Call for Entries: Dewan Award for Architecture 2026: Agritectural Village in Iraq
A new model for rural living in Badyiat Al-Samawa, Iraq
Dewan Award invites participants to propose an ‘AgriTectural Village’ — a new and replicable model for integrated rural living in Badiyat Al-Samawa, where agriculture, settlement, and landscape are conceived as a single, interdependent system.
Vision
The Vision for the AgriTectural Village begins with the well-being of the people who will live there. It seeks the renewal of rural life in Iraq’s arid and climate-stressed regions not through productivity alone, but through a settlement that supports quality of life, social cohesion, and environmental resilience in equal measure.
Design Challenge
Participants should approach the village not as a collection of separate components to be designed in isolation, but as an integrated system in which every decision — from the masterplan to the individual dwelling — reflects and reinforces the project’s overall vision.
Design Scope
1. The Village Masterplan
2. Architectural Prototypes
2.1. Farmhouse
2.2. One Village Core Building
Registration
Early Registration: $75 from March to end of April 2026
Standard Registration: $90 from May to 31 August.
Last Chance Registration: $100 from September until Submission deadline
Student Registration
In support of student participation and experiential learning through competition, student-led teams may register at a discounted rate of $50.
Eligibility
We welcome participation from architects, designers, planners, engineers, and students from around the world.
Individuals, teams (up to 8 members) or studios are eligible to enter. Multidisciplinary collaboration is strongly encouraged.
The Prizes
Dewan Award for Architecture awards a total of $10,000 in cash prizes, three fully funded invitations for the Top 3 winners. Winners receive medals, certificates, and a publication for the Top 10 recognised entries.
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