Heritage Architecture in Amman: Adaptive Reuse of a Heritage Building (Farouq Yaghmour Office)

Abstract

Abstract

Adaptive reuse of heritage buildings is one of the heritage conservation processes. Heritage conservation is one approach to preserve heritage buildings to enhance their use and highlight their importance, authenticity and historic significance, which leads to urban development. The aim of this paper is to highlight one of the adaptive reuse attempts of a heritage building in Jabal Al- Wiebdeh in Amman, which is considered a heritage area since it has many heritage buildings and represents the architectural identity of Amman. The paper attempts to achieve its aim through deep analysis of the architectural elements of the building under consideration, involving the approach used formerly to transform the building and the contemporary interventions that were added and their impact on architectural, social, economic, and urban development. The methodology used in the paper was based on a field survey of the building.