Tamayouz International Award is an annual international architecture award open to final year students worldwide. Tamayouz International aims to recognise and reward excellence in architectural design and education and celebrating the achievements of young architects at an early stage and giving them the opportunity to collaborate and support each other, empowering a generation of young architects to pursue their careers knowing that they can contribute towards the advancement of architecture in their communities.
The Winner of Tamayouz Excellence Award 2016 and the First Prize is shared between Anna Andronova from the Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering in Russia and Noor Marji from the German Jordanian University in Amman.
The Prize Winner (Joint Winner):
Noor Marji
Square One: Urban library and learning centre
German Jordanian University - Jordan
Project supervisor: Tha’er Quba’a
The judging panel of Tamayouz Award described the project to be an impressive and provocative solution, not only for a very sensitive and difficult area in Amman but also as a bold attempt to reshape education through socially and value oriented architectural design. The final design is a convincing public space and public venue that will immensely contribute to the livability of the neighborhood, providing schools, library, sports facilities and a large amount of public space. The building could become a social connector and social catalyst for change even more than it does already, by examining lateral connections to the site around it. An appropriate solution for bringing a substantial program into a dense urban area.
The Winner of Tamayouz Excellence Award 2016 and the First Prize is shared between Anna Andronova from the Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering in Russia and Noor Marji from the German Jordanian University in Amman.
The Prize Winner (Joint Winner):
Noor Marji
Square One: Urban library and learning centre
German Jordanian University - Jordan
Project supervisor: Tha’er Quba’a
The judging panel of Tamayouz Award described the project to be an impressive and provocative solution, not only for a very sensitive and difficult area in Amman but also as a bold attempt to reshape education through socially and value oriented architectural design. The final design is a convincing public space and public venue that will immensely contribute to the livability of the neighborhood, providing schools, library, sports facilities and a large amount of public space. The building could become a social connector and social catalyst for change even more than it does already, by examining lateral connections to the site around it. An appropriate solution for bringing a substantial program into a dense urban area.
Project Description:
Going back to “Square One” means going back to the beginning after a dead-end or a failure. The educational system in Amman has been a failed project of rehabilitation as it is based on destructive values that poison the society and devalue the learning experience. This project aims to redefine the role of a 21st century public library as an urban space and tackle this problem through providing the spaces and functions needed to instill values that could be the starting point of a complete educational reform.
The project is located in a very vibrant area of downtown Amman, in Ras Al-Ain, right between vibrant edges including Jabal Al-Natheef, Al-Misdar, as well as Saqf Al-Seil which is the main downtown market, the area is packed with cultural and social influences, as well as historical significance. The many challenges that were tackled in the site include a steep 35 meter slope, high contrast between adjacent edges, social segregation as well as traditional community values and the need for better educational institutions in the area, as the existing ones were in a below-average condition.
Going back to “Square One” means going back to the beginning after a dead-end or a failure. The educational system in Amman has been a failed project of rehabilitation as it is based on destructive values that poison the society and devalue the learning experience. This project aims to redefine the role of a 21st century public library as an urban space and tackle this problem through providing the spaces and functions needed to instill values that could be the starting point of a complete educational reform.
The project is located in a very vibrant area of downtown Amman, in Ras Al-Ain, right between vibrant edges including Jabal Al-Natheef, Al-Misdar, as well as Saqf Al-Seil which is the main downtown market, the area is packed with cultural and social influences, as well as historical significance. The many challenges that were tackled in the site include a steep 35 meter slope, high contrast between adjacent edges, social segregation as well as traditional community values and the need for better educational institutions in the area, as the existing ones were in a below-average condition.
The program houses three main functions; An interactive digital library that serves the cultural street edge, a traditional library that serves the school’s educational edge, and a learning center that serves the upper residential edge which is in dire need of educational support as well as social integration. The functions are all housed within the exterior shell which consists of large plazas, indoor courtyards, and public staircases; emerging from the notion that the original Ammani public spaces, the very first building block of the city, are its many staircases.
Not only are the stairs considered to be the original Ammani public spaces, they are also the main connection between the upper and lower edges of the hilly downtown terrain. The project serves as a mediator between the edges, connecting them all together in one point despite their contrasting qualities by providing public plazas and spaces for meeting and gathering, as well as bringing the indoors outdoors through activities such as book fairs, sports, and outdoor classrooms. It creates a common ground and initiates dialogue between the edges, which can in turn become a positive starting point for change and reform.
Instead of the current educational system that is based on enforcing, memorizing, and destructive values, the project aims to encourage people to want to learn and explore through an interactive experience that would reshape the entire system and at the same time empower the youth and enrich this area, adding value to the existing cultural context.
“SQUARE ONE” is an experience that reimagines the educational process and invokes change in the existing system through a progression of spaces, levels, and activities that challenge societal norms and aim to integrate the surrounding society by redefining the role of the library of the 21st century not as a collection of books, but as a collection of people, communities, and experiences.
Invitation to students worldwide:
Tamayouz is delighted to invite students of Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Architecture Technology and Landscape Design worldwide to register and submit their Graduation Projects. An independent international jury will review all entries and will select the winners of Tamayouz International Award 2017. Prizes include: An MSc Scholarship for 2 Years at the Polytechnic University of Milan, 2 scholarships for the Stadslab (European Urban Design Laboratory) master classes, Medals for 7 Honourable Mentions, supervisor the Year Medal, University of the Year Medallion. All the selected winners making the Top 10 list, the supervisor of the year and the university of the Year will be invited to attend our annual Tamayouz Excellence Award ceremony (Travel Expenses covered by the organisers of the Award).
Read the Brief here
Tamayouz is delighted to invite students of Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Architecture Technology and Landscape Design worldwide to register and submit their Graduation Projects. An independent international jury will review all entries and will select the winners of Tamayouz International Award 2017. Prizes include: An MSc Scholarship for 2 Years at the Polytechnic University of Milan, 2 scholarships for the Stadslab (European Urban Design Laboratory) master classes, Medals for 7 Honourable Mentions, supervisor the Year Medal, University of the Year Medallion. All the selected winners making the Top 10 list, the supervisor of the year and the university of the Year will be invited to attend our annual Tamayouz Excellence Award ceremony (Travel Expenses covered by the organisers of the Award).
Read the Brief here
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