Bazar Abbas is a unique hybrid of local architecture and European modernism that has suffered extensive damage as a result of past conflicts on the Suez Canal. This combined architectural typology is repeated in different shapes and forms all over the city of Port Said: a city with a short yet turbulent history: a history of wars and displacements, prosperity and abandonment, colonialism and resistance, marginalisation and power reclamation and many more. These multiple layers of history have been manifested in the architectural and spatial articulation of the city, as well as within the daily life practices of Port Said residents.

Despite its vulnerable status, minimal to no recovery measures have been implemented for the 19^th-century urban heritage of Port Said following the series of conflicts from the mid-20^th century to the present day. As a result, this initiative sought to activate the recovery process of the inner city through small-scale, people-centred strategies for urban conservation. Bazar Abbas served as a catalytic pilot project, chosen for its architectural significance and its indispensable position in the city’s collective memory: a site interlinked with conflict, resistance, and daily struggles.

The project was designed to produce tangible results through partial reconstruction and heritage mapping, while simultaneously targeting community empowerment. A central objective was to preserve the building's original features, including the timber verandas, while using research and training initiatives to document local reconstruction techniques and establish a model for urban heritage recovery in the historic core of Port Said.

This project consists of two phases:

• Phase I: Capacity Building and Valorisation
• Phase II: Buildig Toward Rehabilitation