The first-place winner for the Rifat Chadirji Prize 2020 and the People’s Choice Award is a team of five from Cairo, Egypt: Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla and Ebtisam Elgizawy. The winning team was selected out of 177 submissions from 42 countries received this year.
Project name
Living pedestrian bridge over the Nile
Architecture firm
Five Egyptian Architects: Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy
Location
Over the Nile River, Linking El Tahrir district to El zamalek district, Cairo, Egypt
Principal architect
Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy.
Visualization
Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy.
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, V-ray
Status
1st prize winner - Tamayouz Excellence Award - The Rifat Chadirji Prize
Typology
Pedestrian Bridge
314 Architecture Studio unveils butterfly-shaped residential proposal in Athens, Greece. Settling within the seaside suburb of Vouliagmeni, in Athens, Greece, the new residential proposal by 314 Architecture Studio adopts the distinct shape of a butterfly. A series of organic curves form the unique dwelling complex, comprised of four different inde...
Project name
The Butterfly
Architecture firm
314 Architecture Studio
Location
Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Pavlos. Chatziangelidis, Giota Chala
Design team
Antonis Sarris, Caterina Palantzi, Eleni Zygogianni, Anna Stagaki, Dimitris Panagiotou, Andrianna Triantafyllopoulou, Eirini Bouliou, Dimitra Stergiou, Alexandros Papadopoulos, Iro Dermitzaki, Eleni Palaiologou
Collaborators
Structural engineer: Fotini karagianni. MEP engineering: Stefanos Karagiannis. Developer: VNK capital
Visualization
314 Architecture Studio
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential, Private Residences
Pine House, by recent M.Arch graduate of the AADRL, Andrew Friedenberg, was submitted to the Ryterna modul competition in the summer of 2020. The competition asked designers to conceive a vacation home in rural Lithuania where a middle-class couple could retreat to work and live in relative isolation for a portion of the year, a desire exacerbated...
Architecture firm
Andrew Friedenberg
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Twinmotion, Keyshot, Adobe Photoshop CC
Principal architect
Andrew Friedenberg
Collaborators
Ryterna modul team
Visualization
Andrew Friedenberg
Typology
Residential, Vacation home
The Istanbul-based architecture firm MB Architects has envisioned Chainstyle, a 400 meters skyscraper concept in Chicago, USA.
Architecture firm
MB Architects
Visualization
MB Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer
Principal architect
Muhammet Bilgiç
Design team
Muhammet Bilgiç
Typology
Mixed-use building
Al-Seif Staircase #s25k is a project under the umbrella of Amiri Diwan of Kuwait, donated by Tamdeen Group and supported by the Kuwait Municipality, Public Utilities Management Company (PUMC), and Al Ghanim International. It emerges as an initiative by Parallel Studio to refurbish the area that has witnessed significant contribution to cumulative K...
Project name
Al Seif Staircase #s25k
Architecture firm
Parallel Studio
Location
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Photography
Faisal Al Hindi and Yousif Abdulsaid
Principal architect
Mai Al Busairi
Design team
Mai Al Busairi, Daniel Oliveira, Daniel Kiss, Mohammad Najdi, Pil Matando, Uvis Mustathafa, Ali Fakhreddine
Collaborators
Amiri Diwan (Sponsor), Tamdeen Group (Donater), Al Ghanim International (Supporter), Kuwait Municipality (Supporter), Public Utilities Management Company (Supporter), Elevation Burger (Artist Program/ Graffiti Wall)
Structural engineer
Al Farooqi Engineering Consultants
Construction
Creative International, Arif Fawzi
Supervision
Parallel Studio
Visualization
Parallel Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Material
Granite, Stainless Steel
Typology
Urban Development
The Istanbul-based architecture firm Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio has envisioned Sarcostyle, a 210 meters skyscraper concept in Manhattan, New York.
Architecture firm
Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio
Location
Manhattan, New York
Visualization
Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer
Principal architect
Hayri Atak
Design team
Hayri Atak, Kaan Kılıçdağ, Büşra Köksal, Kübra Türk
Typology
Mixed-use building
A series of futuristic concepts surrounding facade, form, scale, material and light by Umesh Bhosale.The everyday project started in 2019 with the initial thought of exploring design ideas using basic 3 dimensional shapes which later evolved into architectural spaces involving nature, landscape, themes and parametrics.
Project name
Statheros, Boolean Glitch, Foxtrot, Avava
Architecture firm
Umesh Bhosale
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Umesh Bhosale
Visualization
Umesh Bhosale
Typology
Mixed-use building
DARS Studio [Design, Architectural Robotics & Systems]: The research discusses building new communities in the desert. Siwa Oasis in Egypt was selected as the project location because of its historical background and how the Siwa inhabitants adapted with the desert using local material to build efficient architecture. Building in the desert has man...
University
Dessau International Architecture | Anhalt Hochschule
Teacher
Sina Mostafavi, Manuel Kretzer
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper
Project name
Generative Sandscape: Siwa Oasis New Habitat
Location
Siwa Oasis, Egypt
Status
Unbuilt thesis graduation project
Typology
Hospitality, Health
