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The Granaries of Gaza : From Humanitarian Aid to Reconstruction

Type de projet

Architecture - Urban Planning

Date

June 2025

Emplacement

Gaza Strip

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>>A shattered land, a dignified reconstruction.
After months of conflict, the Gaza Strip lies in ruins: housing, infrastructure, and essential services have been destroyed, and its population - exhausted by relentless bombardment - faces an acute humanitarian crisis:

• 100% of the population is experiencing severe food insecurity,
• More than 1,400 healthcare workers have been killed and over 30 hospitals destroyed or rendered inoperative,
• The collapse of water and sanitation infrastructure poses a high risk of disease outbreaks,
• Electricity outages are nearly constant, making the operation of vital equipment impossible.

In this context, The Granaries of Gaza project is not a conventional humanitarian program but a systemic and long-term response aimed at restoring dignity and autonomy to the people of Gaza.

>> Transforming Ruin into Foundation: A Path Toward Rebuilding the City.
Faced with the extreme devastation in Gaza, this civic, social, and ecological reconstruction project is based on two fundamental observations:
• Gazans have the right to live in dignified housing and to be autonomous - traditional humanitarian responses are no longer sufficient.
• Gaza today contains over 50 million tons of rubble. This situation is unprecedented, not only due to the volume generated but also because of the speed of destruction, geographic dispersion, and the expected high contamination from explosive ordnance (EO).

The Granaries of Gaza is a transformative project: rather than seeing ruins as waste to remove, it treats them as raw material for a rapid, sustainable, and humane reconstruction.
Because rebuilding is not only about putting walls back up - it is about restoring breath, shelter, autonomy, and dignity. The Granaries of Gaza is a collective act of care combining architecture, agriculture, and social repair.

>> Phase 01 : Rebuilding the City on the City, building onshore humanitarian platforms.
>> Phase 02 : Rebuilding the City for the Long Term, constructing offshore domestic, agricultural, and energy extensions.

Phase 01

Phase 01

Phase 01

Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 02

Phase 02

Phase 02

Constructing offshore domestic, agricultural, and energy extensions.

In an upcycling approach, the construction of the final third of the onshore program is carried out on the very site of the humanitarian camp established during Phase 01. The housing units are either relocated near the platforms or repurposed: the concrete modules are then used to build seawalls or urban developments.

In an upcycling approach, the construction of the final third of the onshore program is carried out on the very site of the humanitarian camp established during Phase 01. The housing units are either relocated near the platforms or repurposed: the concrete modules are then used to build seawalls or urban developments.

Platform Construction

Schematic Process.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01 Building onshore humanitarian platforms.

Photograph of Existing Site
A Ravaged Territory.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01 Building onshore humanitarian platforms.

Visual Projection of the Site.
A Humanitarian Camp Built from Rubble.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01 Building onshore humanitarian platforms.

Visual Projection of the Site.
A Humanitarian Camp Built from Rubble.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01 Building onshore humanitarian platforms.

Schematic Diagram :
Shelters Made from Recycled Concrete Block.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01
Building onshore
humanitarian platforms.

Phase 01 Building onshore humanitarian platforms.

Schematic Diagram :
Reusing War Debris for Modular Block Construction.

Phase 02
Rebuilding the City for the Long Term.

Phase 02
Rebuilding the City for the Long Term.

Phase 02 Rebuilding the City for the Long Term.

They function as living organs of the territory - autonomous in water, food, and energy - forming resilient, complete, and replicable ecosystems.
The project restores breath and agency to the population by rebuilding the conditions of long-term autonomy, where building and living are reconciled.

In an upcycling approach, the construction of the final third of the onshore program is carried out on the very site of the humanitarian camp established during Phase 01. The shelters are either relocated near the platforms or repurposed: the concrete modules are then used to build seawalls or urban developments.

They function as living organs of the territory—autonomous in water, food, and energy—forming resilient, complete, and replicable ecosystems.
The project restores breath and agency to the population by rebuilding the conditions of long-term autonomy, where building and living are reconciled.

In an upcycling approach, the construction of the final third of the onshore program is carried out on the very site of the humanitarian camp established during Phase 01. The housing units are either relocated near the platforms or repurposed: the concrete modules are then used to build seawalls or urban developments.

