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Acknowledgments

I like to thank, The University of Jordan, Department of Architecture, for the knowledge that they gave me throughout my undergraduate study, special thanks go to Prof. Salim El-Faqih, Dr. Firas Sharaf, Dr. Wael Al-Azhari, Dr. Nabil El-Kurdi, Dr. Ali Abu Ghanimeh, Prof. Kamil Mahadin, Dr. Salim Dahabreh, for there direct influence and guidance in my architectural education.

The right of Rakan Ayyoub to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and weather or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provision of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a license issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. Permissions maybe sought directly from Rakan Ayyoub Productions in Chicago, IL, e-mail: raproductions@gmail.com.

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Rakan Ayyoub An

Undergraduate

Student

Portfolio

ÂŠ Rakan Ayyoub Productions 2010

To my Family, Walid Ayyoub, Suhier Ayyoub, Faris Ayyoub, Yazan Ayyoub, and my friends.

Growing up in a boxed-in environment in the once suburban-now urban areas of Amman, I have over the years developed an affirmed consciousness vis-Ă -vis the issues of human habitats, the influence of certain environments on their behaviors, cultural aspects, and economic growth. As I traveled from one location to another, crossing many countries, I became fanatical about drawing at a very young age, and gained an ability to express my ideas and visual understanding of the material oriented world with a pen. I henceforth was constantly searching for solutions to enhance the human living conditions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; generally speaking about early childhood experimentation with engineering â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and merely talking about my teenage curiosity in general design, I became increasingly interested in the search of life improving philosophies. A scarcity driven economy, and an education in some of the best schools in Jordan influenced a scientific-earthly, yet an economical approach to my design process, which during college years, thrived to combine my obsessive perfectionism in functionality with secular aestheticism.

Rakan Ayyoub

Preface

General Information Name Birthday Address Email Phone Mobile Phone Home

Rakan Walid Badie Ayyoub March 22nd 1987 7619 West 162 Place Tinly Park, Illinois, 60477 rakan.ayyoub@gmail.com +1 708 262 6347 +1 708 444 1322

Architectural Experience

Skills

Attended 2010

Computer Software

Miras Co. for Engineering Consultations. Amman, Jordan

Position Attained

Summer Architectural Intern working on minor design assignments, construction documentation, and field observation.

2010

Educational Information Attended 1993 - 2005

College De La Salle , Freres, Amman, Jordan

Degrees Attained 2003

2005

Attended 2005 - 2010

Degrees Attained 2010

International General Certificate Of Secondary Education IGCSE Cambridge Examinations 3A* 5 A 3 Bs General Certificate Of Education GCE A-Levels London Edexel Examinations 2As, 2Bs The University of Jordan, Department of Architecture Amman, Jordan Bachelor of Science in Architecture Engineering B.Sc

Other Experience Attended 1999 -

Rakan Ayyoub Productions ÂŠ Amman, Jordan

Position Attained 1999 - 2010

Freelance Designer Design of major logos for various companies, brochures, dinning menus, business cards, book covers, audio engineering and audio recording.

Art & Production

Basic Architectural Photography EU Day Exhibition, embassy of Spain Amman Jordan

Position Attained May 2002

AutoCAD / AutoCAD Architecture / AutoCAD Civil 3d Revit Architecture Ecotect Analysis 3ds Max Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook Google Sketchup V-ray Rendering , Maxwell Rendering Adobe Photoshop Corel Draw Corel Photo-paint Corel Painter Corel Designer Sony Vegas, Acid and Soundforge Pro Cakewalk Sonar Pro. Free Hand Drawing, Water - oil color painting and rendering.

Awards Attended May 2002

Resume

First Prize Award Design of poster on how you picture Europe.

Language

Composing Musical Tracks, playing Guitar, Keyboards, Drums , & audio production English, read, write, speak fluently Arabic, read, write, speak fluently French, read, write, speak (passed the French Proficiency Tests DELF A1, A2).

Table Of Contents

PearlPlayArea

A C o n c e p t u a l A p p r a o c h

Public Library

A s t h e c i v i c h e a r t o f a c i t y

Courtyard Renovation A s c h o o l

r e n o v a t i o n

p r o j e c t

As a library is the civic heart of a city we can create an analogy based on a human’s heart anatomy, the human heart is a very complicated and a beautiful machine it is a perfectly assembled genius of function.

Project Abstract The project lies amidst the heart of the school of architecture in the university of Jordan, the central courtyard brings in light, and enables natural ventilation to the surrounding corridors, a major renovation was made.

Project Abstract The Coffee place was chosen to have a very deconstructionist and provocative look in order to make it stand out from the crowed of traditional Jordanian architecture present in “Mount Waibdeh”

Rakan Ayyoub Student

Project Abstract

Project Abstract A Hotel designed to fit in a very distinct area in the Jordanian capital Amman, a suburban district known as Dabouq. Dabouq is an area which is inhibited with upper class citizens and their luxurious mansions.

The Bookplace Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

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A Children’s play area was designed using a conceptual approach derived from a natural phenomena,

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Project Abstract Located in one of Jordans most visited areas, Jabal Amman â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mount Ammanâ&#x20AC;? the area is a very rich cultural and urban space. The Computer History Museum was established as a non-profit organization in 1999 in the united states.

37 Computer History Museum A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Project Abstract A bank project was intended to teach students the ways in which mid-rise buildings are built and designed, the project is located in an area stacked with mid-rise buildings, and is a very vital commercial and business district in the Jordanian Capital.

47 National Commercial Bank A f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

Project Abstract Madaba as a growing city required the building of a city arena for its youth. The arena was built in order for the city to enjoy further physical development of its youth, an was designed as a place to be used in musical concerts regarding the important annual Jordan Festival,

Project Abstract Chosen in the city of zarka, the functional requirements of the program were quite brutal and a lot of the concentration was on functional and structural accuracy and on healthcare conceptual design for eye centers in general.

Project Abstract Chosen to be erected in the northen parts of Jordan, the village of Shatana stands on its own right as a Jordanian Cultural , Religious, and Traditional Heritage. Chosen from a very few remaining all Christian villages in the country, a visionary architectural and a minor urban development project was implemented in order to capture and boldly expose the Genius Loci of the place.

Madaba City Arena a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

Sha ana v i s i o n a r y

I N T E R V E N T I O N

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Pinctada imbricata horny layer prismatic layer

mother of pearl.

wave motion adaptation

regularly shaped

specific shape

irregular

Intruder

shell

The wave motion of the sea or lake water waves has a special effect on the adaptation of an oyster, each oyster shell has a specific shape to cope with the waves of a specific area in the ocean.

mantle. Mantle cavity

The valves of an oyster are composed of 3 layers. The horny layer, made of protein chonchiolin, protects against acids, the second is composed of calcium carbonate (agronite) and know as the prismatic layer it brings the oyster its strength, the third is the mother of pearl.

The self concept of a child is a mental image that each child renders about him self.

thorn like obstacles

Pearl PlayArea A C o n c e p t u a l A p p r a o c h

An oyster is an animal, a mollusc. the scientific classification of the most famous pearl producing oysters is Pinctada imbricata, it is made of 2 valves.

Pearls are not necessarily regularly shaped as a sphere, some pearls are totally irregular, this relies on the shape of a parasite. An Intruder such as a fish may irritate the oyster, the formation of a pearl biggins as the intruder is trapped between the shell and the mantle. The Mantle cavity is the part of the oyster that is between the two valves. Intruders pass through the mantle cavity after moving through thorn like obstacles.

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Dr. Omar Amireh Dr. Firas Sharaf

The Mantle is the top layer of the oyster. It contains the cells producing the mother of pearl. It is so flesh like and mucus surrounded.

Project Objectives: by going through the pearl - oyster like surfaces of our play area, feeling and sensing those surfaces, the child can form a better mental image about him/herself, plus gaining a mysterious self revealing subconscious learning experience.

By moving on the water bed the child can sense the reality of being on a mantle, from the water bed he can access the different floors of the game. Bivalve Stairs The Three levels of the game are connected using a funky stair like structure. the point of connection gives the game a bivalve similar appearance in an abstract way. When a child moves through the stairs he can feel the bivalve closure and hence feel the transition in the 3 shell levels and layers. each level contains different activities for the child resembling the levels in a normal shell.

The Tunnel The narrow tunnel, created in the game resembles many features, the bars inside resemble the thorn like structures in the mantle cavity. and as the tunnel is waved the chilled by turning his body will resemble a wave motion. The tunnel in its essence resembles the mantle cavity, the intruder (the child in the game) moves from one end to the other. The tunnel is padded and has mirrors on the inner surface, these may help him to create a better self image about him self.

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The Balancing See Saws These seesaws resemble the properties of the prismatic layer of the shell, as the prismatic layer has a balanced composition of agronite and protein, the child walking on these seesaws and trying to balance himself makes him/her more self conscious and increases his attention span.

The Trampoline and the Rope Bridge

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The ball resembles the pearl formation process in an oyster in an abstract way. The kids fall in the ball pool resembling the irritant intruders. The balls resembling the mother of pearl particles of agronite, surround the kids in the baroque pearl like container. The kids can reach the ball pool from the slide on the third floor.

Dr. Omar Amireh Dr. Firas Sharaf

The Ball Pool

Pearl PlayArea A C o n c e p t u a l A p p r a o c h

The Water Bed

Elevation

The Conceptual Approach

Public Library A s t h e c i v i c h e a r t o f a c i t y

As a library is the civic heart of a city we can create an analogy based on a humanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart anatomy, the human heart is a very complicated and a beautiful machine it is a perfectly assembled genius of function.

blood systematic circulation

users circulation of knowledge in the country

pulmonary circulation

circulation of knowledge in the library

Lungs and air

The world of knowledge

Internal Circulation

Circulation of books in the library

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A library is a place for getting unrestricted information in all media formats, and to provide the means for finding the required information. It is the interaction between the staff, the library system and the users them self. By a deep understanding of the various aspects of a libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spacial program and the functional relationships between spaces and circulation patterns of users, staff, books and periodicals a metaphoric concept can thus be developed.

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Public Library

As the civic heart of a city

Right Atrium

Left Atrium

Right Ventricle

Left Ventricle

Here the rear end of the library can be seen, this area is basically an integrated area for the technical services division. A service door with a loading dock door is visible, and the large scale of the library can be seen according to the man at the bottom. The transparent glass facades and partially opaque shields supply the basic needs of natural lightning within the library.

Public Library A s t h e c i v i c h e a r t o f a c i t y

From Lugs

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To Pulmonary Circulation

The drawing clearly shows the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entrances and exits towards their corresponding lobbies, two billboard areas were left empty a t t h e f r o n t so that any desired graphic or announcement can be installed. The heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transparency is clearly noticeable with the shiny metal trims.

Dr. Ali Abu Ghanemeh Dr. Nabil Al Kurdi

To Body

Perspective Drawings

Left Atrium

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Public Library A s t h e c i v i c h e a r t o f a c i t y

Administrative Entrance

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Reading Area 3

Lobby

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Administration Has its solitary entrance, and a wide entrance was created for storage, the lecture halls are separated near the common entrance lobby.

