PREPARATORY CONFERENCE OF THE EGYPTIAN DELEGATION
WHO IS GOING TO PARTICIPATEG IN THE EVENTS OF THE “UIA”
“SEOUL 2017”
THE preparatory meeting og the Egyptian architects association held in cairo on august
14 to discuss the activities of the international federation of architects, which is
going to be held in the capital of south korea from 3 to 10 september, 2017 under the
theme “the spirit of the city”.
To discuss the preparatory procedures for the Egyptian delegation’s travel. The
participants also discussed the projects those will represent Egypt in the Egypt pavilion
at the exhibition and the conference.
The participants chose several projects to participate in the Egyptian pavilion, which
represent the different orientations of Egyptian architecture among influential
architectural figures and Egyptian architectural projects that express the spirit of
modern Ehyptian architecture as well as number of projects of young Egyptian
graduates architects from Egyptian architecture departments from 2016 and 2017 the
Egyptian architects and graduates were selected as well. The new city of architecture
was chosen by Dr. sahar Attia , professor and head of the architecture department in
cairo . The architect Ahmed Mustafa mito was chosen as the wing figure in the
exhibition, Dr. Heba safi El-din Golden cube project was also chosen, which won the
Union prize for this year as a scientific educational activity that raises the awareness of
the importance of architecture for young people. The projects of Egyptian architects:
Ahmed Taweel and Esraa Al-azab as representatives of Egypt as future hospitals prize
“worldwide.
On the other hand, in accordance with the logo of this year’s session of the Union, the
meeting included the discussion of the Egyptian Symposiums to be held on the
sidelines of the conference under the theme “the spirit of the city”
Which is scheduled to be attended by architects saifullah Abul-naga , sherif Abbasi ,
sahar Attia , sherine wehbe , ashraf salama , Heba safi El-Din
It also decided that NEXT DESIGN magazine will be the Egyptian magazine that
expresses the level of Egyptian and Arab architectural publishing in the field of
specializing journalism. The magazine will participate in the the activities of the
exhibition and the conference with a special number for this occasion.