Mapping Shabsogh | Amman Design Week (2018-2019).

My first walk through tour of ‘Shabsogh’ street highlighted how it houses a number of industries like silk screen paint, pigment shops, and an assortment of fabric shops with endless prints and patterns. We visited a falafel restaurant with ornate ceilings, sub-continental restaurants that cater food supplies to Jordan’s domestic and factory workers, my mother’s spice cabinet, and more. Each destination was recommended by the stop before –- allowing a map to form organically. 

My second tour returned to ‘Shabsogh’ street, but took in the surroundings are a much slow pace, encouraging mindfulness, and a closer look at the green, urban pockets, flora and fauna that were growing in pavements, pipes, window sills and walls, inviting participants to become more aware of the urban ecosystems that surround them.