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Tamayouz Excellence Award Annual Report 2012

Tamayouz Excellence Award – Annual Report 2012

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Tamayouz is an independent initiative with no

political affiliation with aims to advance the

profession of architecture in Iraq both

academically and professionally.

Tamayouz Excellence Award

The Meridian, 4 Copthall house, Station Square,

Coventry, United Kingdom, CV1 2FL

Website: www.Tamayouz-Award.com

http://www.tamayouz-award.com/


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Contents

Our Vision ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Categories ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Award Ceremonies ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Highlights of the year ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

The Award Ceremony .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

The Sponsors ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

The Judging Panel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

The Winners .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Honourable Mentions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

The Prizes ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Advisors ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14

Tamayouz Award Universities and Student’s Advisors............................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Testimonials and Mentions .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16


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Our Vision

Vision

Tamayouz Excellence Award will be internationally known as Iraq’s main platform to promote academic and professional

excellence in the fields of architecture, design and engineering.

Mission

We strive to instil excellence culture in Iraq to stay pertinent in tomorrow’s world.

Goal

Drive the evolution of design excellence in Iraq and thus provides a healthy competitive environment for students and architects

in Iraq.


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Introduction

The Tamayouz Excellence award began in 2012, in its first year the award had only one category: “Excellence in Graduation Projects.” Final year architectural

students studying at universities in Iraq submitted entries. A judging panel consisting of internationally renowned architects and academics, including the Priktzer

Architecture Prize winner Dame Zaha Hadid, DBE, assessed all entries and chose a winner.

Tamayouz is an independent initiative with no political affiliation, which aims to advance the profession of architecture in Iraq both academically and professionally.

Tamayouz drives the evolution of design excellence in Iraq and thus provides a healthy competitive environment for students and architects in Iraq.

Over the last year, Tamayouz Excellence Award has grown from a local award to an internationally recognized award judged by a renowned International Judging

Panel, such as: Dame Zaha Hadid; the founder of Zaha Hadid Architects, Angela Brady; president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Professor Paul Ivey;

Dean of Engineering and Computing Faculty in Coventry University, Katherine McNeil; Director of Architecture For Humanity - London Chapter, Moira Lascelles; of

The Architecture Foundation in London, Dr Khaled Al-Sultany a renowned Iraqi architect and academic from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Denmark and Ayad

Al-Tuhafi the owner of London based Ayad Al-Tuhafi Architects.

The organizations that sponsor and support the award, such as; Zaha Hadid Architects, Al-Dulaimi Business Group, The United Nations Global Compact,

Coventry University, The Iraqi Business Council in Jordan, Dewan Architects and Engineers, Ayad Al-Tuhafi Architects – London and Architecture for Humanity

have shown support to corporate social responsibility principles and the voluntary efforts of the award team highlight an important stepping stone in volunteer work

in Iraq.

This year, Tamayouz Excellence Award have established two new categories; the first new category is the Women in Architecture and Construction award and the

second is Design Excellence – UK; where for the first time Iraqi Academics judge a UK academic award.

To get a feeling for just how unique the Tamayouz Excellence Award is, and to discover how you can become an integral part of it in 2013, please read on.

Ahmed Salah,

Founder,

Tamayouz Excellence Award


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Categories

When Tamayouz was established in 2012 it had only one category: Excellence in Graduation Projects, now there are three categories. The aims of each award are

highlighted in the following table:

Category

Founded

Aims

Excellence In Graduation Projects

2012

- Recognize Design Excellence

- Reward and showcase talented Iraqi architectural students

- Link Iraqi students with the architectural international community

- Support academics’ efforts of advancing architectural education in Iraq

- Promote a culture of excellence at an early stage amongst young Iraqis.

Women in Architecture and Construction

2013

- Support Iraqi women working in the architectural and construction industry

- Empower women in a male-dominated profession

- Promote role models for aspiring architects and young women in the industry

- Celebrate women’s achievements and highlight their contributions

- Stop the migration of skilled women from the male dominated professions to the more female friendly.

