The student project “GREEN SCARF” from the Architectural Engineering was awarded Second Place in the recently concluded NAMA Architectural Design Competition on December 12, 2018 held at Amman Convention and Exhibition Center- Grand Hall, Muscat.

The project was presented by Saif Sultan Hamed Al Jabri and Ahmed Hilal Zahir Al-Ismaili, Architectural Engineering students in Advanced Diploma level. The theme of the competition was about Architectural Energy Conservation System in a residential building. The concept of the Green Scarf project focused on the conservation of energy from alignment, indoor and outdoor architecture, alternative building materials and construction, energy consumption analysis and rate analysis. The design was made to fit the Oman climatic condition. This project portrays the Islamic architecture design highlighting modern methods of construction.

This students’ endeavor and success was made possible through the guidance of their mentors in the different technical aspects of the project. We are grateful and deeply appreciate the collaboration of Mr. P. V. Gopi and Mr. Thaddeus Carreon for the electrical design, to Mr. Amar Viplow for the architectural design, to Ms. Jainul Arrifa for the civil engineering design and Mr. Saurabh Sharma, the project supervisor.