26WinnerWADI MINA’S HOUSE OF RESPITEWadi Mina’s House of Respite offers comfortable lodgings for the pilgrim jamaah around the Day of Arafah and Jumrah stonings. This will be the place where the pilgrim jamaah can sought for refuge. It is in the House of Respite that their individual needs and ibadah can be perform within their private space.
6Runner-upThe Viable Mina Mina is part of the most prominent religious gathering in the world which is Haj. The first questions that come to mind while designing the project are how to create an executable module, hygienic, and crowd controllable. Other dimensions in the project are also necessary to consider, such as religious, cultural, sustainable, functional, and aesthetical.
9Honorable MentionDAR SALAMThe proposal envisions the future of Mina region in alignment with the 2030 vision of the Saudi Arabia government to develop the Haj experience.
199People's Choice AwardThe Hajj Eco-TentThe Hajj eco-tent is a promising future experience for pilgrims that visit Mina city through the design of a comfortable multifunctional living module applying different environmental treatments and hygienic precautions to avoid the spread of COVID-19 which makes Mina city ready for the growth of pilgrims in the future.
1Editor's ChoiceREVISITING MINA (THE WHITE LANDS)The main idea behind revisiting MINA is to give feeling of connection of MINA with KABAH through tent to elevate the experience of Haji to another level.
3Editor's ChoiceThe White ModulesThe design challenge is to conceive a modular solution to host Hajj pilgrims in the city of Mina. The modular structure allows you to optimize spaces and, in this case, with the creation of two-storey buildings, it gives the possibility to accommodate a greater number of users, offering them greater comfort.
2Editor's ChoiceMina's RevivalLocated in The Mina Tent City, next to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the project is a place to house pilgrims during the Islamic Hajj pilgrimage.
3Moon TentI firmly believe that architecture should not be just a "box" that provides people with living space. The human will and emotion that its architectural form can affect is the way of architectural existence. Architecture gives people individuality and the meaning of architecture is also a personal definition, often based on personal mystery and freshness.
Hosted by UNIConveneDesign Challenge - Contemporary interpretation of a religious complexPrize Pool:USD 7,000Regular registration ends: 8 days leftSubmission ends: October 1, 2026George Town, Malaysia
