FIELD NOTES / SYR / Western Asia
Syria
Citadel, souqs & connected urban fabric.
START WITH A PLACE
Ancient City of Aleppo
Aleppo’s historic ensemble includes a citadel, religious buildings, caravanserais and baths. These elements belong to a connected urban fabric shaped by trade and repeated historical change.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Compare the elevated citadel with the enclosed routes of everyday commerce. Read individual monuments through the streets and uses that connect them.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)