• Consultant for a work pakage tasks in Heritage-Med project “ATHENA, Ancient Theatres Enhancement for New Actualities” led by Department of Antiquities of Jordan DoA, Jan.-Nov., 2012. (finished)
• A Technical Consultant for the Ward Restaurant – Private Project – Amman 2006-2011. (finished)
• Consultant for a work pakage tasks in an international Euro-Med project “ERATO” (identification Evaluation and Revival of the Acoustical heritage of ancient Theatres and Odea), funded by the European Commission, that deals with the relation between Theatre, Landscape and Societ. 2003-2006 (finished)
• Consultant for an international Euro-Med project PRODOMEA - PROject on high compatibility technologies and systems for conservation and Documentation of masonry works in archeological sites in the MEditerranean Area, funded by the European Commission, that deals with the traditional techniques in producing lime for construction and conservation treatment. 2003-2006 (finished)
• Consultant for the Bergish Cave Tourism Development Project (National). Joint project with the department of Architecture at Jordan University. June-November, 2006.
• Consultant in a sub-pakage work of a national project concerned the Development of the historic area of Irbid city, that deals with the documentatuion and evaluation of the old city of Irbid. 2006 (finished)
• Consultant for a work pakage task with Zuhair Fayez Partnership at Saudi Arabia in Al-Thumama Urban Tourism Development Project at Riyadh – Saudi Arabia, April-August, 2006 (finished)
• Designer and Lecturer of the training course “Preservation and Management of Islamic Cities”. Organized by Ministry of Culture in Oman and ISESCO, February, 2006.
• Heritage Consultant for Zuhair Fayez Partnership at Saudi Arabia in The Coastal Tourism Development Projects of Al-Rayes, Al-Dhuhban and Farasan, June-Dec., 2006.
• Member of the higher committee for the preparation of the Baptism site file, which has won the inscription on the World Heritage list in 2015.
• Head of the technical committee of the prepared file for the old city of as-Salt, which was submitted for the World Heritage Centre for inscription, 2016-2017.
• Head of the Technical Committee for the evaluation of the development project of Down Town Irbid – Jordan. 2018-2019.
Al-Kofahi, S.; Jamhawi, M. and Hajahjah, Z. (2017) “Investigating the current status of geospatial data and urban growth indicators in Jordan and Irbid municipality: implications for urban and environmental planning”. Published in the Journal of Environment, Development and Sustainability, A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development (ISSN: 1387-585X). (Accepted for publication).
Jamhawi, M. and Hajahjah, Z. (2017) “A bottom-Up approach for cultural tourism management in the old city of As-Salt, Jordan”. Published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (ISSN: 2044-1266). Vol.7, No.1. Pp. 91-106 .
Jamhawi, M.; Al-Shorman, A. ; Zidan, R. and Hajahjah, Z. (2016) “Sustainable Tourism Impacts in the City of Madaba, Jordan”. Published in the British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science ISSN: 2278-0998. Vol: 12. Pp. 1-10.
Jamhawi, M. and Hajahjah, Z. (2016) “IT-Innovation and Technologies Transfer To Heritage Sites: The Case of Madaba, Jordan”. Published in the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry (MAA) ISSN (online & print version): 2241-8121, & print: 1108-9628. Vol.16, No.2, August , Pp. 41-46.
Jamhawi, M. etal. (2016) “Combined Laser Scanner and Dense Stereo Matching Techniques For 3D Modelling of Heritage Sites: Dar es-Saraya Museum”. Published in the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry (MAA) ISSN (online & print version): 2241-8121, & print: 1108-9628. Vol.16, No.3, December
Jamhawi, M.; Al-Shorman, A.; Hajahjah, Z.; Okour, Y. and Alkhalidi, M. (2015) “Gender Equality in Tourism Industry: A Case Study from Madaba, Jordan”. Published in the Journal of Global Research in Education and Social Science. ISSN No.: 2454-1834.Vol: 4. Pp. 225-234.
Jamhawi, M.; Al-Shakarchi, N. and Al-Hashimi, I. (2015) “Assessment of Tourists’ Satisfaction In The Downtown of Amman”. Published in the Vicino Oriente XIX: the annual review of Section of Oriental Studies of Sapienza University of Rome. ISSN No.: 0393-0300. Vol: 19. Pp. 127-136.
Freewan Ahmed; Gharaibeh Anne. and Jamhawi, Monther (2014) “Improving daylight performance of light wells in residential buildings: Nourishing compact sustainable urban form”. Published in the journal Sustainable Cities and Society. ISSN No.: 2210-6707. Vol: 13. Pp. 32-40.
