Thierry Grandin

Project Manager at C&CC

• Syria - Aleppo
• January 1982 to December 2012

Since 1987
Partner, Design and Project Manager: Planning & urban rehabilitation, conservation & restoration, Design and supervision, Project and staff management.
1987-1991
Design of a 35000-meter square residential-commercial complex in
Aleppo for the Ministry of Awqaf.
Planning & urban rehabilitation for the Old City of Aleppo, (Clients: City of Aleppo, GTZ & Arab Fund):
- The Tallet Al Soudah Park and services for the use of the adjacent surrounding random housing areas
- The Jdeideh area with extensive baseline survey work
- Sections of the Medina souk
Since 2000
Documentation, conservation and rehabilitation of the historical structures and the upgrade of tourist functions in the Castle of Salah Al Din and the Citadel of Aleppo (Clients:The Aga Khan Trust for Culture for Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums)
Since 2001
Planning and urban rehabilitation for the Old City of Masyaf, codes zoning, baseline surveys, tourist enhancement (Client: The Aga Khan Trust for Culture for the City of Masyaf)
Since 2003
Planning the rehabilitation of the Perimeter of the Citadel of Aleppo,
baseline surveys, traffic, landscaping, tourist function enhancement. (Client: The Aga Khan Trust for Culture for the
City of Aleppo)
Design of Schools in the countryside of Aleppo (Client: Agency for Combating Unemployment and the General Agency
for Educational Buildings)
A Study for the Region of Tell Mardikh - Ebla: Protection of an Historical site, upgrade of tourist facilities and enhancement of the local economy (Client: Agency for Combating Unemployment)
Master Planning, Design and execution documents of the Al Jazeerah University in Deir Al Zohr, Syria (private)
2003 to 2007
Rehabilitation of a traditional house, part of the former Jumbulat Palace (early Ottoman period buildings), nominated for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) - session 2010 (Client: Privae)
2005 to 2008
Project management, detail and supervision for the execution of
the Aleppo Citadel Perimeter Project (Client: AKTC - City of Aleppo)
2007 to 2010
Design and supervision of the rehabilitation of 3 historical houses in the Old City of Aleppo to a 41-room hotel in for the Bilad al Sham Hotel Company
Since 2008
Design and supervision of several luxury traditional houses in the Old City of Aleppo
2010
Design of a Mud Domes House, Pilot Project as Support to the Rural Communities of Tell Mardikh - Ebla for the Firdos Agency and the Italian Government (University of Bari), the
Idleb Governorate and the Ministry of Tourism
Since 2000
Design and internal design of several residences and villas in Syria and Lebanon
Since 2010
Design of an educational structure in the Old City of Aleppo (client: The Aga Khan Cultural Services - Syria)
Since 2010
Supervision of the rehabilitation of the Hammam Yalbogha al-Nasri and the former governorate building in the Old City of Aleppo to a 72-room hotel for the Serena Chain

Publications:
1986, La Savonnerie Traditionnelle à Alep, Bulletin d’ Etudes Orientales, Institut Francais d’Etudes Arabes de Damas, Tome XXXVI, Damas.
1994, L’ habitat permanent des grands commercants dans les khans d’Alep à l’Epoque Ottomane. In, Les villes dans l’Empire ottoman: activités et sociétés. Tome 2, CNRS, 1994, in cooperation with Dr. J-C. David.
1998, La Suwaiqa Ali, with Dr. J-C. David, Fondation Van Berschen.
2005, Le palais fortifié médiéval de Muazzara (Syrie), in Annales Islamologiques, 39, Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 2005, participation in the documentation.
2007, Introduction in the Citadel of Salah Al Din, in Syria - Medieval Citadels between East and West, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Turin, 2007.
2008, The Castle of Salah Al Din, Description, History, Site Plan and Visitor Tour, Guidebook, English version, Damascus, 2008.
2010, The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, Strategies for Urban Regeneration, Geneva, 2010, Participation for the Syrian Projects.