Jury

Architectural and Urban Design, Architectural Composition, Theory of Architecture

Interior architecture & design

René’s work in recent years explores the contemporary and future forms of the urban border between the United States and Mexico. René is a coauthor, with Fiamma Montezemolo and Heriberto Yépez, of the book, Here is Tijuana, published in 2006 by Black Dog, London. In 2018, he co-edited, along with Tito Alegría and Roger Lewis, the commemorative edition of the book A Temporary Paradise: A look at the special landscape of the San Diego Region, originally prepared by Kevin Lynch and Donald Appleyard (COLEF 2018).

His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Santa Monica Art Museum, Mexico House at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC, Shenzhen Architecture and Urbanism Biennial 2007 and the Central Society of Architects in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2015, his research on the Experimental Housing Project (PREVI) in Lima, Peru, was part of the exhibition “Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2017, he directed Hyperloop West, a group that went on to become a semi-finalist in the global challenge competition organized by Virgin Hyperloop One. In 2017, Rene curated the Tijuana-San Diego exhibit space at the 2017 Architecture and Urbanism Biennial in Seoul, Korea.

Digital Architecture and Parametric Design also Teaching in university

Ghazaal La'li is an Iranian Architect, Project manager, and photographer, who was born in Tehran, in 1993. She studied Interior Architecture at Sooreh University and holds a master of construction & project management from the Pars University of Tehran. She started her professional career in Arash G Tehrani Design Studio in 2014 and worked on several projects, which gained international attention and honored in several awards, such as 2A Continental Architecture Awards in Madrid, and Middle East Architecture Awards in Dubai, and Mirmiran Awards in Tehran. Besides architect, she has founded an advertising photography practice called Diman Photography, and also collaborated as the committee secretary in Iranian Interior Architecture's Society.

Professional Career:

Architect in Arash G Tehrani Design Studio

Secretary of the committee & official member, in Iranian Interior Architecture’s Society

Founder & principal of Diman photography group.

Vice-Chairman of the Board of directors at La’l Gostar Oraman Co.

Education:

Master of construction & project management from the Pars University of Tehran, 2019

B.A in Interior Architecture, Sooreh University, 2015

Skills: Interior design, Architectural design, Project management, photography, graphic presentations, Post Production, 3D modeling.

Software skills: AutoCAD, Sketchup, Ps Photoshop, Lumion, Revit, Corel Draw.

Awards & honors:

·           2019, Shortlisted & Nominated for 2A Europe Architecture Awards, University Housing for Genoa, Madrid/Spain.

·           2019, Shortlisted & Nominated for 2A Asia Architecture Awards, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza, Madrid/Spain.

·           2019, "13th Mirmiran Architectural Award", Mirmiran Architecture Foundation, Special Mentioned Project, Shelter for Refugees, Tehran / Iran.

·           2019, "13th Mirmiran Architectural Award", Mirmiran Architecture Foundation, Finalist Project, Shelter for Homeless, Tehran / Iran.

·           2018, Shortlisted & Nominated for CONCEPT DESIGN of the YEAR, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza, Middle East Architect Awards, Dubai/UAE.

·           2018, Prize winner & Special mentioned project in Golshahr Mosque & Plaza Competition, Tehran, Iran.

Magazine and Media Appearance:

·           2018, “ArchLine Magazine”, Issue 2, Cover and interview Photographs, December, Bandar Abbas / Iran.

·           2018, “ArchLine Magazine”, Issue 2, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza, December, Bandar Abbas / Iran.

·           2018, “Middle East ARCHITECT Magazine”, Volume 12 / Issue 12, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza / December, Dubai / UAE.

·           2018, “Middle East ARCHITECT Magazine”, Volume 12 / Issue 11, MeArch Awards shortlists / November, Dubai / UAE.

·           2018, “Middle East ARCHITECT”, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza, https://bit.ly/2QmsdUX, UAE.

·           2018, “Urban Player”, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza, https://bit.ly/2NAoVYa, Hungary.

·           2018, “Arch-News”, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza, https://bit.ly/2LrVkTm, Kuwait.

·           2018, “World PRO News”, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza, https://bit.ly/2JINXBW, USA.

·           2018, “DesignMENA”, Thoughts, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza, https://bit.ly/2yhmMhq, UAE.

·           2018, “Designboom”, Golshahr Mosque & Plaza, https://bit.ly/2LDcsSQ, Milan / New York / Beijing.

·           2017, “iF world design guide”, Shelter for Homeless, https://bit.ly/2NBex2l, Germany.

·           2016, Run! Candidates are coming! , The Designer Today Half-month Magazine, Article’s Photograph, Issue 18, Tehran / Iran.

·           2016, The Designer Today Half-month Magazine, Half-month Photograph, Issue 09, Tehran / Iran.

·           2016, The Designer Today Half-month Magazine, Half-month Photograph, Issue 11, Tehran / Iran.

Certificates:

·                     2019, International Professional Certificate, Certificate of Training Completion, Post-production, GRS ACADEMY, Ce No: GRSCE/23474.

