SITE ANALYSIS…

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“SHATANA IS A SMALL SETTLEMENT IN JORDAN THAT SEEMS TO BE ISOLATED FROM THE WORLD, IN THIS PLACE I
WAS HAPPY LEARNING TO WORK WITH THE WIND.”

LUCAS DI PASCUALE – ARGENTINE.

LOCATION A NALYSIS

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I. SITE AND NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATION

LOCATION OF IRBID IN JORDAN LOCATION OF SHATANA IN IRBID LOCATION OF THE SITE IN PROPOSED SITE
SHATANA’S NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDED LANDS
SURROUNDED ROADS

TRAVELING IN A WESTERN DIRECTION FROM PEACEFUL VILLAGE OF SHATANA,

HOSON YOU PASS THROUGH A VAST AND DEEP QUARRY, SURROUNDED BY OLIVE GROVES. SET IN HISTORIC
COVERING A LARGE AND EXPANSIVE HILLY AREA. THE STONE HOUSES AND CHURCHES, SHATANA WITH A

ROAD RISES FROM THIS ROCKY MOONSCAPE INTO A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 150, IS A BOUT 70
KILOMETERS FROM THE CAPITAL AMMAN .
VERY PLEASANT, PASTORAL LANDSCAPE. SUDDENLY YOU
FIND YOURSELF IN THE SMALL, PICTURESQUE,
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II. MAIN ROAD ARTERIALS

THE MAIN ROAD ARTERIALS ARE

JORDAN STREET/ TAREEG ALBAGA’A_JERASH_IRBID
70 KILOMETER.
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III. ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD

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III. ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD
SITE LOCATION IN NEIGHBORHOOD

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V. SIZE AND ZONING
SITE BOUNDARIES AND DIMENSIONS

SITE DIMENSIONS PERIMETER : 767.5

AREA : 23000 M2

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IT’S THE ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL LIVING AND NON -LIVING THINGS OCCURRING NATURALLY ON EARTH OR
SOME REGION THEREOF. LAND AREA, ELEVATIONS , NATURAL DRAINAGE BASINS,
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDES THE
FLOOD PLAINS AND SLOPES, WATER FEATURES, SOIL, VEGETATION, ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS, ETC.

NATURAL PHYSICAL E NVIRONMENT ANALYSIS

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I.TOPOGRAPHY
MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC POINT

HIGH RELATIVELY FLAT AREA STEAC

POINT
VALLEY STEEP TOPOLOGY

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II.LAND TOPOGRAPHY
CONTOUR LINES

CONTOUR INTERVAL : 5 METERS

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II.LAND TOPOGRAPHY
SITE SECTION

SECTION A-A SECTION B-B

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III. CLIMATIC ANALYSIS
SUN, WIND AND NOISE ANALYSIS
MID
DAY JUNE 21
MID SUMMER
DAY SOLSTICE

MARCH 21 &
MID
SEPTEMBER 21
DAY
EQUINOX

DECEMBER 21 AZIMUTH AT
WINTER SUNSET
SOLSTICE

122 DEGREES
56 DEGREES
AZIMUTH AT
SUNRISE

NOISE CONCENTRATION
PREVAILING WIND FLOW
SUN MOVEMENT PATH
PROPOSED SITE

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III. CLIMATIC ANALYSIS
SHADE AND SHADOW DIAGRAM
S U M M E R
W I N T E R

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IV. WATER AND DRAINAGE

DRAINAGE PATTERNS IN AREA SURROUNDING THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE DIRECTION WITHIN THE PROPOSED SITE.
SITE, LEADING THE WATER FROM TWO HIGH GROUNDS TO A
LOW GROUND VALLEY-LIKE STRIP.

DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION

PRECIPITATION LEVELS INDICATE A FAIR AMOUNT OF RAINFALL,
SPECIFICALLY THROUGHOUT WINTER AND SPRING.
WATER DRAINAGE AND GATHERING MAKE AN IMPORTANT ISSUE
TO ADDRESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BUILDING SITE IS LOCATED
ON A SLOPING LAND WITH A 25% SLOPING PERCENTAGE.

