Collaboration

MAS connects with the wider community through collaborating with other organisations. We share our ideas, expertise and experiences by contributing to the development of architecture academically or assisting charitable organisations within the East Midlands.

Since 2018 Muthar Al-Salloum has been collaborating as a Studio Design Tutor at Leicester School of Architecture at De Montfort University, one of the oldest architecture schools in the UK. DMU’s Leicester School of Architecture - is only one of five schools of architecture in the world to win more than three RIBA Part II design awards in the past five years and Muthar’s wealth of experience and expertise help to inspire the students enrolled at this school. His collaborative approach encourages students to interact, communicate, debate and develop their architecture skills.

Since 2015, Muthar Al-Salloum has sat on the Tamayouz Award judging panel. Since its launch in 2012, the Tamayouz Excellence Award has become an internationally recognized award, It has a high profile international jury, chaired by renowned academics and architects, such as the late Dame Zaha Hadid, DBE (2012), Angela Brad PPRIBA (2013, 2014 and 2015), Professor Paul Ivey (2014), and Jane Duncan PRIBA (2014).

Tamayouz Excellence Award is an independent initiative with no political affiliation, which aims to advance the profession of architecture in Iraq both academically and professionally. Tamayouz drives the evolution of design excellence in Iraq and thus provides a healthy competitive environment for students and architects in Iraq.

MAS also provides architectural support and is a member of Leicestershire Cares. The mission of Leicestershire Cares is to broker partnerships and create opportunities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland that enable the business sector to understand community needs, contribute to the growth of inclusive, safe communities and to support and inspire children and young people in their transition to the workplace.

MAS architecture support the RIBA’s East Midlands regional office by engaging in the student-mentoring scheme. MAS take on three undergraduate students once a year and provide them with practice based tasks and expose them to a live project. Many students we engage with really gain a valuable insight of the day-to-day running of an architectural studio. We find the engagement we provide is fulfilling as we share our experience and practice skills with the future stars of our profession.

MAS architecture recently engaged and provided support to an RIBA East Midlands pilot project in partnership with the Parks Department at Leicester City Council.

The brief was to reinstate the processional route from the gates and lodges on Victoria Park to the War Memorial – all designed by Edwin Lutyens. Part of the project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is to work with schools in the immediate area to help inform young people of the value of architecture, design and the built environment, using the Lutyens designs as a backdrop. The project included a mini competition for the children to design a contemporary version of a memorial, through which they will learn about scale and elements of design and construction. The plan is then for the winning design to be constructed for display in Victoria Park when the new processional route will be unveiled.

The engagement with the school involved a workshop in the classroom, managed by the RIBA regional office, attended by local architects to help deliver the workshop and pass on their knowledge to the pupils. It was also very exciting and fulfilling as MAS’s workshop groups produced the best-detailed model and a joint winning design.

MAS architecture Ltd was recently featured in a promotional video as a gift from Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council as part of their promotion for the town centre.

Great to see that we have become an important part of the town's economic growth and are recognised as a cutting-edge services-lead technological business helping to shape the future of the Borough.

Check out the video on the link below.

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