Urban design 1 Analysis

Urban planning
project by:
Zubaida Alwalie
Najah nobani
Lama luai
Hadeel elayan
Joud Alshammary
Ahmad Tobasi
Abdulrahman Dabous

Introduction
OVERVIEW
AMMAN
Amman is the capital of Jordan , it is also the country’s cultural, political, commercial and
educational center of the city. Its ranked as on of MENA’S best cities according to economical,
labor, environmental and socio-culture, Due to the immigrations of people into and out of
Jordan , the population of Amman is now 4.008 million. Given the demographic pressure , the
significant gains made on human development to date cannot be sustained without major
improvements
Education
Amman meets a highly educated and skilled population which proves and contributes to the
cultural and intellectual lifestyle of its citizens. Higher education in Jordan began with the
second half of the twentieth century where the first University in Jordan was established
which is the university of Jordan all the way to al-zaytoona university

AlZaytoonah university
AlZaytoonah University was established in 1993 after receiving its license and general
accreditation by Decision No. 848 on March 6, 1993. Instruction began on September 6, 1993,
and since then Al-Zaytoonah has witnessed considerable progress, at both the infrastructure
and academic levels. It now includes six faculties, encompassing 19 undergraduate
specializations and one graduate program. There are 300 faculty members of various ranks,
and 80 teaching and research assistants and lab technicians
Introduction
Why did we choose alzaytoonah university
The university is lacking dormitories , infrastructure and utilities and a bit far for students to
approach
OVERVIEW

Introduction
OVERVIEW
What is the project?
Student village nearby Al-zaytoonah university
What will the project add?
• Revitalize the area
• create open spaces
• create a new urban setting
What is the project?
It will address the local community but mainly focusing on students

PRINCIPLES
AND POLICIES
• Compliment Amman’s unique urban fabric, cityscape, streetscaped,
and topography.
• Maintain public views of key landmarks and vistas between hills and
valleys, and from public roads and sidewalks to significant public
attractions, and natural features.
• Establish transition in scale and between neighborhoods.
• Respect and provide continuity with the character of existing
adjacent communities and ensures land use compatibility with
adjacent neighborhoods to create a more attractive and efficient
city.
• Encourage high quality architectural design that blends with the
city’ urban fabric and topography.
• Enhance the mental map of amman by emphasizing it’s paths,
edges, and nodes by developing well-defiened corridor character.
• Develop vibrant shopping streets that accommodate pedestrians,
public transit, and private automobiles.

PRINCIPLES
AND POLICIES
• Facilitate a reduction in the degree of dependency on
private automobile use within the urban area.
• Provide a sufficient supply of accessible, attracitive, and
convenient to use on site arking and vehicular loading and
servicing facilities which do not disrupt the operation of
adjacent streets.
• Provide convenient pedestrians crossings and access.
• Provide access to adequate urban infrastructure services,
such as water, sewer, storm water and community services.
• Integrate segregated uses and create the vibrant spaces
where citizens “live/work/play”
• Implementation of green environmental standards, including
retention of storm water and reuse of grey water for
irrigation and use of solar and smart energy solutions to
reduce carbon emissions.

CULTURE &
HERITAGE
DEVELOPMENT MUST BE GUIDED SO THAT IT :
• Safeguards Jordan’s antiquities and protects and
compliments the city’s heritage and historic sites.
• Protects existing stable neighborhoods and promotes
compact urban form.
• Allow for an institutionalized and transparent special
review process for development proposed within the3
heritage district.
• Encourage appropriate development in te heritage
districts that respect the prevailing character, scale,
materials, details. Craftsmanship, and use.

Introduction
Amman Governorate extension
Physical and visual analysisMacro scale
Old boundaries
2007
1680 km2
2006
680 km2
New boundaries

Amman Governorate extension
On the new “Airport corridor
plan” , Al-zaytonnah university
and the land we’re using for the
student village is located on the
“south park”
The “airport corridor is the primary spine of the
capital region , linkin the national airport as well
as amman development corridor
It has service roads on both side
The corridor is under development to
accomedate new resedintal , recreational ,
exhibition , shoppoing and media facilities
Introduction

