After the devastation the district suffered in the fall of 2007, the current efforts of the administration now focus on reestablishing life in this neighborhood located on the shores of the Tigris in the center of Baghdad. The complete refurbishment project presented by the Barcelona-based team AV62 for the district’s 490 hectares proposes a model of physical intervention on two scales: territorially the actions suggested address the improvement of the transportation network and the metropolitan equipments; in the district the project aims to improve the interior urban conditions, and on the reconstruction of the bridges that link up with the neighboring areas. These connections are meant to become gathering areas for formerly conflicting social groups...[+]