Tehran Book Garden / Design Core [4s] Architects & Urban Designers

Daniel Tapia — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 02:00:00 +0000

Creating permanent spaces for exhibiting books can have a quantitative effect on society’s approach to book reading. Tehran Book Garden is designed and constructed to play this role. Book Garden is located in Tehran’s third district on a site measuring 37acres in Abbas Abbad region, close to other important buildings including the Iranian National Library, the Iranian Academies Complex the holy Defense Garden Museum and Tabiat Bridge. Book Garden is a Book Mega Mall which hosts, Exhibition spaces focusing on exhibiting books and other sorts of media, Children Science Park, Art Galleries, a Drama Theater, Cinemas and Auditoriums, cafes and restaurants as well as other outdoor event spaces. The Building has a total built area of 65000 m2 in 3 floors and a 25000 m2 roof garden, is comprised of 13 separate blocks which are partly similar and are connected through vertical and horizontal access paths. Among these 13 blocks, eight are dedicated to the lobby or main access spaces which, at rush hours, can accommodate up to five thousand visitors.

Photographer: Mohammad Shah Hosseini | ArchDaily

Tehran Book Garden / Design Core [4s] Architects & Urban Designers