1.
Prepared by: Maram Foad Obaidat
shomoo aljizawi
Supervised by: Dr. Imad Al-Hashimi.

2.
Al ramtha growth
• It started in the center with organic radial
growth
• The growth reached first ring road
• They create a new ring road
• The growth expanded towered the 2nd ring road
• Then directed in leaner form towered just
university

3.
It is started from The
center of the city
(down town) as any
traditional city
It is expanding
in construction
around the
center

4.
space syntax
• We will use space syntax to simulate the
effects of al ramtha city designs on the
citizen and visitor who move around in the
city.

5.
The important of al ramtha is in the commercial center
of the city
PROBLEMS
• traffic congestion
• environmental degradation
• unattractive for visitors and inhabitants.
• Parking lake
• Narrow streets
• No pedestrian path
• Unplanned land use
• Shortage of open space
TO
• reverse any further degradation of the city center
• achieve economic gains
• Create safety environment for resident and commercial visitors
• conserve the environment
• Reduce carbon emission through space syntax
• Create sustainable economic

6.
The important of al ramtha is in the
commercial center of the city
THE CHALLENGE
• revitalizing ramtha city center by
identifying
understanding
providing
• solutions to problems that have emerged through
its recent rapid growth.
THE MAIN GOAL IS
spatial layout , the social, economic and
environmental performance of places.
Put future development strategy
urban design guidelines for revitalizing the city center .

7.
Space Syntax research has made five key discoveries that
demonstrate how spatial layout directly affects:
- movement, such that Space Syntax models can be used as
strategic traffic modeling tools for vehicle, pedestrian and
cycling movement
- land use, showing how land use performance is deeply
influenced by spatial location
- safety, allowing risk to be identified and safer places to be
created
- land value, demonstrating the influence of spatial networks
on property economics
- carbon emissions, highlighting the contribution of spatial
planning and design to environmental impact.

8.
types of syntactic maps that we will
use in al ramtha :
• Axial map
depicts the least number of axial lines covering all convex spaces
of a layout and their connections.
We will use the axial map as an application to analyse al
ramtha map as
1- urban spaces
2- interior space

9.
Measurements
• we will use the four measurements to analyze
the spaces of al ramtha.
1. Integration
2. Connectivity
3. Choice
4. Mean depth
On two different scales

10.
Methodology
• The methodology included analyses at two
different scales
1. local scale.
2. Global scale
segment map for the entire city by space syntax.
integration and choice values
to see how the city of Al Ramtha and the commercial
center of the town is related to each other.

11.
Global and local scale segment analysis of ramtha city :
connectivity
integration, rN
local integration r400
local integration r800
local integration r1200
local integration r2000
local integration r5000
global integration r10000
choice, rN
local choice r400
local choice r800
local choice r1200
local choice r2000
local choice r5000
global choice r1000

12.
Connectivity
• It is a static local measure
• measures the number of immediate neighbors
that are directly connected to the spaces.
• It will show you how often a street is connected
to another street.

13.
Connectivity for AL Ramtha local
road
Connectivity for AL Ramtha with sub
region road
Max.
42
Min.
4
Connectivity

14.
Local Connectivity
19
2630
15
29
42
20
Max.
42
Min.
4

15.
1. Wasfi Al-Tal St.
2. The Sacred Dome St.
3. Salah Al Deen Al Ayooby St.
4. Hittin St.
5. King Talal St.
6. King Abdullah St.
7. Al Husayn Bin Ali St.
8. Al Wehdeh St,
3
2
14
5 7
6
8
‫االربعين‬ ‫خط‬
‫العشرين‬ ‫خط‬
‫رئيسي‬ ‫شارع‬
Main streetsConnectivity
Max.
42
Min.
4
Connectivity
the relation between connectivity and
ring roads and main streets

16.
Integration
• It is a static local & global measure.
• It will describes the average depth of a
space to all other spaces in Al Ramtha city
• It will describes how easy it is to get to
one segment from all other segments.
• It will tell you how many times you will turn
to reach your location

17.
integration for AL Ramtha local road
integration for AL Ramtha with sub
region road
Max.
4
Min.
1.8
Integration

18.
Local Integration
2.4
2.6
1.8
2.1
1.8
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

19.
Local
Choice 400
Local
choice 10000
Local
Choice 800
Local
Choice 1200
Local
Choice 2000
Local
Choice 5000
Local
Integration 800
Local
Integration 2000
Local
Integration 10000
Local
Integration 400
Local
Integration 1200
Local
Integration 5000
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

20.
Local
choice 10000
Local
Integration 2000
Local
Inteagration 10000
Local
Choice 2000
Spatial analysis of the al
ramtha city
Analysis at the city scale

21.
structure characteristic of Al Ramtha city
strong center ….Strong radial…. Strong laterals
Generate a strong edges
Comparison with Tokyo and LondonLocal integration 10000
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

22.
The commercial center is highly integrated
That appear on local integration r 1200
Commercial center for Al RamthaLocal integration 1200
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

23.
The commercial center is highly integrated
That appear on local integration r 1200
Commercial center for Al RamthaLocal integration 1200
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

24.
The commercial center is highly integrated
That appear on local integration r 1200
Commercial center for Al RamthaLocal integration 1200
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

25.
• urban development al ramtha depend mainly on the commercial
center.
1. Syrian board and commercial relationship between the two
country
2. The commercial relation between al ramtha and Lebanon and al
Iraq across Syria
3. Commercial relationship between the city and the other cities in
Jordan
4. Pass through the city by traveler to Syria Lebanon Iraq turkey and
BUT REGARDING TO THE WAR IN SYRIA
It should use a sustainable economical technique to save the
commercial center.

