Al-hila hilatna: Rehabilitation of a Neighbourhood in Sudan

Sudan Architecture Forum (SAF) has launched al-hila hilatna competition by inviting participants to choose a neighbourhood in Sudan to rehabilitate, which is an opportunity for generating ideas for developing neighbourhoods around the country. It is an opportunity for designers to show their talent and get exposure, and potentially execute their design.

The participants are invited to choose a neighbourhood of their choice in Sudan. This could be a place they think is in much need of the intervention, it could be a space they frequent a lot, a space that inspires them or even the neighbourhood in which they live in. The boundaries for the neighbourhood should not be more than 10 blocks.

al-hila hilatna
the neighbourhood is ours
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Participants are encouraged to be bold, daring and spearheading creative thinking in how they approach the brief. There is no limit but the limits of the imagination of the designer. The design should consider the multiple users of the public spaces, urban fixtures, waste management, safety, the environment, the rain season, and the feasibility of executing this design.

At least one member of the team has to be in Sudan or able to visit the site once.

The first prize is USD1,000 and the best 10 designs will be exhibited at Downtown Gallery in Sudan.

For more information about the competition or to participate, visit al-hila.com.

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Sudan Architecture Forum

Sudan Architecture Forum is an open platform established in 2013 with the first forum under the name “Potter Forum”. As an independent, non-profit, non-discriminatory body, SAF aims to have an impact on the built environment in Sudan by highlighting the most pressing issues of architecture today with a focus on architecture in Sudan and supporting high impact initiatives concentrating on the built environment.

SAF is a registered non-profit company with guarantee, with five board members who are the founders of SAF. SAF’s current initiative aims to revive Earthen Architecture in Sudan and reintroducing it as a viable solution to many of the issues facing the built environment today while taking into account the new advancements that have been made in this field.

For more information about SAF, visit saf-ea.com or the SAF Instagram page @sudanarchitectureforum.