Prospect of peace oasis:A study of adaptable landscape architecture on Syria and Iraq border

Prospect of peace oasis:A study of adaptable landscape architecture on Syria and Iraq border

Landscape planning and design

South China University of Technology

Global warming is continuing to threaten human’s survival and development. Ecological problems have further exacerbated the crises in Syria and Iraq, which have been ravaged by wars and food crises. The once prosperous crescent fertile land is now a continuous desert, but the desert will not be the end of this land. We use metaphors of different heights to metaphorize the length of time that war victims have been alive, extend these monuments underground to become the supporting structure of underground shelters. We launch a seed donation campaign, collecting seeds from all over the world and filling the lower part of the monument to form a seed museum. Only in this way, can we call for the end of the war. The upper monument combines with the sand-fixing system on the ground. As the soil continues to accumulate, the surface of this area will be covered with green, and the monument will "disappear" from the ground and reappear in the underground space. When the monument completely disappears on the ground, it means that the oasis is coming again. This requires Syrians and Iraqis to work together and spend decades of effort. In that future, people and nature will reconcile with each other, and this land will once again become a multicultural place.

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