The Build Your House 2023 exhibition, which concludes today (May 18), has welcomed a large number of visitors, exhibitors, speakers, and competition winners to its exhibition hall at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC).At each edition, the event’s knowledge sharing, inspiration, and nurturing of future talent continues to evolve, culminating in this year’s enriched and expanded event that has increased its exhibition space and offered an additional day to attendees.This first-of-its-kind, Qatar-created exhibition for Qatari housebuilders has also become a platform that nurtures and rewards future designers. This year’s annual ‘Student Design Competition’, in collaboration with VCUarts Qatar, gave 21 interior design students valuable industry experience: A brief by Msheireb Properties to create a live/work hybrid space that combines a home for two distinct users to live in and work from.BYH 2023 championed Qatar’s emerging design talent with its award winner’s presentation. This year’s ‘Best Interior Design’ awards and prizes are Fatima Karamshahi (first place), Aya Akl (second runner-up), and Hissa al-Khuzaei (third place).A jury from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) MEA; engineer Maram Zghoul, prominent businesswoman and influencer; and Petula Rahme, Sr project manager of NeXTfairs for Exhibitions and Conferences, selected the three shortlisted competition winners who also enjoyed displaying their work at the VCUarts Qatar booth.The exhibition offered a broad spectrum of expertise daily from 11am to 8pm, including topics like ‘Sources and Solutions for Humidity in Your Home’ and ‘The Role and Future of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design’.In addition, government entities, such as the Civil Defence and the Ministry of Municipality have demonstrated their commitment to helping local citizens plan, design, and build homes that are safe, secure, and fit for the future with daily attendance and knowledge-sharing sessions based on citizens’ and local market needs.Interesting topics were highlighted during these sessions, including ‘Sustainable Residential Design Utilising Building Intelligence’ by engineer Ali Haj-Shafiei from the Delbrook Group and ‘Maintenance of Residential Buildings and How to Maintain Their Architectural and Structural Components’ by engineer Zaher Hamada from the Ministry of Municipality, in addition to sessions by AIA Middle East on design, engineering, and architecture.Today’s knowledge-sharing conference will feature a presentation on Doha Bank’s ‘Housing Loan’ and ‘Green Housing Loan’ offers, and talks by Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa), Qatar Civil Defence, and many others.Visitors can still discover over 250 exhibitors and the right consultants for their home build, fit-out, or renovation featuring renowned brands from Qatar, Canada, Iran, Italy, Oman, and the UK, and companies from Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, China, Algeria, India, Jordan, and Turkiye.
May 17, 2023 | 09:29 PM