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Monday, 18 March 2024 07:19
A scientific trip for first-year students
and the teaching staff for the first stage, a scientific visit took place on Saturday, 3/16/2024, to the
Baghdad International Fair to learn about the exhibition spaces, as well as to learn about aspects of
expanding students’ understanding of preparation for the project in the subject of architectural design,
tagged “Pavilion Design.” at the Baghdad Exhibition” and to prepare to participate in the Diwan
Architecture Award for “Designing the Iraq Pavilion for a World Exhibition to be Held at the Baghdad
International Exhibition,” which will be held in the Sultanate of Oman.
The Director General of the Iraqi General Company for Exhibitions and Commercial Services, Dr. Mustafa
Al-Ani, and Engineer Enas Hamid, Director of the Technical Department of the company, provided
detailed explanations that explained many of the design aspects of the exhibition spaces and a
background on its origins and the most prominent activities held in it.
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Monday, 18 March 2024 07:16
Organizing an afforestation campaign and activity (manufacturing and disseminating seed incubators) on the occasion of National Afforestation Day
Under the patronage of the Honorable Head of the Department of Architecture, Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Jawad
Kazem, and in compliance with the directives of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Higher Education
and Scientific Research, and coinciding with National Planting Day, the Voluntary Works Committee in
the Department of Architectural Engineering organized a planting campaign for gardens near the
department building and an activity (manufacture and dissemination of seed incubators) as part of the
University of Technology’s activities on the occasion of National Planting Day.
The campaign was completed with the participation of the department’s professors and students and
under the supervision of the Assistant Head of the Department for Administrative Affairs, Lecturer Dr.
Yahya Adel Ibrahim, the Head of the Architectural Design Branch, Lecturer Dr. Ahmed Louay Ahmed, and
the Voluntary Works Committee headed by Assistant Prof. Dr. Rawaa Fawzi Naoum and with the
assistance of the Agriculture Unit in Department of Diwan Affairs at the university.
Types of trees, shrubs and flowers suitable for the local environment were selected and planted. As for
seed incubators, it is an idea that involves preparing a mixture of clay soil, natural fertilizers and a
mixture of plant seeds and forming them into balls that are dried in the sun so that they are ready to be
spread and thrown in any arable area.
After the completion of 200 seed incubators, they were distributed to the department’s professors,
employees, and students, and we hope to continue to spread the plants and increase green spaces in
the buildings and squares of the city of Baghdad.
Kazem, and in compliance with the directives of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Higher Education
and Scientific Research, and coinciding with National Planting Day, the Voluntary Works Committee in
the Department of Architectural Engineering organized a planting campaign for gardens near the
department building and an activity (manufacture and dissemination of seed incubators) as part of the
University of Technology’s activities on the occasion of National Planting Day.
The campaign was completed with the participation of the department’s professors and students and
under the supervision of the Assistant Head of the Department for Administrative Affairs, Lecturer Dr.
Yahya Adel Ibrahim, the Head of the Architectural Design Branch, Lecturer Dr. Ahmed Louay Ahmed, and
the Voluntary Works Committee headed by Assistant Prof. Dr. Rawaa Fawzi Naoum and with the
assistance of the Agriculture Unit in Department of Diwan Affairs at the university.
Types of trees, shrubs and flowers suitable for the local environment were selected and planted. As for
seed incubators, it is an idea that involves preparing a mixture of clay soil, natural fertilizers and a
mixture of plant seeds and forming them into balls that are dried in the sun so that they are ready to be
spread and thrown in any arable area.
After the completion of 200 seed incubators, they were distributed to the department’s professors,
employees, and students, and we hope to continue to spread the plants and increase green spaces in
the buildings and squares of the city of Baghdad.
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Wednesday, 13 March 2024 09:35
A scientific and cultural trip for second and fourth stage students
On Thursday, March 7, 2024, the Department of Architecture Engineering, in cooperation with the
management of theIraqi Pure Team and Heritage Preservation Team, to preserve antiquities and
heritage, and under the supervision of members of the teaching staff, a scientific and cultural trip was
organized for the students of the second and fourth stages to the landmarks of Islamic architecture,
which included (the Abbasid Palace - Al-Mustansiriya School - the House of Wisdom - the Governor’s
Palace on the banks of the Tigris). The scientific trip is an activity in support of the Building Installation
course, where the students learned about roofing and the local building style using local materials, in
addition to supporting the Islamic Architecture course, where the students learned about the
foundations and features of the Abbasid Islamic style and its detailed foundations.
management of theIraqi Pure Team and Heritage Preservation Team, to preserve antiquities and
heritage, and under the supervision of members of the teaching staff, a scientific and cultural trip was
organized for the students of the second and fourth stages to the landmarks of Islamic architecture,
which included (the Abbasid Palace - Al-Mustansiriya School - the House of Wisdom - the Governor’s
Palace on the banks of the Tigris). The scientific trip is an activity in support of the Building Installation
course, where the students learned about roofing and the local building style using local materials, in
addition to supporting the Islamic Architecture course, where the students learned about the
foundations and features of the Abbasid Islamic style and its detailed foundations.
