The 15 minute film will consist of six interviews with Jordanian architects, each of whom will discuss one of the winning projects for the 2016 (13th) Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The film screening will be followed by a conversation between Farrokh Derakhshani, the Director of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Geneva); Mohammad al-Asad, the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of the Built Environment in Amman (CSBE) and a member of the Steering Committee for the 2016 cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture; and Ahmad Humeid, founder and CEO of Syntax Digital.

The talk will discuss an ongoing agenda, “Almost Natural”, through situating it as a critique towards ongoing green building practices and how a blurring between the natural and synthetic offers an alternative attitude towards building and construction in the Anthropocene.

Kais Al Rawi shares insights into articulated geometries and computational design processes within three contexts: practice, academia and research. From a professional-practice perspective, architect-engineer collaborations will be showcased on a series of projects which bridge scales from complex art-forms to NFL stadia and airports. From academia, Kais shares design outcomes from London’s AA course in Jordan, featuring designs inspired by Jordan’s unique ecology – and beyond, designing habitats on Mars, a landscape often likened to Wadi Rum.

This open talk covers the design and graphic approach of Tarek Atrissi Design in their worldwide projects that include type design, branding, graphic design, and exhibition design.

The workshop shows participants how to reuse plastic waste materials to create different artworks and craft items, like simple musical instruments and toys.

The tour will meet at Darat Al Tasweer in Jabal Al Lweibdeh for a short introduction about storytelling and documentation through images, then will head to the Amman Design Week main exhibition area, documenting the exhibition and visitors.

A group of women from Petra who work at the floor looms will show visitors how recycled yarn is used.

This three-day workshop offers advanced training in designing Arabic typefaces, and is open to designers with a strong interest in typography, or with previous experience in Arabic type design wishing to advance their design and technical skills.

Turning Tables exhibits a pop-up creative space built into a shipping container designed to expand both mental and physical space in order to mobilize and engage Jordanian and refugee youth in constructive exchange and processing of their travesties, hopes and dreams.

Visit Turbo to see a matchbox pyramid installation designed by Saeed Abu Jaber and Mothanna Hussein.

Inspired by Congo Square in New Orleans, THE COLOR EXPERiMENT redesigns Blue Fig Underground to focus on the musical heritage and to pay cultural tribute to an underground subculture that tells a story of liberation. Serving upscale street food and alternative entertainment, this space offers an experience beyond mainstream culture.

The three-day workshop aims to briefly go through the fashion design process from design to making, to realise one design in three-dimensional form. Through discussions and exercises, students will be shown how to research a theme, develop it into a capsule collection of basic elasticated waist skirts, and how to pattern-cut and construct their final chosen skirt.​