Community-based architecture , keyvan khosravani

Navid Ganji
3 min readJun 15, 2021

Today, Engineer Keyvan Khosravani; The former queen costume designer and a prominent Iranian architect sent me a clip of their sketches, which they had probably made themselves. Among the people, influencing the National Assembly and talking to relevant organizations led to its approval.

According to him, this exhibition was held for several reasons, firstly, to create public awareness and promote the aesthetic vision of the people of the neighborhood, secondly, to draw the intellectual class in the historical and deteriorating context of Tehran, and finally to attract the attention of managers and officials. Relating to a neighborhood that until then had not made a decision appropriate to its conditions for the rehabilitation and even maintenance of the neighborhood. Well, this work of Keyvan Khosravani can be studied in various dimensions, but here only one dimension is debatable. Keyvan Khosravani considered architecture as a current and knows that it leads to the creation of works in the body of society and with society, with the assumption of its promotion. To figure out. A few months ago, during a conversation I had with him, they raised an interesting issue, saying that if an architect thinks he can build a single building, he can, but his name is not necessarily architect, he is more of a building designer who is at his best.It was said that an architect has a heavy duty and this heavy duty comes from being based on society, and based on being a community, it is necessary to surround oneself with the problems of that society, we must know, see and do something to make that society enjoy life, and the difficulty The work in Iran is multiplied, so much so that you have to know the types and varieties of Iranian ethnicities except جز, I asked how far do you see architecture? They said that until years later, when you walk in that place, you will see the currents of life in it.They asked me why architects are indescribably inclined to social action compared to other disciplines (they said it differently, of course), they said I would like to hear from you, they said, well, first of all, whether you want to be an architect or a community architect based on demand He knows that some people want to formulate their ideas to the society, which is mostly to blame for the Bazaar system. Man knows (now we have problems here… Most of them in this category can not even if they want to, because they do not have the knowledge or go the wrong way, I asked where is the wrong way? Which has constant needs with progressive thoughts, but this is quite different, and there are many components here that are not corrected by reading books,You have to go and see and hear and talk to them, not to build architecture, to socialize and enjoy it.

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A few pictures from the exhibition of architectural sketches of Engineer Khosravani in the alleys and back alleys of Odlajan neighborhood.

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Navid Ganji

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