Loading and Storage

2 Classification 3

Jacketing

Computers

Lecture Hall

Lobby

Gallery

Exit Lobby

Depute

Secretary and Chief

11 General Office 13 Archives 14 Meetings

Escalators represent the heart’s cardiac circulation, the circulation deck as the heart’s valves. Reviewing areas provide quick reviewing for on shelf material, indexes were spread around the books for a quick access to desired material. Rare books were isolated in a room with its special reading area. The librarian’s office was put near the books for quick help inquiries.

1 Indexing 2 Check In 3 Circulation 4 Main Book Stacks 5 Indexes 6

Reviewing

7 Rare Books 8 Librarian 9 Special Collections 10 Check Out

Second Floor

The exit and entrance lobbies represent the pathways of oxygenated blood to the heart and exit from the heart through the pulmonary vein Administrative services and technical services are separated by a common meeting room.

First Floor

Entrance

Ground Floor Instructors:

Dr. Ali Abu Ghanemeh Dr. Nabil Al Kurdi

Exit

The café was given a modern look with fancy seating and a relieving, revealing view to the open atrium bellow, this creates a state of mental interaction between people in the café and the visitors. Periodicals were placed near the café to create a visual interaction between magazines and café users. The reading areas were isolated towards the northen end near the glass facade, this brings in natural daylight for reading. The reading area reveals the book stacks on the first floor creating visual continuity between the readers and the book stacks.

1 Indexing 2 Periodicals 3 Reading Area 4 References

Instructors:

Dr. Ali Abu Ghanemeh Dr. Nabil Al Kurdi

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Public Library A s t h e c i v i c h e a r t o f a c i t y

Project Abstract

Courtyard Renovation A s c h o o l r e n o v a t i o n p r o j e c t

The project lies amidst the heart of the school of architecture in the university of Jordan, the central courtyard brings in light, and enables natural ventilation to the surrounding corridors, trees are present as means of shading and evaporative cooling by transpiration during hot summer days, making it a very beautiful and an attractive focal point in the school. Due to the economic situations in the country the courtyard hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t received much attention since the early 80s, only some building workshop projects are found in it, and due to prevailing arid weather conditions they are almost unfunctional.

Courtyard Renovation

Conceptualization

Instructors:

Dr. Ali Abu Ghanemeh Dr. Nabil Al Kurdi

A s c h o o l

We Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Neglect the direct relationship between nature and architecture and how the direct relation lies somewhat hidden in the natural unobservable phenomena of the earth. One phenomenon is earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magnificent magnetic field, the filed lines in the project are directly used as a grid system to produce the architecture and the landscaping forms.

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Courtyard Renovation A s c h o o l r e n o v a t i o n p r o j e c t Grid lines where desired to be the earth main magnetic fields, and are determined by using a simple compass, the lines mainly pass through the tree towards the north, south magnetic, and geographic grids correspondingly.

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To start with placing a certain grid one of the trees was chosen to be the point on which the grid passes through, a central artistic structure was designed in order to be focal point, to elicit undesired circulation patterns, and reduce any student traffic congestion especially when moving project models from a studio to the other.

Dr. Ali Abu Ghanemeh Dr. Nabil Al Kurdi

Preliminary Sketches The courtyard can be separated into 4 main zones right and left, and the 2 zones in the center. Through the yard passes 2 circulation bridges for the upper zones of the school. As a basic step towards a useful way to use the courtyard is the satisfaction of lost vital functions in the school, such as a bookshop with printing and plotting services and a coffee shop, to serve sleep deprived architecture students! .

Preliminary Sketches

Courtyard Renovation A s c h o o l r e n o v a t i o n p r o j e c t Instructors:

Dr. Ali Abu Ghanemeh Dr. Nabil Al Kurdi

It was really easy to figure out new wall and ground treatments, and to use some order in a courtyard lacking noticeable architectural order. First it was necessary to permit light to pass through in order to reveal more color when dealing with new wall decorative paintings, by reducing the size of the trees.

Glass Brick One of the best inventions of all time Magnetic Fields A direct relation with architecture Stone Pebbles A Basic building material

The central structure in the project is composed mainly of two overlapping semi-ellipses. The ellipses symbolize the direction of the earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magnetic geographic and North/South and Magnetic North/South. The angle between both ellipses or arrows as I prefer to call them I about 20 degrees, which is the range of the ever-changing earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magnetic field. The structure takes the shapes of a high-rise building symbolizing the combination of the six elements in the structure overtime to develop the science and art of architecture. Top

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The perspective below shows the gallery area and how it is positioned near the stepped seating area. The walls act as exhibitions to exhibit any outstanding students work.

Courtyard Renovation A s c h o o l r e n o v a t i o n p r o j e c t

Vegetation No Building is complete without nature

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Water The Basic need for all life forms

Dr. Ali Abu Ghanemeh Dr. Nabil Al Kurdi

Steel Panels Symbolizes the use of steel in buildings

West

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interior Section

Dr. Ali Abu Ghanemeh Dr. Nabil Al Kurdi

the magnetic field grid distribution is evident in the plan view, landscaping, the central structure and the the water stream.

Floor Plan Interior Section

Courtyard Renovation A s c h o o l r e n o v a t i o n p r o j e c t

Courtyard Renovation A s c h o o l r e n o v a t i o n p r o j e c t Instructors:

The bookshop may also offer architectural supplies and printing services such as plotting and scanning, laser cutting and other CNC related model making services.

The area in front of the cafĂŠ maybe used for studying or dinning.

Dr. Ali Abu Ghanemeh Dr. Nabil Al Kurdi

The Archicafe The Archibooks Shop

The Archibook division is a bookshop for generaly needed architectural books that cannot be found easily, university press releases and various architectural periodicals.

The Archicafe is a quick snack cafeteria that offers quick access to light snacks. The cafĂŠ offers cold drinks, various types of coffee, and pastry for architectural students and staff.

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Dabouq LuxuryHotel Hotel Daboque Luxury

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Project Abstract

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

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A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan

Dabouq Luxury Hotel The project is located in a very distinct area in the Jordanian capital Amman, a suburban district known as Dabouq. Dabouq is an area which is inhibited with upper class citizens and their luxurious mansions.

bring more urban appreciation to the area, the hotel was chosen to be placed in this site. the site In order to

is known for its mediterranean climate and plant cover. the site contour is very steep.

All the styles mentioned above indicate a high degree of insensitivity and eccentricity among higherincome groups.

Villages show an architectural trend similar in composition to houses belonging to the old Middle Eastern area especially in the western areas towards the Mediterranean and the housing is usually made of stone and wood and having ancient constructional methods such as ribbed vaults and beams.

The styles mentioned above are usually encouraged by the architects themselves.

Bedouins, on the other hand, showed some undemanding and easy to fit building methods such as tents.

3. The lack of a predominant style in this area reflects a

For me it was the tent that made it into my mind after having to think for a while.

state of Stylistic Flux or an on-going evolutionary process.

4. In all styles there is some degree of eclecticism or Kitch or the tend to mimic a western culture.

Municipal by-Laws and building regulations in the Amman area regarding the compulsory stone facing have failed to create any type of urban homogeneity

Bayt char or 'house of hair' - the black Bedouin tents are traditionally woven from goats' hair. Nowadays the woven strips can be bought, but many women still weave their own. When it rains the weave contracts and doesn't let the water in. In the heat of the summer the outside of the tent feels very hot to the touch while the inside remains blissfully cool. In the winter when it is cold outside with a small fire inside the reverse is true, and the tent stays warm and cozy. In Bedouin traditions the unexpected visitor will be invited into the men's section, although subject to close scrutiny through any holes in the curtain dividing it from the women's section.

Dabouq LuxuryHotel A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

architectural acrobaticism or a kitch. In a survey the observations that were suggested and stated that:

Pre the early 1920s most of the Jordanian area was occupied by either agricultural peasants living in Jordanian villages such as Hmud, Samad, Tibneh and many others or by Bedouins occupying most of the desert land area.

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villas having no architectural roots in the original Jordanian heritage and traditions, most villas in that area seem to be a mix of a modern , post modern, Islamicist, classicist architectural styles forming and eclectic or indefinable style, witch can be called an

Getting frustrated from that situation and trying to find a solution we tried to search back into the pre-architectural boom in the Jordanian land.

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lavishly extravagant

Concept Formation

Site Situation

Dabough as lightly occupied area with a low population density seems to become more occupied over the years with

allowing curvature

Translucency and the ability to spectacularly light both internal and external spaces.

enabling us to consider different methods of creating environments - rather than boxing space in

fabric buildings can last generations, and conform to the same structural codes as permanent buildings

5. architectural fabrics are capable of exceptional spans 6.

And extraordinary illuminated effects. Lighting a structure can conjure a glowing effect which brings a landmark quality to any building.

The concept is to mainly produce a building shape functionally correct as a hotel with a typical functional diagram however to

mixture between modern and old in order to define the time frame in which we are in, and develop the latest building technology in a emerge with a

way that serves our traditions and needs and produces a modern Jordanian style obtained mostly by looking at the roots of our culture rather than trying to mimic what already exists, thus creating a true landmark in the area, hence a tourist attraction towards a dead area.

A centralized plan was chosen for this project, locating the back of the house and other services within a central core, thus allowing for optimal service speed to the front of the house regions. A combination of axial and central plan distribution was chosen in order to allow different regions to benefit from sun, wind and the best use of views.

Metal fabric panels that can be woven in sizes up to 20' wide by 200' long

Flat panels that are mounted vertically to a building faรงade require structural support at the top and the bottom of each panel only. Intermediate locations require minimal support and are designed to maintain consistent distance between the metal fabric panels and the face of the building

Tension panels can be designed as fall protection systems, to provide hurricane window protection and to provide bomb blast protection for buildings designed with blast mitigation

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Conceptualisation

Project Geometry

Concept Formation

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Dabouq LuxuryHotel Hotel Daboque Luxury

Instructors:

A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan

Although the later part wont be able to provide a good hospitality concept option for both genders, though the former could. Tents of the ancient were the basis of larger tensile membrane structure invention. Tensile fabric structures are a dramatic and exciting method of construction, benefits of these structures lay in:

Located on a hill, the project required a very stable structure, this meant that a symmetrical form is to be chosen.

in order to comply with the chosen tensile structure curvilinear geometry was used, this allows for easy way finding and a better use of the available views.

Dabouq LuxuryHotel A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

stepping slabs that comply with the natural slope of the site and supporting columns that curve gently with the tensile structure that sits above, were to be used in such a case.