PRECIPITATION (MM)

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V. ECOLOGY ANALYSIS
EXISTING VEGETATION
PUNICA GRANATUM

VITIS VINIFERA
POMEGRANATE GRAPE
QUERCUS CALLIPRINOS

OLEA EUROPAEA
PALESTINIAN LIVE OAK OLIVE TREE
HORDEUM

BARLEY

FICUS CARICA
TRITICUM

WHEAT COMMON FIG

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VI. SENSORY QUALITIES
PANORAMA VIEWS

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VI. SENSORY QUALITIES
PANORAMA VIEWS

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VI. SENSORY QUALITIES
VIEWS TO AND FROM THE PROPOSED SITE

VIEWS TO THE SITE VIEWS FROM THE SITE

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VI. SENSORY QUALITIES
SHATANA SKYLINE

QANDAH
FAMILY
SOCIAL MOKBEL STREET
RESIDENTIAL CATHOLIC LATIN ASSOCIATION MAJOR ROAD LEADING TO
CULTURE CHURCH CHURCH INTERSECTION AL HOSON

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VI. SENSORY QUALITIES
SHATANA SKYLINE

ENTRANCE OLD HOUSE REMAINS DATING RESIDENTIAL ORTHODOXMAJOR ROAD CATHOLIC

TO SHATANA BACK TO THE EARLIER PHASE CULTURE CHURCH INTERSECTION CHURCH

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THE TECHNO-PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT HERE REFERS TO THE EXISTING MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT; THAT INCLUDES

PHYSICAL STRUCTURES, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PARKS, MINES AND ROCK QUARRIES. THIS SECTION EXAMINES
SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF SHATANA AS A WHOLE.

TECHNO – PHYSICAL E NVIRONMENT ANALYSIS

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I. NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT

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GOVERNMENT LANDS AL KASSARAT

RUINS SPOTS
EXISTING FOREST

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II. SOLD-VOID AND LAND USE

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SOLD AND VOID LAND USE RESIDENTIAL PUBLIC GARDEN

RELIGOUS HEALTH CENTER
ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER PROPOSED SITE

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III.CIRCULATION
STREETS WITHIN THE BUILT AREA OF THE VILLAGE

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IV. APPROACH AND ACCESSIBILITY

HOSON STREET: THE MOST USED, IT’S 7 KM NORTH.

FROM AL -NAIMEH: IT’S USED LESS THAN AL-HOSON STREET,
BUT MORE THAN AL- KHANOQ STREET, IT’S 5 KM EAST.
AL –KHANOOG STREET : THE WESTERN ROAD, THE LEAST
FREQUENTLY USED, IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR.

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III.CIRCULATION
RING ROAD AND NETWORK

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RING ROAD SURROUNDING SHATANA DEAD END ROADS

CIRCULATION ROADS
MAIN ROAD INTERSECTIONS

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY
FIGURE - GROUND RELATIONSHIP

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THE VILLAGE HOUSES SCATTERED WITHOUT ANY THE HOUSES HAVE IRREGULAR FORM DUE TO
PARTICULAR ORDER WITH HIGHEST DENSITY IS PRESENT CONTINUOUS EXTENSION IN ORDER TO
IN THE SURROUNDING OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH. ACCOMMODATE EXPANDING FAMILIES.

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY
LAND TYPOLOGY

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BUILDING HEIGHTS
TWO FLOORS
ONE FLOOR

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY

EARLY PHASE LATEST PHASE MIDDLE PHASE MIDDLE PHASE EARLY PHASE MIDDLE PHASE
1886-1920 1990-2009 1920-1990 1920-1990 1886-1920 1920-1990

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY

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MIDDLE PHASE HOUSE AND LATEST PHASE HOUSE, THE SECOND CHURCH BUILT IN THE EARLY PHASE HOUSE LATEST PHASE HOUSE, AND
THE NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN WE CAN SEE SOME ART MIDDLE PHASE, ACTS AS A CENTER RUINS. ANOTHER ART WORK APPEARS
MATERIALS SHOWS THE WORK ON ITS WALLS. OF THE VILLAGE DIVIDING THE ON THE WALL.
DIFFERENT BUILDING STAGE. VILLAGE INTO TWO SIDES WITH ITS
LOCATION ON THE VILLAGES MAIN
INTERSECTION.

