The Young Moroccan Architecture Awards (YMAA) have lifted the veil on the winners of their very first edition. The first of its kind in Africa and the Arab world, the Young Moroccan Architecture Awards competition sheds light on the emerging young guard of Moroccan architects and their landmark achievements.
here is the track record of this 1st edition:
– Intervention in the medina : Fatim-Zohra Tahiri Alaoui for the renovation of a riad in Essaouira;
– Zevaco special price : Tarik Zoubdi for the Concrete Phrontistery project;
– Collective housing : Younes Diouri for the Horizon Hill project;
– Cultural space : Salma Dioury pour American Arts Center ;
– Health & well-being : Sofiya Iraqi for Ks Dental;
– Preschool and primary education : Youssef Lahkim for School El Farah ;
– Secondary and higher education : Tarik Zoubdi for the Concrete Phrontistery project;
– Individual residential real estate : IBDAA Group for Villa for Loft;
– Retail and commercial architecture : Dina Bennani for Choco Chino;
– Leisure and tourism : Abdelhakim Guilmi for H&G Guest House;
– Interior design-decoration : Dina Bennani for Private Villa;
– Gastronomy spaces : AGA Studio for the Fresh & Bio house;
– Small detached villa : Mounia Radouane for villa VPDN;
– big mansion : Abdelhakim Guilmi for Villa KLM;
– Renovation and rehabilitation : Mounia Radouane for Apartment AAA;
– Office space : Lamia Hamriti pour Payment Center for Africa ;
– Sustainable and environmental building : Fatima-Zahra Bendahmane pour CIE Tata ;
– wooden architecture : Younes Diouri for ACSA Club Tennis;
– Ephemeral architecture : Merouane Oussama Zouaoui for Tafedna domes;
– First work : IBDAA Group for Villa Albertini;
– Except category : S+R architecture workshop for automotive supplier in Tangier.
Three distinctions were allocated for the categories “Building of the year“, “People’s favorite” et “Prix ArchimediaThey were awarded respectively to the CIE de Tata project, by Fatima-Zahra Bendahmane, to the Canary Garden project, by Youssef Benjelloun, and to the Ibn Batouta museum project in Tangier, by Ghita Adyel.