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1. Meeting Rooms, 2,3,4 Clinic and Services, 5,6 Meeting Room and Foyer, 7 lobby open space, 8 General Manager, 9 secretary, 10 assistant manager, 11 staff manager, 12 director of accounts, 13 Banqueting Manager , 14 Front Office, 15 Files and Archives, 16 Meeting Room, 17 Foyer, 18,19 Restaurants

The elevation shows the main entry of the service and employees cars entrance towards the truck deck and the lower car park. the guest rooms at this side enjoy a pleasant view towards the east side, viewing the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skyline and bringing early morning sunshine, these rooms maybe be used for business purposes. notice the overlapping lobby area of the terraces and the room facades and how the membrane structure demonstrates a tent like structure over the upper restaurants. Notice also the decorative steel work and how it holds the building. You can also see the columns through the membrane structure covering the lobby.

Instructors:

A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan

East Elevation

Project Geometry Plan Level 1

This plan of the First level mainly shows the relation between the restaurants and lounges and the route of access through the lobby, guests will have to either take the panoramic elevators or the stairs up to the level. It also shows the upper administrative areas and the hotels clinic.

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The elevation shows the indoor swimming pools, the panoramic elevators and the first floor leisure areas, notice how each elevator foyer has a view down on the swimming pools and other services, the large class facade frames the view on various levels towards the swimming pool areas to create a pleasant feeling of security and well being in the hotel, the view towards that facade also shows the stunning nature of the area through the foyer.

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Plan B-1

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Dabouq LuxuryHotel Hotel Daboque Luxury

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A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan

This plan of the basementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first level mainly shows the relations between the truck deck, the car park inclination, the loading areas, and the corresponding stores, it mainly represents the housekeeping department along with all its branches, notice the functional relationships between the spaces, and how they relate to guest and other areas.

Meeting Room

Service Stairs

Admin

Lobby

Service Stairs

Housekeeping Linen

Admin Reception

Mechanical Room Wall

Electrical Room Wall

Service Corridor

Service Stairs

Service Stairs Dishrack area

Dish Washing

Hot Food Truck Area

Ice and Water

Service Stairs

Ball Room W.C Service Stairs

1. Laundry, 2. General Store ,3. Truck Deck ,4. Function Room Store, 5. Workshop ,6. Workshop Store, 7. Receiving Area , 8. Garbage Store, 9. Garbage Refrigerator , 10. Dining Hall, 11. Uniform Gain, 12. Upholstery, 13. Paint, 14. Carpentry, 15. Telephone Equipment, 16. Electrical Room, 17. Mechanical Room, 18. Generator,19. Beverage Store 20. Empty Bottles, 21. Steward, 22. Changing Rooms, 23. Foyer, 24, 25. Guest Rooms

W.C

Service Stairs

This section of the hotel clearly shows the relation between the lobby and the tent membrane structure, the columns can also be seen spanning the entire lobby from bottom to top. Notice the slab in the lobby holding the administrative areas and allowing pathways for guests hitting the upper restaurants. The section shows the service stairs and how they allow services to reach each subsequent hotel floor. You can also notice the relation between service areas such as the kitchens and the housekeeping department and how they relate to other areas, including the high ceiling ballroom in the lower level.

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Dabouq LuxuryHotel A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Front Elevation

The elevation shows the main entry through the lobby area; notice the large glass facade and how the membrane structure demonstrates a tent like structure. Notice also the decorative steel and glass work. you can also see the columns through the glass.

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1. Car Park, 2. Ramp ,3. Time Keeper ,4. Staff Rest Area, 5. W.C ,6. Cold Prep., 7. Meat & Fish Prep , 8. Veg. Prep, 9. Dry Store , 10. Cold Store, 11. Ref Store, 12. Bulk Store, 13. Cooking, 14. Final Cooking, 15. Room Service Office, 16. Chief Office, 17. Pot Washing, 18. Bakery,19. Trucks, ice and water 20. Dish Washing 21. Dish Racks, 22. Foyer, 23,24. Guest Rooms

A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan

Plan B-3

Plan B-2

This plan shows the main hotel kitchen, and its relation to the car park, employees will have to take the elevator up to the housekeeping department or the kitchen and thus must pass by the time keeper, this isolation of levels between the kitchens and the housekeeping department is to ensure maximum hygiene and reduce the risk of steeling by the employees.

This plan shows a level that consists mainly of guest rooms, notice the royal suites at the end of the corridor, the ball rooms double volume overlaps this area, however there is a span between the rooms and the ball room area. 1. Ball Room Control, 2. Ball Room ,3.Foyer ,4. Terrace, 5. Terrace,6,7. Guest Rooms.

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The perspective drawing shows the indoor swimming pool and its unique design.

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Restautent Foyer

Pub and Cocktail lounge

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W.C

Service Stairs

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Banqueting manager

W.C

Telephone switches

Director of Accounts

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assistant manager

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Lobby corridor

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Service Stairs

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Mechanical Room Elevator Foyer

Guest Room

Houskeeping corridor

Service Stairs

Beverage Store

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Director of Accounts

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Directors of sales

Shop

Truck Deck

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Guest Room

Kitchen corridor

Service Stairs

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room service office

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Car Ramp

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Section A-A

Fron Entrance

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Dabouq LuxuryHotel Hotel Daboque Luxury

Instructors:

A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan

This plan of the basement first level mainly shows the relations between the truck deck, the car park inclination, the loading areas, and the corresponding stores, it mainly represents the housekeeping department along with all its branches, notice the functional relationships between the spaces, and how they relate to guest and other areas.

Elevator Foyer

Service Stairs

This section taken from the side of the hotel clearly shows the relation between the lobby and the upper floor restaurants with the tent membrane structure, the mechanical shaft can also be seen spanning the entire building from bottom to top. Notice the stepping in the bottom hotel slab due to the difference in contour heights. The relationship between the truck deck, the car parks and the street levels can be easily understood from here. notice also how the upper restaurant has a high ceiling level due to the presence of the membrane structure.

The drawing shows the hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open lobby area, it is a very large double volume space allowing natural light to enter from both the glass facades and the membrane structure giving a very desert like ambience. Furniture with sandy colors were chosen for this purpose. Double occupancy

this room comes as a standard room with 2 full sized beds, a flat LCD screen and a small setting area.

this room comes as a standard room with a king sized bed, a flat LCD screen, a small setting area a kitchenette and a small setting room and another double occupancy room, and the lower floor consists of a larger kitchenette a larger living room and a dinning area.

Dabouq LuxuryHotel A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Royal Suite

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this room comes as a standard room with a king sized bed, a flat LCD screen, a small setting area a kitchenette and a small setting room and another double occupancy room.

A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan

Executive Suite

Mini Suite

this room comes as a standard room with a king sized bed, a flat LCD screen, a small setting area a kitchenette and a small setting room.

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Dabouq LuxuryHotel Hotel Daboque Luxury

Project Image

Instructors:

A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan

The project sits on the hills showing a harmonious play with the topography, and allows for a shocking feeling upon arrival of guests, the materials to be used were low e spider hung curtain walls, 40 cm concrete slabs, mixed with a membrane tensile structure held by stainless steel columns.

Various activities might take place in the area including ballooning, hiking and many others. Below the pool area an amphitheater may be installed for optimum use of the landscape, it may be used for music events, thus that all the rooms around the pool area may be able to enjoy the event.

Landscaping is supposed to be minimal, and there is an emphasis on Mediterranean trees and shrubs in order to better mix with the environment. The pool in the middle is sheltered from western and eastern winds and faces towards the south, allowing a wide view towards the whole Amman area, and also allows for southern sun to be used at its best for tanning and other purposes.

a cultural artifact seen from all around the capital

Instructors:

A r c h i t e c t Jaffar Tukan

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Dabouq LuxuryHotel A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Project Abstract

The Bookplace Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Located in a very distinct district in The Jordanian Capital, Jabal Al Waibdeh â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mount Waibdehâ&#x20AC;? is one of the oldest inhibited areas in the history of Amman, the Coffee place was chosen to have a very

deconstructionist and provocative look in order to make it stand out from the crowed of traditional Jordanian architecture present in the area

Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

TheA Book place C afe t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Darat al-Funun, which incorporates the renovation of three of modern Amman’s earlier houses into an integrated complex, takes up a full city block, and provides a very positive example of both architectural and urban intervention in the city. It is a place where people can meet over a cup of coffee, view art, attend lectures and concerts, or read at the library. The Amman Municipality and the French Embassy cooperated on updating another important node of Jabal al-Luweibdeh, Duwwar alHawuz (the Water Tower Square, named after the water tower that previously used to be located there). The square has been rehabilitated as a landscaped urban square, and has been

renamed Square de Paris. It is

a popular

location that is packed with people on summer evenings and nights. The site sits right on the street surrounding the Al-Hawuz Roundabout, thus it is a very strategic area to develop a cultural and social business in that area, hence it will be economically and culturally rewarding.

1 floor 2 floors

The site is surrounded by various buildings of various cultural values, the building tend to be of various heights since they were built way before planning and building legislation and regulations were put. Due to this fact the site is wrapped by 3 one way streets in order to control traffic flow.

A Folded structure was employed

A Basic slab folding technique was used in order to create exciting places in the interior, an a very provocative form from the exterior. Cardboard cut in many places was used and different parts were folded, the rest was filled with glass. The folding resulted in a very angular form, which was favored over clean cuts for that it hints for some kind of motion when viewed from the one way streets it sits near.

The Bookplace Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

3 floors

Project Conceptualization

3 floors

The buildings evolved over time in an arithmetic way in a series of 1 to 2 levels, the regulations changed to allow 3, or m o r e .

This growth in length is equal to the change in time, and the continuity and flawlessness of time induces us to think of 1 continuous structure such as a folded structure. When observing the area's skyline of the nearby buildings, each level of the surroundings, can be combined and compressed into a multilevel structure, thus creating a folded sectional grid, jumping in and about 6 levels, each level represents a change in functionality.

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urban nodes,

4 floors

The narrow voids linking between buildings are interlocking at different points, these points allow activity to transform and change so it is reflecting the motion of cars and pedestrians w i t h i n t h a t a r e a .

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Jabal al-Luweibdeh has a number of very pleasant

Site Area

Project Geometry

The Site Area

Jabal al-Luweibdeh has emerged as the area in which a number of Amman’s important art centers are located. Darat al-Funun (House of Arts) / The Khalid Shoman Foundation was established during the early 1990’s in its older parts, and is only at a walking distance from the downtown area. The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts was established about a quarter of a century ago in the newer western parts of Jabal alLuweibdeh. These two important cultural institutions incorporate the adaptive reuse of preexisting structures. Smaller galleries and art centers also recently have been established in Jabal al-Luweibdeh, and a number of artists have set up their studios there.

Change in building height = change in time

Time Represents continuity , a folded structure

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Hence a 6 leveled folded structure with 6 changes in activity

Plan Ground Floor

The Bookplace Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

This plan shows the small entrance area, it was designed in this manner to allow for security measures, a ramp follows to take the users to another level hence a change of functionality towards an ordering counter and a setting area, the area views a gallery below from the void and a view towards the outside, the right part of the plan shows another setting area that leads to inclined book shelves. 8

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view of the setting area towards the Void, notice how the void is used as a spanning multistory exhibition space.

