Awqaf Building

Notes

The project consists of galleries and stores on its ground floor and offices on the upper floors. The L-shaped main corridor connects the two circulation cores on each extremity with the entrance in the middle. The design puts focus on the relationship with the Al-Rashid Street, while expressing the intention of shading the street stores from the harsh sunlight and creating an enjoyable atmosphere for the customers and merchants. At the upper floor levels, continuous or intersecting balconies animate the façade and enhance the building’s connection with the street.
 

Sources

Rifat Chadirji, Al-Ukhaydir wal-Qasr Al-Billawri [Al-Ukhaidir and the Crystal Palace], London: Riad El-Rayyes, 1991, p. 256-262.

Chadirji Foundation for Architecture and Society.

Caecilia Pieri, Bagdad: La Construction d’Une Capitale Moderne (1914-1960), Beirut: Presses De L’ifpo, 2015.

Process Architecture, Vol. 58, Medinat al Salam 1979-1983, Tokyo, May 1985, p. 140.

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