Diploma 2012: "Life line no. 4" by Fatemeh Tehrani and Fangzhou Song

A new campus in the city of Esfahan, Iran

Place: Esfahan, Iran
Students: Fatemeh Tehrani and Fangzhou Song
Tutors: Professor APP Deane Simpson, Teacher APP Andre Fontes and Teacher DAV Trudi Jaeger

We have worked on the theme of university as a local center

and an urban stimulator, which is relevant to contemporary

societal/architectural discourse in Iran because a large

number of autonomous campuses have been constructed

outside of towns, neglecting the importance of a connection between

students and urban life. This theme will be explored through the

program of a private businessadministration university with

8 subjects and approximately 4000 students, which is going to be

built in Isfahan, the third biggest city in Iran. Based on the analysis

of the city and the site chosen according to the theme

of university as an urban catalyst, the proposal will be developed

by trying to merge the university campus with the

urban context so that it would benefit from the city while

simultaneously giving socioeconomic impulses to the surrounding

urban quarters. The current proposal of blending

student life spaces with urban public spaces suggests

the urban objective of revitalizing the underdeveloped

neighborhood through the campus as a new lifeline.

All Photographs: Pål Hoff