Amman, October 6 (Petra) – Amman Design Week has launched the “Nuzul”
project, featuring 13 birdhouses installed at various locations in
Jabal Al-Weibdeh and Ras Al-Ain to provide safe resting spaces for
migratory birds passing through the city.

Thirteen designers and design teams created the birdhouses as part of
an initiative inspired by the idea of extending Jordan’s tradition of
hospitality to birds, given the Kingdom’s location along a major
regional migration route.

The project takes its name from “Nuzul,” referring to a place where
travelers stop to rest. Visitors attending Amman Design Week, which
runs from October 2 to 17, can explore the birdhouses at different
locations and consider their relationship to design, the environment
and the urban landscape.

Amman Design Week Co-Director Sarah Hijazin said the tradition of
welcoming travelers is “deeply rooted in our culture,” noting that
millions of birds cross Jordan’s skies each year during seasonal
migrations.

“Nuzul,” she added, poses the question of whether the city can
provide birds with places to land and rest during their journeys.

Jordan lies along important migration routes between Europe, Asia and
Africa, with large numbers of birds of prey, storks and songbirds
passing through the Jordan Valley in spring and autumn.

Several of the birdhouses were designed with specific species in
mind. In “Sparrow Building” (Binayat Al-Douri), Omar Darwish
transforms the birdhouse into a miniature residential structure for
sparrows.

Jessica Aziza and Yasmine Tamas created “In the Nectar of the City of
Cities’ Flower” (Fi Raheeq Zahrat Al-Mada’in), a pair of houses for
Palestine sunbirds inspired by the crevices and openings of
Jerusalem’s stone architecture.

Nada Barqawi’s “Sinw” draws on the natural hollows found in trees,
with a design intended to blend into its host tree and featuring a
mosaic surface layered over clay.

The project features works by Abdullah Tabaza, Bahreini-Danish, Lina
Qassisieh, Yasmine Mansour, Mariam Arwa, Nadia Abu Jabara, Rand
Abdul-Jabbar, Raya Sha’ban, Salwa Khudairi, Talin Hazbar and Zaid
Wahbeh.

The “Nuzul” birdhouses are spread across Amman Design Week venues,
inviting visitors to explore the relationship between design, the
city and the natural environment.

Amman Design Week runs through October 17, with schedules and
locations available on the event’s official website.

//Petra// AK