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Tehran’s
Governors’ General office
Tehran-Iran 1996
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Construction
of governmental buildings in Iran has always been a matter
of significant importance. In this way, by studying the
transformations of governmental buildings, one can easily
follow the progression of Iranian historic architecture.
Therefore we tried to thoroughly study the different formal
and contextual aspects of this typology. The point is
that “Eivan” –an element of Iranian
traditional architecture- is present in all historic governmental
buildings. Ivan has acted both as an inviting element
and also as a representative of government’s grandeur.
Between several examples we can point out to Cyrus Palace
in Passargad, Ali-Ghapoo Palace in Isfahan, Shams-ol-Emare
in Tehran and several other examples in different historical
periods, with chronological distance.
Architectural concept of T.G.Office is originates from
Eivan typology. In this project Eivan is applied as an
element with the same characteristics of its predecessors.
In spite of its traditional role as an aristocratic space,
in this project Eivan is a public space and in order to
enter the complex one must cross it. This element enhances
the formal grandeur of the building, defines the interrelationship
of the building with its surrounding and creates volumetric
equilibrium.
The final proposal for T.G.office comprises these elements:
"a tower", "a vast Eivan with elongated
columns". The tower consists of three parts: two
semi opaque cubes with slits on them and a transparent
space in between them. This composition is similar to
that of Shams-ol-Emare, the historic governmental building
in Tehran. The public spaces such as the restaurant, the
exhibition halls, the amphitheatre and the library are
organized under the entrance Eivan. The T.G. office is
a symmetric building and this ensures the grandeur of
its architectural expression.
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