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY
MATERIALS IN THE EARLY STAGES BASIC MATERIALS WERE USED
FOR BUILDING, SUCH AS ROUGH STONE AND MUD,
THE CEILING WAS COVERED WITH BAMBOO STEMS, MUD,
RUBBLE AND WATER.
IN THE MIDDLE STAGES SMOOTHER STONE AND MUD
WERE USED IN THE EXTERIOR WALLS. WHITE SAND WAS
INTRODUCED AS A NEW MATERIAL FOR COLORING THE
INNER WALLS.
WELL FINISHED HOUSES APPEARED IN LATER STAGES. A
VARIETY OF MATERIALS IS USED IN BUILDING. SMOOTHER
STONE PATTERNS ARE MOST COMMONLY USED IN
EXTERIOR WALLS.

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EARLY PHASE MIDDLE PHASE LATEST PHASE

1886-1920 1920-1990 1990-2009

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY
DOORS
THE DOORS WERE BASICALLY ARCH
SHAPED MADE OUT OFF A ROUGH
STONE FRAME AND BASIC BOTH ARCH AND RECTANGULAR
MATERIALS AS WOOD FOR THE DOORS WERE USED, STONE WAS
DOOR. THE ARCH USUALLY SMOOTHER THAN THE ONE USED LARGE VARIETY OF DOORS
CONSISTED OF 5 OR 7 BLOCKS. THE IN THE EARLIER STAGE. MATERIALS AND SHAPES ARE
MIDDLE STONE IS CALLED THE KEY WOOD AND STEEL DOORS AND NOW USED. LESS OPENINGS
STONE . WELL CUT STONE. ARE MADE.

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EARLY PHASE MIDDLE PHASE LATEST PHASE

1886-1920 1920-1990 1990-2009

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY
WINDOWS

IN THE EARLY PHASE WINDOWS WERE SMALL ISSUES IN THE LATEST STAGES WERE TAKEN INTO

FRAMED WITH WOOD OR ROUGH

IN SIZE CONSIDERATION AS WE CAN SEE THE
WINDOW
STONE . LATER ON LARGER SIZED OPENINGS BECAME STEEL RODS ARE BECOMING A BASIC
PRESENT BECAUSE OF THE RELATIVELY ADVANCED ELEMENT IN THE WINDOWS .
INSULATION TECHNIQUES USED SECURITY
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EARLY PHASE MIDDLE PHASE LATEST PHASE

1886-1920 1920-1990 1990-2009

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY
ROOFING AND COURTYARDS
ROOFING TECHNIQUES COURTYARDS EXISTENCE

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IV. BUILDING TYPOLOGY
VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN PATH

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AS WE CAN SEE THE PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICULAR

SHARE THE SAME PATH.
THE HOUSES FENCES DEFINE THE STREET THE
PAVEMENT.

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THE SOCIO-CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT CONSIST OF CUSTOMS, LIFESTYLES, AND VALUES THAT
CHARACTERIZE THE SOCIETY. SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPONENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE THE ABILITY OF OUR
DESIGN TO FUNCTION WITHIN THE SOCIETY. POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS, RISING EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, NORMS AND VALUES,
AND ATTITUDES TOWARD SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ARE EXAMPLES OF SOCIO-CULTURAL VARIABLES.

SOCIO – CULTURAL E NVIRONMENT ANALYSIS

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I.SENSORY QUALITIES
SITE ELEMENTS AND FORCES
SOME FORCES RESULT FROM NEIGHBORING DYNAMIC NODES, MAIN ELEMENTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE AFFECTING THE LIFE OF
AND OTHER FORCES RESULT FREQUENTLY FROM FOCAL POINTS VILLAGERS ON DAILY BASIS, VARYING IN DESCRIPTION: EDUCATIONAL,
WITHIN THE VILLAGE ITSELF. RELIGIOUS, COMMERCIAL, AND SOCIAL.

SITE FORCES SOCIAL GATHERING SPOTS

SITE ELEMENTS
MAJOR FORCES WITHIN THE VILLAGE PARAMETER COMMERCIAL
DAILY VISITED SPOTS RELIGIOUS (CHURCHES)
LARGE SCALE FORCES FROM NEARBY AREAS EDUCATIONAL (SCHOOL)

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II.PAST AND FUTURE
HISTORY AND VISIBLE TRACES OF THE SITE
PALEOLITHIC PERIOD NEOLITHIC PERIOD BRONZE AGE DEMOTE AND AMMONITE HELLENISTS
(8500-4500 BC) (1200-500 BC) (64BC- 636AD)
(500000-17000 BC) (5000 BC)
ROMANS- GREEK
•NO •LIVING IN •INCREASING •IRBID
ARCHITECTURA SMALL OF MIGRATION EMERGED AS A
L EVIDENCE VILLAGES PATTERNS IN SIGNIFICANT
FROM THIS •CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE CITY
ERA THE WEATHER EAST •DECAPOLIS
•POTTERY-
MAKING

