Press Release / 20th March, 2013 > AFRIKArchi announces the results of the 1st edition of his ARCHIGINEER AFRICA Competition, and talks about its exhibition. The ARCHIGINEER AFRICA Competition is an annual event. It is born with the will shared by AFRIKArchi to develop the teaching of Architecture, Town planning and Civil Engineering in Africa. Our goal through this major project is to encourage, stimulate and reward the creativity and inventiveness of African talent of today and tomorrow, with a view to developing the African continent. This competition is free and open to students enrolled in architecture, town planning and civil engineering schools, universities or polytechnics, located in Africa. It was also open to young professionals, graduated in 2012. Participants had the opportunity to participate alone, or in teams of up to four people. For this first edition, the chosen theme was " Collective housing in Africa urban areas ", responding to a real and present problem on the African continent. The competition was launched on 1st October 2012 and closed on December 31st, 2012. We registered for this first edition, more than 1000 participants enrolled in more than 80 African schools, universities and polytechnics, from more 30 countries across Africa. These statistics have exceeded our expectations. They also demonstrated a willingness of students to cultivate a spirit of challenge, to advance architecture, town planning, civil engineering as major development challenges in Africa. Participants were both from the Maghreb and the Sub-saharan Africa, also french and english speaking countries. To evaluate the projects, AFRIKArchi have gathered an international and multidisciplinary jury, bringing together architects, town planners, engineers, experts in colletive housing, sociologists, historians ... and chaired by the architect and town planner, Mahmoud Keldi, of comorian origin. The jury deliberation took place on 1st February 2013 at Architecture and Heritage City, Palais Chaillot in Paris. Following the deliberation, three prizewinners were chosen, and several projects have also been selected to participate in the ARCHIGINEER AFRICA International Exhibition, which runs from March 2013 in several cities in Africa and in the world such as Alger (to be confirmed) Bamako, Casablanca, Cotonou, Kumasi, Lomé, London (to be confirmed), New York (to be confirmed), Paris, Tokyo (to be confirmed), Tunis, Uberlandia in Brazil ... Some dates : - Paris, 1st - 16th March 2013 at Médiathèque François Mauriac (Goussainville, France) - Kumasi, 13rd - 29th March 2013 at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST, Ghana) - Tunis, 10th - 26th April 2013 at Architecture & Town Planning National School (ENAU, Tunisia) - Casablanca, 22nd April - 03 May 2013 at Architecture School of Casablanca (Morrocco)
Prizewinners 1st Prizewinner : Team n° 12256 – Le baobab urbain – SAWADOGO Youssouf, HATTAB Zied École Nationale d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme de Tunis(ENAU), Tunisia
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2nd Prizewinner : Team n° 12413 – UrbanSlumLab – AMOAH-AWUAH Eric, DODOO Joshua, YAW-KUFFOUR Sarbeng – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana
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3rd Prizewinner : Team n° 12344 – Biryogo collective housing – BIGIRIMANA Jean-Paul, GWIZA Flavia - Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Kigali, Rwanda
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Were also selected for the ARCHIGINEER AFRICA International Exhibition, the following projects: - Team n°12189 – Habitat + 39 - El Moumni Lahbib, Dahmani Imad, Fatimzahra Benhamza Ecole d'Architecture de Casablanca (EAC), Maroc - Team n°12240 – HHNM (Homme, Histoire et Nature à Marrakech) – Meryem Belkadi, Imad Oulad Belmoudden – Ecole Nationale d'Architecture (ENA), Rabat, Maroc - Team n°12237 – La cour africaine – APOVO Jean-Virgile, COMPAORE WendpangaHachim, SOKENG Feuyem Hercel, ALLOU Bossia Sébastien - École Africaine des Métiers de l'Architecture et de l'Urbanisme (EAMAU), Lomé, Togo - Team n°12278 – Fractals – BIBANG BI OBAM ASSOUMOU Stahel Serano, OFORI-SARPONG Emmanuel Kusi, KOFI OFOSU Ennim, GYENG Emmanuel Mwininuon – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana
Exhibition at Paris, 1st - 16th March 2013 at Médiathèque François Mauriac (Goussainville)
Exhibition Opening of the ARCHIGINEER AFRICA Exhibition #1 - Paris, France. Photo © AFRIKArchi
ARCHIGINEER AFRICA Exhibition #2, KNUST - Kumasi, Ghana. Photo © AFRIKArchi
About AFRIKArchi AFRIKArchi (ex ArchiBENIN) is a non-profit association, based in France and represented in over 12 African countries with an International Network. Our goal is to support and amplify the teaching of architecture, town planning and civil engineering in Africa. Many goals can be drawn from this initiative. For instance, we want to create and promote a positive and dynamic image of local African building materials as well as to develop inspiration and creativity among professionals and students in architecture, town planning and civil engineering. Moreover, we want to give professionals and students the opportunity to discover and to appreciate architectural and technical possibilities while developing renewable energies technics. As a consequence, make Africans realize that fields such as architecture, town planning or civil engineering offer potentialities and are a way to create wealth. Our work focuses on several activities: the organization of the ARCHIGINEER AFRICA Competition (second edition will be launched on 1st October 2013), the International Exhibition following the selection of the best projects by the international jury of the competition. Alos, the organization of conferences, round tables, workshops and the establishment of a magazine and a web-radio.
Contacts AFRIKArchi 90 Avenue des Acacias 91800 BRUNOY FRANCE TĂŠl: +33 (0)6 26 57 41 60 +33 (0)6 82 83 68 87 Mail: info@afrikarchi.com Web : http://www.afrikarchi.com