Site analysis
Site location
Marj alhamam
Manaser gas station
AMMAN CORRIDOR
Hussein park
Sweileh JU
Sports city
Jabal Alhussein
Jabal Alqal’a
Abdoun corridor
Raghdan terminal
East Alkoom
Aljeeza
AMMAN
Alzaytoona University
Approach to the
Alzaytonna university
19km
3.2km
6km
33km 45km
6.7km
11.2km
10km

Site analysis
Site location
AMMAN CORRIDOR
Hussein park
Al-zaytoonah University

Site analysis
Macro scale
Main facilities
Physical and visual analysis
Rights Bus area
Engineering facuilty Arts facuilty Nursing
Architecture Pharmacy Information and tech

Site analysis
Macro scale
Views

Site analysis
Buildings height
Area l buildings height
AREA

Site analysis
Macro scale
Dimensions l Solid&Void
SOLID
LAND
VOID
STREET
Solid&void
40M
DIMENSIONS

Site analysis
Macro scale
Site location

Urban Site
Noise
Site analysis
Noises

Site analysis
Thermal map

Site analysis
Macro scale
Shade and shadow
9 AM
12 AM
2 AM

Site analysis
Macro scale
Climatic chart
Temperature
Rainfall
Humidity
Wind speed

Site analysis
VEGETATIONS l STREETS
TERITARY STREET
ARTERIAL STREET
FREEWAY STREET
LAND
EMERALD
CEDARSXANTHOCYPRUSCYPRESS
WASHIGNTONIA
ROBUSTAbuxus hedge
VEGETATIONS
STREETS

Site analysis
VEGETATIONS

Site analysis
Sections
A
A
D
C
B
B
C
D
A A
3.3%

Site analysis
Sections l Topography
B
C
D
B
D
C
815
810
805
800
795
Volume cut: 4 m3
Volume fill: 6.5 m3
Volume net: 2.5m3
Volume cut: 3.5 m3
Volume fill: 26.9 m3
Volume net:23.3 m3
-1.6%
-4.4%
-2.3%

Site analysis
Demo graphs
47%
53%
80%
70%
5%
12%
15%
15%
30%
10% 7%
female
male
Unemployed
employed
0-3
4-6
7-10
11-17
18-25 26-40 41-60

Legalizations
The classification of land
The classification of land around the university
is agricultural, but it is under a proposed land
division to change the uses of the Lands and
Survey Department. Prices of agricultural
land: ranging from 50,000 dunums per area
behind the university and increase the price of
land to reach 200 thousand dunums where
the price of land increases as it nears the
university and the main street. The price of
dunums on the main services street next to
the university 350 thousand dunums price
behind the university classified area A from
120 to 200
Department of statistics
AL-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, is one of the
national private higher education institutions. The
University was founded in 1993 and after more
than two decades, the number of students has
reached (8000) students,
studying in (7) colleges that offer (29) academic
programs,
including (25) on the Bachelor level and (4) on
the Master level.
To date, the faculty members have reached (334)
members, (260) of them are Doctorates recipients
(31% of which are females), distributed as follows:
(25) are Full Professors, (50) Associate Professor
and (185) are Assistant Professors and (74) hold
Master degree recipients.

Regulations
‫حوض‬5 ‫رقم‬ ‫و‬ ‫اسم‬
‫الحوض‬
‫رقم‬ ‫قرية‬
158
‫رقم‬ ‫و‬ ‫اسم‬
‫القرية‬
89 ‫القطعة‬ ‫رقم‬ ‫الهداية‬ ‫حي‬ ‫الحي‬ ‫رقم‬
‫مساحة‬
‫القطعة‬
‫احكام‬
‫خاصة‬
‫فئة‬ ‫و‬ ‫نوع‬
‫االستعمال‬
‫الجامعة‬ ‫ارض‬
‫قرية‬156
‫حوض‬5
‫قطعة‬89
‫قرية‬156
‫حوض‬5
‫قطعة‬278
489
211
214
213
401
208
204
203 285
286
202
217
497
219
222
221
216
220
241
241
281
219
241

