Award
Transcript: The Omrania l CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design Award was initiated in 2008 to honor distinguished architectural graduation projects by students in Jordanian universities. In 2009, the Award was opened to students of architecture in universities throughout the Arab World. The Award's Objectives.. To provide a very useful indicator in helping assess the quality of architectural education in the Arab World and in encouraging students, teachers, and programs of architecture to further enhance existing skills and resources. To promote healthy competition among architectural programs in the Arab World, and helps focus attention on the process of architectural education there, identifying relevant opportunities and challenges. To provide a unique opportunity for recognizing and encouraging excellence in teaching architectural design, and also honors distinguished recently-graduating architectural students as well as their instructors and universities. Award Founders Omrania & Associates (O&A) (www.omrania.com) is an architectural and engineering consulting practice with more than 35 years of experience in the Middle East and Europe. Since its inception, it has become a leading firm in the region in the fields of Town Planning, Architecture, Engineering and Project Management. Today, Omrania is composed of 270 professional and support staff from many different nationalities. These are spread over its three main offices in Riyadh, Amman, and Manama, with Riyadh being the main headquarters. Apart from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Bahrain, Omrania has over the years executed projects in the United Kingdom, Lebanon, Portugal, Tunis, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi as well as the Sudan. The Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE) (www.csbe.org) is a non-profit, private study and research institution established in 1999. It aims at addressing the challenges that affect the built environment in Jordan and beyond. CSBE is an interdisciplinary center that addresses areas including environmental studies, urban design and planning, conservation, architecture, landscape architecture, and construction technologies. To accomplish our goals, we engage in a variety of activities including research projects, print and digital publishing, workshops, and the design and implementation of pilot projects. History of the Award The winning projects were honored in a ceremony event held at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman, in September, 2008. An exhibition of all submitted entries was held in conjunction with the ceremony at the National Gallery. An Award ceremony was held at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman in October, 2009. An exhibition accompanying the ceremony also was held at the National Gallery. Later on, in April, 2010, the same exhibition was hosted by the American University of Beirut, which also held a discussion panel on architectural education in conjunction with the exhibition. The 2010 Award ceremony was held at the Art Centre in Manama in November, 2010. The ceremony was accompanied by an exhibition of the winning projects of the Award’s three cycles as well as a selection of submitted entries from the third cycle. The same collection was later exhibited at the Jordan University of Science and Technology in February, 2011, and at the American University of Sharjah in March, 2011. A seminar on the Award was also held in conjunction with the exhibition in Sharjah. A similar event, consisting of both an exhibition and a seminar, is being planned by the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and the American University of Beirut for April, 2011. The winning projects for each cycle of the Award are selected by a distinguished independent three-member jury The Aga Khan Award for Architecture has supported the participation of one jury member for each cycle of the Award. Outreach The Award reaches a considerable audience consisting of students, academics, and design professionals from both inside and outside the Arab World. Award Flyers Newspaper and Magazine Articles Upcoming developments After having established the Award and running it for three successful cycles, Omrania and CSBE believe that the Award is now ready for a new phase of its evolution. For the fourth Award cycle, we are looking into implementing the following developments: 1 Extensive documentation of the Award so far has been made available on the CSBE web site, and on a Facebook page dedicated to the Award. A separate website will provide the Award with more recognition and will allow us to incorporate new features such as online submissions and logging in through social media websites. This will encourage more submissions and will guarantee that the Award will reach a wider audience. 2 A press kit will be created and widely distributed to help further promote the Award. This will provide information on the Award’s history, founders and sponsors, winning students, and jury members. 3 This is an important target
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