·                     2018, Certificate of Paper Admission, Publication & Presentation, for: “The Effects of architectural competitions and Awards in developing the general taste”, International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management in IRAN, University of Tehran, ISC: 96180-22102, CUM2018.com, VC: PE-DIIG

·                     2019, Science Nordic Certificate, International Conference on Civil engineering, Architecture and Urban Management, SNCERT.com, CE No: nspr45908.

·                     2019, Wissen Certificate, Attendance Certificate on Conference, 2nd International Congress on Science and Engineering, Hamburg – Germany, wissencert.com, Ce No: wis2176

Award winning Architect, Industrial Designer and Researcher based in Dubai. Founder of Studio Niko Kapa, a multidisciplinary team that supports innovation using research as an integral part of the design process. The practice balances between architecture and product design, embracing the language of functionality, construction efficiency, and brand identity.

Churchill Towers, Floor 16, P.O. Box 488039, Dubai, UAE

Conceptual and parametric architecture.

INSPIRELI AWARDS 2016 Czech Republic regional winner.

Architect at AI - Design with the Great Eva Jiřičná.

Nima Keivani is an award-winning professional Iranian architect, who has found his own architectural firm,” Keivani Architects”, with his brother, Sina Keivani, Since 2009. He graduated in master of architecture and master of architectural and urban heritage conservation. After publishing their projects worldwide, their practice received international attention in architectural magazines, books, and websites such as Ifeng space Book - Tianjin Ifeng Space Media Co., Ltd- January. 2018-Taiwan, International Architect magazine- Issue January – 2018- Dubai, Industria delle Costruzioni magazine- December -2017- Italy, Domus Design magazine- Mar 2017, Manual Of Industrial Interior Design - Phoenix Publishing & Media Group- July 2017 – China, BOB International magazine of Space Design- Issue 150-2017/ South Korea, MINI Building book – Issue 4- 2016 -South Korea, AMBIENTES Magazine, a Latin American publication based in Chile- Aug 2016, Cover of Touch Decor magazine, an English high quality pan Arab magazine- October 2016,  VAMP magazine- Issue 25- Dec 2016- Italy, Cover of XXI International Architecture magazine- Issue 152 – 2016 – Turkey, and so on.

His works also were exhibited in Modern & Contemporary Architecture of Iran in Tokyo May 2018, and GAP 2017 Melbourne University School of design. He also has some participating in competitions with several architectural firms as the design architect.

He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Nominee of Aga khan awards for architecture | Pardis khaneh, Orsi khaneh projects| Switzerland | 2019,

International Finance | Fastest Growing Architecture Company in Iran | England | 2018,

Middle East Award | Orsi khaneh | Best residential project of the year| Dubai | 2017,

 Interior Goda Awards | Mehr Khaneh | Third place | Ukraine | 2017,

 Europe Architecture Awards | Transformable House | Finalist | Berlin | 2017,

 A’ Design Award | Mehr Khaneh | Silver medal | Italy | 2017,

Asia Architecture Awards | Orsi Khaneh | Finalist and candidate | Berlin | 2017,

ARCHMARATHON | Mega Mall | Finalist and candidate |Italy | 2016,

 Iranian interior design | Mehr Khaneh | Honorable Mention | Iran | 2016,

A’ Design Award | Orsi Khaneh | Bronze medal | Italy | 2016,

 Residential Architecture | Orsi Khaneh | Honorable Mention | USA | 2016,

 Asia Pacific property Awards | Orsi Khaneh | Honorable Mention | 2016,

Inspireli Awards | Orsi Khaneh | 2 Place Iran | 2016,

Grand Me’mar Awards | Finalist | 2015,

Nominee of Aga khan awards for architecture | Khanat | Switzerland | 2013.

And so on.

He was also the lecturer in different workshops and master classes in Europe and Middle East and Asia universities and architecture associates.

Their designed Projects have been involved in various ranges of Architecture such as residential complexes, commercial buildings and restoration of architectural Heritage. Aesthetic, function, Genius loci and Vernacular Architecture have been considered in the base of their design process.

Nima Keivani practice has been concentrating on spiritual dimension of architecture, in which the creation of meaningful, enriched, and innovative spaces is remarked as a significant task. Relying on their theoretical and practical experiences, his design team utilizes up-to-dated methods and technologies to actualize the generated ideas, in which social, environmental and economic sustainability is in the core. His creativity and ideas is usually influenced by regional culture and environmental circumstances, which in a global scale, make their practice novel, unique, and useful for human society.

In his point of view, architecture should be considered in urban context, so social sustainability and its relationship with quality of urban spaces is one of the main subject of his papers in journals.

Everything related with architecture     

Fostering new spatial utopias through innovations in architectural materials.

Educational

Residential

Culture building

As an Architect my architectural focus is sustainable urban development. Being a citizen of Tbilisi, Georgia I have to deal with many different urban issues taking place in my home city. It is a great opportunitie to deal with them in a sustainable way of thinking in order to reshape the city in its best way. Working With A foreign company gives me a lot of opportunities to study internatiuonal cases and implement them into current projects.

We design low rise designed housing and hospitality

Houses

Health  and Education Facilities

Churches

Fish Markets

Office Buildings

PH.D of Architecture.

Workshop Supervisor of " Saadat  Mall "
Head of " A.G " Architecture Atelier
Teaching in university