AlFateh Corniche -Maryam AlNoaimi

Maryam graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Bahrain and a master’s degree in urban planning from Newcastle University. These two disciplines allowed her to gain a better understanding of different social, environmental and economic issues that need creative, collaborative and multidisciplinary solutions. She was actively involved in the American Institute for Architecture Students (AIAS)-University of Bahrain Chapter, since 2014 and became the president in 2019. In 2020, she and her teammates won the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) Outstanding Student Award for their regeneration report on the town of Teams in Gateshead, The United Kingdom.

Task: AlFateh/Juffair Waterfront Improvement

The AlFateh/Juffair corniche is an area where people living near and far come to walk, jog, and bike along a narrow path. Although the path is protected by a barrier separating it from the busy road, the area is mostly undeveloped and empty with the bike and pedestrian path a significant distance away from the waterfront.

Maryam AlNoaimi was tasked to propose an intervention that would make the AlFateh/Juffair corniche more people friendly and improve the area’s aesthetic.

Intervention:

Maryam AlNoaimi’s intervention to achieve her task involved by including spaces of vegetation and public facilities such as a children’s play area, an art gallery, bikes lanes, and wide pedestrian paths.

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