Iran Pavilion at The Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

Iran Pavilion at The Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 Architect: Mohammadreza Taghipour, Tahereh Hosseinnezhad, Mahdieh Kakhki Location: Venice, Italy Date: 2016 Area: 32 sqm Status: Competition Proposal / Shortlisted Client: Iran’s Ministry of Roads & Urban Development Normal human body and his nature is from soil; He rose up from the soil and goes back into the soil. This homogeneity has led to of the compatibility of soil architecture with the human nature. The compatibility between human nature and virginal nature, is the theme to this project. If we want to name the most durable man-made material, that is definitely brick; Because it lasts longer than granite and limestone, and even iron. Brick is of the oldest building material and according to some archaeologists, it dates back to ten thousand years ago. Brick is also considered as a new building material and today is used all over the world. That is why we pulled out bricks from the heart of the climate (pavilion walls) and put them on each other, by hands shaping space (architecture) and called human being into it; So that, in the shelter of environmental comfort (compatibility with the climate), he moves toward human perfection (upward direction), step by step. In this way, we made some valves to honor the past and be hopeful of future and in this way, we tried to create opportunities (increased levels) for human out of threats (lack of space) and make stability (purity of volume) of the clutters (visual and sound pollution, etc.).