This thesis is about designing a museum in Jordan. The building is to be a place of time, light and space. Its primary purpose is to introduce the people to the capital of Jordan, Amman . This study will offer a conceptual approach, concentrating on composition, visual concepts, and influences that have shaped it over the past year. My intention here is to present the visual aspect of exteriors and interiors. The design would be based on my awareness and acceptance of modern western aesthethic values and technology as part of an international culture and global economic systems. / Master of Architecture

Most of the recent studies on the southern Jordan Bedouins portray the Bedouins as being resistant to change and development. These studies are more descriptive than analytical, focusing on romantic aspects of the Bedouin's lifestyle. In contrast, this study, based on fieldwork conducted in Wadi Rum between June-November 2004, attempts an ethnographical study that does not represent the Bedouins in a stereotypical way, neither romanticising them nor treating them as in need of development. It is based on an examination of the relationship between the socio-cultural, economic and political aspects of Bedouin society and the physical environment in which they live. The different types of settlements inhabited by Wadi Rum's Bedouin society are documented, and the contextual sources of change that shaped, and are still shaping the Bedouins' living patterns, are analyzed.

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