Milan Expo 2015: NJP, LAD Win Competition for Iranian Pavilion

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Naqsh,E,Jahan-Pars (NJP), in collaboration with the Laboratorio di Architettura e Design (LAD), has been named winner of an international competition for the Iranian Pavilion at the 2015 Milan Expo. Based on “a living process narrative in the central plateau of Iran,” the winning scheme responds to the Expo’s “Feeding the Planet” theme by exposing the underground channels of water that give life to Iran’s many desert cities.

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The winning design highlights the two important elements of modern Iranian architecture and city planning: the garden and “qanats,” underground water channels that use gravity to transfer water from higher elevations to cities. In form, the pavilion represents a section of land in which guides visitors through a qanat and ultimately to the crop it feeds. This garden will then provide the food that will be used to serve local Iranian cuisine to Expo visitors.

It is important to note that although this proposal won the competition, it is unclear whether or not the Iranian government will move forward with its development. 

• Competition

  Iranian Pavilion (Milan Expo 2015)

• Award

  First Prize

• Architects

  Laboratorio di Architettura e Design (LAD), Naqsh,E,Jahan-Pars (NJP)

• Project and Design Manager

  Hamid Mirmiran

• Design Consultant

  Iraj Etesam, Nasrine Faghih, Francesco Napolitano (LAD)

• Coordination Manager

  Farideh Saebi

• Co-Designer and Coordinator

  Saman Sayar

• Design Team

  Maryam Rahimi Danesh, Hiva Farajpoor Bakhtiari, Saeed Amirzadeh (LAD) Project Associates: Maryam Shirsalimian, Shima Aghaei Karim, Mana Ghabussi, Azadeh Piroozmand, Tina Fazeli, Mina Shamisa

• Conceptual Programming

  Mohammad Salari far, Amin Masoodi

• Area Planning Studies

  Nader Roozrokh, Tohideh Yadegari

• Structure Studies

  Ehsan Sabaghi, Ali Etesam

• MEP

  Behrooz Alamdar Milani, Hamidreza Lahijani

• 3D Renders

  Majid Jahan-mehr, Nazli Milani

• Model

  Hossein Ghaffari, Saeed Toodeh Fallah, Alireza Khosravi Fard

• Photography

  Hamidreza Framarzi, Azad Zargami

• Graphic Design

  Reza Soltani-Zadeh

• Area

  800.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  NJP, LAD

• Competition

  Iranian Pavilion (Milan Expo 2015)

• Award

  First Prize

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  NJP, LAD

• Area

  800.0 m2