The ability to store more books on an inclined bended slab is of vital importance to the projects economical survival, angular walls allow for easy leveling, thus a ramp was created that crosses one level of bookshelves right onto another level, and up towards another ramp that leads to the outside terraces.

The Inclining Book Shelf

Terrace

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2 Entrance Transformation Gallery

Section A-A

Inclining Book Shelves

Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

1. Main Entrance, 2. Inclining Ramp ,3. Prep. Area ,4. Ordering Counter, 5. W.C ,6. Setting and Reading., 7. Void Open To Below , 8. Inclining Book Shelves , 9. Setting and Reading

Inclining Book Shelf primary sketches

The section shows the sequential jump of levels from number 1 “ The entrance” to number 6 “ The gallery” Notice the ramp leading towards the reading areas which in turn shifts level to the inclined book shelves which is on the same level then shifts levels by ramps towards the terrace. Notice how the exhibition space is created by the void and the hanging artwork that can be seen from all around the building.

The Bookplace Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

an interior shot showing the reading area towards the book shelves, notice the particular design of the Inclining book

shelves, as you can view the books by going up the ramp towards the 3rd level.

Plan Basement

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1. Staff Area, 2. Mechanical ,3. W.C. ,4. Exit, 5. Multipurpose Gallery

Section B-B

The Bookplace Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

This plan shows the Lower Level Gallery Space, the space may be used for many purposes, art exhibitions, musical performances, or maybe rented as a private party or lecture space. Staff have a small administrative space.

this interior shot shows the high ceiling of the gallery. notice how the project's upper ceiling is used to hang portraits or art works towards the gallery.

Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

The section reveals the accompanying gallery space below, and the administrative spaces. a glimpse of the bookshelf area can also be seen here.

The front elevation reveals the cantilevering structure of the building the administrative areas and the entrance

The Back elevation faces a northen area were there is no direct lightning, northen areas may reduce favorable ambient conditions. This is the elevation used for the book shelves, it is mainly used as a folded slab that holds most of the building together.

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The Bookplace Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Showing an overview of the whole project.

1. Open Terrace Area, 2. Exit towards terrace ,3. Void Open to reading area below. ,4. Shopping Area, 5. Book Shelvesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ramp.

The elevation shows the interior clearly, it clearly shows the relationship between ramps and various levels on the elevation inside.

Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

The Site Area

The top level plan demonstrates the exact relation ship between the book shelves and the open terrace are above it, people can freely enjoy checking books and walking towards the top at the same time. The Shop area is available at the top to allow for movement continuity, an elevator can be used by disabled visitors.

The Bookplace Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

REDEFINING AL WAIBEDEH’S PAST AND

LONG AWAITED FUTURE OF THE COMING GENERATIONS SHOWING THE

Showing the entrance towards the café, notice the difference in levels.

Pathway

One way street

project top Surrounding Buildings

The landscaping was kept minimal and preserved already existing trees and other features.

Showing Amman Parade through the area of the proposed project.

The Bookplace Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

entry level

One way street

Al Hawuze Circle

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It is evident from the site plan how the project interacts with the surrounding streets and passage ways, passers can park their cars near street areas and walk towards the project to enter at street level.

One way street

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

The Site Plan

Walking in Jabal al-Luweibdeh is a beautiful experience. This district is one of the few places that contain and preserve memories of the history of Amman before its massive expansion during the 1970s. It presents so much that is positive in urban life. It allows for comfortable pedestrian movement, its urban fabric is delicately woven, its buildings have a human scale, and its mature trees provide shade, elegant vertical accents, and color. To me, Jabal al-Luweibdeh one of Ammanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most beautiful districts.

Project Abstract

Computer History Museum A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

Located in one of Jordan’s most visited areas, Jabal Amman “Mount Amman” the area is a very rich cultural and urban space. The Computer History Museum was established as a non-profit organization in 1999 in the united states. The Museum is dedicated to the

preservation and celebration of computing history. It is home to one of the largest international collections of computing artefacts in the world, encompassing computer hardware, ephemera, photographs, moving images, documents and software.

ComputerAHistory Museum t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Transitional Space Circulatory Space Below Auditorium

Sectional Zoning Diagram

As a primary function that can be buried under ground an auditorium served as a perfect choice, people can pass above the auditorium and interact directly with the spectators below by means of openings in the roof area, from were people from the auditorium area and above can interact.

'heritage attraction point' and set forth plans to preserve and develop the historic hill. For Such plans the creation of a museum in such an area was a required thing. As a means of selecting a theme for the museum the computer history museum appeared to be the most appealing, since it is one of a kind and it was an excellent idea to visualize something analogous opening up in the country.

Exhibition Space Program Interconnection path

Exhibition Space Program

Interconnection path

Exhibition Space Program

The Formation of a logical schemata

The Space above was ideal for the placement of the various exhibitions, however the exhibitions were supposed to run in a sequential manner. After choosing the exhibitions required, the sequence of placement was a major player in the form creation process. The sequence of spaces is of great importance of the creation of a certain schemata in the visitors mind, hence it seemed that a direct distinction and separation of various functional spaces was vital to achieve such a result, and blocks or units of exhibition were employed. The units or blocks of the building designed, include some of the main exhibitions of the original computer history museum, like the computer time line exhibition, the storage history exhibition, the silicone engine exhibition, the internet history exhibition, and the computer history of advertisement.

Primary space formation

The Sketch shows the primary formation of the spaces in elevation form , it is clear how the auditorium space is buried underneath and the rest of the museum is composed of interconnected spaces that overlap each other and are connected.

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jabal Amman was informally established as an elite neighborhood of Amman. As Amman spread west, the 1st Circle was built and Jabal Amman became a primary east-west artery for the quickly expanding city. As the area aged, trees and greenery matured. Today, full grown trees line the streets of Jabal Amman, In 2005, the Greater Amman Municipality recognized Jabal Amman as a

Exhibition Space Program

Computer History Museum A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

space above serves exhibitions

To conceptualize the design; since the functional requirements of a museum are quite limited, it was easy to symbolize the conception to include chips each comprising an architectural program, thus being analogous to the machine language of a computer, with interconnecting paths forming an analogous circulation pattern, which introduces a sequential programming of the visitor as he passes through the so called units

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

moved into the neighborhood during the same time, they began to build houses, many of the houses featuring a single story and a large front porch running the entire front exposure of the building.

The site is a sloping site that sits right on the Mountain, the sloping contours meant that some parts of the museum can be hidden below ground level, and other levels can rise high above it leaving a clear open space that can be used as transitional waiting and circulation area.

Project Conceptualization

early 20th century architecture. When politicians and entrepreneurs distinctive

Project Geometry

The Site

Jabal Amman is renowned for its historic buildings and

Computer History Museum A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Units had their own program to encourage the formation of this schemata, many of the programs were composed of labyrinthine movements allowing the visitor to go around the unit to explore the possibility of understanding for example the history of microprocessors etc...

Labyrinthine movement

Geometrical formations The sketches show the basic formations of a grid of geometrical patterns that lead to the formation of the overall shape of the project, and the arrangement of exhibition spaces in elevation view. The sketch shows the formation of these labyrinthine movements, along the path of walking and exhibitions.

Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

Exhibition Unit

Overall Layering

The geometrical patterns of the museum were designed according to microprocessor and electronic board wire formations giving a distinctive angular form to the project.

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Microprocessor History Exhibition

Displays the sequential step by step change from the early days of the vacuum tube, to the first microprocessor, up to modern processors.

1. Reception, 2. General Office ,3. Secretary ,4. Chief, 5. Meeting Room 6.W.C.

Left Elevation

First Level

1. Entrance, 2. Reception Counter ,3. Lobby Area ,4. W.C., 5. Auditorium, 6. Back Stage, 7. Mechanical Equipment.

1. Computer Time line Exhibition, 2. Entrance ,3. Entrance ,4. Visible Storage Exhibition.

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

the timeline travels around the history of computing from 1939 to 1994. Each year features, illustrated descriptions of significant innovations in hardware and software technology, as well as landmarks in areas such as commercial applications and artificial intelligence. When appropriate, biographical sketches of 3 the pioneers responsible 2 4 for the advances are included, this is displayed 1 via LCD screens in the first unit, you can see this is the first interior shot.

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Computer History Timeline

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The Administrative department plays a vital role in the function of the museum, from the sales, marketing and strategic planning general offices to all other functions within. The department utilizes one of the blocks, this letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employees enjoy the benefits of working in the museum environment.

Thrid Level

Administrative Offices

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

Second Level

Ground Level

The ground level shows the entry towards a major lobby, from the lobby you can be either directed towards the stairs or elevator towards the top or, to the auditorium on the behind area.

1. Entrance, 2. Gallery Space

Computer History Museum A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

Computer History Timeline Exhibition, Notice the high-tech materials, showing great reflective properties , the screens can display videos or anything regarding the history of computers, notice also the ambient conditions created by the connection like opening in the cieling

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Section A-A

1. Computer Time Line Exhibition, 2. Computer Advertisement History Exhibition ,3. Visible Storage Exhibition

1. Semiconductor Exhibition,

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Museum ComputerComputer HistoryHistory Museum

The brochures selected here show some of the more important technologies , companies and applications from the 1950s to the early 1990s.

The silicone engine exhibition unit explores key highlights in the development of these extraordinary engines that power the computing and communications revolution of the information age, the display of these units is done via a glass box display aided by the illustrations on the screens above them, the visitor gets the history by observing this along the path line of his circulation.

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Computer Advertisement History Exhibition

Semiconductor Exhibition

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

Here all storage devices from the 1950s up to the late 1990s are shown from Cds , Magnetic Disk technology, tapes and etc..

Fifth Level

Fourth Level

Visible Storage History Exhibition

Computer History Museum A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

Microprocessor History Time Line, objects are viewed using screens and other interactive media, it is a very high tech feel in this exhibition.

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

Museums Auditorium The mission of the Computer History Museum is to preserve and present for posterity the artefacts and stories of the information age. As such, the Museum plays a unique role in the history of the computing revolution and its worldwide impact on the human experience.

Museum ComputerComputer HistoryHistory Museum

Section B-B

Site Plan

The section clearly indicates the relation ship between the various units and the entrance and exit towards them.

Instructors:

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

Computer History Museum A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t

Museum ComputerComputer HistoryHistory Museum

Jordan

Instructors:

introducing the history of computing to

D r . Ali Al-Ghule

preserve and present for posterity the artefacts and stories of the information age.

Project Abstract

National Commercial Bank A f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

intended to teach students the ways in which mid-rise buildings are built and designed, the A bank project was

project is located in an area stacked with mid-rise buildings, and is a very vital commercial and business district in the Jordanian Capital.

National Commercial Bank A f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

TOTAL AREA

AREA

PERCENTAGE

FOOTPRINT AREA

1130 m2

BUILDABLE AREA

20,340m 2

PARKING

3390m 2

OFFICES

4520m 2

22%

COMMERCIAL

3390m 2

16.7%

BANK

9040m 2

44%

16.7%

It is preferable not to separate the bank’s branch from its headquarters so as to achieve the following: • Better connection between employees as to ease bank’s transactions.

