The document summarizes key details about the Jordan University of Science and Technology (Yarmouk University) campus project. Kenzo Tange Associates designed the new permanent campus to house 20,000 students, 1,000 faculty, and 600 staff. Construction utilized precast concrete with textured facade panels. The campus master plan included two axes - a east-west "social spine" linking to the city and a north-south "academic spine" connecting faculties around courtyards, drawing on local courtyard traditions. The project was completed in 1989 and aimed to create an educational environment for over 20,000 students.

1. JORDAN- YARMOUK UNIVERSITY
IRBID
Project Data
Architect: Kenzo Tange Associates, Tokyo.
AssociateArchitect:Jafar Tukan & Partners,
Anunan.
Client:Jordan University ofScience and
Technology.
Project Direction: Conseco International Ltd.,
London.
Engineers: AI Istisharyoun, Beirut.
Associate Engineers: Mhd. Jardaneh & Partners,
Anunan. Engineering Project Department,
Jordan University.
Quantity SUYlJeyors: D.G. Jones & Partners.
Contractors: Hanbo General Construction,
Korea.
Lebanese Construction & Contracting Co.
SAL (SOLICO), Beirut & Kuwait.
Site area: 1,200 ha.
Cost: US$ 772 per sq. ill.
Completion ifmasterplan: 1979.
Start ifconstruction: 1981.
Completion: 1989 (main facilities)
1. Courtyard ifthe Faculty ifMedicine.
2.A partial view ifthe model ifthe university.
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T he Jordan University of Science
and Technology (Yannouk Uni-
versity) is the second to be built in
Irbid, 60 kilometres north of
Anunan. Yarmouk University was founded
in 1976 on a temporary campus. The new
permanent campus was designed to house a
student population of 20,000, a faculty of
1,000 and 600 technicians and staff
Construction was standardized. A pre-cast,
slip-form and cast-in-situ reinforced concrete
structure and foundations were used, with
prefabricated concrete textured fa~ade panels.
Architect's Statement
We proposed two axes. The first is the social
spine, which will be open to the public. It runs
east and west, and links the campus with the
surrounding city. It is flanked by a theatre,
conference hall, art museum, student centre,
mosque, hotel and other largely public facili-
ties. The second axis, the social spine, runs

2. PROJECTS: UNIVERSITIES
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3. Courtyard ofthe Faculty ofPharmacy.
4. Courtyard ofthe Faculty ofEngineering.
north and south roughly through the centre of
the site. Along it are placed the schools ofsci-
ence, arts, engineering, medicine, agriculture
and veterinary medicine and the hospital. At
the point ofintersection ofthe two spines is a
central plaza or forum, surrounded by a build-
ing containing the main administration
centre, the central library and the computer
centre.
Along the academic spine we positioned
several faculties and for each department an
entrance was designed leading directly from
the academic spine and vertically connected
to the diagonal square courtyards, which are
surrounded by department buildings. We
have tried to identifY these department court-
yards by using varied landscape designs. At the
same time, we used the tradition of court-
yards, historically developed in the area. Dill
Photographs courtesy ofYarmouk
University/AKAA.
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