STUDIO RAAD RAAC




Research, design studio, and foundation dedicated to preserving and restoring heritage at risk in the Somali peninsula from war, neglect, and climate change.




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Over the month of November 2024 we trained over thirty young people from Berbera, Somaliland in practical heritage skills.


 


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Reintroduced lost knowledge in old construction skills through oral accounts from elders and testing ideas 1:1 on site with international experts. 






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This project is building capacity and enabling local people to conserve and adapt the buildings they value by championing the conservation and adaptive reuse of existing buildings and the reuse of the embodied energy they contain which is central to the sustainable economic development.





























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We provided training in;

  • Slaking lime
  • Lime mortar
  • Repointing
  • Replacing damaged timberwork
  • Emergency stabilization
  • Repairing cracking Masonry
  • Rebuilding collapsed section
  • Repairing wooden doors and windows
  • Lime washing



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With the generous support of The Commonwealth Heritage forum we will be commencing the full restoration of the site which will become the Berbera Museum.





  

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ABOUT: Jabir Mohamed is a researcher, architectural designer and heritage preservationist focused on preserving at-risk built heritage in the Somali Peninsula. As the founder and director of the RAAD RAAC Foundation & Studio, he leads projects dedicated to restoring cultural sites affected by war, neglect, and climate change. His work integrates architectural research, community-driven restoration, and sustainable design practices. Currently, Mohamed is spearheading a project with the support from the Commonwealth Heritage Forum, in collaboration with the Berbera Municipal Government to restore and create a museum of a historic site in Berbera, containing 18th-century Ottoman school and British colonial residencies.



































  









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