In the form of an experiment, reflective walks are taken in Amman, the land of refugees, seeking to unlearn and re-learn constructs of belonging in a colonised urban fabric, and finding refuge within glimpses of nature as mountains reveal themselves between constructions. The journey pauses by a historic mosque in Marka, bounded by a flat park and shadowed by a mountain. A breather, idle.

Interweaving social, political, religious and ecological reflections, the journey is a tool to determine an inclusive design. The elevation of the hill and park is preserved through carving water veins that ripple down to an agriculture district, with private-public rainwater harvesting systems beneath and collective farming above producing clean water and healthy produce. The hydro-social design philosophy encourages ways of knowing land and water through charity-run drinking sources, stone gardens of transient communication, and mother-driven live/work dwellings. Self-sustenance facilitates autonomous economic gain while nurturing family-based collectivism in what could be a thriving Muslim society.

A tangible manifestation of detachment from capitalist enslavement, the design aims to re-awaken the sense of ownership, situating religiousness as a geopolitical potential to restore uncolonised modernity while reconciling the ephemeral relationship between the estranged native and nature.