Middle East / Saudi Arabia / Addiriyah
Contemporary identities
Schiattarella Associati’s project for Ha’il Mosque is the winner of this year Iconic Award for the Concept category.
The European competition of the Iconic Awards under the aegis of the German Design Council, is the first neutral international competition embracing the whole world of architecture and design, including communication, construction sector and industry. Well known are the Media Partners of the 2017 edition: Atrium, Dezeen, World-architects.com. The Jury is made up of representatives of the fields of architecture, interior design, design and brand communications
The project starts from an in-depth analysis of the architectural identity character of Najd Region and its relatioship with the urban sorrundings in order to define formal and architectural key elements.
The complex develops around a central square, enclosed and cozy which , which will be a meeting point. Access to the square is enabled through covered passages and small aired and shady courtyards, a protected location in which meeting and relaxing is pleasant.
Schiattarella Associati’s project for Ha’il Mosque is the winner of this year Iconic Award for the Concept category.
The European competition of the Iconic Awards under the aegis of the German Design Council, is the first neutral international competition embracing the whole world of architecture and design, including communication, construction sector and industry. Well known are the Media Partners of the 2017 edition: Atrium, Dezeen, World-architects.com. The Jury is made up of representatives of the fields of architecture, interior design, design and brand communications
The project starts from an in-depth analysis of the architectural identity character of Najd Region and its relatioship with the urban sorrundings in order to define formal and architectural key elements.
The complex develops around a central square, enclosed and cozy which , which will be a meeting point. Access to the square is enabled through covered passages and small aired and shady courtyards, a protected location in which meeting and relaxing is pleasant.
Even this year a group of students from the College of Architecture of Riyadh, are hosted at Schiattarella Associati to complete their studies through a dense 3-weeks training program gathering working on the field, design and historical city sightseeing.
Tutoring has become a mission for us and a true commitment towards these young architects.
Interesting discussion with Marco in our lunch meeting.
He described his experimental activity and research, between thought and dust, conceptual and material.
With this project we tried to built a little sherd of “slow city”, where activities are organized around pedestrian areas, spaces and buildings are dimensioned on human scale and studied to provide shade and comfort. The scope is to provide a place where social relationships, as well as the sense of community could be recovered.