24th Memar Award Jury Report

24th Memar Award Jury Report The competition of the 24th Memar Award, like previous editions, was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, held as an elimination round on September 5, 6, and 7 (Shahrivar), projects that had submitted their documents in four categories — Individual Dwellings, Apartment Buildings, Renovation, and Public Buildings — were reviewed. Program and Method of Judging Memar Award Projects: Projects are divided into four categories — Apartment Buildings, Individual Dwellings, Public Buildings, and Renovation — and the following stages are followed for each category. Judging Criteria: 1. Creativity and innovation 2. Relationship with context and environment 3. Response to user needs 4. Spatial quality 5. Social commitments The 24th Jury Panel: Selected from among Iranian and international jurors. Results, Individual Dwellings: Winning projects with announced scores. Results, Apartment Buildings: In the Apartment Buildings category, the jurors unanimously selected only a third place and one honoured project. Brief collective jury statement: "In the Apartment Buildings category, all jurors agreed that the projects did not meet the required standards compared to other categories." Results, Renovation: Winning projects in the Renovation category. Honoured, Renovation: Foroughe Mehr School, Buyin Zahra Road — "Simplicity and legibility of architecture and harmony with the rural environment as a public educational activity." Honoured, Public Buildings: Honoured projects in the Public Buildings category.