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Wednesday, 13 March 2024 09:32
Scientific Trip for Fourth Stage Students
On Monday, February 26, 2024, the Department of Architectural Engineering, under the supervision of
the head of the outdoor spaces design subject (Assistant Professor Dr. Rawaa Fawzi Naoum) and with
the participation of a number of the department’s teachers , organized a field scientific visit for fourth-
year students to the Baghdad International Fair with the aim of seeing the site and the exhibition
pavilions and the external spaces. The visit also included a detailed explanation by the specialist
engineer in the Design Division about the exhibition’s requirements for spaces and events, and an
overview of the exhibition pavilions and their construction details. This activity comes within the efforts
of the department and its teaching staff to expand students’ horizons and because of its benefit in
linking theoretical knowledge with practical knowledge on the ground.
the head of the outdoor spaces design subject (Assistant Professor Dr. Rawaa Fawzi Naoum) and with
the participation of a number of the department’s teachers , organized a field scientific visit for fourth-
year students to the Baghdad International Fair with the aim of seeing the site and the exhibition
pavilions and the external spaces. The visit also included a detailed explanation by the specialist
engineer in the Design Division about the exhibition’s requirements for spaces and events, and an
overview of the exhibition pavilions and their construction details. This activity comes within the efforts
of the department and its teaching staff to expand students’ horizons and because of its benefit in
linking theoretical knowledge with practical knowledge on the ground.
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Wednesday, 13 March 2024 09:31
Participation of the Department of Architecture in the “Baghdad is More Beautiful” campaign
As part of the Baghdad is More Beautiful campaign launched by the Prime Minister, the
Lecturer Dr. Ahmed Louay Ahmed (Head of the Architectural Design Branch), attended
the second meeting of the Higher Committee for Public Taste on Monday, 03/04/2024,
which was held under the chairmanship of the Undersecretary of the Baghdad
Municipality for Technical Affairs, Dr. Ali Hassan Lafta and Director General of Relations
and Media in the Baghdad Municipality, which was formed by the Mayor of Baghdad to
include a group of specialized academics and representatives of state institutions and
the private sector with the aim of preparing a new vision to address visual distortion and
formulating standards and controls to be adopted by the municipal departments in the
city of Baghdad in their upcoming projects to revive public taste again and prepare a
general strategy for public taste, which was proposed to be launched by the committee
to be approved by the higher authorities to preserve the beauty and charm of the capital
by determining the most beautiful appearance from the perspective of streets,
neighbourhoods, building facades, the colors used, the method of displaying billboards
and lampposts, removing distortions, reviving the urban character of the city, and
making decisions that would Preserving public taste in implementation of the directives
of the Prime Minister, including identifying a number of streets to transform them into
model sections that include all standards of public taste.
Lecturer Dr. Ahmed Louay Ahmed (Head of the Architectural Design Branch), attended
the second meeting of the Higher Committee for Public Taste on Monday, 03/04/2024,
which was held under the chairmanship of the Undersecretary of the Baghdad
Municipality for Technical Affairs, Dr. Ali Hassan Lafta and Director General of Relations
and Media in the Baghdad Municipality, which was formed by the Mayor of Baghdad to
include a group of specialized academics and representatives of state institutions and
the private sector with the aim of preparing a new vision to address visual distortion and
formulating standards and controls to be adopted by the municipal departments in the
city of Baghdad in their upcoming projects to revive public taste again and prepare a
general strategy for public taste, which was proposed to be launched by the committee
to be approved by the higher authorities to preserve the beauty and charm of the capital
by determining the most beautiful appearance from the perspective of streets,
neighbourhoods, building facades, the colors used, the method of displaying billboards
and lampposts, removing distortions, reviving the urban character of the city, and
making decisions that would Preserving public taste in implementation of the directives
of the Prime Minister, including identifying a number of streets to transform them into
model sections that include all standards of public taste.
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