Bagh GHushkhaneh Carpet Studio / SE-BÆR Studio

Andreas Luco — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Project Overview: Mohammad, the proprietor of an esteemed export-centric carpet brand, has procured an antiquated domicile situated in the historic, renowned Bagh-e-Goushkhan district of Isfahan, which accommodates numerous carpet weavers. His intention was to bulldoze the whole existing structure and erect a contemporary building dedicated to floating activities: carpet weaving, exhibition, design atelier, and temporary lodgings for distinguished guests. Contemplating the project's parameters, a critical query arose: due to the existence of treasured but dilapidated structures -either abandoned or completely demolished, replaced by multi-stories- can we acquire an adjustment to complete the puzzle by only adding a single novel structure? Could a solution be capable of meeting the client's requisites along with minimizing structural disruption, waste production, and preventing reutilization of new materials?

Kharposhteh Apartment / SE-BÆR Studio

Andreas Luco — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 01:00:00 +0000

KHARPOSHTE (ROOF LIFE). The wind was alive in the highs and lows of the roof. There was air to breathe. One could forget that the roof was for “those frightened by rain and the sun.” I always walked barefoot on the roof. What a blessing we lost. Shoes are humanity’s last stand in denying the fall of man, an allegory of the sorrow being away from heaven has left us. There is evil in shoes. They create chaos in the healthy conversation between the earth and our feet. I used to be barefoot most of the time; on the roof, nothing was worth more than the rough layer of thatch under my feet.

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Bagh GHushkhaneh Carpet Studio / SE-BÆR Studio

Kharposhteh Apartment / SE-BÆR Studio