Anar Quarter — civic library and brass-arched gateway at the head of the descending public stair, with Levantine sandstone fabric and pomegranate trees in the foreground
Keturah / Masterplans / Anar Quarter
33°25'30"N · 36°03'43"E · 924 m
Community 12 · The Pomegranate Village PHASE H · 2053

Anar
Quarter.

الأنار · Al-Anar — the Pomegranate, the southern village.

A 124-hectare red-tile pomegranate-village on the corridor's southern band at 924 metres. Structured around a civic library, the Al-Bilal hospital wing, a Children's Reading Garden, an Anar market spine, and BRT-served working streets. The corridor's first sloped-roof Levantine village — clay tile over sandstone over olive grove.

Reserve Interest → See the Anchors
124HA
Quarter area
10,800
Residents
2,820
Dwellings
6
Civic anchors
50
Designed views
Begin
01The Place

A village under tile.

At 924 metres, on the corridor's southern band south-west of Damascus, Anar Quarter sits on a low rise where the agricultural ribbon meets the residential edge. The site looks out across pomegranate and olive groves to the south, and back toward Durra (the Pearl) on the higher ridge to the north-west. The architectural register changes here — clay-tile pitched roofs, sandstone bases, arched arcades. The corridor's only sloped-roof masterplan; its first Levantine-village expression.

الأنار, al-Anar, means the pomegranate — the orchard fruit that has carried Damascus through ten centuries of trade. The wayfinding signage, the pharmacy brand on the market spine, the children's reading garden, the harvest baskets at every café terrace — all carry the pomegranate as the masterplan's visual signature. The quarter is named for its orchard and its market grammar.

The site is reached from the corridor expressway through a tree-lined approach road. The civic library sits at the head of a descending public stair — the masterplan's hero gesture. From there the boulevard runs ~600 metres south to the hospital wing and ~400 metres east through the Anar market arcade to the children's garden and the working district edge.

Anar Quarter — orthographic aerial of the red-tile pomegranate village in agricultural ribbon
AERIAL · ORTHOGRAPHIC · GOLDEN HOUR
From Above

Red tile on sandstone, set into the orchard.
Civic spine north-south. Market spine east-west.

02The Vision

A working village
under one tile.

Anar answers a softer question the corridor has been carrying since Phase A: where is the masterplan that reads as a village? Not a quarter, not a district, not a campus — a village in the southern band of the corridor, with the agricultural ribbon meeting the residential fabric at every street section. The answer is in the architecture: pitched terracotta roofs, brick chimneys, sandstone arches at the ground floor, mashrabiya at the upper, olive trees in the courtyards, pomegranates at the market.

The civic centrepiece is the library — a single brass-trimmed iwan gate over a wide public stair, with the reading rooms behind. The library descends across three terraces; the lowest reads back toward the market spine and the pomegranate orchards beyond. Programmatically, the library carries reference, children's reading, and a small lecture room.

The brand does not say "affordable housing village". It says "الأنار" — the Pomegranate. The discipline is to make 124 hectares of working-village programme read as one continuous tile roof, set into one continuous orchard, in one continuous Damascene grammar.

PRINCIPLE I
A village register — red tile, sandstone, olive grove.
PRINCIPLE II
Library at the head of a public stair.
PRINCIPLE III
Hospital at the southern edge.
PRINCIPLE IV
Children's reading garden at the centre.
03Six Anchors

Six civic anchors,
one Damascene grammar.

Each anchor sits on a named threshold along the two spines. Together they carry the working week of a 10,800-person village.

ANCHOR I · CIVIC LIBRARY

The Library.

A 1,800 m² civic library at the head of the public stair. Brass-trimmed iwan gate, three terraced reading rooms, a small lecture hall, and a reference and archive wing. Open dawn to ten.

ANCHOR II · HOSPITAL WING

Al-Bilal Hospital.

