Community Center

The goal of this project was to design a community center in a park located in a region of Tehran. I started the design process by making collages, cutting out images from magazines or wherever I found interesting visuals and putting them next to each other. This helped me create a certain atmosphere and get a sense of what kind of space would feel right for a community center.

By analyzing these collages, I started to understand what kind of architecture I wanted to go for, what kind of circulation, materials, and colors would work best. Then, I moved on to figuring out the necessary spaces, like a gathering area, a gallery, and an amphitheater, and how they should be connected.

The final design has a central yard with all the main spaces built around it. They’re connected with balconies and bridges, creating a flow between the functions. Since the project is located inside a park, I tried to use that as an advantage, bringing the natural surroundings into the design and connecting the building to its environment as much as possible.