December 2001
Omrania and Associates were awarded first prize in a closed competition for the design of the Aqaba Arcade, the Aqaba produce market, and a mosque for ASEZA (the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority) in Aqaba. The Aqaba Arcade project, which includes shops and landscaped areas, consists of a 3,200 square-meter refurbished area and a new built up area of 1,250 square meters. The produce market occupies an area of 2,800 square meters and the mosque an area of 1,200 square meters. Jafar Tukan and Partners and PLANS-Hakim and Associates were also invited to submit entries for the competition.
ASEZA (the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority) invited seven Jordanian architectural firms to submit entries for a competition to present urban and architectural design proposals for the relocation of the informal settlement of al-Shallalah, located in the eastern parts of the city. The project, which will create a new urban settlement to the north of the city, aims at improving living conditions and infrastructure services for the inhabitants of the settlement.

Tahhan and Bushnaq Architects were awarded first prize in a closed competition for the design of the Ayla Park urban development project for ASEZA (the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority) in Aqaba. The project occupies a site of 17,000 square meters, and includes 8,000 square meters of built up areas. GDAR and Diran Masri Sarrar Consultant Architects and Engineers were also invited to submit entries for the competition. (Top to bottom: entries by Tahhan and Bushnaq Architects, GDAR, and Diran Masri Sarrar.)

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