Portfolio Enas H.Qasem Architect/ Conservationist Architect 2021
Contents Coordination and 2017co-management project 2021
The Regional Center for Conservation and Restoration
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Studies and Research Projects
20192020
UNESCO project - Employment opportunities for cultural heritage safeguarding in Jordan/ Petra and Rihab
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2019
Master’s Thesis: The Design and Evaluation of Protective Shelters for Mosaic Pavements in Madaba as a Conservation and Presentation Strategy - The Prophet Elias Church as a Case Study. Tourism Management Plan for Qasr al-Abed in Iraq al-Amir
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2019
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Training and supervision
20192020
Trainer at the "Post-Conflict Recovery of Cultural Heritage" course in Amman and Beirut. by the Technical University of Berlin
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Documentation
2018
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2017
Manual Notes and Documentation for Heritage Mosques in Northern Jordan Qasr al Nwaijis Roman Mausoleum- Manual Documentation
2017
Murtada House
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2015
Irbil Citadel-Kurdistan
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2016
Architecture, Interior and Landscape Design with “Farah Architects” office Regional Institute for Historic Preservation (B.A Graduation Project) As-Salt Urban Planning and Design
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Architecture and Urban Design
2015 2015
Digital and Manual Illustrations
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2013
Meditation Path- a spacial experience for the user as a Journey 16 for meditate
2013
Al-Tall Political Library
20172018
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The Regional Center for Conservation and Restoration RCCR The three frameworks for Jarash Regional Center are; conservation and restoration, training and research. On one hand, this programmatic framework will work to respond to the challenges of the Jordanian antiquities sector in the field of cultural heritage conservation, and to achieve integration with the academic role that the Jordanian universities which offer specialized programs in the fields of conservation and restoration, with lacking an institutional role to take on its shoulders in practical training and rehabilitation tasks. The location of the project was decided to be an adaptive re-use of a heritage governmental building built in 1952 in Jerash city in northern Jordan.
Before the adaptive re-use
After the adaptive re-use
Photo taken by @TURATH 1
2017-2021
My Role: I was responsible of coordinating and co-managing all the establishment activities from the initial starting point until the final phase of launching the RCCR ( 2017-2021). Activities included: coordination between the beneficiary (the Department of Antiquities of Jordan DoA), the funder (the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation AICS), the rehabilitation works managers (United Nations Office for Project Services UNOPS). Preparing the Preliminary studies regarding the aim of the project, the training program, define the profile for the future trainees, checking and registering all the machines, material and equipments received by the fund.
During work execution
After the adaptive re-use
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2019-2020
UNESCO project: Employment opportunities for cultural heritage safeguarding in Jordan/ Petra and Rihab
I was part of the team from the German Jordanian University that won a bid to do the studies and research for the UNESCO project in Petra and Rihab in Jordan. Tasks: Documentation, adaptive re-use design, trail design, preparing a stone inscriptions catalogue, Lapidarium design.
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Master’s Thesis
2018-2019
The Design and Evaluation of Protective Shelters for Mosaic Pavements in Madaba as a Conservation and Presentation Strategy - The Prophet Elias Church as a Case Study.
The purpose of this study was to learn from earlier designs and experiences of protective shelters in the Mediterranean region and in Jordan. Taking the area of Madaba as the core of the study, three main case studies were selected comprising the shelter at St. Stephen’s Church Complex in Um er-Rasas, the Memorial of Moses in Mount Nebo and the shelter at the Church of the Prophet Elias in the Madaba Archaeological Park. This has resulted in arriving at recommended solutions regarding one of the selected cases, namely the shelter at the Church of Prophet Elias
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2018-2019
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2017-2018
Tourism Managment Plan for Qasr al-Abed in Iraq al-Amir Qasr al Abed is the only standing Hillinistic structure in Jordan. While working at the Department of Antiquities, I designed several rehabilitation activities for the site. This was later developed into a Tourism Management Plan that was presented in the 14th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan (ICHAJ 14) in Florence, Italy in 2019.
