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Art University Walk: Where Movement Animates the Historic Fabric

The Art University Walk transforms a pedestrian route within a historic administrative fabric into a layered public landscape for movement, pause, and collective life. Responding to the daily flow of students and the lack of shared spaces for gathering and cultural exchange, the project turns circulation itself into the generator of public space.

A sequence of geometric shifts, level changes, social stairs, seating platforms, planted areas, and multifunctional terraces creates a continuous landscape of movement and encounter. Existing trees and the surrounding historic context are integrated into the design, while new spatial layers connect the university to the city’s cultural network.

Rather than introducing a singular object, the intervention reshapes the ground to create a contemporary civic identity for the university—where movement becomes social experience and the historic fabric becomes the setting for new forms of collective life.

Location

National Garden, University of Art, Tehran, Iran

About the Applicant

Architect and university lecturer, holding a Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Art, Tehran, and currently pursuing a PhD in Architecture at Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran. Her academic and professional practice explores architectural design, urban space, and the dialogue between contemporary interventions and historic contexts, with a particular interest in how movement and public life can shape meaningful spatial experiences.

Project Authors

Raheleh Rezapour

Images

Raheleh Rezapour