Hello &
Greetings from the Middle East.
We would like to present you with MidEastPan

MidEastPan is
a collaborative project for the purpose of cultural,
social and environmental gain;
an open community platform
powered by participation;
an invitation for expression, interaction
and cross fertilization;
facilitating the next generation in place making
on local, national and Middle Eastern scales.

MidEastPan is
an independent Middle Eastern organisation
which manages architectural competitions
followed by their implementation.
The competitions are held simultaneously,
are based on common themes and rules,
are anonymous and public,
and are open to individuals & multi-disciplinary teams.

MidEastPan1 will commence
in January 2010.
A series of sites accompanied by
programme briefs will be organised in themes and
proposed to the competitors.

We are building a community;
We are animating a conversation.
To date, we have emerged to be
a community of 202 members from 48 countries
(in alphabetical order): Australia, Argentina, Belarus, Canada, Chile, Colombia,
Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia,
Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru,
Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Syria,
Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,
United States of America and Vietnam.

The Forum of Themes and Sites
Towards MidEastPan1
will take place
between September 30th & October 2nd 2009
in Aqaba (ASEZ), Jordan.
Meeting for the first time,
we, an emerging community,
will explore, discuss and determine
the themes, rules and possible sites for MidEastPan1.
It's going to be interesting, important, inspiring, exciting.
It's going to be fun!

Leading up to The Forum of Themes and Sites
a Design Ideas Competition – Towards MidEastPan
is currently being held
an open invitation for ideas and project proposals
within the Built Environment in the Middle East.
Registration for the competition ends on August 10th.

We invite you to join us;
We invite you to
Participate!
Thank you
&
Best Wishes
MidEastPan Team
Do visit mideastpan.org