Award Cycle: 1999-2001 Cycle
Status: Award Recipient
Country of origin: Jordan
Location: Aqaba, Jordan
Client: SOS Children's Village Association of Jordan
Architect: Jafar Tukan & Partners
Size: 20'000 m²
Completed: 1991
An orphanage designed as a cluster of two-storey buildings containing nine family houses, a kindergarten, an administration building, staff housing, a sports hall, and a service block. The structures are arranged to form shaded courtyards accessible through vaulted archways. The buildings are constructed of reinforced concrete frames and infill of granite stones.