A 12,000 m² community hospital wing at the southern edge — pomegranate-orchard frontage, day surgery, maternity, paediatric and elder-care wings, with the Anar pharmacy as the gateway block.

ANCHOR III · MARKET SPINE

The Anar Market.

A 420-metre east-west market spine through the centre of the village. Anar pharmacy and grocery, bakery, café terraces, harvest stalls. Active arcade ground floor; residential above.

ANCHOR IV · READING GARDEN

The Children's Garden.

A 4-hectare reading garden at the centre of the village. Pergola, herb beds, harvest seating, the children's reading wing, an after-school study room. The masterplan's quietest public room.

ANCHOR V · QUARTER MOSQUE

The Mosque.

A 2,400 m² quarter mosque with courtyard and minaret, sized for the village population. Adjacent to the civic library; opens onto the public stair on Fridays.

ANCHOR VI · WORKING DISTRICT

The Makers' Edge.

A 6-hectare working district on the eastern boundary — light maker workshops, last-mile logistics, a small civic depot. Pomegranate orchard buffers the residential edge.

Anar Quarter — BRT boulevard at golden hour with cycle lanes, bus shelter, sandstone arcades
BRT BOULEVARD · GOLDEN HOUR
The Working Day

BRT, bike, and the long Damascene shadow.
Six-minute headway. Two-minute walk from any door.

04Programme · Area Distribution

A 70-30 village split.

Residential-heavy by design. Community and civic programme carries the hospital, library, market arcade, mosque, schools, and the working-district edge.

Site Area
124HA
Village footprint within the southern band
Public Realm
38%
Streets, plazas, orchards, public stair

Anar is the corridor's village-scale masterplan. Programme is residential-led at 70 percent of envelope GFA; the 30 percent community share carries the six anchors (library, hospital, market, reading garden, mosque, makers' edge) and the secondary education campus.

Use % of envelope GFA Notes
Residential 70% 328,000 m² 2,820 dwellings · 10,800 residents · village-house + townhouse + walk-up
Civic & Community 14% 66,000 m² Library, hospital wing, mosque, reading garden building
Retail · Market 7% 33,000 m² Anar market arcade · pharmacy · grocery · café terraces
Education 5% 24,000 m² K-12 campus + craft school + after-school wing
Working district 4% 19,000 m² Makers' edge · last-mile logistics · civic depot
Site total 100% 470,000 m² Plus 38% public realm at grade

All numbers are pre-construction master-plan values; site-plan refinements may adjust ±5%. T0

05A Day in the Village

Coffee at 07:30.
Library at noon.
Garden at sunset.

A day in Anar runs by orchard hours, market arcades, and BRT cycles. The market opens at six; the library opens at eight; the children's garden holds the late afternoon shadow.

Morning at the Anar pharmacy and market arcade
07:30 · Morning

The market.

The Anar pharmacy opens at seven. Pomegranates already stacked on the terraces; the bakery has set out its shelves. Mothers with school children pass on their way to the K-12 campus; the BRT pulls into the central shelter; the café crowd takes the shaded side.

Midday at the children's reading garden
13:30 · Midday

The reading garden.

The children's reading garden holds the midday shadow. The pergola is set; the herb beds are at their peak. The library's children's wing extends into the garden; a single grandmother and grandchild read together at the harvest bench. Lavender, thyme, rosemary in the air.

Late afternoon at the Al-Bilal hospital entrance courtyard
17:00 · Late afternoon

The hospital court.

The Al-Bilal hospital court takes the late light. The day-surgery wing closes; the maternity wing's family corridor fills with visitors. An olive-tree allée carries the visitor flow back to the BRT shelter; the pharmacy stays open until nine.

06Residences · Two Typologies

Village house.
Market walk-up.

Village townhouse with red tile roof
T2 · Village House

The Village House.

Three-storey village townhouses on inner-cell lanes, each with a private rear court, a roof terrace, and a clay-tile pitched roof. Sized for families and multigenerational households. Lanes are pedestrian-priority; the cluster sits between the market spine and the orchard edge.

