Architecture Students Shine in Mumbai Event 2006-2-3 - 22:42 - Iran Daily MUMBAI, India, Feb. 3--Iranian architecture students won top awards in an international student design competition organized by International Association for Humane Habitat (IAHH).
The jury of the annual design competition, which was hosted by Rizvi College of Architecture in Mumbai, met on January 25 and 26 prior to the 8th International Conference on Humane Habitat to evaluate 22 entries from Austria, Chile, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico and Pakistan. According to an email sent to Iran Daily by the convener of the conference and founder president of the IAHH, Akhtar Chauhan, the theme of the conference and the competition was ’shaping sustainable work communities and humane work environments’. The first prize of Rs. 50,000 was won by students from Islamic Azad University, Iran. The winning team included Navid Rouhi Broujeni, Niloufar Khalooesmaily, Mahsa Mehrpour Darestani and Fuad Habibi. The second prize of Rs. 25,000 went to an entry from Chile while the third prize of Rs. 15,000 was won by students of Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran. In addition to the top winners, entries by Marzieh Emami Maybodi from Iran’s University of Science and Technology, Ailar Yapang Gharravi of Tabriz University of Islamic Art, and Mostafa Gholipour Gashniani of Iran’s University of Science and Technology were also highly evaluated at the event. The panel of jury comprised of experts from India, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and France. Rizvi College is hosting an exhibition of the entries which will continue until February 5. The exhibition will then be taken to many other Indian cities before traveling abroad to France, UK, Austria, Germany and Iran. http://www.pendar.net/en/main1.asp?a_id=357 _______________________________________________ in-enaction mailing list http://mail.architexturez.net/mailman/listinfo/in-enaction + Architexturez collaborative at http://portal.architexturez.org/
