IIA Young Architects Festival will be held in Calicut along with Crossroads 2022
The IIA Young Architects Festival 2022, hosted by the Indian Institute of Architects Kerala Chapter, along with CROSSROADS, organized by the IIA Calicut Centre will be held at Calicut beach on 27th, 28th, and 29th October 2022.
The entries will be adjudged in categories of Sustainable Architecture, Socially Responsible Architecture, Spaces for Living, Spaces for Collectivity and Collaboration, Architectural Representation or Visualisation, Architectural Detailing, and Ideas for the Future.
The YAF awards are conjoined with the Calicut Centre’s very own event- CROSSROADS, a forum for relevant architectural deliberations, critical thinking, and ideation in the field of architecture. This edition of CROSSROADS is being curated as a Design Beach Festival celebrating the city, its architecture, design, art, and culture. The Calicut centre is also organizing a design competition titled “Reweave Kozhikode: Re-imagining the Comtrust Precinct”.
“The IIA Young Architects Festival 2022 aims to encourage and celebrate the contribution of Young Architects to the profession. This shall be a benchmark created to bring the nation’s most talented practices to the national podium thereby setting the future design trends for the country” said, Ar. Brijesh Shaijal, Convenor, The Indian Institute of Architect’s YAF 2022.
“The Comtrust precinct shall be of utmost relevance to the city and we hope the entries inspire the fraternity along with the Government to revive the area in its nurtured totality,” said Ar. Noufal C. Hashim, Convenor, CROSSROADS, IIA Calicut Centre.
