Amman Courthouse
A court of appeal that is located on Abdoon corridor with a
total approximate area of 10,000 meters square, containing 10
courtrooms that vary between civil and criminal in addition to the
public library that is embeded in the public atrium for all users to
observe and perceive their own perception of justice.
The project also includes the juristic section where you can
validate your documentations and pursue with the legal
procedures when moving from an initial courthouse to a court of
appeals.
The project is combination of two different architectural language
conveying the duality in perception of “Justice”. A rectalinear form
penetrated by an organic geometry hybridizing the fossilized
redundant image of courthouse
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Site considerations
The site is located on Abdoon corridor with a total area of 60 donums and surrounded by streets from all directions, the difference in elevation between the front street and the back street is 45 meters, making the slope around 30 percent. One of the advantages of this location is that its front street “Abdoon corridor” is targeted as a part of the corridor intensfication strategy “CIS”, making it a vital location in the near future.
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Public Atrium
After entering the courthouse at the +0.00 level and getting inspected by security checkpoint users can either descend
to lower levels to follow up with legal procedures or ascend to the higher levels if they have an appointment for trial.
Users maneuver through the sculptural staircase taking them around displayed content that conveys the perspectives
of absolute and relative justice. Ind addition, it gives them factual law-related material that can be helpful for them in the
future. The staircase has two hanged platforms at different levels as the staircase was built on sacred geometry principles.