The area is ruled by strict building regulations and restrictions leaving a very small area for building. As the building site lays between many major banking headquarters in the country it was necessary to let it stand

out from the

The project was designed as a simple monolithic block that shape in plan as lines towards 90 degree angles parallel or perpendicular to the true north south, east and west collide with the building boundaries, leaving a very distinct shape of the building .

crowd.

•Pleasant views are seen from upper floors, and are better used for commercial purposes. •Separation of parking areas and vertical circulation cores between bank and commercial part of the building. For optimum security. •Accordingly the security issue is taken into consideration specifically when it comes to special bank departments like archives, vault and server room that need private entrances and exits, and have their own standards when it comes to fire resistance and so on.

Various sun studies were carried out in order to determine the sun exposure periods for the building. .

National Commercial Bank A f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

The requirements of the program were met by an extensive research on banking institutions and designs, the conclusions of the research were as follows:

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project that would fulfill the demands of its corporate plans and the ever changing skyline

D r . Salim Al Faqih

skyline is rapidly increasing in height, a banking corporations was to be introducing a

Project Geometry

The Site

Shmesani Mid-Rise, a phenomena amongst many that have been appearing in one of the oldest places in Amman, Shmesani is an area that has been renowned for its beautiful residential buildings and neighborhoods, However due to the demand of more retail and commercial buildings, the area’s

Conceptualization

National Commercial Bank A f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

The shmesani area is filled with voids between buildings, these voids can be used at a lower level in order to maintain some sort of visual continuity.

The external visual framing continuity EVFC , will also insure a pleasant working environment for the staff of the building, bringing in plenty of natural lightning.

When looking at the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surroundings a lot of features can be noticed:

The internal visual framing continuity IVFC , is a concept based on the honesty of the interactions between the bank departments and other mixed used stories. For the purpose of delivering an efficient IVFC the building was first split into 2 main sections.

Internal visual framing continuity

Building Transparency enhances honest client-dealer interaction and may promote a feeling of well being

middle area Left Building plan

IVFC Right Building plan

IVFC

EVFC External visual framing continuity

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Upper Split Level

Split Level UP

Custom designed facade art and commercial for the bank.

IVFC

D r . Salim Al Faqih

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Split levels were used in order to make a diversity in building uses also, a change in function from one department to another may enhance the usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; psychological state of mind.

Two main factors were defined in determining the visual continuity of the project :

The external visual framing continuity EVFC aspect will impact the users, and clients ability to interact with the outside, passers by and cars will be able to view the building from the outside, giving them a transparent and honest visual experience of what is going on inside the building. .

Then in order to provide a more honest view instead of a building being composed of 1 floor slab, the floor slabs were to be shifted along the Z axis in order for the viewer to grasp a wider viewing frame of 2 stories instead of 1. floor View floor

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View View

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Left Building section

Viewing two stories at once enables a more confident way finding ability, plus that it enables the client or building users to experience more of the building, thus that they are exposed more to the nature of the banking departments, and more to other retail stores and so on.

Void

Right Building section

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Ground Level

1. Bank Branch 2. Coffee place, 3.+4 Archiving and Publishing, 5. information Technology, 6.Tobacco Shop, 7. Gymnasium, 8. Training and development, 9. Delinquency Control Dep., 10. Sports Shop, 11.Formal clothing Dept, 12 Credit Control + Commercial Dep., 13. Engineering Services, 14. Employees Cafeteria, 15. Retail Banking and Consultations, 16. Financial Control Dep., 17. Human Resources, 18. Organization and Branch Support Dep, 19. Treasury + Central Organization, 20. Retail risk + Credit Card Dept, 21. Commercial Credit + Credit Risk department, 22. Restaurant, 23. Deputy Manager, 24. General Manger, 25, Managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apartment

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1. Entrance Lobby, 2. Coffee Place, 3. W.C. , 4. Credit Manager , 5. Credit and Auditing Dept. 6. Daily safe, 7. Security Pass, 8. Dealersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hall

National Commercial Bank National Commercial Bank A f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

Section A-A

National Commercial Bank

The areas built under ground are all dedicated to maximum security and safety, as they include all car parks, and mechanical equipment.

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The western elevation is exposed to the incoming cars from the street, low e glazing spans the entire facade, and shading devices are present on each floor, due to the large nature of the facade it can be used as a large billboards to view large commercials.

The typical floors of the building are designed as open plan layouts, with little light exposure to the south, western and eastern elevations are heavily equipt with shading devices. 2

1. Sports Shop, 2. Storage 3. Fitting rooms, 4. Void, 5. Delinquency Control Department , 6.Manager.

Section BB

1. Employees Cafeteria, 2. Perpetration Area 3. Engineering Services Dept., 4. Managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office

Typical Floors Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

1. Parking, 2. Arms Storem 3. Guards Restrooms, 4. Safety Deposit, 5. Security Pass, 6.security pass, 7. Vault, 8. Manager, 9. Safe Department, 10. safe Deposit reception, 11 Reception area, 12. Money passthrough unit, 13. receiving area, 14. Security Pass, 15. Loading Bay.

The upper floors are typically the same however the void area is reduced in order for more room to be used.

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Upper Floors

Basement Floors

West Elevation

National Commercial Bank A f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

The building is composed of low e-glazing curtain walls, on a spider based mullion system, the system is supported by the aluminum panels at the front of the building, the panels are in turn supported by the masts on each side, this specific design is to encourage a visual movement as cars and pedestrians move by. Shading Device

Spider

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Front (Northen) Elevation

National Commercial Bank

Low e Curtain Wall Vertical Bracing

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Supporting Mast

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Horizontal Panel

Project Abstract

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STARBUCKS Branding o r t h e n a t i o n a l c o m m e r c i a l Starbucks f Branding Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

For the bank project the class was asked to

redesign one of the floors of the bank in order to suite a certain commercial institution, for that purpose Starbacks was chosen as the banks first .

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as the coffee place was a double volume space the design was intended to increase the number of floors that can be incorporated into the area.

Carpet

Teracotta Ceramic Tiling

Cherry Wood Flooring

Cherry Wood Cover

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1. Entrance Lobby, 2. Coffee Place, 3. W.C. , 4. Credit Manager , 5. Credit and Auditing Dept. 6. Daily safe, 7. Security Pass, 8. Dealersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hall

The design emphasizes feelings of privacy by introducing more floors with a minimal clearance space between one another, lower ceilings tend to give a more cosy setting for people enjoying a cup of coffee and reduces the needs for global illumination within the entire space leaving a very ambient setting, which can be a characteristic feature of the bank at night.

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STARBUCKS Branding

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2 Section

The Bank Floor

The Banks ground floor was intended to serve the banks clients in a novel way, instead of leaving them waiting in a boring situation , a coffee shop can be inserted instead as a waiting area, this makes people feel less tense, about the waiting situation, and a more enjoyed banking experience can be observed.

Customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Counter

Maple Wood Slightly Colored

Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Level 2 Plan

Mezzanine 1 Plan Mezzanine 2 Plan

STARBUCKS Branding

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After taking the first stairs towards the top a small booth meets the user, and a terrace is formed that cantilevers from the core and creates the counter below .

this floor leads to the next level 3 which is also a rampage area in the building. by introducing mezzanine flooring people can easily spot each other in the coffee shop.

The second floor meets with the ramping area of the building, forming another entry space, or exiting space, a small space was left for the elevator here. The materials were given a cosy firy color scheme to promote feelings of warmth and well being, it can be also soothing from direct sunlight effect in the morning hours.

cosier

experience,

notice how the double volume can be seen through the bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entrance lobby easily, this is the fact that customers can be called to the tellers counter in order to finish their transaction while waiting in the coffee shop.

STARBUCKS Branding

allowing for a

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The furniture was chosen with a contemporary nature in style, and private spot lightning was used extensively

Notice the height regarding the first floor and the various heights of the mezzanines, and the

minimal

viewed from any level within the area.

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clearance, and how people can be

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coziness created by the

Project Abstract

Madaba City Arena a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

Madaba as a growing city required the building of a city arena for its youth. The arena was built in order for the city to enjoy further physical development of its youth, an was designed as a place to be used in musical concerts regarding the important annual Jordan Festival,

Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Madaba City Arena a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

The grid in the blue area was mainly for the spectator seating and the stage area, the grid in the pink part was used as function support areas for the users, or players.

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Madaba Arena Madaba CityCity Arena

In order to join the development process the arena was a good choice to help in urban development plans. The site analysis meant the construction of a medium sized arena capable of holding a few thousand spectators, and is of financial viability.

The intention was to come up with a form that broke the rigid geometry of a structural system, and that was financially viable to build.

2 crossing arched steel joist were thought of at first, with muscle like protrusions and an overall rounded shape, however the exterior skin would be very hard to construct and keep the inside and the cost for such construction was very high. For that a simpler form was chosen comprising of simple open web steel joists sitting on concrete columns, and the exterior was to be made of concrete and aluminum decking in order to reflect sky colors especial on evenings when the environment has a red color.

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Madaba has been chosen to house new universities and a new settlement operations, not far from the historic city, it will house over 600 villas. Kuwaiti corporations are now funding the construction of new office buildings to be built in Madaba.

An organic form was chosen for the project to reflect upon the rigidity of the site, the form was a direct depiction of the curvilinear forms of the human muscle.

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of The Holy Land. Madaba is located 30 kilometers south-west of the capital Amman.

As stated at first the arena needed to be economically possible for a small city like madaba, this gave rise to a very simple structural system built upon 2 main grids each at different angles from each other

Conceptualisation

its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map most populous town in Jordan. It is best known for

Project Geometry

The Site

Madaba which has a population of about 60,000, is the fifth

Section A-A Front Elevation

Madaba City Arena a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

The section shows the pitch area and the spectator seating around it, the level above the spectator seating was left to allow non direct lightning from entering through the curtain windows around the project.

The front elevation shows the nature of the curvilinear forms used, the area above the spectator seating which is the main concourse was surrounded by aluminum window framing to reduce the danger of injury by glass getting broken.

The ability of the players to play flawlessly without the obstacles of lightning glare was provided by the light reflecting structure on the top of the building.

The economical open web steel joist can be seen clearly and the curvilinear form of the outdoor steel decking also can be seen in this section.

The materials that this structure is made of can reflect light in such a way that it is dispersed all around the pitch area and no reflections are seen on the grounds.

Notice how the space under the spectator seating is also used in order to come up with a compact economical structure.

Flood exits can be seen from this elevation too and the emergency ambulance entrance on the right too. The aluminum decking crown is also visible which may contain all the natural ventilation piping required for sustainable ventilation of the space.

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There are 4 main gates that lead to stairs to spectator areas, 2 for home spectators and 2 for away spectators, the separations was necesary to avoid riots and fights. Every side of the spectators lead to open terraces near concession areas, people usually go to buy stuff and stay standing to watch the game and usually socialize on the terraces, they are the means of escape towards the flood exits, notice the curvilinear smooth flow of the spectator on the end of a game or concert.