Regulations
‫قرية‬156
‫حوض‬5
‫قطعة‬89
‫قرية‬156
‫حوض‬5
‫قطعة‬278
489
211
214
213
401
208
204
203 285
286
202
‫المقترحة‬ ‫االراضي‬
‫الطالبية‬ ‫للقرية‬
‫الجامعة‬ ‫ارض‬
‫المطار‬ ‫شارع‬
‫حوض‬5 ‫الحوض‬ ‫رقم‬ ‫و‬ ‫اسم‬ ‫رقم‬ ‫قرية‬158 ‫القرية‬ ‫رقم‬ ‫و‬ ‫اسم‬
‫المقترحة‬ ‫القطع‬ ‫كافة‬ ‫القطع‬ ‫رقم‬ ‫الهداية‬ ‫حي‬ ‫الحي‬ ‫اسم‬
130000‫م‬2 ‫القطع‬ ‫مساحة‬ ‫زراعي‬(‫توزيع‬ ‫اعادة‬
‫االستعمال‬)
‫االستعمال‬ ‫فئة‬ ‫و‬ ‫نوع‬
217
497
219
222
221
216
220
241
241
281
219
241

Case 1
Basic info
Type: Housing
Location: Haifa, Palestine
Area: 22000 m²
Year: 2012

Introduction
The master plan
• The project design is based on the principles of landscape-sensitive
and ecological planning. This is reflected in minimal damage tothe
landscape, as little development work as possible, preservation of
the existing natural environment, and the creation of a silhouette
that blends into the natural surroundings.

The Zielony Graduate Student Village
is located near the main entrance to
the Technion, on an area of 22
dunams (22,000 square meters). It
includes 215 housing units, ranging
from 2 to 4 rooms. The village will
also include a community center with
preschool classrooms and a
multipurpose hall, which will serve as
a social hub for the village residents
as well as graduate students who live
off-campus.
Description
Student village

• Pedestrian traffic within the
village is accommodated by 7
bridges, built perpendicular to
the topography on pillars at the
different levels, which lead to a
public boardwalk where they
join to become a single unit.
• The boardwalk is the “main
boulevard” in the public space
of the village. It is the heart of
the project – a central meeting
place where children can move
freely and safely within the
village.
Description
Pedestrian and circulation

• The definition of
the boardwalk as a
public space
enabled significant
savings in the
number of
elevators and
created a unique
high-quality and
significant public,
social space for
this community.
Pedestrian and circulation

The project was developed
around the concept of dialogue
– with nature, with the
neighbors, with the community
and with the economy.
Project concept

- Climate – The building facades are built in a
north–south direction.
- Ecology – The planning incorporated
maximum consideration for the natural green
environment.
- Minimal incursion on the landscape – The
typology of housing clusters built perpendicular
to the topography provides maximum distance
between them without intervening in the green
areas between the housing clusters.
Flexibility – The project site requires flexible
construction that can accommodate varying
functional, topographical and landscape
constraints without the need for essential
changes. Along the same lines, the units are
planned for flexibility of size (rooms that can be
incorporated in different unit configurations).
Main Principles

“Absorbent” buildings – The basic
typology of construction is founded
on the goal of absorbing the
environment –uncultivated
surrounding greenery, yards and
lanes. The concept of absorption is
expressed in enlargement of the
building envelope and the opening of
“holes” in its volume.

• Architecture as a backdrop – The silhouette of
the project integrates harmoniously with the
natural surroundings, without significant
changes to the existing landscape. Continuum
of integration – The construction creates a
continuum of lanes and yards that integrate
harmoniously into the environment.
• Added value – The buildings physically link the
Technion with its neighbors and the Ramat
Alon neighborhood.
• Neighborliness – The project creates a living
space in a neighborhood-like community
atmosphere, with common areas and meeting
places. At the same time, each unit enjoys
maximum privacy and a view of green
landscape.
• Locality and integration in the fabric of the
Technion – The basic typology resembles that
of the existing dormitories at the Technion,
with the differencethat thebuildingsare
constructed perpendicular to the topography
and in clusters, creating new ecological,
community and cultural elements.
Main Principles

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Case 2
Basic info
• Type: Housing
• Location: Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• Area: 25346.0 m²
• Year: 2018

Description
Student village
Access and
transparency
The master plan

The
landscape
• Inspired by garden design, the “Muses” park
uses nature as its focal point, favouring an
architecture that melds with the landscape.
Expansive lawns are sprinkled with birches,
lending an intimate and friendly scale to the
pedestrian-only park.
• Five cylinders provide volume with no specific
orientation or hierarchy, and punctuate the
walking path.
Project concept

