Event – November 6 | Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan | Buildings that Heal – The Impact of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

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EVENT: Sixth Sense Forum | Buildings that Heal – Aga Khan Award for Architecture
DATE: Thursday, November 6th, 2014
TIME:   4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m Local (Karachi) Time
VENUE: The Aga Khan University (AKU),  Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan – AKU Auditorium

​Speakers:

  • Farrokh Derakhshani, Director of Aga Khan Award for Architecture
  • Raul Pantaleo, Aga Khan Award-winning architect

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About Farrokh Derakhshani

Farrokh Darakhshani: Prishtina Architecture Week 2014

Farrokh Derakhshani is Director of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. He has been associated with the Award since 1982, where his work has brought him into contact with architects, builders, and planners throughout the world.

He travels extensively in Muslim countries, and has organised and participated in numerous international seminars and colloquia dealing with contemporary built environments. He has collaborated on a large variety of publications and exhibitions on architecture, and has been involved in organising professional workshops and international architectural competitions. He lectures widely and has served as a jury member at schools of architecture in Europe, Africa and Asia.

Mr.Derakhshani’s main field of specialisation is the contemporary architecture of Muslim societies, and his professional work has included the design and construction management of large-scale public works and infrastructure projects in Iran, as well as architectural design in Paris and Geneva. He is trained as an architect at the National University of Iran and later continued his studies at the School of Architecture in Paris (UP1).

About Raul Pantaleo

Raul PantaleoRaul Pantaleo is an Italian architect, born in Milan, he lives and works in Venice and Trieste.

Graduated from the IUAV University of Venice. Holds an international certificate in Human Ecology attained through post-graduate studies at the University of Padua. Raul is project designer and consultant in the sectors of bio-architecture and urban re-qualification; he is currently involved in conducting laboratories in the processes of participatory and communicatory project development. In addition, he is involved with the practice of social communications and graphic design for various public administrations and non-profit organizations.

Raul Pantaleo is one of the co-founder of “Studio Tamassociati”, a practice which specializes in socially oriented projects in critical areas. Some of the current and completed projects include: The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery for the Emergency NGO in Sudan; Banca Etica (Ethic Bank) Headquarters in Padua (Italy); healthcare buildings for the Emergency NGO in Darfur, Sudan; also projects in the Central African Republic, Sierra Leon, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Uganda.

The main awards received and exhibitions held by Studio Tamassociati include:

  • Winner of the ZUMTOBEL GROUP AWARD 2014
  • Winner of the AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE 2013
  • Winner of the Curry Stone design prize 2013
  • Gold Medal “Giancarlo Ius” Barbara Capocchi” International Architecture Prize 2013
  • Italian Architecture Gold Medal 2012; Container Compound, honourable mention in the “Architecture and Emergency” category
  • Middle East Architect Awards 2010 for the “Salam” Centre for Cardiac Surgery 1° prize as: “Sustainable Project of the Year”
  • Smart future minds award 2010 for the Emergency Paediatric Clinic in Darfur, Sudan, 2nd prize
  • “Sustainable Architecture” Fassa Bortolo Prize 2010 for the Container Compound, which was shortlisted
  • “Best of Green Award” 2010 (Treehugger,Discovery Company, USA) for the Container Compound
  • Detail Prize 2009 for the Prayer and Meditation Pavilion in Sudan, shortlisted
  • “Dedalo Minosse” International Awards 2008 for the Salam Cardiac Centre in Sudan, special prize
  • The Architecture Review Award for Emerging Architecture (UK) 2008 for the Prayer Meditation Pavilion in Sudan, highly commended
  • 12th Venice International Biennale of architecture exhibition 2010, Italian Pavilion “Salam” Centre for Cardiac Surgery

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About Aga Khan Award for Architecture

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is given every three years to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture. Through its efforts, the Award seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world, in which Muslims have a significant presence.

The selection process emphasizes architecture that not only provides for people’s physical, social and economic needs, but that also stimulates and responds to their cultural expectations. Particular attention is given to building schemes that use local resources and appropriate technology in innovative ways, and to projects likely to inspire similar efforts elsewhere.

The Award is governed by a steering committee chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan. A new committee is constituted each cycle to establish the eligibility criteria for project submissions, provide thematic direction in response to emerging priorities and issues, and to develop plans for the future of the Award. The steering committee is responsible for the selection and appointment of the master jury for each Award cycle, and for the Award’s programme of international seminars, lectures, exhibitions and publications.

The twelfth triennial cycle of the Award runs from 2011-2013. The current prize fund totals US$ 1,000,000 and is presented to projects selected by an independent master jury. The Award has completed eleven cycles of activity since 1977, and documentation has been compiled on over 8,000 building projects throughout the world. To date, the master juries have selected 105 projects to receive the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

From Ismailimail Archives - Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Laureates with His Highness the Aga Khan and President of Portugal at the 2013 Award Ceremony in Lisbon Portugal
From Ismailimail Archives – Aga Khan Award for Architecture – Laureates with His Highness the Aga Khan and President of Portugal at the 2013 Award Ceremony in Lisbon Portugal

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