1,840DU
Units
3F
Storeys
62DU/HA
Density
  • Private rear court · roof terrace · brick chimney
  • Sandstone ground · stucco upper · clay tile roof
  • Mashrabiya screens · bronze hardware
  • Sizes · 118 / 152 / 196 / 236 m²
  • Mix · 3-bed → 5-bed multigenerational
Walk-up apartments above market arcade
T4 · Market Walk-up

The Walk-up.

Three-to-four-storey walk-up apartment blocks above the market arcade. Active ground floor (pharmacy / café / grocery); upper floors carry small family apartments with deep south-facing balconies. Sized for younger households and single residents.

980DU
Units
3–4F
Storeys
88DU/HA
Density
  • Active podium frontage · market arcade at street
  • Sandstone base · stucco upper · tile parapet
  • Sizes · 56 / 72 / 96 / 124 m²
  • Mix · studio → 2-bed family
  • Direct stair to market arcade
07Connectivity · The Site, Today

A village on the southern band.
Durra 6 km north-east. Damascus, 22 km north.

Anar sits on the corridor's southern band, looking back toward Durra on the higher ridge and forward to the agricultural ribbon. Two BRT stations bracket the spine; a tree-lined approach road links to the corridor expressway.

SATELLITE Open in Google Maps ↗
DAMASCUS OLD CITY
22.4KM
By corridor expressway · ~28 min
BRT · STATION 12N (LIBRARY)
160M
Northern spine head · 6-min headway
BRT · STATION 12S (HOSPITAL)
240M
Southern spine head · 6-min headway
DURRA QUARTER · COMMUNITY 06
6.0KM
North-east · 12 min by shuttle · pearl ridge
PUBLIC REALM
38%
Streets, plazas, orchards, public stair
ELEVATION
924M
Southern band · agricultural ribbon edge
0850 Views

Fifty views.
Anar, hour by hour.

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09Specifications

The numbers,
in one place.

Project Name
KETURAH Anar Quarter
Arabic Name
حي الأنار · قرية الرمان
Community Number
12 · The Pomegranate Village
Coordinates
33°25'30.25"N · 36°03'43.53"E
Elevation
924 m above sea level · southern band
Location
South-west of Damascus, agricultural ribbon edge · ~22 km from old city
Site Area
124 hectares
Total GFA
470,000 m² (residential-led 70-30 mix)
Dwellings
2,820 · 1,840 village-houses + 980 walk-ups
Residents
10,800 · density ~87 per hectare
Civic Library
1,800 m² · brass-trimmed iwan · three terraced reading rooms
Hospital Wing
12,000 m² Al-Bilal Hospital · day surgery, maternity, paediatric, elder care
Market Spine
420 m east-west · Anar pharmacy + grocery + café terraces
Children's Garden
4 ha reading garden at the village centre
Mosque
2,400 m² · courtyard and minaret · adjacent to library
Working Edge
6 ha makers' district · last-mile logistics · civic depot
Public Realm
38% of site · streets, plazas, orchards, public stair
Material Palette
Sandstone · stucco · clay tile · timber screens · bronze hardware
BRT Connection
Stations 12N (Library) and 12S (Hospital) · 6-min headway
Phase Mapping
Phase H · 2053 — 2058 (southern village)
Status
Master Plan v1.0 · pre-construction · evidence stage
Anar Quarter — aerial of the red-tile pomegranate village at golden hour
Reserve Interest · Phase H · 2053

The pomegranate village
opens in 2053.

Anar Quarter is the corridor's village-scale anchor — 124 hectares of red-tile Levantine village, 10,800 residents, 2,820 dwellings, six civic anchors, and the Al-Bilal hospital on the southern edge. First registrations are open to verified counterparties — sovereign anchors, foundation patrons, qualified institutional and individual purchasers.

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