SOS Children's Village - Aga Khan Award for Architecture
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SOS Children's Village

SOS Children
 Location: Aqaba, Jordan (West Asia)
Architect: Jafar Tukan & Partners
Client: SOS Children's Village Association of Jordan
Completed: 1991
Site size: 20'000 m²

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SOS Children's Village Project Brief

An orphanage designed as a cluster of two-storey buildings containing nine family houses, a kindergarten, an administration building, staff housing, a sports hall, and a service block. The structures are arranged to form shaded courtyards accessible through vaulted archways. The buildings are constructed of reinforced concrete frames and infill of granite stones.

  • Exterior view showing stone buildings

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  • Site plan

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  • Covered passage to a courtyard

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  • View over the rooftops of the family houses

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  • Paved communal patios serve as shaded playgrounds

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  • Shaded pation and entrance to a family house

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  • Concrete lintels and wooden screens frame a window opening

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  • A concrete windtower on the roof of a family residence

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  • Interior, a typical bedroom for three children

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  • Interior, communal living area in a family house

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  • View to outer concrete staircase

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  • Site plan

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