1. ammar ghazal | german jordanian university | winter 2014
architecture
portfolio
amagzal@gmail.com +971 501329536

2. curriculum vitale ammar ghazal | german jordanian university | winter 2014
personal info.
born on 17/10/1989 | lives in dubai
phone no +971 501329536 | email amagzal@gmail.com
education
al-nahrain university | bachelor of science in architecture | winter 2007 - winter 2008
german jordanian university | bachelor of science in architecture | winter 2008 - fall 2014
study abroad
muenster university of applied science | bachelor of arts in architecture | winter 2011 - winter 2012
travels | barcelona - madrid - valencia - aleppo - vienna - paris - prague - amsterdam - roma - damascus -
erbil - basra - dubai - oslo - stockholm - berlin - osnabruck
workshops
AA visiting school jordan| desert ecologies | 1 - 10 / september / 2013
digital fabrication course| rhino + grasshopper | 1 / august - 1 / september /2013
construction managment course| prof. hermann schnell | december / 2012
building information managment course| revit & vasari | july / 2011
steel construction course| prof. ingo helmdag | may / 2009

3. curriculum vitale ammar ghazal | german jordanian university | winter 2014
internships
saad muhsin model making| model making team | july / 2008 - august / 2008
assembly architects| concept & design team | june / 2010 - august / 2010
gdar architects| design & visuals team | june / 2011 - september / 2011
scarf architure office| design and detail team | april / 2012 - october / 2012
vitrina architects| concept & design team | october / 2012 - january / 2013
skills
autocad | revit | grasshopper | rhinocerous | 3dsmax | vray | adobe photoshop | adobe indesign |
adobe illustrator| ms office | ecotect
arabic [native] | english [fluent] | german [intermediate] | french [beginner]
refrences
dr. caesar jarrar, [+962] 79 007 4834 | caesar.jarrar@gju.edu.jo
prof. mohammed khadim, [+962] 79 550 9597 | muhammad.kadhim@gmail.com
dr. janset shawash, [+962] 77 733 9433 | j.shawash@gmail.com
dr. omaima al arja, [+962] 79 517 0219 | omaimah.ali@gju.edu.jo

4. the code ammar ghazal | downtown amman morphogensis | winter 2014

5. the code
THE PROJECT IS A SOCIAL EXPEREMENT IN DOWNTOWN AMMAN AIM TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND ACTIVITIES DISSOLVING THE CULTURAL
AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS IN ITS WAY.
amman greater municipality made a general plan for amman, by planning for 20 years in advance, and chose to make an interven-tion
in downtown amman next to the roman theater with a touristic approach, by commissioning a fi ve star hotel and an open park
with concrete fl ooring and digital screens.
the main idea of the project is to negate that idea and try to direct the municipality to direct their interest on to the people of
jordan instead of tourists, making functions that serve their own people.
the suggestion is to make a school of performing art -an affordable hostel - affordable restaurants and open areas, instead of a
fi ve star hotel and luxury functions.
we brought some of the existing projects that are already done next to the downtown site and analysed them to view that the
public are being excluded from the area by building functions that are not necessarily be benifi cial for them

6. resonance concept
through these concepts the functions of the project were
deducted making it resonate with the functions around it
and fi lling a missing link between the old and code
new
functions in the downtown resonating the multiple areas of infl uence to deduce a form
locating in a place by means of structure that utilize the same wavelength as the place
emergence concept
deduction of form from existing areas of infl uence
the promotion of spatial continuity on the basis of physical discontinuity, by means of levels or precincts
sharing concept
utilization in the physical world of the principles that govern the sharing of resorurces in the digital realm,
creating the sequence between private spaces and spaces for sharing in proximity

7. the demand for connecting different parts of the city made the
project act as a bridge between the area between two hills and
across the valley, also the structure was made to connect the
public with the project and the roman theater with its functions
august 12am
august 4pm august 4pm
august 8am february 12am august 12am

8. ground floor plan first floor alt plan first floor roof plan
south elevation north elevation

9. second floor roof plan second floor plan third floor plan
east elevation west elevation

10. SECTIVE A-A

11. SECTIVE B-B

13. conceptual illustration conceptual illustration, complimentary to the project

16. campus landscape german jordanian university camus landscape intervention

17. campus landscape
Our concept is based on research of Madaba‘s cultural history and
heritage. The most prominent and ever
occuring part of this is the mosaics.
Our plan is to apply these to the open spaces and
gathering zones of the campus and then translate them into a three
dimensional landscape using hard and soft landscape elements.
Just like in the city of Madaba the mosaics are recurring elements of
design found throughout the city in places where people spend time
together and congregate (churches, family homes, shops).
We researched the meanings of the mosaics to fi nd a proper location
for them based on their shape and or content.

