Regional Holcim Awards 2020 Middle East Africa

Winner presentation Growing Social Fabric - Urban restoration and community hub, East Jerusalem (l-r): Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Shatha Safi & Saja Mansour, RIWAQ-Center for Architectural Conservation, Ramallah, Palestine; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Winner presentation Growing Social Fabric - Urban restoration and community hub, East Jerusalem, Palestine (l-r): Maria Atkinson, Chairperson of the Holcim Foundation (at podium); Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Shatha Safi & Saja Mansour, RIWAQ-Center for Architectural Conservation, Ramallah, Palestine; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Growing Social Fabric in Kafr ‘Aqab, East Jerusalem - An environmental, social, and cultural hub in a devastated neighborhood. Winners: Shatha Safi, Saja Mansour and team, RIWAQ Centre for Architectural Conservation, Ramallah, Palestine and Yara Bamieh, Ramallah, Palestine

Winner presentation Post-war Reconstruction - Heritage recovery for community enhancement, al Mukalla, al Shihr, Yemen (l-r): Grace El Azar, Head of Sustainability, Holcim Lebanon; Salma Samar Damluji, Daw’an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation, Handramut, Yemen; Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Mira Kfoury, Daw’an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Winner presentation Post-war Reconstruction - Heritage recovery for community enhancement, al Mukalla, al Shihr, Yemen (l-r): Marilyne Andersen, Head of the Academic Committee and Maria Atkinson, Chairperson, Holcim Foundation (at podium); Grace El Azar, Head of Sustainability, Holcim Lebanon; Salma Samar Damluji, Daw’an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation, Handramut, Yemen; Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Mira Kfoury, Daw’an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation.

Postwar Reconstruction in Al Mukalla, al Shihr, Yemen - A heritage-recovery project for community enhancement. Winners: Salma Samar Damluji and team of the Daw'an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation, Hadramut, Yemen

Winner presentation Rebuilding Erupts - Post-disaster community reactivation facility, Chã das Caldeiras, Cabo Verde: Stuart Smith (left), Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Leão Lopes (3rd from left) and winning team, M_EIA/Atelier Mar, São Vicente, Cabo Verde; Marilyne Andersen (2nd from right), Head of the Academic Committee of the Holcim Foundation, Member of all Regional/Global Holcim Awards juries 2020/21, Professor of Sustainable Construction Technologies, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland; Meisa Batayneh Maani (right), Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Rebuilding Erupts in Chã das Caldeiras, Cabo Verde - A post-disaster community-reactivation facility on the volcanic island. Winners: Leão Lopes and team, M_EIA/Atelier Mar, São Vicente, Cabo Verde

Winner presentation Connective Threads - Refugee shelters using upcycled textile waste, Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan (l-r): Marilyne Andersen, Head of the Academic Committee of the Holcim Foundation, Member of all Regional/Global Holcim Awards juries 2020/21, Professor of Sustainable Construction Technologies, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland; Melina Philippou, Cyprus; Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Azra Aksamija, Future Heritage Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA; Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Winner presentation Connective Threads - Refugee shelters using upcycled textile waste, Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan (l-r): Maria Atkinson, Chairperson of the Holcim Foundation (at podium); Melina Philippou, Cyprus; Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Azra Aksamija, Future Heritage Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA; Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Presenting the Holcim Awards winners from Middle East Africa - Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Connective Threads in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan - Shelters for refugees in Jordan using upcycled textile waste. Winners: Azra Aksamija and the MIT Future Heritage Lab team, Cambridge, MA, USA

Winner presentation Cultural Interlude - Music school and ecotourism center, M’Hamid El Ghizlane, Morocco (l-r): Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Aziza Chaouni, Dana Salama and Thomas Duncan, Aziza Chaouni Projects, Morocco & Canada; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Winner presentation Cultural Interlude - Music school and ecotourism center, M’Hamid El Ghizlane, Morocco (l-r): Maria Atkinson, Chairperson of the Holcim Foundation (at podium); Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Aziza Chaouni, Dana Salama and Thomas Duncan, Aziza Chaouni Projects, Morocco & Canada; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Winner presentation Cultural Interlude - Music school and ecotourism center, M’Hamid El Ghizlane, Morocco (l-r): Maria Atkinson, Chairperson of the Holcim Foundation (at podium); Wanda Hebly, Sahara Roots Foundation, the Netherlands; Hashim Sarkis, Head of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021; Dana Salama, Aziza Chaouni, Aziza Chaouni Projects, Morocco & Canada; Jose Antonio Primo, CEO of LafargeHolcim Morocco; Thomas Duncan, Aziza Chaouni Projects; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Cultural Interlude in M’hammid El Ghizlane, Morocco - A self-sustaining center to preserve tribal cultural heritage in an oasis community. Winner: Aziza Chaouni, Aziza Chaouni Projects, Fez, Morocco & Canada

Winner presentation Inundation Harvest - Urban flood mitigation using ancient techniques, Bandar-e Kong, Iran (l-r): Roozbeh Kholdani; Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Ali Tayebi, Road, Housing & Urban Development Research Center, Iran; Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Winner presentation Inundation Harvest - Urban flood mitigation using ancient techniques, Bandar-e Kong, Iran (l-r): Maria Atkinson, Chairperson of the Holcim Foundation (at podium); Roozbeh Kholdani; Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Ali Tayebi, Road, Housing & Urban Development Research Center, Iran; Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Inundation Harvest in Bandar-e Kong, Iran - A project for urban flood mitigation in Iran using ancient techniques. Winners: Ashkan Rezvani-Naraghi (1983-2020) and team of the Road, Housing & Urban Development Research Center, University of Tehran, Iran

Winner presentation Urban Movement - Multi-modal urban transport scheme, Kampala, Uganda (l-r): Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Jacinta Nakanwagi, Prome Consultants, Kampala, Uganda; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Winner presentation Urban Movement - Multi-modal urban transport scheme, Kampala, Uganda (l-r): Maria Atkinson, Chairperson of the Holcim Foundation (at podium); Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Jacinta Nakanwagi, Prome Consultants, Kampala, Uganda; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.

Urban Movement in Kampala, Uganda - A multi-modal transportation plan for the city of Kampala. Winners: Joseph Kigozi and team, Prome Consultants, Kampala, Uganda

Priscilla Namwanje, architect, Kampala, Uganda for Connective Infrastructure in Uganda – Inter-scale design for community integration.

Connective Infrastructure in Uganda – Inter-scale design for community integration by Priscilla Namwanje, architect, Kampala, Uganda.

Living Memorial in Jordan – Cemetery reconfiguration for urban greening by Tala Shelbayh, student, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan.

Winner: Tala Shelbayh, student, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan for Living Memorial in Jordan – Cemetery reconfiguration for urban greening.

Plastic Extractor in Sierra Leone – Multipurpose recycling facility by Evgenii Varlygin, student, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Evgenii Varlygin, student, Technical University of Munich, Germany for Plastic Extractor in Sierra Leone – Multipurpose recycling facility.

Earthen Education in Iraq – School reinterpreting vernacular architecture by Noor Marji, architect/student, Amman, Jordan.

Noor Marji, architect/student, Amman, Jordan for Earthen Education in Iraq – School reinterpreting vernacular architecture.