With the intention of expressing the meaning of the Stock Exchange for the city of Tehran, EBA + VMX Architects aims to combine contemporary with traditional culture to generate a place where all the necessary activities are facilitated, but next to this physical presence there is also a symbolic representation of a distinction from its surroundings. Their project brings balance between the private and public functions and symbolizes the stable future position of the Tehran Stock Exchange. More images and architects’ description after the break.
All developments worldwide are dominated by an increasing urbanization process. As a result, cities have become much more dense and at the same time more powerful. Both governmental bodies and private developers feel a need for city branding. As an answer to the new demands, building projects have become more hybrid and far more complex. The rapidly growing exposure of architecture in magazines and on websites during the last decade went hand in hand with the ongoing digitalizing techniques that have created many tools for Architects to generate spectacular 3D renderings and skills for builders to realize them. These global developments have actually resulted in so many iconic buildings that paradoxically there is now a lack of distinction between them.