Design Excellence - UK

2013

-To establish the opportunity for future collaborations between Iraqi academics and British Schools of

Engineering

- Exchanging and sharing knowledge between Iraqi Academics and UK Students.

- Providing opportunities to Iraqi academics to understand current trends in architectural education in

the UK

Award Ceremonies

Each category has its own award ceremony and venue:

- Excellence in Graduation Projects: In 2012, the ceremony was hosted by the UNDP at the Iraqi Council of Ministers in Baghdad, this year the ceremony date and

venue will be confirmed at a later date.

- Women in Architecture and Construction: The award ceremony will be announced at a later date.

- Design Excellence – UK: The prize will be given during Coventry University’s Graduation Ceremony – Departmental Awards at the new $83 Million Engineering

and Computing Building.


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Highlights of the year

Key facts regarding the first year, 2012

135 Participants

58 Projects were submitted

17 Entries were shortlisted

12 Renowned International judges formed the

judging panel

11 Top young Iraqi Architects were selected

9 Iraqi Universities were represented in the award

8 Local and international organisations sponsored

the award

8 Honourable Mentions

Since last year, there have been an increase in the

number of participants to 234 students (73.4%

increase)

Prize Value of $25000

3 job opportunities were offered

1 Tamayouz Excellence Award Winner

University oftechnology

BaghdadUniversity

University ofSalahaddine

Al-NahrainUniversity

MosulUniversity Duhok

University BasrahUniversity Suleimani

University KoyaUniversity University of

Babylon

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13 17

10

5 12 14

7 8

0

48 46

31

21 20

19 15

10 9 12

Students' Participation

2012 Participation: 135 Students 2013 Participation: 234 Students


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The Award Ceremony

Date: 09/12/2012 Host: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Iraq

Venue: General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers - Iraq Session: United Nations Global Compact Annual Meeting

Attendees

For the first award ceremony, there was a impressive turn out, some of the

attendees were: Award winners, Iraqi Prime Minister representative, Head

Economic Consultant for Iraqi Council of Ministers, Programme Specialist for

Private Sector Development for UNDP, members of the UNGC – Iraq Network

and the steering committee, Directors and representatives of sponsoring

organisations, award representatives in Iraqi universities, heads of architectural

departments and academics from Iraqi universities, journalists and TV reporters

from the Iraqi media.

The Proceedings

Key note speakers:

Dr Amila Naji: The award representative and CSR consultant in Iraq opened the

ceremony with a thank you speech and congratulated the winner.

Ms Arouna Roushanian: The Programme Specialist for private Sector

Development for UNDP in Iraq officially announced a new category for the

award: Women in Architecture and Construction Category.

Mr Hameed Al-Hilli: The Chairman of Local Network of United Nations Global

Compact, hosts the ceremony and announced the winner.

Prize giving ceremony:

The prize giving ceremony started by Dr Amila Naji awarding the honourable

mentions and the supervisors of the winner with his prize and commendation

certificates, followed by Mr Dafir Mann giving Dewan’s prizes (Internship offers)

to the second and third place runners up. Finally, Mr Mohammed Al-Dulaimi

gave the winner and two runners up their monetary prizes, he also offered a full

time job for the winner - Anwar Sabah Abbas at Al-Dulaimi Construction Group.

The ceremony concluded with lunch hosted by the Al-Joudi International.

Media Coverage

TV, radio and newspapers covered the story, the following covered the story; Al-

Hurra, Sawa, Al-Mwatin News, Bonah and M3maree Magazine.

First Place Winner – Anwar Sabah Abbas


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First Place Winner – Anwar Sabah Abbas receiving his Prize from Mr Mohammed Al-Dulaimi

Chairman of Al-Dulaimi Business Group and Dr Amila Naji CSR Consultant for Tamayouz

Excellence Award and the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

Third Place Winner – Zaid Tahir Mohamed receiving his Internship offer from Mr Dafir Mann

Business Development Manager for Dewan Architects and Engineers.

