Learning Garden

Learning Garden 

Tech Faru + Naghshan Co

Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff

ARCHITECTS
Naghshan Co, Tech Faru

COLLABORATORS
Naghshan Co.

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Hamed Kamelnia

PROGRAM / USE / BUILDING FUNCTION
Faculty Of Architecture

PHOTOGRAPHS
Parham Taghioff

AREA
1200 M²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Mashhad, Iran

CATEGORY
University, Extension

Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff

Text description provided by architect.

In Iran, there are usually fewer opportunities for architects to design educational buildings. A few years ago, a typical building was granted to the Faculty of Architecture to rebuild it according to their future needs.

It was a skeletal building structure in two floors with a U-shaped space and an underground space. A central space was then created, as a vital environment for learning.

Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff
Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff

The learning garden was designed with the elements of Iranian architecture corresponding to a school of Architecture.

Throughout the construction phase, students could observe the formation process of a plan during their repeated visits, which acted as a classroom for them.

Our major focus in reconstruction and restoration of the project was to revive the dead and missing spaces.

Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff
Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff
Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff

A further substantial change made, was connecting the underground floor to the garden with a staircase to revive and restore the underneath spaces as a functional part in the faculty.

This change, created an opportunity for students' gatherings and also connected the underground floor to the landscape by means of a sunken courtyard.

SOME NOTEWORTHY FEATURES IN THIS PROJECT ARE


Attending to the users' Patterns of behavior
Color in learning spaces

Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff
Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff
Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff

Applying features of Iranian architecture in the spaces: overlapping frames, transparency, reflection, sense of presence in Persian garden, and using elements such as water, light, colored glass, porches, bridges, stairs, and columns (memories).

Creating a microclimate: Atrium space, serves as a winter garden in winters. Opening the valves in summers, creates wind-catcher-effect in engendering a cellar-like environment downstairs.


Learning Garden
© Parham Taghioff


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Plan
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Diagram
Learning Garden
Diagram