Guest speaker and prominent Jordanian architect Ammar Khammash will explore nature and contents of the landscape, as shaper of design-decision in  architecture.

The discussion will show how the wealth of small messages hidden in the landscape, in the natural and cultural heritage, can guide the designers to "the wisdom of place" needed to be understood in order to create timeless architecture that is symbiotic with its natural context.

Khammash's work features a wide range of residential, cultural, renovation and restoration, sustainable tourism, planning, and destination design projects. They include the Royal Academy for Nature Conservation in Ajloun (2014),  the Feynan Eco‐Lodge in Wadi Feynan (2002), and the Wild Jordan Nature Center in Amman (2001). He is well established as an expert in Jordan's cultural and natural heritage, and has launched a number of websites on Jordan's flora, geology, and heritage. His expertise spans over different disciplines including history, geology, archaeology, ecology, botany, ethnography, and socio‐economics.