ARD 334 is a residential building located north of Amman, an area that is witnessing an extended urban growth of the capital. The building comprises of five residential floors, with ten three-bedroom apartments in total, each covering 150m2. The solid-void contrast on the main facade creates a visual statement that announces the building’s presence on the busy main street while also framing the views and providing the privacy needed for interior spaces.
Capital Select is located in Abdoun – Amman; the capital of Jordan. This building communicates with its surroundings, speaking the language of light and translucency. The openness toward the street was achieved through having the inner court experience adjacent to the nearby street, while the translucent mass offers vibrance in lights and shadows to the surrounding context at night and inversely during day time.
The idea of a “boutique bank” experience triggered the design concept of this branch introducing a sense of belonging and a welcoming feel influenced by nature, while tailoring the individual experience of the bank users.
Today marked the official opening of Queen Alia International Airport, the spectacular new gateway to Amman. The airport has a highly efficient passive design, which has been inspired by local traditions, and is based on a flexible modular solution that allows for future expansion – the new building secures the city’s position as the main hub for the Levant region and allows the airport to grow by 6 per cent per annum for the next twenty-five years, increasing capacity from 3.5 million to 12 million passengers per annum by 2030.
Amman is a fast-growing city entirely made up of buildings in local natural stone: not only the well-off neighbourhoods but also poorer districts, and not only homes but also offices, hotels, museums and shops.
The Dutch embassy project concerns the renovation of an understated villa within a walled garden. The building was renovated because it was too small, and not earthquake-proof. Hospitality in combination with security formed the essence of the design brief. The entrances and the various consulate functions are situated on the ground floor in the original building layer, while a separate new structure above this houses the public section of the embassy. The building as a whole is given a unified character by a light-filtering portico made of local Jerusalem Stone.
Our designs for a new performing arts centre were inspired the ancient city of Petra – its interplay with nature and the processes of erosion that have reshaped its contours. In this new building erosion becomes the sole means of articulating public spaces, while remaining masses contain the performance spaces.
In order to capitalize on its cultural and political assets, the Government of Jordan has established a series of six Development Zones in which directed efforts are being made to increase foreign and domestic investment. The Dead Sea Development Zone encompasses 40 square kilometers of coastal land along the lowest body of water on earth.
Symbiosis Designs LTD wins design competition to build Techno Group Headquarters in Amman
The building massing concept created a negative space that would be a certain interruption to the continuous street frontal façades; hence a specific and differentiated visual field is announced where the void becomes a captive. The negative field is the primary focal point staging majestic trees. Through the building’s homogenous material expression, the steel structural skin is also a grounding continuum and an assurance of rigor, visual noise reduction and simplicity.
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