Congratulations to the docomomo Iraq Chapter!
docomomo, the international committee for the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement, held its 14th International Conference titled “Adaptive Reuse. The Modern Movement Towards the Future” at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal, from September 6-9th of this year.
It was a pleasure for Nadia Tobia to attend this year’s conference, and the highlight of the event was the formation of the docomomo Iraq Chapter. Founding member Ghada Al Slik, the Dean of Architecture of Baghdad University, presented the application to form an Iraq Chapter at the docomomo Council Meeting on September 8th. Following a formal vote, the Iraq docomomo Chapter was formally established.
As an architect who was born and trained in Iraq, Nadia Tobia is honoured to have facilitated the support of the Canadian Ontario Chapter, as part of the Iraq Chapter’s application process. The application was also supported by Chapters from Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait and Australia.
Images: Top: Conference participants of the 14th IC (Photographer: Márcia Lessa); Below, left: conference logo (Source: docomomo); Below right: Ghada Al Slik, the Dean of Architecture of Baghdad University, and Nadia Tobia of Tobia Architects Inc. at the docomomo 14th International Conference.