Qasr Garden Museum
QASR GARDEN MUSEUM
Experimental Branch of Architecture
ARCHITECTS
Experimental Branch of Architecture
LOCATION
Tehran, Iran
ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Arash Mozafari
AREA
14000.0 sqm
PROJECT YEAR
2012
PHOTOGRAPHS
Ali Daghigh
CLIENT
Municipality of Tehran
CONSERVATION CONSULTANT
Amir Arvand
STRUCTURAL DESIGN CONSULTANTS
Behrang Bani Adam and Partners
CONTRACTOR
Shayan Shooseh Co.
CONSULTANT AND PROJECT SUPERVISOR
The Experimental Branch of Architecture
MECHANICAL DESIGNING CONSULTANTS
Rastak Pooya Co.
The existing buildings which used to be frightening prisons, which can be followed in imprisonments memories, are now calming, relaxing and beautiful galleries, libraries, amphitheatre, cafes and restaurants which not only attract local citizens but also people from every part of the city; consequently the quality of the neighborhood has increased. The gate of the prison after the conservation has changed to the official section as well.
After the public opening of the collection, it encountered with a stunning reception by the people. Statistics obtained during a period of 12 days (holidays this year) to visit the museum was 125,000 and 6,000 people in one day.
Regarding to the exploitation of Tehran’s cultural spaces, it seems that this place won’t confront a serious limitation on the amount of visitors. So, these kinds of investments on saving historic sites seem also reasonable in nationally scale.
Number and Type of Landscape users certainly make a different picture of the success of this project in attracting different ranges of addresses.
After lots of cultural events which took place in Qasr Garden Museum including Nowrooz festival and 4th international symposium and lots of artistic performances, to report of Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Qasr Garden Museum was chosen as the most creative museum in the country in current year.
