This project was financed by the World Bank

Touristic development in the form of urban regeneration and adaptive reuse  of an important urban site next to the famous historic Karak Castle comprising a number of buildings of historic importance. The work included the pedestrianization of a public plaza, hard-scaping and soft-scalping of the open spaces between buildings and pumping touristic functions and services into the buildings by adaptive reuse.  

These functions included the following: restaurant, cafeteria, handicraft center, interpretive garden, cultural museum, public toilets and landscaping elements (shades, arcades, gateways, outdoor furniture…). All abandoned heritage buildings were exploited in a sustainable manner to the benefit of the local community of the city; the project connected the famous touristic site of Karak Castle to the main market street in the old town of Karak.