WHY ART AND DESIGN ?

Through the observation of artistic and literary medium in Amman within the past ten years, artists increasing interest in displaying their work in Amman design week exhibitions and lack of local exhibitions is being noticed, this is due to the lack of a local meetings place for artists and intellectuals, especially of those younger artists who succeeded in imposing their names in the international arena, one of the reasons behind their success was the interest in the mystery of eastern culture.

This brought the idea of creating Art & Design Incubator to gather youth artists with the giants in art and intellectual, and giving them the opportunity to meet up and exchange experiences, and for it to be a platform for all of those who are interested in arts and design.

The value of Art & Design

When we talk about the value of arts and design, we should always start with the intrinsic - how arts and design illuminate our inner lives and enrich our emotional world.

This is what we cherish. But while we do not cherish arts and design because of the impact on our social well-being and cohesion, our physical and mental health, our education system, our national status and our economy, they do confer these benefits and we need to show how important this is.

Aims and Goals

Design profession aims to solve people’s problems, improve their quality of lives and make life more enjoyable with the design and development of innovative products, services and systems. Analysing users’ existing experiences, improving broken experiences and proposing new user experiences lie at the core of this profession. A wide range of products, services and systems that we use every day are results of such efforts.

The goal of this project is to design a design hub at Al-Jubieha that would enhance the public use of it by welcoming different groups of people to experience the site on the basis of artistic, entertainment and educational activities.

The project will expand public areas presented to the community, offering a variety of design, education, art programs and events as well as a more open, accessible, and engaging indoor and outdoor spaces.

Many of citizens complaining about the absence of playing spaces for their children. Citizens need a breathing space away from the crowded and polluted city life, which is the reason behind the new public park in Jubeiha

Green public spaces counter the constricting effects of our dense city air and crowded highways. Such spaces not only clean our air, but also counter the blaring heat of the summer and the winds of the winter, collect water, add colour to our city, improve the health and well-being of its citizens, create social cohesion, and provide an ecosystem where culture can flourish.

Primary Functions

About Al-Jubieha Amusement Park

The amusement park was built in 1987 over an area of 54 dunums in the north of the capital, featuring a number of rides for different age groups which used to attract over half a million visitors each year from Jordan and neighbouring countries, according to Greater Amman Municipality (GAM).

The number of visitors to the city of Jubaiha recreational Amman Municipality through the days (1) of (Eid al-Adha) 22,500 visitors of the capital and visitors.

GAM’s decision to shut down the amusement park ignited mixed reactions from social media users, with some lamenting its closure, while others expressed relief due to the safety risk they believed it was posing to visitors. GAM in September 2017 closed down the Jubeiha Amusement Park due to the deteriorated state of its rides and structures. It stated at the time that “safety concerns prompted the decision”, noting that most of the park’s rides and structures had exceeded their lifespan.

The Jubeiha Amusement Park will become a gated public park that offers entertainment services and an outdoor space for various activities for all categories of the community, including families, the youth and children.

LAND USE

The area is fully serviced by the main street that have commercial and mixed use building

The surrounding lands are mostly residential ones

LEGIBILITY AND WAY-FINDING

Transportation is available through the bus station

Iconic landmarks that help Lead people to the project

Streets may be dangerous for pedestrians

MASTER PLAN

Views

Site Section

People complained a lot about having a wrong practices in the park and there were cases of injuries and death due to Lack of attention to safety and maintenance procedures and Poor security organization. Also, Traffic problems in the area due to the bad drop off design. Moreover, it was said that the lifespan of the games has been consumed.

Section shows some of the site major components (Green areas, gaming areas and roads that support both people and bus movement).

Axonometric Diagram

STRENGTHS • The location in general (as a main park and a main gate of jubaieha) • The surrounding neighbourhood • Existing plantation area

WEAKNESSES • High slope • Massive hard-scape vs. soft scape • Existing structure situation

OPPORTUNITIES • Future investment

zone • Hard-scape areas • Existing cars parking

THREATS • Low attraction for investors • High cost investment • Media & public opinion

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM

FUNCTIONAL AREAS DIAGRAM

Vision

A master plan for the park which will preserve Jubeiha park’s basic characteristics as it has been constituting an integral part of Amman’s heritage and landscape for decades. The park will be a “breathing space” for Amman while preserving the park’s forest trees. ( Nothing is ART, if it does not come from nature )

Some 75 per cent of the park is covered with trees, none of which will be removed. On the contrary, the plan seeks to capitalise on that and transform the park into a picnicking area where families can have barbeques and children can play safely, Also, nature can be a great inspiration for designers in the isolated area for the design and art project with outdoor exhibitions that people can visit through a walking track that covers the whole park.

In addition, the park’s buildings will be rehabilitated and turned into a bazaar that offers visitors ornaments, food and beverages, noting that it will also provide people with an opportunity to start income-generating schemes. And the other buildings near to the main project will turned into dooms for users.

Design Approach