COMMITTED AND INTELLIGENT MASTER PLANNING
DAMASCUS AND SURROUNDING MASTER PLAN TO 2030
Strategic plan for the whole city and surrounding satellite towns commissioned by the Governorate of the city and led by Khatib.
The plan proposed ambitious change and a reversal of the process of disorganised suburbanisation, to promote a compact and liveable city centre, a new high rise CBD outside the historic area but within walking distance and a framework for balanced neighbourhood creation. An innovative urban design-led approach was adopted through the agreement of the Damascus Charter and the formalisation of a Neighborhood Plan, integrating physical, economic and social development. Instability in the country suspended the project at its final stages.