Qom Central Building of Construction Engineering Organization / Partar Architecture Studio

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The design for the Qom Central Building of Construction Engineering Organization by Partar Architecture Studio began with “a key question that discussed the feasibility and impossibility of imagining a unique design which best suits the spatial quality of traditional Iranian architecture." Partar’s design process was based on this challenge, and has led to an interesting proposal that attempts to bridge the art of architecture and the technology of construction using an understanding of the phenomenological aspects of Persian art and ornament, coupled with traditional Persian building techniques.

According to the architects, in order “to convey the significance of traditional architectural structures which are hardly exposed physically in historical works, [they] decided to propose a building as a massive volume due to the hot and dry climate of the region." This enormous volumetric space “offers apertures which display the structure of the building, just like the ribs of a body." This method of design represent the settings of typical Persian spaces experienced in the Bazzar (the market), the Chaarsogh (where markets meet), the Timcheh (local market) and the Gonbadkhaneh (main domed hall).