Before rehabilitation works
After rehabilitation works
Designed podium and interpretation panel
executed podium and interpretation panel
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Trainer at the "Post-Conflict Recovery of Cultural Heritage" course in Amman and Beirut. by the Technical University of Berlin I was a trainer and supervisor for two years to a graduate group of Syrian and Jordanian students, in a program by the Department of Building Archaeology and Built Heritage Conservation at the Technical University of Berlin (TU). First year I gave a full week course about “Cultural Site Management” both theoretical and practical. Second year I was a supervisor for a trainee working in documenting, assesment mapping and conducting a management plan for a house in Karak- in the south of Jordan, in addition to attending and giving online discussions for other trainees in Syria and Lebanon
Interview with ArchHerNet link: https://www.archernet.org/2020/07/29/students-become-teachers-capacity-buildingin-jordan-interview-with-enas-qasem-andahmed-hariri/
Draft for the documentation and mapping for a heritage house in Karak, done with a trainee and supervised by me. 7
2018
Manual Notes and Documentation for Heritage Mosques in Northern Jordan
Weekly excursions with Prof. Thomas M. Weber-Karyotakis and students from the German Jordanian University to document and map partly little known architectural and natural monuments of Islamic heritage in Jordan. This lead to preparing the book (Above) with some of the my sketches published in it.
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2017
Qasr al Nwaijis Roman Mausoleum- Manual Documentation Part of the workshop of the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) and the German Jordanian University (GJU) Building Survey workshop. Using Manual Measuring and Total Station.
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Murtada House
2017
Documentation of one of Amman Heritage Houses in the old district of Jabal Amman. Group work.
Irbil Citadel-Kurdistan
2015
Documentation for the allies of Irbil Citadel. Part on an Internship with TURATH office in Amman. 2015. Software: AutoCad
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2016
Architecture, Interior and Landscape Design with “Farah Architects”
AJIB bank –Amman Wadi Saqra branch Interior design+ technical drawings
Izzat Marji Showroom Interior design + 3D modeling and rendering.
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Naour’s church site Renovation Landscape + 3D modeling and rendering
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2016
Regional Institute for Historic Preservation (B.A Graduation Project) This project was my Bachelor's graduation project, after which I continued working with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan on the same project but with a different site.
Regional Institute for Historic Preservation, is a center concerned with preserving historical tangible Archeology and historic buildings, by preparing well trained staff and technicians who are educated and passionate enough in the science and techniques of preservation.
Responding to Using the Grid of the Void ( court- the yard) with anoth- Existing to creat a er Void, without module. compromising the view of the main Elevation.
lighting elements (and ornaments) from the Elevation are used as ligting elements n the Horizantal Plane.
Framing the house without Blocking any view.
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Before intervention
After intervention
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2015
As-Salt Urban Planning and Design Phase I Urban Analysis
Historical Resources
Utilities
Housing Categories
Kevin Lynch Five elements of the city
Topography , Solid & Void , Vegetation
Meditation Path- a spacial experience for the user as 2013 a Journey for meditate Site :
Al Himmeh - North Irbid , The boarders between Jordan and Occupied Joulan Heights Plans
Plan at level -6.50 m
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Concept : Abstract space suggests Loneliness and Spiritual Freedom. Tadao Ando A dark Entrance within the Rocks of the Cliff and a Dark cave as an individual Meditation zone; to create a place for the individual , a zone for oneself within society. Tadao Ando Minimal Intervention on the Nature of the Cliff.
Al-Tall Political Library A local library Designed within the cultural context of al Tall, Downtown - Irbid, Jordan, containing a diverse archive of books and documents related to Political science, History, Comparative politics, Political methodology, Public law ... etc, both digitalized and hard copies.
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Digital and Manual Illustration
The Documenation of the different phaces of the deterioration and reconstruction of the Archaeological site of Hammam al-Sarah in al-Hallabat. - Personal Drawings for Academic purposes.
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Amman Citadel
Sample of the digital drawings for a documentry movie named: "al- Rahala K". Screened on al- Jazeera Documentry, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuEXts8XWR0&t=915s
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Manual Sketches
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oil Painting
Thank you - Enas H.Qasem - 2021 20