SOLID: VOID
SOLID
VOID
Solid l void

• Shared design components provide coherence to all of the buildings and allows each architectural
structure to shine, enriching the other buildings while preserving their overall cohesion. Two kinds
of complementary facade treatments have thus been used: Buildings 01, 02 and 03, made in
black and grey stained concrete, are marked by a frame and regular openings, which create a
regular and symmetrical architecture. Buildings 04, 05, 06, 07 and 08, known as the “Muses”,
have been done in exposed, prefabricated concrete, revealing a play of photo-engraved matrices
and repeating the muse pattern of Greek mythology. Through their materials, contours and profile,
the façades become narrative spaces.
Materials

• While the buildings along the perimeter
of the plot cultivate an urban lifestyle,
the residences in the “Muses” form a
more innovative habitat. The circular
forms allow the façade length per
residence to be increased, while
reducing the façade length for the total
surface area. The cylindrical plan
optimizes the distribution surfaces,
reducing the surface area of the entry
and allowing spaces for separate living
and sleeping areas.
Housing types

• The vertical circulations are
established at the centre of the
layout, connecting to an elevator
and an enclosed stairway
serving 14 residences per level,
with an average surface area of
18.50 m2 each. The peripheral
buildings offer various types of
housing ranging from the T1
clusters which surround
common living areas, to shared
apartments.
Vertical circulation

Artistic
facades,
figures
from Greek
mythology

STRENGTHS
• Al-Zaytoonah University is in very close
proximity so vehicular transport won't be
necessary.
• Lack of dormitories in the area.
• Negligible slope which reduces the need for too
many ramps and stairs. The site is easy to work
with.
• Little noise surrounding the site.
• Big land allows for flexibility in design and
freedom in functional spacing.

WEAKNESSES
• Lack of shading due to lack of vegetation.
• Narrow street regarding site uses.
• Terrain may cause annoyance fromdust in dry
weather.

OPPORTUNITES
• Area is large enough to locate many facilities
and house many students.
• Advantage of being close to the main road so
people other than students can benefit from
the services and facilities.

THREATS
• Large area may complicate the security and
safeness of the site.
• Students may misuse the designated areas.
• Such a large project may be an annoyance to
the people already in the area.
• Long construction time may cause a lot of noise
towards the university and interrupt
concentration.

All building accessible
from multiple streets.
Benefits of courtyard design:
1. Allows natural lighting into buildings.
2. Ensures higher privacy for residential
buildings.
3. Cross-flow ventilation inside
buildings.
4. Clear zoning of entire plan.
5. Creates an indoor-outdoor
connection.
6. Provides a thermally comfortable
environment for living.
7. Building around a courtyard attenuate
noses from surrounding buildings and
from streets.
Residential buildings segregated from services and other functions to maximize
privacy and reduce noise and annoyance.
CONCLUSIONS

ROAD WIDTHS
12 m
6m
3m
PEDESTRIAN
CIRCULATION
MAIN ENTRANCES
SITE PLAN 1:2

FUNCTIONS
DORMS
MEDICAL CENTER
PARKING
COURTYARD
COMMERCIAL
SPORTS
LIBRARY

AREAS FOR EACH BLOCK:
BLOCK A
M SQR
BLOCK B
M SQR
BLOCK C
M SQR
BLOCK D
M SQR
BLOCK E
M SQR
BLOCK F
M SQR
BLOCK G
M SQR
BLOCK F
M SQR
1 7308 7780 4560 6408 2196 9120 5598
2 1800 5060 2110 3393 5856 2190 4557 1275
3 5760 1608 2636 2583 3336 1329
4 2172 4880 2258 591 2970 3246
5 6184 1592 2588
6 3116 3264
7 4896

Parking regulations
dorms 1 par 100m2
Commercial 1 par 125m2
medical center 1 par 80m2
Parks 1 par 500m2
Restaurants 1 par 15m2
library 1 par 60m2
Street Use Services
10 REC-REC WALKWAY
12 REC-REC WALKWAY + GREEN
14 REC-REC WALKWAY + PARKING
16 REC-REC WALKWAY + PARKING + GREEN
22 REC-COMM WALKWAY + 2 SIDE PARKING +
GREEN
30 COMM-COMM WALKWAY + 2 SIDE PARKING +

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