YOUNG ARAB ARCHITECTS
Amar Sabeh el Leil participates in the jury of the “Young Arab Architects ” competition exhibited in Venice, as part of the Collateral Events of the Biennale di Venezia 2012
The “Young Arab Architects” competition and the series of exhibitions following it aim to highlight creativity and support a young generation of architects in a process of international recognition. The exhibition seeks to highlight the social, environmental and participatory approach of the projects received, exemplary of a new way of thinking about the community in the Arab country.
Over 140 architects from Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Sudan, Qatar and Libya submitted their projects. After reviewing applications, three winners tied for first place and twelve selected entries were also awarded, including a special mention. The projects will be displayed in Venice and in Paris.
The projects are representative and exemplary. They open new perspectives. Youssef Tohme with his project « Campus for innovation, economics and sport », located in Beirut, shows us how the symbiosis in between tradition and modernity can redefine the architectural space, by giving it a new breath of life that also carries innovation. « Volubilis Archeological Museum » by Tarik Oualalou displays simple and rigorous lines. The selected materials echoe the original natural elements by playing with tints, opacities and transparencies. The project entitled « Memorial, history of a destroyed city » is expanding around the ruins of the ancient Kasbah in Agadir. The project is not built. This constitutes an activist gesture aimed at making inhabitants more sensitive to heritage conservation. All the projects represent inventive, poetic and relevant answers within the great contextual diversity of Arab countries
See the exhibition catalog including all the candidate projects for the YAA competition
The jury included :
• Dominique Alba (Architect, Director of Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme – APUR),
• Roueïda Ayache (Architect),
• Rasem Badran (Architect),
• Farrokh Derakhshani (Director of Aga Khan Award),
• Frédéric Edelmann (Journalist at Le Monde newspaper),
• Mona Khazindar (General Director of the Arab World Institute),
• Mohamed-Larbi Merhoum (Architect),
• Martin Robain (Architect),
• Amar Sabeh El Leil (Architect),
• Elias Sanbar (Writer, Ambassador of Palestine at UNESCO),
• Laurent Théry (Managing Director of Euralille).
Amar Sabeh el Leil participates in the jury of the “Young Arab Architects ” competition exhibited in Venice, as part of the Collateral Events of the Biennale di Venezia 2012
The “Young Arab Architects” competition and the series of exhibitions following it aim to highlight creativity and support a young generation of architects in a process of international recognition. The exhibition seeks to highlight the social, environmental and participatory approach of the projects received, exemplary of a new way of thinking about the community in the Arab country.
Over 140 architects from Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Sudan, Qatar and Libya submitted their projects. After reviewing applications, three winners tied for first place and twelve selected entries were also awarded, including a special mention. The projects will be displayed in Venice and in Paris.
The projects are representative and exemplary. They open new perspectives. Youssef Tohme with his project « Campus for innovation, economics and sport », located in Beirut, shows us how the symbiosis in between tradition and modernity can redefine the architectural space, by giving it a new breath of life that also carries innovation. « Volubilis Archeological Museum » by Tarik Oualalou displays simple and rigorous lines. The selected materials echoe the original natural elements by playing with tints, opacities and transparencies. The project entitled « Memorial, history of a destroyed city » is expanding around the ruins of the ancient Kasbah in Agadir. The project is not built. This constitutes an activist gesture aimed at making inhabitants more sensitive to heritage conservation. All the projects represent inventive, poetic and relevant answers within the great contextual diversity of Arab countries
See the exhibition catalog including all the candidate projects for the YAA competition
The jury included :
• Dominique Alba (Architect, Director of Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme – APUR),
• Roueïda Ayache (Architect),
• Rasem Badran (Architect),
• Farrokh Derakhshani (Director of Aga Khan Award),
• Frédéric Edelmann (Journalist at Le Monde newspaper),
• Mona Khazindar (General Director of the Arab World Institute),
• Mohamed-Larbi Merhoum (Architect),
• Martin Robain (Architect),
• Amar Sabeh El Leil (Architect),
• Elias Sanbar (Writer, Ambassador of Palestine at UNESCO),
• Laurent Théry (Managing Director of Euralille).