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The concourse is surrounded by aluminum windows and is curvilinear to allow for smooth motion of the spectators within it.

Madaba Arena Madaba CityCity Arena

Concourse Level

The concourse level is the level that pours the spectators in and out of the seating area, it is totally devoted to spectator well being and safety.

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Instructors: IDnr .s Salim t r u c tAl o rFaqih s:

1. Concourse Home Stand entrance, 2. Away Stand Entrance ,3. Void Open To Below ,4. W.C, 5. Contorl and Media Room ,6. W.C., 7. Consessions , 8. Terrace and Exits, 9. Terrace and Exits , 10.Concessoins and W.Cs, 11. Gate 4, 12. VIP Lounge , 13. Gate 14. Void Open to Below

Emergency Entrance

Madaba City Arena a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Showing the emergency entrance area and the flood exits to the outdoor, 4 flood exists area enough to empty all the spectators in a very short time, after the game or in case of emergency.

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Madaba Arena Madaba CityCity Arena D r . Salim Al Faqih

Instructors: IDnr .s Salim t r u c tAl o rFaqih s:

Pitch Area Notice the quality of lightning created in the spectators seating vs the quality of light in the pitch area, the lightning comes indirectly from the concourse aluminum windows and how they reflect above to the reflecting material of the inside.

Section B-B Left Elevation

Madaba City Arena a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

The section shows the pitch area and the spectator seating around it, Gate areas can be clearly seen here.Notice how the light reflecting structure gets its light directly from the cafĂŠ area and the windows on the top left.

The section shows the from entrance of the spectators towards the site, notice the shift in geometry .

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Users and spectators are guided through the lobby towards escalator that drive them towards the concourse level on the upper level.

Madaba Arena Madaba CityCity Arena

Pitch Level

The Pitch level is composed of many vital functions to maintain the financial and functional sustainability of the program, it includes VIP and players lounges, rest rooms, changing room, medical examination rooms, shortages, and press functions on the right, and many other managerial and user oriented functions on the left including a public cafĂŠ.

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1.Manegerial Department, 2. Storage ,3. Vip and players changing and rest rooms,4. Vip and players Lobby, 5. Press Entrance and Lounge ,6. Caffe and Lobby.

Instructors: IDnr .s Salim t r u c tAl o rFaqih s:

Site Plan

Spectator Entrance

65 Showing the spectator entrance and the related structures

Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Madaba City Arena a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

FINANCIALLY VIABLE

Madaba Arena Madaba CityCity Arena

SPECTATORS AND IS

D r . Salim Al Faqih

HOLDING A FEW THOUSAND

Instructors: IDnr .s Salim t r u c tAl o rFaqih s:

A Medium Sized arena. CAPABLE OF

Project Abstract

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

Chosen in the city of zarka, the functional requirements of the program were quite brutal and a lot of the concentration was on

functional and structural accuracy and on healthcare conceptual design for eye centers in general.

Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

developments for low income people were being developed at the Reduction Of Sun Exposure

Zarqa as a very hot area suffers from a long time overheat period annually, the project geometry was to be increased on the East-west axis in order to reduce southern sun exposure.

Celebration of sight most of us do not go around touching buildings, yet without thinking about it we touch them all the time, celebration of eye sight is of vital importance in hospital design and construction, the idea of walking form darkness to light has been celebrated in all cultures, " All colors will agree in the dark ",

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

Position of operating theaters

New

The Placebo Effect

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East

Way Finding Facilitation Curvilinear geometry was chosen to intersect with cubic geometry for the fact that way finding without a signage system is facilitated with curvilinear rotation and formations when it comes to pedestrian circulation of both patients and staff.

The placebo effect is part of the human potential to react positively to a healer. A patient's distress may be relieved by something for which there is no medical basis. A familiar example is Band-Aid put on a child. It can make the child feel better by its soothing effect, though there is no medical reason it should make the child feel better. The site has no challenging views to promote the placebo pill effect, creation of this placebo pill effect using architectural + environmental challenging aspects may contribute to produce an architectural concept.

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site near the project, an eye center within a medical city was required to fulfill the urban development program.

Facilitation of way finding

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industry in the city is the result of low real estate costs and proximity to the capital, Amman. The city of Zarqa was established by immigrants from the Caspian Sea region at the beginning of the twentieth century, initially on the banks of the Zarqa River, the population grew steadily with the construction of the Hejaz railway by the ottomans. The bases of the Jordanian army called formerly the Arab Legion were located in Zarqa.

Geometrical Stability A project like an eye surgery center meant a structure that should be very stable espically in the operation theaters, any few millimeters of vibration will reflect apon the accuracy of the working equipment. In order for a such an effect to be reduced a centroidal crucifix structure was chosen for the project.

Conceptualization

of Jordanian factories. The growth of

Project Geometry

The Site

Zarqa is Jordan's industrial centre, home to over 50%

路Environmental psychologists focus on stress reduction, which includes: 1.social support (patients, family, staff); 2.control (privacy, choices, escape); 3.positive distractions (artwork, music, entertainment); 4.influence of nature (plants, flowers, water, wildlife, nature sounds). Clinicians focus on medical and scientific literature, which includes: 1.treatment modalities (models of care, technology); 2.quality & safety (infections, errors, falls); 3.exercise (exertion, rehabilitation).

Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Administration refers to management literature: 1.financial performance (margin, cost per patient day, nursing hours); 2.operational efficiency (transfers, utilization, resource conservation); 3.satisfaction (patient, staff, physician, turnover). Evidence-Based Metrics includes Research Tools and Methods for Practitioners: 1.Work Measurement PDA (Time Study RN/MD); 2.Design for Efficiency (Layout-iQ); 3.Patient and Resource Workflow (Rapid Modeling).

Concept Formation

Conceptualization

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

Evidence-Based Design:

A Healing Theater

The project deals with many design aspects, focusing primarily on the subject of evidence based design EBD, the project included a variety of healthcare design ideas incorporated and integrated into this building to produce a fully functional, patient rewarding and visitor friendly experience.

In a sense a healing environment is an experiential environment, and so is a working environment, and so as the project is our healing stage there must be some sort of passive interaction "i,e viewing a garden , a window an art piece, etc, or an active participation like walking a labyrinth, or participating in pet therapy.

In its essence the placebo pill effect and the interaction between the body and the mind was of major importance, hence this evidence based healing environment. This healing environment must reflect a positive working environment for the doctors also, hence the creation of this experience based economy overruns the service based economy. This kind of economy (experienced based is now leading the market e.g branding), for that the creation of a memorable experience makes people place a higher value on it (this is known as scripting the experience), for an experience is basically the knowledge, occurrence and the feelings that takes place, and so making this project as a healing stage was the major concept.

Healing and Positive Working experience

All Patients on east side to emphasis circadian rhythms.

Healing Environment to be created here (Stage)

The Curvilinear Shape enables patients to be spectators

The level of awareness "uniting the patient with the activity is of prime importance, thus we must create a charming experience, most memorable experiences are ones which includes education, entertainment, escape, and aesthicism. For example music can be played at the garden downstairs which encourages the people to heal in order to see what is going on quicker than ever. Beauty also attracts the patient to the experience, so i designed to provide an escaper a positive distraction.

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e. Central warehouses

1. Engineers Office , 2. Equipment Parking Area ,3. Electrical Workshop ,4. Carpentry Workshop, 5. HVAC and Plumbing workshop, 6. Biomedical electronics workshop

f. Engineering Workshops

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Inpatient Bedrooms

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Staff Rest

Outpatient Clinics

Engineering Workshops

a. Emergency Department 1. Toilet , 2. Docotor on call ,3. Staff res ,4. Sterile Suplets 5. Scrub Area ,6. Changing Lockers, 7. Transition Room , 8. Minor Operation 9. Nourishment Storage , 10.Patient Recovery, 11. Doctor And Staff Rest 12. Ambulance Entrance and Wheel Chair Parking Bay , 13. Patients Entrance 14. Waiting Area, 15. ER Dispensary 16. Nurse Station 17+18 Traetment Cubicles 19. Mobile Xray 20. Clean Work Room 21. Soiled Work Room 22. Reception

b. Central Pharmacy 1. Asepsis , 2. Preparation ,3. Distribution Center ,4. Dispensing Pharmacy 5. Principle Pharamacost ,6.Reccieving Recording, 7. Pharmacy Cart Parking , 8. Airtight Corridor 9. Containers Room 10.Cold, Narcotics, Flammable and Equipment Storage 11. Pharmacutical Active Store Room .

Main Labs

Emergency Department

Morgue Cataract Radiology

ICU

c. Morgue 1. Asepsis , 2. Preparation ,3. Distribution Center ,4. Dispensing Pharmacy 5. Principle Pharamacost ,6.Reccieving Recording, 7. Pharmacy Cart Parking , 8. Airtight Corridor 9. Containers Room 10.Cold, Narcotics, Flammable and Equipment Storage 11. Pharmacutical Active Store Room .

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1. Dietitian Office , 2. Chief Office ,3. Cold Store ,4. Dry Store, 5. Control Supervisor + Garbage Store, 6. Unloading Receiving, 7. Staff Rest Rooms and Lockers, 8.Meat and Poultry Prep., 9. Bakery, 10. Fish Prep. 11. Vegetable Prep, 12 Cooking Areas.

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1. Linen Processing Washing and Drying , 2. Docotor on call ,3. Clean Linen Storage ,4. Linen Supervisor 5.Clean Linen Trolley Bay ,6. Changing Lockers, 7. Transition Room , 8. Minor Operation 9. Nourishment Storage , 10.Patient Recovery, 11. Doctor And Staff Rest 12. Ambulance Entrance and Wheel Chair Parking Bay , 13. Patients Entrance 14. Waiting Area, 15. ER Dispensary 16. Nurse Station 17+18 Traetment Cubicles 19. Mobile Xray 20. Clean Work Room 21. Soiled Work Room 22. Reception

Zoning Diagram

d. Laundry Department

1. Supervisor , 2. General Supplies and Stationary ,3. Medical Supplies ,4. Used Furniture

Cafeteria

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

Ground Floor Plan

The ground floor is dedicated for anything that enters the building , from staff, patients, to loading and unloading goods and products, the plan was laid down so that all important departments are close to each other. At the entrance a nice welcome disk welcomes patients and gives out directions, non of the ground floor utilities are for patient use, this is a service- staff personalized floor.

Laundry Department

Central Warhouses

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Visitor circulation and void

Cataract Surgery Suite

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The diagram Shows the zoning of various departments within the building the main, ia central circulation space and void can be seen clearly here, surrounded by 2 main cores, that distribute circulation and functional flow from one place to another seamlessly,

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1.Secretary, 2. Accounting Office 3. Nursing Director 4. Staff Office, 5. Medical Library 6. Meeting Room 7. Adminstrators Office , 8. Medical Archives 9. Reception Waiting.

d. Hospital Administration

19. Social Work , Counseling 20. Eye care provider, 21. Optometry Section 22. Opthalmology section chief, 23. Office Chief of service. 24. Secretary 25. Nurse Manager 26. Technicians Room 27. Meeting Room, 28. Lecture Room , 29 Clean Supply Room 30. Soiled Utility Room.