Tamayouz Excellence Award 2012


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The Sponsors

Voluntary contributions sustain Tamayouz Excellence Award and affirm support for the excellence culture that Iraq strives for. Funding for Tamayouz Excellence

Award comes from foundations, corporations and organisations. A number of donor companies have made generous commitments to reach this objective:

London based Zaha Hadid Architects continues to be a global leader in pioneering research and design investigation.

With roots reaching back to 1843, Coventry University is an evolving and innovative university with a growing reputation for excellence in education

Al Dulaimi Construction is one of the major construction companies in Iraq undertaking large scale projects and employing more than 500 employees.

As a progressive, client-oriented organization, Dewan Architects & Engineers have excelled in designing innovative buildings that are fresh and inspirational.

A non-profit organisation founded in 2006 by a group of pioneering Iraqi investors in Jordan, the objectives of IBC include encouragement of communication and formation of close bonds between Jordanian society and Iraqi community in Jordan.

A United Nations initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt stainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation.

25 years in central London working in the local and international market, specializing in architecture, design & build and property development.

A global network of architects and other building professionals working to brings design and development services to communities in need.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility


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The Judging Panel

Dame Zaha Hadid, DBE

Zaha Hadid Architects

London – United Kingdom

Professor Paul Ivey

Engineering and Computing Faculty Coventry

University

Coventry – United Kingdom

Dr Khaled Al-Sultany

School of Architecture

The Royal Institute of Fine Arts

Copenhagen - Denmark

Ayad Al-Tuhafi

Ayad Al-Tuhafi Architects


Jerome Goyard

Fèvre et Gaucher – Architectes Urbanistes

Paris - France

Paul Longdin

Constructure Consulting Engineers


Katherine McNeil

Architecture For Humanity


Moira Lascelles

The Architecture Foundation


Manhal Abdulateef

Architect & Academic

Sydney - Australia

Linda Bennett

Archi-Ninja.com & Andrew Maynard Architects

Melbourne – Australia

Rashid Al-Nasa’a

Arab Engineering Bureau

Doha - Qatar

Philip O’Reilly

Faithful + Gould

Birmingham – United Kingdom

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The Winners

First Place

Desert Research Centre

Anwar Sabah Abbas

University Of Technology – Baghdad

Supervised by Dr Ibrahim Jawad Al-Yousif

Comments:

“The design considers the environmental challenges of its

location and incorporates engaging communal spaces;

encouraging interaction and discussion between researchers

and visitors.” Dame Zaha Hadid.

Second Place

Ministry of Youth and Culture in Erbil

Barov Abdurrahman Amedi

Duhok University – Duhok

Supervised by Architect Hussein Ahmed Yousif

Comments:

“An interesting approach merging cultural symbolism to

express the built form” Katherine McNeil, “Stunningly beautiful

and appealing hand sketches. The borrowing of the past for

the present is very thoughtful” Linda Bennett.

Third Place

Iraqi War Museum

Zaid Tahir Mohamed

Basrah University – Basrah

Supervised by Architect Qaad Z. Al-saraify

Comments:

“A complex design brief tackled with a sympathetic yet

successful approach” Paul Longdin, “The student shows good

abilities in dealing with geometrical compositions, space

configuration and functional distributions” Manhal Abdulateef.


