IN-PERSON: Prague – Section B

Abstract

Recently, Graffiti art has been strongly getting out in Amman the capital of Jordan on the walls of alleyways to bring a touch of beauty to the place. Where Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) has encouraged this action of change dead walls in Amman to colored walls. AlHashimi District has been gained the largest part of this art as well as the retaining wall of the streets or some buildings’ walls have a great position as a landmark. This has attracted several artists from around the world to come to take part. Graffiti has affected urban culture’s commercialization. Therefore, the purpose of this research is studied the relation between design graffiti and visual quality of city, showing the impact on humans who are the part of nature. Also, protecting the art that has become a part of the city’s urban wildness. The significance of this research is to purposefully highlight the art of graffiti, and emphasize the aesthetic meanings of graffiti art, where it was generally common that there are some misunderstandings about the art of graffiti, which state that it is not always connected to a gang but is the culture and perception of a social class. The study took place between November and December of 2022. Questionnaires and interviews conducted in December, according on participant availability. Graffiti in the areas around public places in Amman does have a link to the visual quality of those locations. Through mixed method design by collected quantitative data followed by qualitative data (Creswell, 2012). In this research, volunteers have been selected randomly from the local community, including men and women, ranging in age from 15 to 45 years. in addition, for asking for permission to interview artists and decision-makers. All of this is beneficial to the local community, students of urban design major, and the Greater Amman Municipality, which is accountable for this regard.