Zoning Diagram

First Floor Plan

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t

The first floor comprises the areas dedicated to the staff and outpatient departments, and the administration, the areas are organized in a sequential manner in order to let specimens and other medical information to be delivered to specialists and patients as quickly as possible.

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a. Central Labs 1.Haematology , 2. Staff rest rooms and lockers ,3. Specimen Room ,4. Pestology 5. Microbiology labs ,6. Storage, 7. Reception and waiting , 8. chemistry labs 9. Rest Area , 10.Chief Pathologist, 11. Secretary 12.Washing and sterilsation , 13. Blood Bank 14. Outpatient Dispensary

b. Cataract Radiology 1. Hot Lab , 2. Injection Room ,3. Patient Toilet ,4. General X-ray 5. CT Scan ,6.Equipment Store , 7. Control Room , 8. MRI 9. Control Room 10.Reception and waiting, 11. Viewing Room 12. Staff Rest 13. Chief Radiologist.

c. Outpatient Eye Clinic

Emergency Dep. Lobby and visitor Center

1. Consultantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office , 2. Optometry Examination ,3. Optometry Examination ,4. Opthalmology Examination 5. Opthalmology Examination ,6.Opthalmology Examination, 7. Opthalmic Lazer Procedure , 8. Fundus Camera Photography 9. Refraction Room 10.Hess Charts(Visual Fields) 11. Training Room, Low Vision / Poly-Trauma 12 . Exam / Training Room, Low Vision 13. Storage 14. Ocular Topography 15. Ocular Ultra Sound. 16. Social Work / Intake / Adjustment Counseling 17. Resident Doctor 18. Doctor's Office

Engineering workshops Administrative

Outpatient Clinics

Anesthesia and surgeons offices

Main Kitchens

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These floors are arranged in a manner that emphasizes sun light to enter in the morning so that circadian ryhthems are maintained in the patients, this is necessary for many cataract surgeries. however the rooms can be darkened by using blinds and shades if it is very necessary.

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a. Intensive Care Unit Department 1. ICU patient Room , 2. Norishement ,3. Conferencing Reporting ,4. Clean and Dirty Linen Store 5. Consultation Room ,6. Nurses Lounge, 7. Nursing Chief , 8. Equipment Servicing workshop 9. Equipment Store , 10.Patient Recovery, 11. Doctor And Staff Rest 12. Ambulance Entrance and Wheel Chair Parking Bay , 13. Patients Entrance 14. Waiting Area, 15. ER Dispensary 16. Nurse Station 17+18 Traetment Cubicles 19. Mobile Xray 20. Clean Work Room 21. Soiled Work Room 22. Reception

b. Cataract Surgery Suite 1. Post Anesthesia Recovery , 2. Dirty Corridor ,3. Dirty Corridor ,4. Soiled Workroom /Decontamination 5.Patients Holding Area ,6. Speciality Operation Theater, 7. Speciality Operation Theater , 8. Trolley Parking Bay 9. Trolley Washing 10. Clean Linen Supply Store 11. Sterilizer 12. Medication Storage 13. Lockers And Changing 14. Frozen Laboratory, 15. Lockers and Changing Room, 16. Sterile Linen Storage, 17. Soiled Linen Storage, 18. Scrubing Unit, 19. Dirty Corridor, 20. Speciality Operation Theater, 21. Trolley Parking and washing Bay, 22. Clean Linen Supply, 23. Soiled Workroom /Decontamination, 24. Insturment Paking And Preperation, 25. Sterile Goods Store, 26. Theater Supervisor ,

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a. Inpatient Suite 1. Patient Room , 2. Visitors Lounge ,3. Disposals holding ,4. Assisted Bath 5.Norishment ,6. Medications , 7.Dirty Linen, 8. Clean Linen 9. Soiled Workroom 10. Clean Workroom 11. Reception and Nurse Station 12. Waiting Area 13. Store 14. Disposals Holding, 15. Folding Bed Store, 16. Equipment Store 17. Clean Linen, 18. Staff Lounge, 19. Nourishment, 20. Medication Store, 21. Assisted Bath, 22. Doctor On Call, 23. Doctor's Toilet.

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1. Doctor's Lounge , 2. Anesthesia Workroom ,3. Office Administrator ,4. Secretary 5.Office Workstation ,6. Chief Surgeon, 7. Staff lounge , 8. Frozen Labratory 9. Anesthasists, Office , 10. Changing Rooms, 11. Staff Rest.

Typical Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

c. Anesthesia and Surgeons Offices

The second floor is the floor that contains all the speciality operation theaters and operation related functions such as the intensive care units, it also houses various offices for doctors and anesthesia specialists. The floor also has a cafeteria for patients waiting.

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Entrances Notice the quality of lightning created in the spectators seating vs the quality of light in the pitch area, the lightning comes indirectly from the concourse aluminum windows and how they reflect above to the reflecting material of the inside.

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

Section B-B

The section cuts the plan through the Receiving area, the administration, the anesthesia department, the lobby and patients hall, and some inpatient bedrooms.

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Front Elevation

The elevation shows the main entry and the emergency entrance towards the building, curtain walls predominate most of the elevation allowing natural daylight to enter towards various building areas,

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Curvilinearity the curvilinear formation insures the maximization of views from and to the hospital, it has an interesting visual effect that can help promote detection by the passer by.

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Void

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First Floor

Ground Floor

Pharmacy Dept.

Basement level

The sectional 3d shows the relationship between the lobby area and the functions laying behind and to the front of it, notice the large size of the lobby.

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Sectional 3d

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Pharmacy Dept.

Left Elevation Section A-A

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

The elevation shows the emergency entrance towards the building, as a southern facing elevation openings were kept to a minimum, and the walls were cladded with aluminum panels, which geometrically complies to the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dimension.

The section cuts the plan through the emergency and labs department, the lobby and patients hall, and some inpatient bedrooms.

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Sectional 3d Notice the relation ship between the vertical circulation and the patient rooms and the supporting functions.

Back Elevation Right Elevation

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

The elevation shows the large facade that houses the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bedrooms, the facade is a northeast facing facade that receives direct lightning only in the early morning hours allowing the patients to fully benefit from their circadian rythems and gives them the chance to maintain a good sleeping hygiene during their stay.

The elevation shows some parts of the inpatient bedrooms, the whole building curves towards this northen facing elevation, notice the outside terraces on the building roof tops, these can be used as roof gardens for patients.

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Patient Rooms The large curved glass facade and the arrangement of patient rooms functions as a spectator like observation dick to any activity taking place in the court in front, this aids in achieving some kind of musical therapy or any other psychological effect favored by evidence based design.

Cataract Surgery Center a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c t Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Emergency

The rectangular buttresses in the front create shades that aid in the transportation of injured patients, they have a pretty fascinating aesthetic value too.

Instructors:

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I N T E R V E N T I O N v i s i o n a r y

Sha ana

Project Abstract

I N T E R V E N T I O N v i s i o n a r y

Sha ana Instructors:

D r . Salim Al Faqih

Chosen to be erected in the northen parts of Jordan, the village of Shatana stands on its own right as a Jordanian Cultural , Religious, and Traditional Heritage. Chosen from a very few remaining all Christian villages in the country, a visionary architectural and a minor urban development project was implemented in order to capture and boldly expose the Genius Loci of the place.

1. Shatana

I N T E R V E N T I O N v i s i o n a r y

Sha ana

Shatanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s landscaping is mildly hilly with a very high water table, the contours indicate the ancient presence of a dry water stream; for that the authorities converted all piping work into plastic piping to keep a very clean flow of water to the other places in Irbid. There is less clustering towards the northern areas due to the building of the Greek Catholic church later in 1925, the slope here is harder to build on. the balad area shows clustering of buildings, due to the building of the Greek Orthodox church in 1920, people first settled in this area, due to the flatness of the slope. Eastern areas are not built probably due to sloping, one magnificent area sets on a southern slope towards the north eastern part is what attracted us, the area is extremely hilly and filled with stone.

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The Site

Courtyard houses are very typical of shatana’s village style of architecture, the formation of such houses was as a series of progressions in building periods. Roofing system:

the father builds a house has many children to work with him on the field the children grow up get married and settle down in a new house, it is very evident how Materials:

construction methods differ in a set of neighboring houses , the construction methods start with a simple rubble stone, hay, clay and straw building ,to vaulted houses, barrel vaults and so on, Openings:

to steel I beams concrete, more details and decorations, with more chamfered stone. All these houses are built around a simple pattern.

sacred Construction method :

The rectangular exterior walls are built before the interior arches to act as pre-existing buttresses for the arches. Roofing system:

1-Wooden beams, Arches (3-4),Hammaleh , Cross Vaults, small vaults of the sides – one meter high used for storage, Materials:

Hewn stones with smooth straight sides to ensure the pressure’s distribution for the arches, Masonry stonework for the exterior Mud, hay, wooden beams Openings:

Doors: cut smoothly on outside, and arched on inside Windows : squared cleaned cut.

A house of the 1930’s and 1940’s

Courtyard Houses

Four parallel arch house

Site’s Typology

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Well finished stone with elaborate frames for doors and windows and have segmental arches with key stones Roofing system

Steel “I” beams seen from the inside and from outside as well, with cane on top of the beams and layers of earth on top of the cane Materials:

Stone, steel, cane, timber, clay, plaster Openings

Doors: entrance is small with segmental arch and a projected keystone Windows : almost square window s, no ornaments or artifacts , yet arched in the inside

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This graph shows the percentages of age distribution in the village as of year 2009, 90 percent of the villagers are above 40 years old retired army men, and their husbands, many children live there too, and the only source for their groceries and education are far away cities such as AL-HUSN or Central IRBID.

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Due to many reasons Shatana as a village was quickly losing huge numbers of civilians, a large drop was seen in the early 1940s, many of the villages immigrates to the united states in search for a better life, more education, and more understanding. As a result of this immigrations Shatana now is a village of 153 civilians, were thousands of the descendants of the original families now live somewhere else and the small integrated culture that existed in the early days ceases to exist today. People living in shatana wished that immigrants and relatives would once more come an replenish the villages society.

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“Being away from my familiar environment in a small village far from home, without the

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Loss of Cultural Value

“I don’t even know their children...”

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Conceptual Approach

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G There is more to a place than its physical d i m e n s i o n s the understanding of place, sensibility, due respect to it’s nature and the courage to design something new is probably an approach to generate new meaningful places. Places are complex systems and we are still very weak in understanding and dealing with complex systems and thier phenomena.

Traces that represent the search of the traveler towards a place remind us that earth is not only a surface, but beneath it and beneath our feet the earth continues downwards. We feel the movement of the planet as we feel gravity .