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Honourable Mentions

Honourable Mentions are high quality entries which were highly commended by members of the judging panel but, unfortunately, didn’t win the top three places,

honourable mentions for 2012 were:

Honourable Mention

Al-Maakal Train station

Fahad Hassan Jareh

Basrah University – Basrah

Supervised by Dr Asaad Ghalib

Honourable Mention

Theme Park

Kawar Abdlghani


Supervised by Dr Maha Al-Malaiki

Honourable Mention

College of Design

Madyan Mahir Rashan

Mosul University – Mosul

Supervised by Architect Omer Adel

Honourable Mention

Baghdad Opera House

Mustafa Mamoon

Baghdad University – Baghdad

Supervised by Architect Mohamed

AlChalabi

Honourable Mention

World Trade Centre – Erbil

Omer Abdulazeez Tatar


Supervised by Dr Maha Al-Malaiki

Honourable Mention

Sports Complex

Qays Adeeb

University of Salahaddine – Erbil

Supervised by Architect Suhaib Jalal

Honourable Mention

Multi-story Car Park

Rebar Hamid Abdalla

Suleimani University – Suleimani

Supervised by Dr Abdullah Yousif

Honourable Mention

Communications Tower

Shwan Yousif Hassan

Koya University – Koya

Supervised by Dr Hussein Ali &

Architect Shaymaa Fadhil


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The Prizes

First Place: Tamayouz Excellence Award Medal + $2000 + Full Time Architecture job at Al-Dulaimi Construction Group

Second Place: $1500 + 3 Months Paid Internship at Dewan Architects and Engineers

Third Place: $1000 + 3 Months Paid Internship at Dewan Architects and Engineers

The job and internship offers are important initiatives presented by the sponsoring organisations, Al-Dulaimi Construction Group and Dewan Architects and

Engineers. This opportunity promotes and appreciates the culture of corporate social responsibility, equality in employment and excellence and at the same time

implements the principles of the United Nations Global Compact. Both Al-Dulaimi and Dewan are setting up an excellent example to Iraqi businesses in their

support to initiatives working to advance Iraqi architecture and education, which are the main source of human capital. The winners’ talent and skills have been

acknowledged by the judging panel, these talents can now be utilized to serve Iraq better.

Update:

- 2nd

Place winner – Barov Amedi has finished his internship with Dewan Architects and Engineers in Dubai and Dewan also sponsored Barov’s accommodation.

- An Exhibition showcasing the shortlisted projects of Tamayouz Excellence Award was held at Coventry University – UK.

Left: Barov Amedi doing his internship at Dewan Architects and Engineers in Dubai. Right: Visitors at the Tamayouz Award Exhibition in the UK


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Advisors

Tamayouz Excellence Award prides itself with a distinguished board of advisors who are responsible for the continuous development of the award, the advisors of

the award come from different sectors; education, architecture, social responsibility and international relations. The advisors of the award are listed below:

Dr Amila Naji - Iraq

United Nations Global Compact Steering Committee – Academic Chair / CSR Consultant for Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

Tim Davis – UK

Head of Civil Engineering Architecture and Building Department – Coventry University

Dr Mohammed Imam - Iraq

Architect / Academic / Managing Director for ICG-Iraq

Alfred Gand – UK

Consultant Structural Engineer / Lecturer / Vice Chairman of the Institute of Structural Engineers- West Midlands

Ben Maltby – UK

Lecturer / Structural Engineer at Constructure ltd and Coventry University

John Ironman – UK

Lecturer / Researcher / Civil Engineer at Coventry University

Ahmed Al-Azzawi – UK

Architect / Director – Prestige Design ltd

Turath Jamil – France

Architect / Urban Researcher at Sorbonne University

Ossaid Al-Eitan – Jordan

Architect / Construction Project Manager at Arabtech Jardaneh Engineers & Architects

Mairead Douglas – UK

International Relations Advisor – Tamayouz Excellence Award

Mohammed Al-Shamma -

Iraq

Students Advisor – Iraqi Universities

Nour Al-Nouri - Iraq

Students Advisor – International Students

Araz Agha - UK

Architectural Design Technologist / Lecturer at Coventry University / Award Advisor for Kurdish Language

Danny McGough

Architectural Design Technologist / Lecturer at Coventry University


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Tamayouz Award Universities and Student’s Advisors

The universities and students’ advisors in international and Iraqi universities are the driving force behind the award reaching almost every single Iraqi final year

student inside Iraq and many students outside Iraq. Those advisors form the basis of a dedicated community of architects working voluntarily day and night for a

better future in Iraqi architecture. Below are the names of the Universities and students’ advisors in 2012 and the universities they are part of:

