Rapid Damage Assessment

By Rami Al-Afandi, Issam Ballouz, Alaa Haddad, York Rieffel (consultant)

[Picture source: © 2018 Nabil Kasbo]

Brief Summary

Jamiʿ Sharaf has suffered serious damage in many areas:  

- The minaret has been destroyed. 

- Two vaults of the prayer have been destroyed and the third one is damaged.

- The southern side of the mosque which include ablution room and toilets have been destroyed. 

- The walls of prayer hall have some big holes.

- The courtyard is full of rubbles mainly from the minaret and the southern hall. 

Value / Specifics: All damages are relating to architectural valuable areas of the mosque.

Recommendation class: RC3 > Major repairs based on diagnosis (Minaret: RC4 > Rebuilding / Reconstruction)

GROUNDPLAN & LOCALIZATION OF DAMAGE [Picture source: © Syrian Heritage Archive Project (after BTU- Cottbus 2016)]
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