AKAA Technical Review and Jury Process: A Recent Experience

THE AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE: VOICES FROM DOHA Dohaland Seminar Wednesday January 12th 2011 AKAA Technical Review and Jury Process: A Recent Experience

Dr. Yasser Mahgoub Associate Professor of Architecture, QU

Qatar Projects

National Museum Doha, Qatar The First Cycle , 1975

Qatar Projects

Souq Waqif Doha, Qatar Short Listed 11th Cycle , 2010

The Award’s objectives 

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Encourage architecture that reflects the pluralism that has always characterized Muslim communities.”

No fixed criteria for the type, nature, location or cost of projects to be considered Eligible projects must be designed for or used by Muslim communities, in part or in whole, wherever they are located.

The Agra Fort has won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in the year 2004

Project Identification and Nomination 

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The Award encourages and accepts recommendations for projects to be considered from all possible sources.

All interested persons can submit projects for the Award by completing a simple form or by completing the on-line form.

Architects and others associated with projects are welcome to recommend their own works.

The Award invites younger architects and emerging talents to submit their works.

Eligibility Criteria 

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All projects must meet the eligibility criteria.

Eligibility criteria focus on projects completed during the last two cycles of the Award, covering the last six-year.

Eligible projects must be completed and have been in use for at least one full year.

Eligibility Criteria 

Large and/or long-term projects that are not yet fully completed – such as urban design, area conservation, and community upgrading schemes, among others – are also eligible so long as a tangible portion has been completed and demonstrates the potential success of the long-term project.

Re-Forestation Programme of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Sixth Award Cycle, 1960 and ongoing

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All types of building projects that affect today’s environments From modest small-scale interventions to major complexes and urban or regional design.

Housing  Community and neighborhood projects  Urban areas and issues  Infrastructure  Transportation  Industry  Offices and commercial facilities  Educational and health facilities. 

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The Award has encouraged submissions under the following three categories for the 2010 cycle, which were under-represented among nominated projects: Rural development Industry and places of work Public spaces, small and large

On-Site Project Review 

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Project Reviewers are architectural professionals specializing in various disciplines, including housing, urban planning, landscape design and restoration.

Their task is to examine on site each of the projects shortlisted by the Master Jury, verifying project data and seeking additional information such as user reactions.

On-Site Project Review Report 

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Reviewers report on projects located outside their native countries. two to four days on-site, exclusive of travel.

Detailed set of criteria in their written reports, and must also respond to specific concerns and questions prepared by the Master Jury for each project.

Report Outline 

The report is conceived in two sections:  The

first section should seek to be objective, and will form the basis of public reports, releases, and various publications of the Award.  The second section will be an internal document and should reflect the reviewer’s personal judgment of the project.

Report Outline Section I

I. Introduction II. Contextual Information III. Programme IV. Description V. Construction Schedule and Costs VI. Technical Assessment VII. Users VIII. Persons involved IX. Bibliography Section II X. Project Significance XI. Conclusion

Project Presentation to Master Jury 

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Reviewers travel to Geneva one or two days in advance of the final meetings of the Master Jury.

On the first two days, reviewers are required to report on each of the projects they visited, with a prepared visual presentation of materials including photographs taken by the project photographer and other materials collected by the reviewer or available at the Award office.

Review and Selection Procedures Master Jury 

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The review of projects and the selection of award recipients is the responsibility of an independent Master Jury specially appointed for each Award cycle.

Each jury is pluridisciplinary, and brings together specialists in such fields as history, engineering, philosophy, architectural conservation, and contemporary arts, as well as practicing architects, landscape architects and urban planners.

Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Professor, Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA) Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj (Architect; Chief Executive Officer, Syria Trust for Development, Syria) Salah M. Hassan (Art historian and curator; director of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, USA) Faryar Javaherian (Architect and curator; co-founder of Gamma Consultants, Iran) Anish Kapoor (Artist, UK) Kongjian Yu (Landscape architect and urbanist; founder and dean of Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University, China) Jean Nouvel (Architect; founding partner, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, France Alice Rawsthorn (Design critic, International Herald Tribune, UK) Basem Al Shihabi (Architect; Managing Partner, Omrania & Associates, Saudi Arabia)

Review and Selection Procedures Master Jury 

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For the Eleventh Award Cycle, the Master Jury held two meetings to arrive at its final decisions.

At its first meeting, the jury reviewed the submissions enrolled through the nomination programme.

The jury examines the documentation on each project and select approximately twenty-five to thirty projects for On-Site Project Review by experts selected by the Award.

At the second week-long meeting of the Master Jury, the Project Reviewers make personal presentations on the projects they have reviewed.

Selection of Award Recipients 

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After evaluating the projects in closed sessions, the Jurors select the Award recipients and determine the apportionment of the US$ 500,000 prize fund.

Master Jury apportions prizes among the contributors - architects, other design and construction professionals, craftsmen, clients and institutions - whom it considers most responsible for the success of each project.

The decisions of the Master Jury are final.

Shortlisted Projects

The shortlist of 19 nominees for the 2010 cycle of Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced by the Master Jury. The nominees, which range from a textile factory in Turkey to a school built on a bridge in China, are located in Albania, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Turkey.

1. American University of Beirut Campus Master Plan, Beirut, Lebanon 2. Chandgaon Mosque, Chittagong, Bangladesh 3. CBF Women’s Health Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 4. Conservation of Gjirokastra, Gjirokastra, Albania 5. Nishorgo Visitor Interpretation Centre, Teknaf, Bangladesh 6. Tulou Collective Housing, Guangzhou, China 7. Palmyra House, Alibagh, India 8. Green School, Bali, Indonesia 9. Reconstruction of Ngibikan Village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 10. Dowlat II Residential Building, Tehran, Iran 11. Restoration of the Rubber Smokehouse, Lunas, Kedah, Malaysia 12. Rehabilitation of Al Qaraouiyine Mosque, Fez, Morocco 13. Souk Waqif, Doha, Qatar 14. Yodakandyia Community Centre, Hambantota District, Sri Lanka 15. Bridge School, Xiashi, China 16. Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 17. Madinat Al-Zahra Museum, Cordoba, Spain 18. Revitalization of the recent Heritage of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia 19. Ipekyol Textile Factory, Edirne, Turkey

Winners of the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Bridge School Xiashi, Fujian Province, China Architect: Li Xiaodong Atelier Client: Xiashi Village

Ipekyol Textile Factory Edirne, Turkey Architect: EAA - Emre Arolat Architects Client: Ipekyol Giyim Sanayi

Revitalisation of the Hypercentre of Tunis Tunis, Tunisia Architect: Association de Sauvegarde de la Médina de Tunis Client: Municipality of Tunis

Wadi Hanifa Wetlands Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Planners: Moriyama & Teshima Planners Limited & Buro Happold in joint venture Client: High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh/Arriyadh Development Authority

Madinat al-Zahra Museum Cordoba, Spain Architect: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Fuensanta Nieto & Enrique Sobejano Client: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Cultura

Five Projects Received 2010 Aga Khan Award 

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The five projects selected for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced at a ceremony held at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, November 24, 2010.

His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani the Emir of Qatar and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser joined His Highness the Aga Khan in presiding over the ceremony.

Summary of the Review Process Nominations

Eligibility Criteria Short listing by Master Jury

On-site visit by Project Reviewers

Report writing and submission

Presentation to Master Jury

Selection of winning projects by Master Jury

Report to AKAA Steering Committee

2010 ON SITE REVIEW REPORT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN BEIRUT BEIRUT, LEBANON (3980.LEB) By: Yasser Mahgoub

Basic Information  

Planner/Architect: SASAKI and Machado/Silvetti

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American University in Beirut

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2000 - 2001

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Implementation:

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2002 – On going

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