Al-Nahrain University

Samar Hinthil – Architect

Baghdad University

Ahmed Aza Amin - Architect

Basrah University

Bahaa Al-Saedi – Architect Al-Hadatha company for engineering consultation

Duhok University

Jowan Khorsheed – Assistant Lecturer in architecture at Duhok University

Koya University

Shaymaa Al-Kubaissy – Lecturer in Architecture at Koya University

Mosul University

Oday Abdulqader – Assistant Lecturer in Architecture at Mosul University

University of Salahaddine

Ansam Al-Hadidi – Assistant Lecturer in Architecture at University of Salahaddine

University of Suleimani

Omid Khaled – Assistant Lecturer in Architecture at University of Suleimani

University of Technology

Nour Al-Nouri – Architect at Imam Consulting Group

In 2013, a number of changes took place, other representatives have now joined the award:

Al-Nahrain University

Rasha Abdulkareem – Assistant Lecturer in Architecture at Al-Nahrain University

Babylon University

Hussam Jabbar – Assistant Lecturer in Architecture at Babylon University

Baghdad University

Hisham Alaa – Assistant Lecturer in Architecture at Baghdad University

Students Abroad

Reem Subhi – Representative for Iraqi students outside Iraq

Photography

Hayder Emad – Architecture Photographer

Kurdish Language advisor

Rashid Zakaria – Architect at Planbearu


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Testimonials and Mentions

“I am delighted to be a judge of the Tamayouz Award. Iraq’s rich history

and its future possibilities inspire a great sense of optimism for its

architects. There is a new, invigorated ethos of worldwide collaboration

within architecture; a truly collective research culture where many

contributions and innovations feed into each other. Talents flourish in this

global movement and the Tamayouz Award further links Iraq’s architects

with this international community”.

Dame Zaha Hadid, DBE

“I am delighted to join the judging panel for Iraq’s first design excellence

award for architecture graduates; in its first year graduates have

demonstrated the highest standards of creativity, enthusiasm, and

determination to succeed and match the abilities of students elsewhere.

I warmly welcome all Universities participating in this competition to the

educational ‘family’ we are creating and ask them to do all they can to

support future generations of Iraqi architects”.

Professor Paul Ivey – Coventry University

“I was delighted to be involved in the very first Tamayouz Award. It was

interesting to review the varied schemes submitted by Iraqi students – I

am always keen to see where the next generation are drawing their

inspirations from”.

Moira Lascelles – The Architecture Foundation London

“We in the Arab world need more initiatives like the Tamayouz Award to

promote innovation, excellence and awareness in the building

environment in the region that has had its fair share of challenges over

the past few years and still does”.

Rashid Al-Nasa’a

"Architecture for Humanity is delighted to be part of this new initiative for

Iraq, a joining of people, place and culture through architecture. The

students' projects demonstrate a real passion for a positive future”.

Architecture For Humanity – London Chapter

“Tamayouz Excellence Award is important because it is independent and

founded by pure Iraqi efforts to recognize young Iraqi talents and help

them at the start of their careers”.

Abdul Aleem Albanaa - Al-Mwatin News, Iraq

“Overall, we have been enormously impressed by the standard of the

competition entries. This will have a huge, positive impact in raising

awareness of the great quality and style of middle-eastern architecture”.

Paul Longdin – Constructure

“The relation between architecture and the political system: politics does

not build architecture, architecture builds the political system and that is

Tamayouz Award's logic”.

Mohammed Aref - Alittihad newspaper, UAE

"Tamayouz is the country's first architecture prize since 9 years "

Building Design Online

The main lesson I feel we in the UK could learn would be the collaboration

processes between multiple sectors to gain recognition for excellence. Could

we create more opportunities like this one within the UK

Danny McGough – www.Architect-Bim.com

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