26.
Alwhdahstreet
Commercial center
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

27.
Alwhdahstreet
International street . ‫خط‬
‫الشام‬
Street width 30 m
2 ways street
Wasfi altal street
Alwhdah street
Main street ‫الوحدة‬ ‫شارع‬.
Street width 10m
1 way street
1.3 km
‫المستحي‬ ‫دوار‬
‫الرئيس‬ ‫الرمثا‬ ‫دوار‬‫ي‬
Alhassan street
Main street ‫البنوك‬ ‫شارع‬
street width 10m
One way street
Node2
Node2

28.
• inside of each integrated road
system, the center where the
residential neighborhoods are
located, is segregated
residential neighborhood HIGH
privacy low integration
High integration
low integration
Analysis at the local scale
integration r1200
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

29.
• Housing low integrated high privacy
low integration
ANALYSIS AT THE LOCALS SCALE
INTEGRATION R1200
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

30.
Analysis at the global scale
integration 10000
The city is highly integrated on r 10000
Global integration
r10000
No edge effect
High integrated near the borders
Because the ring road increase
the global integration on r10000
Created integrated edges
The Highest integrated is the
street that pass in the center of
the city from south to the north
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

31.
choice
is a dynamic measure of the “flow” through a space.
A space has a strong choice value when many of the
shortest paths, connecting all spaces to all spaces of
a system, passes through it.

32.
Local
Choice 1200
Analysis at the global scale
choice
Local
Choice 2000
Max.
.6
Min.
.07

33.
Analysis at the city scale
choice
is a dynamic measure of the “flow” through a space.
A space has a strong choice value when many of the
shortest paths, connecting all spaces to all spaces of
a system, passes through it.

34.
Location map for Al RamthaLocal choice
Analysis at the city scale
choice
Al Ramtha has a week choice value
Because little short paths, connecting all spaces to all
spaces of Al Ramtha city, passes through it.
Max.
.6
Min.
.07

35.
Al Ramtha has a week choice value
Which create only one city center for the city
The highest choice value is in the commercial center for the city
Local choice
commercial
center
Max.
.6
Min.
.07
Analysis at the city scale
choice

36.
Local choice represent the main location map for al ramtha
first ring road with main regional roads to al ramtha from
Location map for Al RamthaLocal choice
Amman
Syria
Al Tourrah
Irbid
Analysis at the city scale
choice
Max.
.6
Min.
.07

37.
Elements the City
Paths:
channels along which the observer customarily ……moves”
Nodes
points of intense activity & strategic spots in a city.”
Edges
the boundaries between two areas”
Districts
represent medium-to-large sections of the city”
Landmarks
physical reference points”

38.
StreetSpace syntaxpaths
Paths:
channels along which the observer customarily ……moves”
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

39.
Max.
4
Min.
1.8
Three points intersection
Four points intersection
Five points intersection
Street conjunctionsnodes
Nodes
points of intense activity & strategic spots in a city.”

40.
Three points intersection
Four points intersection
Five points intersection
Street JunctionsNodes
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

41.
City edge regarding to the ring roadsEdge
No edge effect high integrated edge
High integrated near the borders
Because the ring road increase the global integration on r10000
Created integrated edges
Ring road
New City edge
Ring road
old City edge
Ring road
City edge
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

42.
Three points intersection
Four points intersection
Five points intersection
Streets + Street Junctions + ring roadsPath + nodes + edges
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

43.
District
Global integration
r10000
Al ramtha main street divided the city to two districts
West and east
Max.
4
Min.
1.8
Main road

44.
Three points intersection
Four points intersection
Five points intersection
Streets + Street Junctions + ring roadsPath + nodes + edges+ district+ land mark
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

45.
•Space syntax represent the element of the city
in a clear way

46.
Commercial center for Al Ramtha land price Local integration 1200
Max.
4
Min.
1.8
Land prices along high integration streets is the highest.
Around 100,000 JD per Donum
Main road
Land price regarding to space
syntax

47.
Comparison with Maram future
expansion for al ramtha city

48.
Local
Choice 400
Local
Choice 800
Local
Choice 1200
Local
Choice 400
Local
Choice 800
Local
Choice 1200
Max.
4
Min.
1.8
EXISTING
PROPOSAL

49.
Local
Choice 2000
Local
Choice 2000
Local
choice 10000
Local
Choice 5000
Local
choice 10000
Local
Choice 5000
EXISTING
PROPOSAL
Max.
4
Min.
1.8

50.
Local
Integration 800
Local
Integration 400
Local
Integration 1200
Local
Integration 800
Local
Integration 400
Local
Integration 1200
Max.
4
Min.
1.8
EXISTING
PROPOSAL

51.
Local
Integration 2000
Local
Integration 10000
Local
Integration 5000
Max.
42
Min.
4
EXISTING
PROPOSAL
Local
Integration 2000
Local
Integration 10000
Local
Integration 5000

52.
Comparison with Shomou future
expansion for al ramtha city

53.
Local
Integration 800
Local
Integration 400
Local
Integration 1200
Local
Integration 800
Local
Integration 400
Local
Integration 1200
Max.
4
Min.
1.8
EXISTING
PROPOSAL

54.
Local
Integration 2000
Local
Integration 10000
Local
Integration 5000
Max.
42
Min.
4
EXISTING
PROPOSAL
Local
Integration 2000
Local
Integration 10000
Local
Integration 5000

55.
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