Derna Masterplan

Libya, 2023

Client: Riyadh and Derna Reconstruction Committee
Type of project: Reconstruction Master Plan

Following the devastation of the city in the aftermath of Storm Daniel, LEAD Consultants were asked to propose reconstruction masterplans. SRLA proposed a landscape-led approach to designing out the risk of future disasters by large scale remodelling of the floodplain below the narrow canyon to create a large lake at sea level with two outlets to the sea, fringed with parkland, so that the city could be rebuilt above the maximum flood level.