- TYPE : Cultural
- LOCATION : chabahr, sistan and baluchestan, Iran
- DATE : 2025
- CLIENT : Private Sector
- AREA : 35000 m²
- STATUS : unbuilt
design process
Chabahar is a land of layers—layers of wind, humidity, warm sediments, and stones shaped patiently by time. Here, horizons are constantly shifting, moving between mountain, shore, and sky, turning the landscape into a multi-layered experience. In this place, the ground is not merely terrain; it is a force that directs, shapes, erodes, and defines the rhythm of the site.
Within such a climate, architecture must remain honest; it must listen rather than declare. Our intention was clear: when approaching Chabahar, we conceived the entrance and its accompanying amenities not as imposed objects, but as a layer born from the ground—a rising mound that, without asserting itself, dissolves into the landscape. Here, form is extracted from the logic of the land—from slopes, wind directions, paths of light, and the natural cadence of the terrain. Our aim was not to reproduce nature’s appearance, but to translate its behavior geometrically into a language that is both contemporary and rooted in place. In this project, architecture does not compete or perform; through scale, material, and form, it aligns itself with its context, becoming a presence without pretense—avant-garde yet quiet, modern yet grounded in geography. The project appears less constructed and more as though it has emerged from the earth itself—continuous, subdued, and synchronized with the natural rhythm of the site. The experience of arrival becomes not a passage through a gate but a crossing over an invisible threshold—between human, climate, and the geography of Chabahar
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