Architectural visions in Rehabilitation of Quarries and Brick Factories in Amman: A Case study rehabilitation of Al-Muqabalain industrial zone

  • Emad Al Fahmawee Emad Al Fahmawee is an assistant Professor in the department of Interior Design, Faculty of Art & Design at Applied Science University ,Jordan
Keywords: Quarries, Brick factories, Industrial zone, Environmental pollution, rehabilitation

Abstract

الملخص

ويعتبر قطاع التعدين والمحاجر الممثلة بمصانع نشر الأحجار ومصانع الطوب القطاع الصناعي الحيوي في الأردن، وذلك بسبب النمو الاقتصادي السريع والتحضر والهجرة القسرية. حيث نتج عن انتشارمناشير الطوب والحجارة في الاحياء السكنية الى انحطاطات بيئية و تدهور كبير بسبب انبعاث كميات كبيرة من الملوثات الغازية والجسيمية، إلى جانب التلوث البصري الناجم عن التوزيع العشوائي لهذه المصانع. ومن هنا جاءت أهمية هذه الورقة في دراسة مسألة إعادة تأهيل المحاجر وإعادة تأهيل مصانع الطوب داخل منطقة العاصمة عمان. واستندت الدراسة إلى مسح شامل لتسع مناطق صناعية وتعزيزه من خلال البيانات الإحصائية التي تم الحصول عليها من أمانة عمان الكبرى، وذلك باستخدام دراسة حالة لمنطقة المقابلين الصناعية. ووفقا لنتائج المسح، فإن الحلول المقترحة للتوزيع العشوائي لمناشير الحجر ومصانع الطوب في منطقة المقابلين يتم تلخيصها إما بإعادة تأهيل مصانع الطوب والمحاجر القديمة التي لا مفر منها لنقلها من خلال سياسات تشريعية مقترحة أو نقل للمصانع التي لا يمكن إعادة تأهيلها إلى موقع بديل مناسب من خلال إجراءات منظمة ثم اتخاذ القرارات. في هذه الدراسة، وادي العش هو الموقع البديل المقترح حيث تم تحقيق معظم المعايير المناسبة. وأخيرا، ستكون هناك حاجة إلى مزيد من دراسات  و البحوث البيئية و المعمارية المستقبلية  للمساعدة في استخدام النفايات الصلبة والسائلة المصنعة، وهذا لا يكون دون تشكيل لجنة من أصحاب المصلحة لوضع خطة تطبيقية لهذه الحلول المقترحة.

 

 

ABSTRACT

The mining and quarrying sector represented by stone sawing and bricks factories are considered as the vital industrial sector in Jordan, due to the fast economic growth, urbanization and forced migration. However, Bricks and stone sawing resulted in environmental degradations, due to the emission of significant quantities of gaseous and particulate pollutants, besides visual pollution caused by the random distribution of these factories. Hence the importance of this paper that examines quarries and brick factories rehabilitation issue within Amman Metropolitan Area. The study is based on comprehensive survey for nine industrial zones and strengthening it via statistical data acquired from Greater Amman Municipality, using as a case study of Al Muqabalain industrial zone. According to survey results, the proposed solutions for the random distribution of stone saw and brick factories in Al Muqabalain area are summarized by either rehabilitation of brick factories and old quarries that are inevitable to transfer through proposed legislative policies or relocation for the factories that cannot be rehabilitated to appropriate alternative site through organized procedures then decision-making. In this study, Wadi Al-Ish is the proposed alternative site where most of appropriate criteria were achieved. Finally, further environmental recovery studies will be needed to help in the use of solid and liquid factories waste, and this is not to be without formation of a committee of stakeholders to develop an applied plan for these proposed solutions.

Author Biography

Emad Al Fahmawee, Emad Al Fahmawee is an assistant Professor in the department of Interior Design, Faculty of Art & Design at Applied Science University ,Jordan

Emad Al Fahmawee is an assistant Professor in the department of  Interior Design, Faculty of Art &  Design at Applied Science University ,Jordan. He received a PhD of Architecture and Construction of Buildings from Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russia .

Professor Al Fahmawee is working as a designer and consultant engineer for several  large scale projects .

Currently both his research and his teaching are focused on issues of critical architectural practice.

His research interests include aspects of the design such as  hotel design, interior and landscape design .    

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Published
2019-05-06
Section
Architecture