Workshops

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Name: White dome
Location: Farabi pardis (campus) of art university of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
implementation Head: Ali Javaheri Mohammadi, Mohammad Agha Mohammad Hossein Darakeh
Procedural consultant: Mehdi Raeisi
Date: Autumn 2014
Built: 20 sqm
Executive team: Ali Tabatabaei, Maral Hashemian, Kosar Mirakbari, Pantea Farsiani, Mehrnaz Yousefi,Mahsa Zahabion, Sepas Haghighi, Fateme Rashidi, Mojdeh Talebian,Mina Ghaderzade, Sara Zandi, Fateme Lotfian, Mahsa elahi vafa, Fariba Firuzbigdeli, Nikoo Vaghefi Nejad, Majid Mirnezam,Nadia Hassanzadeh,Mina Babaei, Maryam Falah, Parinush Parchami,Payam Rahjamand, Maryam Hassani Shahriar Motamedi, Amin Samini, Mehrshad Khakban,Atieh Abedi, Behzad Asadi, Mohsen Alimoradi, Mohammadreza Chinifroushan, Anahita Aria

Supervisor: Behshid Hosseini, Alireza Mostaghni
3D render and Model: Ali Javaheri Mohammadi
Graphic: Amin samini
Materials: Sand, Water, Fabric, Barbed Wire, Cement 
Client: Art university of tehran
Budget: 2500 USD
Photos: Mohammad Aghamohammadhosseindarakeh, Ali Javaheri Mohammadi, Amin Samini

This workshop was held back in autumn 2014 in Karaj campus of art university of Tehran, for students from Iran and Italy to get to know and experience superadobe¹ systems. Choosing super adobe system mattered from different aspects. First of all concerning where the project was about to locate which was the green yard of university, it needed a close connection with the natural environment surrounding it.

Soil, sand and water are the main materials of this system which are produced from the nature which holds the project inside. Materials which are completely natural, cheap and retrievable. Moreover it was considered that any living and green element should be kept away from damages for the project to interact with plants and natural elements around it.

By the means of form and project shape, second aspect was for students to have a deeper perception of forces transformation throughout the structure and active geometry of it and solve the challenges while they are simultaneously considering another important factor which is the aesthetics of the project. Besides using the continuous bags method made the students understand the possible potentials of different forms which helped them with their etudes and constructing their ideal forms.

The flexibility of the materials led students to come up with so many different designs to shape a room for gathering, communication and interacting with others which was done in 2 open and semi open parts in a 9 days period.

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1- Superadobe is a form of earthbag construction that was developed by Iranian architect Nader Khalili, 1980s - USA