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| 1. Green Architecture and Engineering |
Background Information
- Green Architecture and Engineering or Sustainable Architecture describes environmentally friendly architecture and design, which uses local renewable material, is energy efficient and economical.
- Green Architecture and Engineering is a multidisciplinary and integrated design that uses different facets of engineering including mechanical, heating and ventilation, environmental and structural engineering.
- The aesthetic design of Green Architecture is usually a natural extension of the local environment, which optimizes systems and generates on-site renewable energy.
- The material generally used in green architecture and engineering supports environmental sustainability, which includes using rapidly renewable plant materials that are non-toxic, material that is reusable, renewable and recyclable and that is locally manufactures to minimize energy used in transporting it.
- Some of the environmental technology used in green architecture and engineering includes recycling, water purification, sewage treatment, solid waste management and renewable energy.
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| 2. Urban Development |
Background Information
- Urban development and planning combines the elements of social fabric, environmental sustainability and aesthetic sensibility to the set-up of urban areas.
- Over 75% of Jordan’s population lives in urban areas, therefore, is a need for innovative design ideas to accommodate Jordan’s increased concentration of populations in small areas.
- Urban development must take into consideration zoning, community structures, cultural implications and aesthetic sensibility of the community.
- There are different aspects of urban development and planning that are geared towards specific concerns in urban areas. These include environmental planning, crime prevention planning, and community development.
- Urban development and planning requires the support of surveyors, engineers and architects in order to provide a comprehensive plan or vision for urban areas.
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| 3. Intelligent/Smart Architecture |
Background Information
- Intelligent/smart architecture refers to buildings that are communicative and responsive to users’ needs for comfort, security, efficiency, energy saving, and entertainment.
- Buildings are technology but when computer are integrated into their design to provide a comfortable, secure and energy-efficient environment then they become intelligent buildings or designs.
- In order for a building to be considered intelligent it needs to have the following criteria: input systems to receive information by means of information receivers, processing and information analysis, output systems that react to the input in the form of a response, time consideration that makes the response happen in the needed time, and learning ability.
- One form of Intelligent/smart architecture is called “Responsive Architecture”-defined as architecture that has the ability to respond to users needs.
- Intelligent responsive architecture has the ability to respond to the external (temperature changes) and internal environment (color change) of the users’ needs.
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| 4. Safety, Security, and Disaster Mitigation Innovative Designs |
Background Information
- With many threats to human lives that exist, from natural disasters to man-made disasters, the need for building secure and safe structures has become imperative.
- Examples for natural disasters include typhoons, earthquakes, war, explosions, tornadoes and flooding.
- Periodic earthquakes are on of the major hazards that affect the Hashemite Kingdome of Jordan; In general, the capacity to deal with natural hazard risk in Jordan is still predominantly focused at the response stage and in need of strengthening in several areas to bring it more in line with contemporary risk reduction practices.
- People are in need for architectural structures that will hold up under the most extreme situations such as the situations that have been recently witnessed by humans across the globe.
- The “Safety, Security, and disaster mitigation designs” theme addresses this need, where students are required to provide architectural designs and suggest materials for building structures that can hold up under these extreme situations.
- Students may choose from either natural disaster threats or man-made threats to humans.
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| 5. Affordable Building Systems |
Background Information
- Using affordable building material in construction and engineering is always preferable for many architects and engineering.
- Recently much work has been done to create affordable building systems that are also environmentally friendly.
- Affordable Building Systems begin with a simple design. A simple design would include simple geometric shapes making it cheaper to construct, efficient electrical wiring, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, and standardized lighting.
- Using local materials for construction greatly reduces costs because it does not need to be transferred over long distances to reach the job site.
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Current Examples
- Composite materials such as fiber reinforced materials and concrete are affordable replacements for wood and cement.
- Plastic and cement are currently being combined with wood, fiberglass, steel or other forms of organic plant fiber material to create stronger lightweight composite materials. These materials are more affordable, durable and resilient to the effects of the environment than the more traditional wood, steel and cement materials.
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6. Architecture and Culture
(Featuring the style of life of Jordanian people)
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Background Information
- A country’s art and cultural identity is largely determined by its architectural structures.
- Culture is about the socially transmitted behaviors, beliefs, arts, and any other aspect or product of human work and thought.
- Students submitting to this theme shall develop Architectural designs that reflect Jordanians’ way of living, taking into consideration social-behavior interaction patterns.
- Students also shall create architectural designs for buildings that are culturally relevant and symbolic to Jordan.
- Additionally, these structures must have a certain artistic sensibility to be considered as a true and innovative representation of art in the form of architecture.
- Students may also consider historic preservation as a way of highlighting the characters of Jordan’s greatest architectural structures, which are undoubtedly great representations of Jordan’s evolving art and cultural identity.
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Current Examples
- Darat al Funoun
- Remodeling and maintaining the Nupti – temple
- Remodeling and building Petra protected area
- Renovating Tafila antiquities
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Reference Material
- Preserving the traditional and civilized inheritance, protecting and presenting it in a modern sustainable manner, consistent with the best international standards www.gbd.gov.jo
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| 7. Open Theme |
- This theme is open to any student whose project does not fit in any of the six suggested themes. Students can register for participation through this theme and apply their innovation and creativity to a relevant subject in the field. Any architecture and civil engineering students who believe that their projects are innovative and who have an idea to contribute will get an equal opportunity to participate in the Abdali Innovative Award.
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