CHRISTIANS ISLAMIC OPENINGS THE MUKLUKS OTTOMAN EMPIRE THE HASHEMITS

(200 AD) (634 AD) (1600 AD) (1921-PRESENT)

•GHASSANIDS •RASHIDUN •STRATEGIC AREA •ITS AREA WAS

EMPIRE • INTERMEDIATE LESS THAN 0.1
•UAYYAD EMPIRE AREA SERVING KM2
•ABBASID EMPIRE PILGRIMS
•THE WEATHER COMING FROM
THE NORTH
•POTTERY-
MAKING

1930
AREA INCREASED BECAUSE IRBID BECAME A
PART OF AJLOUN CITY

1950
AREA INCREASED WITH THE PALESTINIAN
REFUGEES

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II.PAST AND FUTURE
CHURCHES

1. ORTHODOX CHURCH 2. CATHOLIC CHURCH 3. LATIN CHURCH

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III. RESIDENT AND USING POPULATION
NUMBER, COMPOSITION AND PATTERNS OF CHANGE

BUILT OUPO AREA; 176 BUILDINGS PATTERN OF CHANGE

DENSITY

THERE ARE 278 PERSON THE MAJORITY OF SHATANA’S POPULATION IS OVER THE AGE ALMOST ALL OF SHATANA’S FAMILIES ARE
LIVING IN SHATANA. OF SIXTY SINCE THE YOUTH ARE MOVING OUT TO MORE EXTENDED FAMILIES.
115 MALES, 163 FEMALES
DEVELOPED CITY FOR WORK AND EDUCATION.

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III. RESIDENT AND USING POPULATION
EDUCATION, ECONOMICAL STATUS AND EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS

APPARENTLY SHATANA’S MAIN

PROBLEM IS TRANSPORTATION;
SPECIALLY FOR THE FACT THAT
SHATANA IS VERY MUCH INTEGRATED
WITH NEARBY CITIES; MOST
IMPORTANTLY HOSON THERE IS NO SHATANA HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF EDUCATION THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE FINISHED HIGH
MOST
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND SCHOOL. SHATANA‘S MAIN INCOME ID FROM AGRICULTURE , OLIVE OIL PRODUCE
PEOPLE USE THEIR PRIVATE APPROXIMATELY 100,000 JD YEAR , PLENTY OF PEOPLE WORK IN JOBS OUTSIDE OF SHATANA ,
CARS. MOST LIKELY HOSON OR IRBID .

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III. RESIDENT AND USING POPULATION
HERITAGE RESOURCES
IRBID GOVERNORATER IS CHARACTERIZED BY:
ITS STRATEGIC SITE, ITS HISTORICAL AND
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE, ITS ECONOMICAL
ROLE IT PLAYS, ITS FERTILE AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
SHATANA AT THE TOP O THE JORDANIAN A
AGRICULTURAL REGIONS SPECIALLY IN THE
PRODUCTION OF OLIVES AND WHEAT.
THOUGH NOT USUALLY A MAJOR TOURIST
DESTINATION ITSELF, IRBID’S STRATEGIC
LOCATION IN NORTHERN JORDAN MAKES IT A
CONVENIENT STARTING POINT FOR TOURIST
INTERESTED IN SEEING THE NORTHERN JORDAN
VALLEY.

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IV. SITE VALUE AND RESTRAINS
LAND OWNER SHIP

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IV. SITE VALUE AND RESTRAINS
LAND OWNER SHIP

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IV. SITE VALUE AND RESTRAINS

SHATANA HAPPENS TO BE A VERY QUIET

PLACE, VEHICULAR MOVEMENTS IS VERY LITTLE, NO
MAJOR GATHERING SPOTS WITHIN THE VILLAGER
PRESENT TO GENERATE ANY NOISE .
WORTH MENTIONING ,NEARBY LARGE SCALE AREAS
GENERATORS OF NOISE, YET DUE TO THE GREEN
LANDS AND THE LANDSCAPE THE NOISES
INTERRUPTED.

FORMAL GATHERING
INFORMAL GATHERING

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