Summer Gets Competitive With the SASA Instagram Exhibitions!

The past year was HARD. COVID-19 came crashing through our rearview mirrors, locking us at home, keeping us away from our dear M8, and making all our design courses 10x harder. But miraculously, in true M8 fashion, we persevered and made it through. However, we were still bummed out when we lost our chance to have a proper jury, our only opportunity to show off the culmination of all our breakdowns and sleepless nights.

Never Fear, For SASA is Here!

In order to motivate and encourage us, the students of the Architectural Engineering Department, during the ongoing pandemic, SASA organized its first online exhibition on Instagram. The event allowed students from different design stages taught in the Spring semester of 2019-2020 to submit their work and showcase it during the online exhibition.

The exhibition was divided into 4 categories, each held over a week between the 18th of June and the 11th of July. Students were able to vote every Thursday for their favorite design via Instagram Polls. All votes were filtered to ensure that no one voted twice in one category. The winners were announced on the 11th of July, and were given official certificates of achievement! Head over to SASA_Updates on Instagram and check out the highlights to see everyone's projects!

Special thanks to everyone that participated in this event and made it extraordinary! Congratulations to all the winners!

Meanwhile, read on for a summary of the categories and the winners.

SASA Online Exhibition - Senior II

9 groups, a total of 24 students, participated in the Senior II category of the exhibition, featuring various Senior Design projects ranging from hospitals to community centers, resorts to innovation districts, and so much more!

Top 3 Projects:

1. “ARECA TOWER” by Mohd Khezri, Ahmed Kaddoura and Modar Al Moghrabi

1. “RE(DE)FINING INDUSTRIAL RUINS” by Nabaa Al Jarah, Rawan Ammar and Aziza Jaber.

2. “DUBAI INNOVATION DISTRICT” by Abdallah Mouselly and Mahmoud Zerik

SASA Online Exhibition - Design V

8 groups, a total of 32 students, participated in the Design V category of the exhibition, featuring different and unique proposals for SOTI, Sharjah Oasis of Technology and Innovation, the anticipated UOS research park.

Top 3 Projects:

1. SOTI GROUP 05 – Ali Fadhl, Amira Hesham, Aisha Alrisi and Aseel Alshawa.

2. SOTI GROUP 01 – Ragad Ideisan, Sara Al Ahmed, Mohamad Al Khoos and Osama Ayman.

3. SOTI GROUP 02 – Ghsoun Madani, Zain Lahham, Ola Waleed and Nabeel Nadim.

SASA Online Exhibition - Design III

8 students participated in the Design III category of the exhibition, featuring various design proposals for Hotel Mankool, as part of the Design III brief.

Top 3 Projects:

1. Abdulsalam Fayad

2. Rahaf Nidal

3. Mariam M. Al Nqbi

SASA Online Exhibition - Design I

8 students participated in the Design I category of the exhibition, featuring various design proposals for the Design I brief: An Artist's Residence

Top 3 Projects:

1. Salwa Al Maghrabi

2. Yasmin Safaa

3. Mahmoud Juma

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Instagram Stats:

Over the period of the exhibition, the SASA_Updates Instagram account gained 347 new followers, with average following increasing significantly after each exhibition category was uploaded. Moreover, discovery increased to an average of 1.2K views on the category voting day. Interactions also increased to an average of 946 actions on the voting days for each category. All in all, this Instagram exhibition proved to be quite successful in gaining attraction from the community and thus of the Architectural Engineering Department as a whole.