This project was in Iran and the site was located in Shiraz. Shiraz is a historical-touristic city in the southern part of Iran. In the heart of the old city of Shiraz there are two mausoleums from the IXth century 1km apart from each other which is the connecting route for pilgrims and other visitors and civilians. There were old houses in this area which have been evacuated twenty years ago and after a while it has become ruins. This project is aimed at finding an architectural solution to change the current situation and to bring back life there. ‘Bazaar’ is the proposed solution, which brings activity and added value to this part of the city of Shiraz but it is a new approach to the traditional architecture of bazaar in Iran.
Bazaar is a network of routes which are called ‘rasteh’. Each rasteh is a long, narrow and labyrinthine route with many shops on each side. At the crossing point of rastehs there is a spacious area called ‘Souk’. If someone walks down a rasteh, he may reach to a bright extension. This light is coming from an interior courtyard of bazaar called ‘saraa’. Such a saraa is surrounded by shops and offices from the same kind. There are several saraas in a bazaar with different sizes. Some saraas have a green areas and fountains in the center.
In this project, the traditional elements of Iranian bazaar are combined in an organic form of a plant named branching method. The main branch or rasteh connects the the form was done wo mausoleums while the alleys of the surrounding districts are connected to the sub-branches. The structure of tby the modular structure by concrete.
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