“elements” – the project articulates on these motifs

Architecture confronts tradition and can reformulate memory in a way that points to the future. The goal is to bring traditional aesthetic qualities in a entirely novel and previously unforeseen way that discloses the philosophy of time and place, and world existence. the building is not only an object to be viewed. It is formed merely by its relationship to everything that surrounds it ,

i both from a very physical and environmentally significant way. This relationship creates a spiritual connection both with its place and with the people who enter that realm. It's the movement within spaces which anticipates the form of the building. “ the sites energy creates a certain movement and rhythm” – 3 dimensional movement, underground. Sky direction and the movement horizontally.

Surrounded by the invisible, rather than always pointing to a goal on the horizon to which we are provoked to go as fast as possible, the space and directionality makes you feel like you are in the middleofthatspace.

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The quality of space makes a person constantly be aware of one's own physical being. As we move we e m b o d y t h e circulatory drumbeat. W e a r e b o d i l y aware of the way a wall or a corridor confronts us or how we are surrounded by space. – a theatrical context- watch ourselves act and move and as we movethespacesunfoldinfrontofus.

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The approach to building by creating an environmentally significant quality. I.e.: a long gallery, a Corridor, going up, coming down, Crossing a bridge, we are made to experiences different ways of relating to the earth . made to experience distance and proximity as aesthetic qualities. The user is determined to pass through the functions/ buildings, and stop at a boundary where we are directed towards one of the elements. THIS MOVEMENT, HENCE BECOMES A MAJOR AESTHETIC QUALITY, through it, we begin to sense the spatial quality of the building, even from a distance, the movement is intenselythreedimensional.

The space grows and grows around it as it expands . The way the silhouette of the built form creates a dialogue with the silhouette of the mountain- range behind. Being aware of the horizon line that creates a backdrop to the building's silhouette. A wholeness that one feels which makes the building more than what we see. They become penetrating presences.the experience that we are really in touch with the earth , on it and being pulled by its forces . while the sky above us beckons us- hence using pure forms. In contrast to this surreal regularity, the horizontal calm of the mountain silhouette behind the landscape. Giving an assurance and security Reminded of the countless forms of life, we become enriched both physically and SPIRITUALLY.

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“ height and depth are not just dimensions. They are the way we penetrate into the earth and feel its embrace around our body and the way we aspire towardsheavens”

Conceptual Elements

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The elements called upon earlier are distributed between 4 main elements or site elements, the first being the religion, and can be symbolized in the natural rock formations in the site, and the old carvings in the old houses. rocks have a strong attachment in Christianity. The next element is the architectural formations and topology explained earlier, various formations can give rise to site related but novel geometrical formations. The third site element is the structural formations of the architecture already found in the site, they like the traditions of shatana hold a systemized way of living, for without the structure and traditions the genius loci of the place would not exist. The Fourth Element is the characteristic vegetation and nature of the place, they show a Mediterranean appeal, reminiscent to those Greek or Italian villages, a thing that is hard to find in the middle east, apart from Lebanon or Syria. The fifth element being the cultural element, a characteristic thing about shatana are the cultural events that take place, the events and festivals show a very hard connection to the sites own cultural values and tries to expose them to the world and region.

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For example when designing the building we can focus on creating a hybrid between the already present stones in the site and the structural grid in some points, in other points we try to boldly expose the structure, hide is, or boldly expose the stones or hide them etc..

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Conceptual Layering

The concept works by creating a hybrid between the various elements, and trying to reveal other elements boldly by juxtapositioning them, to show an inversion of elements or a certain diversion in other places.

Section A-A

Village Intervention

Courtyards bring enough intimacy with nature, forming a reasonable spirit of place feeling.

Rooms are separated from the main old building by means of a high tech glass box, although the box is not completely open to the outside the above skylight can bring enough light at all times of day

The middle corridor is completely interactive with the natural features of the site, the platform which it constitutes allows interaction with the sand below.

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Private Courtyard

Built in the early 20th century this structure was renovated traditionally by only fixing the structure and opening a few windows.

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Kitchen services are close to the restaurant areas and the rooms for optimum service.

Village Hotel Ground Floor Plan

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In the village area , as someone approaches its entrance a minor plot with old destroyed houses was chooses in order to construct a traditional hotel, the hotel was designed in a manner to contradict the villages architectural element. The Juxtapositioning of the extremely high tech building materials and the very old stones, redefines the sites religious - and architectural elements and exposes them in a eccentric way, the allows the visitors that approach the site to start feeling and wondering about the place.

The entrance lobby is composed of a traditional late 30s room toped with I beams, the broken roof has been fixed and modified by adding a skylight in order to compensate the lack of windows in the structure.

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The kitchen may include any service associated with the production of local Jordanian Food Etc..

Basically mediterranean Jordanian food is served here, mainly the setting of the restaurant is local and traditional waiterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passage way is will lit and reflections of moving waiters can bee seen from the street

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Middle courtyards reminds the user of the traditional courtyard.

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Titanium Steel frame construction methods ensure a stable structure.

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minimal intervention with stone facades only basic renovations regarding roof slabs and minor wall treatments

Rooms are separated from the main old building by means of a high tech glass box, light enters from between the stones and the glass and gives a strange ambience

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A major site intervention was also carried out to renovate a major pathway that are usually heavily used in festivals and marches, it is a direct leader to the site of the project, a small amphitheater was placed on a major road intersection, basic landscaping was implemented such as greenery, and other hard landscaping features. Free standing walls with various murals were attached to conceal or reveal some wanted and unwanted imagery and views, thus this would have been a direct contributor In the formation of the memory of place in the visitors mind, and thus the creation of a logical schemata based on the collected architecturally controlled imagery.

Village Intervention

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In the village area , as you approach the site, another lot with destroyed old houses shows up, one particular house had no roof, as it was destroyed due to weather and other natural conditions. The house was chosen to erect a minor village exhibition. The walls were left untouched, only minor changes to the doors and windows were made, and on the inside a smaller glass house was constructed with another concrete square wall was built as a room. The walls were used as exhibitions, and the placement of objects within the place was to enable self exploration and amazement and dwell a mixture of feelings for the visitor.

The new houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roof top served as a terrace and a view point for the entire village, this juxtapositioning of stones, glass and metal, leaves the visitor with a strange feeling, and some kind of belonging or not belonging to the actual village, as he approaches the top, a memory of place is conserved in his brain, and this image contradicts the view of shatana that he gets to see on the roof top terrace. The resulting emotions created are a great motive for the visitors approach to the cultural center building to come.

Village Exhibition

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Shown below is a another hand made model of the second intervention, again the model exposes the structure below the roof, a mixture of modern materials such as security glass and steel framing and the opposing hard stone materials that totally contradict the inside.

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Village Exhibition

Village Hotel

Shown below is a hand made model of the first intervention, the model exposes the structure below the roof, a mixture of modern materials such as channel glass systems and titanium frame structure and the opposing Jordanian village architecture with vaults, double vaults, barrel vaults, arches and very thick walls with small openings, greenery was chosen to reflect the village on the outside.

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working on the aesthetic embodied response to architectural spaces, of both interiors and exteriors, and not just the visual pleasures of the surface(glass geometric regularity), but the tactile, auditory and olfactory pleasures that the body responds to a whole, such as textured materials, hollowed acoustic spaces, coding smells to building areas etc and etc..

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1. Entrance 2. Foyer 3. Library: Reading , Exploration 4. Artificial lightning exhibition 5. Penetration of Nature exhibition 6. Contemporary Meets Past Gallery 7. Amphitheater - the social reunion 8. Restaurant 9. Transitional Tunnel 10. Plaza - play with nature 11. Audiovisuals exhibition

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the project ideology is based upon the genius loci of a place the idea that each space is actually a place due to the fact that certain characteristics are present in that certain area that relate to a very intensified human experience based upon his tangible 5 senses that relate to a 3 dimensional experience and the intangible spiritual element that probably is a result of some degree of mixture between the 5 senses and the logical reasoning related with it.

This Mixture of senses and logical reasoning (genius loci) can be achieved by adjusting the proportion of senses to logical reasoning ratio via the application of various methods of architectural determinism and the modification of architectural elements present within the scope of the building. A mixture of elements is preferred to run in a sequential manner hence the formation of a general schemata of the whole project and hence Shatana as a whole.

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showing the direct relation between stairs and nature, the project meets nature in unsurpassed ways and allows for a direct interaction, this interaction encompasses our realization of height and depth.

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When height and depth are not Just dimensions

Ground Floor Plan

Interaction

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as one enters through the entrance he is surrounded by concrete walls, and a hint of site stone under the library area, and tree. He can either continue using ramps up to the library, or enter the lobby/foyer area. The transition from a concrete based environment into the foyer is of great importance, as lighting changes from sky to almost dim lightning in the foyer, the main light in the lobby area comes from a central stone exhibition that will attract the attention of the visitor.

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a transition from manmade to natural surrounded by concrete walls, and a hint of site stone under the library area, and tree, The transition from a concrete based environment into the foyer is of great importance

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The figure on the right shows a hanmade model of the entire project, notice how the project dips into the site with a minimal excavation and hence maximum natural interaction.

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a sectional hanmade model of the entire project, notice the linearity of the circulation into the spaces, and the sequence of spacing to form some schemata and make the spirit of place bolder.

t h e section displays a cut through the play with nature exhibition notice how the stairs lead towards the outside, how the rocks interact, and how trees grow within the courtyards that are created within the project The section cuts the project in one of the main circulation areas that lead towards the play with nature exhibition from the artificial lightning exhibition.

The section cuts through the artificial lightning exhibition, notice how the trees surround the project.

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a Simple economical solution the excavation costs and foundation costs in this project can be minimized to there maximum extent, the ability to use simple concrete makes the project very economical

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the way the planes interacts and intersects forming a homogenous composition related to earth, light and the surrounding .

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The user is to pass through the functions/ buildings, and stop at a boundary where all are directed towards one of the elements. This movement, hence becomes a major aesthetic quality, through it, we begin to sense the spatial quality of the building.

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Total Integration With Nature the evident natural integration makes sure that the intervention stays as minimal as possible so as not to affect the skyline of the village, its traditional buildings, and its nature.

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A wholeness that one feels which makes the building more that what we see. Instructors:

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the space and directionality makes you feel like you are in the middle of that space. The space grows and grows around it as it expands.

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integrating the past , the future , and the present with a wholeness of experience, the ambience created by the lightning provokes nostalgic feelings.

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akan Ayyoub is an architecture engineering graduate from the University of Jordan, a graphic designer, Sound Engineer and Artist. The portifolio features a selection of 10 of the best undergraduate architectural works done by me from 2005 up to 2010. The projects included are the Preal Play Area, Public Library, Courtyard Renovation, Dabouq Luxuary Hotel, Book Place CafĂŠ,Computer History Museum, National Commercial Bank, Starbucks Branding, Madaba City Arena, Catarct Surgery Center, and the Archiprix featured project Shatana Visionary Intervinsion.

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