Asalah Aranki, Bashar al-Idreesi, Ranwa Abughoush
(Public) Space Exploration (العام) استكشاف الفضاء
Published in 2022 (Jordan), English (includes some colloquial Arabic), 18 pages, No ISBN.
This zine was the culminating work of documentation of a collaborative urban research and intervention project titled FARAGHAT AMMAN, led by 7hills for social development, initially proposed by Goethe Institute Amman, before all parties decided to continue independently. It follows the research of seven Jordan and Germany based architects and urbanists, navigating questions on Amman's publicness, and the documentation of their process and outcome: Spatial Swing.
Contributors
Abed Riadh
Aline Fraikin
Contents
1. Discussing Public Space in Amman:
Towards A Definition
Formal Public Space: History & Current Moment
Informal Public Space: Contention Mandates Appropriation
2. The Spatial Swing:
A Device for Spatial Appropriation
Observations
Comic: based on a real swing
3. Epilogue:
Reflections on Design
Reflections on Institutions & Independent Practice
(Public) Space Exploration (العام) استكشاف الفضاء
Published in 2022 (Jordan), English (includes some colloquial Arabic), 18 pages, No ISBN.
This zine was the culminating work of documentation of a collaborative urban research and intervention project titled FARAGHAT AMMAN, led by 7hills for social development, initially proposed by Goethe Institute Amman, before all parties decided to continue independently. It follows the research of seven Jordan and Germany based architects and urbanists, navigating questions on Amman's publicness, and the documentation of their process and outcome: Spatial Swing.
Contributors
Abed Riadh
Aline Fraikin
Contents
1. Discussing Public Space in Amman:
Towards A Definition
Formal Public Space: History & Current Moment
Informal Public Space: Contention Mandates Appropriation
2. The Spatial Swing:
A Device for Spatial Appropriation
Observations
Comic: based on a real swing
3. Epilogue:
Reflections on Design
Reflections on Institutions & Independent Practice