Abu Alasal, S.; Esbeih, M.; Fayyad, E.; Gharaibeh, R.; Ali, M.; Freewan, A. and Jamhawi, M. (2014) “A Fast and Robust Protocol for Reconstruction and Re-Enactment of Historical Sites” . Published in the proceedings of the International Science Index Vol: 8 No: 10 Part XVI. Pp. 1191-1196. Istanbul, Turkey.
Jamhawi, Monther (2005) “Historic Buildings for Tourism The case of Jordan”. A paper, entitled presented in ISMARMED Conference, Alexandria, 29 March-02 April 2005.
Haddad, N. ; Jamhawi, M. and Akasheh, N. (2005) “Relation between Theatre, Landscape and Society". Published in the proceeding of The 4th International Conference on Science and Technology in Archaeology. Held in Jordan 7-12/12/2005. Pp. 243-256.
Jamhawi, Monther (2004) “Conservation and sustainable development, the case of Jordan”. A paper, presented in the First International Conference on Architectural Conservation between theory and Practice, Dubai, 14-16 March 2004.
Jamhawi, Monther (2002) “Conservation and Tourism: Jordan’s Post 18th Century Architectural Heritage”. Un-published Ph.D. thesis , Oxford Brookes University , UK.
Jamhawi, Monther (1995) ”The use of stone in building construction through periods in Jordan”. Published in the annual journal of the Jordan Architects Society.
Jamhawi, Monther (1993) “The building techniques of the Roman Theaters in Umm-Qais and Amman, a comparative study”. Un-published master thesis, Yarmouk University – Jordan.
Jamhawi, Monther and Karasneh, Wajeeh (1992) "A preliminary report about the Restoration project of the western theater in Um Qais". published in the annual journal of the Dep. of Antiquities ADAJ, Vol. XXXII.
A Book entitled “Sustainable Tourism Management: A Collection of Studies from Malta, Lebanon and Jordan”. With many research members of HELAND Project. Published in 2015. ISBN No.: 978-99957-886-2-9.
A Book entitled “The Mediterranean Region, A state of the art report on the situation of Mediterranean countries”. With many research members of HELAND Project. Published in 2015. ISBN No.: 978-99957-1-2
A Book entitled “Jordan’s Prehistory: Past and Future Research”. Edited By Monther Jamhawi. Published in 2014. Department of Antiquities , Jordan.
From its various definitions, Architecture refers to the process of designing buildings and administering projects to translate the design into real buildings. We may also develop a better understanding of architecture by looking at the root of the word. Architecture is derived from the Greek world architekton; archi means chief, while tekton means worker. Architecton, therefore, means chief (or master) worker (or builder). Architects are traditionally master builders, who design and oversee the process of translating the designs into real buildings. One issue that arises from the definitions is whether all buildings qualify to be called architecture. In general, only buildings that are of outstanding cultural significance are referred to as architecture. This again raises the question of how to differentiate between architecture and buildings. Architects usually use the criteria put forward by the Roman architect Vitruvius to distinguish between ordinary buildings and architecture. According to him “well building has three conditions: commodity, firmness, and delight.” Put in plain language, it means that there are three criteria that can be used to judge good architecture:
1. The building must be functional, that is designed to satisfy an intended use (function)
2. It must be technically sound, having sound structural system and lasting for a fairly long time (technology of construction)
3. It must express ideas of beauty or have meaning for people (be aesthetically pleasing)
Some people (such as Environment and Behavior scientist) however differ in their opinion and would categorize all buildings or places where human beings live as architecture. In every day use, the term “architecture” can be used to assume different meanings depending on the situation where it is used. Here are the most common uses of the term that you will come across in your courses:
1. Architecture: as the product or result of architecture work. In this usage architecture is used to refer collectively to all buildings and other constructed elements that produced as a result of architecture work.
2. Architecture: as style or method of building that is characteristics of a particular people, place or time.
3. Architecture: as the profession of designing buildings and other habitable environments. In this use, architecture refers to a profession. You as students of architecture aspire to become members of the profession. Practitioners of the profession are called architects.
I consider the Art of Architecture as the human innovation the man has been producing over periods. That is why In architectural history, we examine the buildings of particular civilizations at particular moments in history to understand them, as well as understand the forces that have shaped the building, in essence asking the question why the buildings have been made in the way that they are. By studying these buildings of a particular civilization over a period of time we are also able to understand issues of form, space, enclosure, movement, materials and methods of construction, the impact of the physical context on buildings, and the ideas, notions, and principles that give form to the various buildings and objects, and to learn about how building practices change over time and why they change and we may come up with new solutions based on past experience.
