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2016

Memar Award

Édition 16129 résultats11 octobre 2016

Membres du jury

Alireza Taghaboni

Iranian architect based in Tehran. Founder of Next Office. Known for projects including Sharifi-ha House (rotating rooms).

Francisco Mangado

Francisco Mangado Beloqui (born 1957, Estella, Navarra) is a Spanish architect and professor. He holds a degree in architecture from the School of Architecture of Navarra (ETSAUN) and has taught at universities in Navarra, Madrid, and Pennsylvania. His practice, based in Pamplona, is known for public buildings that integrate landscape and material innovation. Notable works include the Baluarte Congress Centre in Pamplona (2003), the Spanish Pavilion at the 2008 Zaragoza Expo, and the Municipal Exhibition and Congress Centre in Ávila. He has received numerous awards including the Mies van der Rohe Award nomination and the Spanish National Architecture Award (2017). He served as international juror for the 16th Memar Award in 2016.

Iraj Kalantari

Iraj Kalantari Taleghani (b. 1938, Tehran) is a renowned contemporary Iranian architect. He graduated with an MA in Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran in 1964. In 1974 he founded Bavand Consultants, where he still holds the position of chairman of the board. With over 20 years of teaching experience at the University of Tehran, Azad University, and the University of Science & Technology. In 2005 he was selected as Architect of the Year by the Society of Iranian Architects.

À propos de cette édition

The 16th Memar Award competition received 300 submissions judged in two stages. In the first round, 139 projects advanced to the semifinal stage. On October 10-11, 2016 (10-11 Mehr 1395), the jury — Iraj Kalantari, Sam Tehranchi, Alireza Taghaboni, Negar Hakim, and Spanish architect Francisco Mangado — selected 35 finalists. After deliberation on finalist projects, 12 winners were chosen across four categories (Individual Dwellings, Apartment Buildings, Renovation, Public Buildings), along with 8 honoured projects. The judging evaluated creativity and innovation in design and materials, creative confrontation with project-specific challenges, attention to detail, and environmental and social responsibility.

Statistiques

300Soumissions

139Demi-finalistes

35Finalistes

Negar Hakim

Negar Hakim (born 1971, Isfahan) is an Iranian-Austrian art historian, architecture critic, and academic specializing in Islamic and contemporary Iranian architecture. She studied art history at the University of Vienna, earning her Mag. Phil. in 2002 with doctoral studies focused on contemporary Iranian architecture. She is currently a University Assistant (Postdoctoral Researcher) at TU Wien's Department of Art History, Building Research and Historic Preservation (Kunstgeschichte, Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege), where her research centers on Islamic architecture, modern mosque design, and the interplay between tradition and modernity in Iranian built environments. Hakim has served on the editorial board of Memar Magazine since 2000 and co-edits several other art and architecture publications in the Middle East. She provides intercultural consulting in art and architecture between Europe and the Islamic world, organizes transregional workshops, seminars, and study trips, and has served as a jury member for architectural competitions including the 6th Memar Award (2006). Her major publications include "Contemporary Iranian Architects 1: New Space, Movement and Experience" (IVA-ICRA, 2018), which presents fourteen of Iran's most significant architectural studios across 360 pages, and the exhibition catalogue "Tradition und Transformation: Moscheen im Wandel" (2019), co-authored with Marina Döring-Williams, analyzing 24 mosques from four continents.

Sam Tehranchi

Sam Tehranchi is an Iranian-Canadian architect born in 1970. He graduated with a Master's degree in Architecture from Shahid Beheshti University's Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design and founded Design Core Architects and Urban Designers in Tehran in 2000. His most celebrated project is the Tehran Book Garden, a major cultural complex featuring exhibition spaces, a children's science park, art galleries, theaters, cinemas, and outdoor event spaces. The project won First Place at the Memar Award in the public category and Second Place at the 2A Asia Architecture Award in 2017. He also serves as a jury member for international design awards, including the BLT Built Design Awards. He currently directs Design Core Consultants, operating in both Toronto and Tehran.

12Lauréats

Processus de jugement

Two-stage judging: Stage 1 selected 139 semifinalists from 300 submissions. Stage 2 on October 10-11, 2016 (with international juror Francisco Mangado joining) selected 35 finalists, then 20 winners and honoured projects. Scoring: each juror ranked top 3 per category (3 points for 1st, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd). Criteria: creativity and innovation in design and materials; creative confrontation with project-specific challenges (economic constraints, site conditions, regulations); precision and innovation in detail design; attention to environment, climate, and social responsibility.