes, his friend and colleague. He also participates in international competitions such as Novi <\/span>BEOGRAD<\/span>, the extension of Belgrade with Milan Simovic. But the architect explains that, \u201cthe changes in public procurement codes in France made it difficult for small and medium size architecture agencies to survive.\u201d Hence,<\/span> he chose to return to Damascus. In 2017, he took part in the Sketch for Syria Initiative at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, alongside prominent<\/span> architects (among them Alvaro Siza), who each drew his or her own Syria. “One day I’ll go back to Syria,” says the man who is currently designing and building his own house in the Lebanese mountains, and who is planning a future art exhibition on the theme of aging. Will the wrinkles have already set in by the time he returns to Syria?<\/span><\/p>\n

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