Call for Entries: AGRITECTURAL VILLAGE

Call for Entries: Dewan Award for Architecture 2026: Agritectural Village in Iraq | A new model for rural living in Badyiat Al-Samawa, Iraq 

Dewan Award invites participants to propose an ‘AgriTectural Village’ — a new and replicable model for integrated rural living in Badiyat Al-Samawa, where agriculture, settlement, and landscape are conceived as a single, interdependent system.

Vision 

The Vision for the AgriTectural Village begins with the well-being of the people who will live there. It seeks the renewal of rural life in Iraq’s arid and climate-stressed regions not through productivity alone, but through a settlement that supports quality of life, social cohesion, and environmental resilience in equal measure.

Design Challenge 

Participants should approach the village not as a collection of separate components to be designed in isolation, but as an integrated system in which every decision — from the masterplan to the individual dwelling — reflects and reinforces the project’s overall vision. 

Design Scope 

1. The Village Masterplan 

2. Architectural Prototypes 

2.1. Farmhouse 

2.2. One Village Core Building

Registration 

Early Registration: $75 from March to end of April 2026 

Standard Registration: $90 from May to 31 August.  

Last Chance Registration: $100 from September until Submission deadline

Student Registration In support of student participation and experiential learning through competition, student-led teams may register at a discounted rate of $50. 

Eligibility 

We welcome participation from architects, designers, planners, engineers, and students from around the world. 

Individuals, teams (up to 8 members) or studios are eligible to enter. Multidisciplinary collaboration is strongly encouraged.

The Prizes 

Dewan Award for Architecture awards a total of $10,000 in cash prizes, three fully funded invitations for the Top 3 winners, and invitations for Honourable Mentions and finalists to attend the award ceremony. Winners receive medals, certificates, and a publication for the Top 10 recognised entries.

https://tamayouz-award.com/