AJMAN - THE SITE
Students were grouped into 11
projects’ groups. They were exposed to examine
their sense of surrounding and enhance their precision to propose reasonably
realistic solutions to the existing conflicts generated in a growing developing
city utilizing the groups’ socio-economic analysis. Each group selected a site
based on the findings of the existing deficiencies in Ajmans developing urban
fabric. Subsequently, each student had
to produce a visual portfolio of design accomplishments that describe the
student’s relationship with the world and architecture. Moreover, the students
were to develop the ability to represent
conceptual ideas in a visual form demonstrating
wider understanding of the design process within
the larger framework of wider discourses
This workshop provided the students with a
platform of freedom of expression to explore their inner abilities &
aspirations. Student’s dreams and imaginations were stimulated to get what the
students want really to build from within. The students, therefore, were given
the chance to expound their tactical sense by making virtual decisions on how
to develop their sites taking into account the logistical implications that
may undermine the existing urban fabric