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Hajizadeh & Associates’s Cultural Complex in Chobohar, Iran

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Text description provided by the architects. Iranian architecture studio Hajizadeh & Associates have proposed a cultural complex for the Chabahar, area of Iran, which is designed to become part of the surrounding landscape.

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The Chabahar Free Zone Complex is located in the southern Iranian state called Sistan va Baluchestan, home to the country’s only port to the Indian ocean, with ambitions to be a commercial and touristic hub.

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The structure is inspired by the dry desert and its plateaus, and mimics a traditional shed or ‘kapar’ that is common to the southern Iranian region – and which responds to its climate and geography.

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This is translated in the complex’s low-leveled entrance height, which ensures end-users bow as they enter the building. The project was awarded the Concept design of the Year at the 2017 Middle East Architect Awards.

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The architects – brothers Kourosh and Amir Hussein Hajizadeh – explained that the project is set in a very poor district of Iran with distinct vernacular architecture. The aim was to re-identify with the architecture using the “kapar’ or shelter, which aligns with the architectural identity of Iran’s southern region.

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“Our building is a part of the history of Chobohar, it is part of the mountains, or a part of the sea. It is a part of the environement,” said Amir Hussein Hajizadeh.

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> Via Middle East Architect

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