Vianeh

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Vianeh

Firm

Rvad Studio

Type

Residential › Multi Unit Housing
Commercial › Retail
Hospitality + Sport › Hotel
Cultural › Cultural Center Museum

STATUS

Concept

Current situation:
Due to the rapidly growing migration of the young population to large nearby cities seeking better job opportunities, Abyaneh, a historical village in Isfahan, Iran, is getting vacant, threatening its survival. Abyaneh is one of the area's tourist attractions, and there are few alternatives for a tourist to stay in the village. Moreover, nowadays, traditional public spaces such as mosques have lost their functions. People are no more interested in these places as gathering spaces. Therefore, the village needs a new public space.

Design proposal:
Proposing a combination of programs, Vianeh responds to the deficiencies of Abyaneh while shaping a little village inside of that. The multi-functional project consists of the following:

- Residential houses for temporary accommodation that simulates the authentic sense of living in traditional Abyaneh,
- Temporary retail stores for selling artworks and crafts made by permanent inhabitants
- Public areas such as a museum, a café, and an event space for social gatherings.

Ideas: An individual's perception of Abyaneh is shaped by their experience of walking a particular path. Considering this, in Vianeh, a walkway serves as the backbone of the site plan and organizes the spaces around it.

Rethinking of Museum:
In prevalent museums, galleries are isolated black boxes. What if taking the gallery out of the box and bringing its function into a fluid exhibition space along a defined path? Abyaneh itself is this kind of museum.

Rethinking of Poche, or Walls as Rooms: In Abyaneh's vernacular architecture, poche is an abandoned solid mass. But What if poche is occupied by programs, creating a habitable space? We tried to use the diverse forms of poche as temporary stores along the main path.

While experimenting with Poche's capacities, this project provides various opportunities to improve the quality of life in the abandoned village.