20. desert ecologies architecture association visiting school jordan
AAVS JORDAN
D e s e r t E c o l o g i e s
September 1st - 10th 2013

21. the workshop was supervised by UTO and CODE-IT
teams (rhino and grasshopper programmers) putting
new Urban design methods into practice in the Jordani-an
desert.
the population of the desert ecologies must be respon-sive
to the weather conditions and the most livable
situations where a unit needs the lowest amount of
energy to function and that depends mostly on posi-tioning.
and that is basically what we did in that 10 days
workshop.
the process involved wind-topography- steepness-rain
and water supply- sun exposure analysis and that was
combined into a hedonic map that can create the units
arrangement around the site
24 - 28 m | count 52 | area 56,500 m2
20 - 24 m | count 226 | area 186,000 m2
12 - 16 m | count 512 | area 182,000 m2
8 - 12 m | count 392 | area 76,500 m2
count 1,800 | area 845,000 m2
16 - 20 m | count 618 | area 344,000 m2

22. LOW VAPOR
Formal Strategy|
Creating Shade
Humid air catchment
Cool Air Funneling
D e s e r t
E c o l o g i e s
R e s p o n s i v e . P a t t e r n s
W a d i . R u m
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Formal Analysis - Wind Flow
desert ecologies

26. spaces in between the city
lighting design residential
a house on the roof of a building where the focus of the assignment was
to design the lighting system to that house. with the assistance of ACOR
lighting
company - germany - choices were made from variety of light-ing
systems which were provided by the company.

27. relax
calm
intimate
modern
colorful

28. rem pavillion a pavillion dedicated to rem’s architecture style
Designing a pavillion that goes with the concepts and ideas
of Rem Koolhaas.
The pavillion had to reflect his ideas through its vision of space and
cinematic experience.
His interest in structure and function helped me mold my pavillions and exhibi-tion
spaces, to reflect his experiences and feelings to visitors.
Approaches:
Cinematic / Theatrical Architecture /
Moments of suspense / Irritation

29. rem pavillion

30. al-mahatta urban regeneration course and workshop with vienna university of applied science

31. al-mahatta regeneration
An urban regeneration class that focused on Al-mahatta Refu-gee
camp in Jordan
The task was to understand the fabric of the camp to introduce
effective anchors on site to increase cohesion between the
camp’s layers
My concept was to introduce supporting structures in certain
areas on site that would provide structural, economic and so-cial
cohesion.
Areas were defined by the
- need for these structures
- since the areas in the camp are identified by family names, so
each family had a minimum no. of one structure

32. masterplan potentials
urgent problems

33. existing socio-economy
economic boost planning
Public space for the elderly
Youth’s public space
Women’s public space
courtyards
promenade
Children’s public space
outdoor training space
Vertical Farming unit/mixed use economical hub
Buisnesses run by senior citizins
Buisnesses designed for the youth
enhancement of commercial street

34. Construct vertical units of strong structures that will retain themselves and surrounding
dwellings. Residents will be involved in the construction process since a lot have a back-ground
in the fi eld.
Locate existing open spaces even the ones with low activity in them and revitalize the place
by creating an association between each space with a layer of the community. Taking small
areas throughout the entire site.
After completing a socio-economic survey of the existing businesses,
a new layer of economical activity will be established as to not override the existing ones and
also attracting neighbouring communities.e.g. Vegetation industry and teaching centers.
Marketing and enhancing the existing local businesses.
e.g. Bakery, construction contractors, clothing retail shops, tailoring, women’s beauty salon.

35. al-mahatta regeneration

38. a grasshopper | rhino project
canopy proposal
Canopy Proposal
The project was proposed to be built on the German Jordanian Univer-sity
grounds for the Bloom Boom festival.
The team split into two groups each working on a proposal for the
canopy, but our group started working together to learn from each
other’s experience.
Our design and build project had to be planned in detail as to work
with materials and building techniques.
It was an intersting mixture of working on form generating programs
and building techniques.

40. grasshopper and processing
digital trials
- A processing program demonstrating my graduation
project analysis, expermenting with digital techno which
a product of the theory of morphic resonance
- Trials for using kangaroo plug-in as a
design tool for my graduation project
- Grasshopper trials of platforms

41. internship architektur bureau scharf | luxembourg
the focus of the supervisors is to introduce me to
the maximum amount of construction details and site
visits so I can understand the system better, and af-ter
I started working with them in some construction
details, value assessment and bill of quantities.

42. deadsea hotel third year project in german jordanian university
a 5 star hotel on the Dead Sea (Jordan)trying to
be sensitive to the area’s weather by using spe-cific
materials and form

45. al-mahatta regeneration

46. MOOD BOARD
MUSIC
BOX
SPIRIT AND
MATERIALS

47. box
a music box representing the students’ idea about certain
types of music, in this case I took the concept of arabic
music and its complexity.
for my project I chose the oud oriental music to be my
inspiration, using arabian caligraphy and cubism to create
the shape that I music visualized. arabic culture has a history of complexity,
articulation and attention to details extending to its music,
architecture, art etc...
these thoughts came from dedication to religion and their
obligation to a higher power, which was considered in my
design.

49. bus station
a bus station project in the German
Jordanian University (a design and build project), the win-ning
design will be built on site.
design suggestion no. 1 won the compition and is scheduled
to be built in the German Jordanian University site in Mad-aba
- Jordan.
proposals were inspired from the original concepts in
which the architect who designed GJU had in mind. a post
modernist approach was obvious in his work, using
local materials and variation of spaces.