They function as living organs of the territory—autonomous in water, food, and energy—forming resilient, complete, and replicable ecosystems.
The project restores breath and agency to the population by rebuilding the conditions of long-term autonomy, where building and living are reconciled.

In an upcycling approach, the construction of the final third of the onshore program is carried out on the very site of the humanitarian camp established during Phase 01. The housing units are either relocated near the platforms or repurposed: the concrete modules are then used to build seawalls or urban developments.

Phase 02 Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

Continuing the momentum, Phase 02 takes shape as modular platforms for domestic life, agriculture, and energy—two-thirds offshore, one-third onshore. These become true extensions of the destroyed city.
Each platform hosts housing, urban farms, markets, hospitals, schools, renewable energy production, fishing ports, and more.

Phase 02
Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

Phase 02
Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

Phase 02 Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

They function as living organs of the territory—autonomous in water, food, and energy—forming resilient, complete, and replicable ecosystems.
The project restores breath and agency to the population by rebuilding the conditions of long-term autonomy, where building and living are reconciled.

Phase 02
Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

Phase 02
Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

Phase 02 Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

What Gazans Will (Re) Acquire : Cultural Heritage & Vernacular Architecture.

Phase 02
Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

Phase 02
Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

Phase 02 Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

What Gazans Will (Re) Acquire : Cultural Heritage & Vernacular Architecture.

Phase 02
Platform for Market Gardening, Fish Farming, and Livestock Production

Phase 02
Platform for Market Gardening, Fish Farming, and Livestock Production

Phase 02 Platform for Market Gardening, Fish Farming, and Livestock Production

In a territory devastated by bombing and suffocated by blockade, The Granaries of Gaza offers residents an essential lever of autonomy: the ability to feed themselves.

The project deploys integrated, regenerative agriculture adapted to both emergency and durability. Each platform becomes a productive ecosystem combining aquaponics, hydroponics, vegetable greenhouses, animal farming, and staple crops.
Poultry and egg-laying hens, raised above fish tanks, provide manure that nourishes the fish—a closed-loop, zero-waste cycle.
Black goats supply milk, meat, and natural fertilizer.
Traditional za’atar and olive cultivation, deeply rooted in Palestinian heritage, contribute to soil revival and cultural transmission.

Phase 02
Platform for Market Gardening, Fish Farming, and Livestock Production

Phase 02
Platform for Market Gardening, Fish Farming, and Livestock Production

Phase 02 Platform for Market Gardening, Fish Farming, and Livestock Production

Shared granaries, central to each platform, ensure the storage, conservation, and redistribution of food. With natural thermal inertia and bioclimatic integration, they maintain stable temperature and humidity levels to preserve harvests year-round.

This shared infrastructure reinforces collective resilience, ensuring local food security independent of fragile or blocked supply chains.
A low-carbon, locally anchored model—capable of feeding Gaza year-round. Far from short-term aid, The Granaries of Gaza builds food sovereignty rooted in the land, memory, and dignity.

Phase 02.
Platform for Renewable Energy Production, Drinking Water, and Waste Treatment.

Phase 02.
Platform for Renewable Energy Production, Drinking Water, and Waste Treatment.

Phase 02. Platform for Renewable Energy Production, Drinking Water, and Waste Treatment.

The Granaries of Gaza deploy an autonomous floating infrastructure capable of locally producing the resources essential to life.
Thanks to a combination of renewable energies - solar, vertical wind, wave energy, and biogas - these platforms ensure sustainable energy autonomy. They also provide access to drinking water through a dual system of seawater desalination and natural wastewater phyto-purification. This treated water supplies vegetable greenhouses and hydroponic crops integrated into a regenerative agricultural cycle.

Phase 02.
Platform for Renewable Energy Production, Drinking Water, and Waste Treatment.

Phase 02.
Platform for Renewable Energy Production, Drinking Water, and Waste Treatment.

Phase 02. Platform for Renewable Energy Production, Drinking Water, and Waste Treatment.

Located offshore, outside targeted or blockaded areas, this structure responds to the immediate emergency while laying the foundations for a sustainable future. It becomes a space of collective resilience, guaranteeing direct access to water, food, and electricity - serving reconstruction based on dignity, sovereignty, and solidarity.

Phase 02
View from the Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

Phase 02
View from the Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

Phase 02 View from the Multi-purpose Domestic Platform.

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