Mosaic Shelters for the 5th century Byzantine Church of the Apostles and Church of
Virgin Mary [Jordan]

Design of labor intensive shelters built by locals, to protect archaeological sites with mosaic floors from 5th century AD.

Service also included construction of the shelters, project management, suspended walkways and treatment of surrounding.

Project involved design and construction efforts based on maximum possible labor for unskilled local community, guidelines of archaeologists relevant to the sites and creation of structures in harmony with archaeology, but yet clearly distinct from the archaeological remains.

The labor intensive techniques involved the true use of the structural arches built of scrap stone and ways of scaffolding to hold arches spanning as much as 16.2m; so far the biggest span of any masonry arch in Jordan.

Madaba Archeological Park

Madaba Church Of the Apostles

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