Voocho Cultural Complex

"Voocho" in the Luri language means "over there." This complex is situated in the Lebanon Neighbourhood, one of the most deprived areas within the deteriorated urban fabric of the city, a neighbourhood that took shape after the Iran-Iraq War with the arrival of migrants from other cities, and has since been grappling with the social and cultural hardships of poverty, addiction, and deprivation.

At the 25th Memar Award, the project was the only one to receive a unanimous vote from all five jurors (15 points, all voted 1st place). Han Tumertekin found it "very challenging that within such a large volume, something of such delicacy and sculptural precision was designed, while simultaneously creating a pleasant collection of spaces — not only in terms of form and flexibility, but also spatial quality, the composition of spaces, the staircases, and the fact that within the daily life of the factory, such a functional and beautiful element exists." Nasrin Seraji highlighted "the wall, the thickness of the wall — how we deal with the wall. The architects have given the wall a function, something like a vitrine that prevents the wall from becoming heavier, while having space within itself. This idea of spatializing the dividing element is what interests me."