Mirror manifests honesty, transparency, and clarity in the Iranian culture. As one of the traditional architectural techniques, mirror fabrication has deep cultural roots and influenced by spiritual and religious beliefs.
Authentic artists consolidated small and large mirror pieces to creative decorative and geometric designs. The fragmented mirror pieces reflected the surrounding environment in a regular geometric composition revealing an abstract presentation of the environment composition.
With the presence of light, color, texture, and fluid reflections provides the visitor with a unique experience to depart from reality and picture himself in imagination. This departure depicts a transition into a world of world of deep contemplation. This project aims to create such an inspirational space on a smaller scale to encourage imagination. The visitor, in this case, becomes an unavoidable and complementary component of the design elements, imposing a sense of belonging
Status: Built
Location: Tehran, IR
My Role: Architect
Additional Credits: Patternitecture 3
Address: Niavaran cultural center, Tehran, Iran
Date: 2021
Architect: Amirhossein Ashari
Architect partners: Sara Nazemi, Roodabeh Lotfpour
Execution: Zahra Rahimi, Asma sirjani asl, Sara Nazemi, Shiva Nazarboland, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Ehsan Saadat, Gholamali Hamidi, Zahra Jafari, Moein Nekouyi, Nazanin Soleimani
Patternitecture Coordinator: ghazal Refalian, Bita Shekari
Thanks to: Omid Bazmandegan, Raha Cheraghzadeh, Habib Ghorbani, Rost Furniture