Jadgal Elementary School Building, Seyyed Bar Architecture, Daaz Office Iran, Iranian Design Photos
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar
6 June 2022
Design: Daaz Office
Location: Seyyed Bar, Polan Rural District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, western Asia
The school was designed at the initiative of a non-governmental organisation called Iran-e-Man, active for many years in the field of school construction:
Photos by Deed Studio
Jadgal Elementary School in Seyyed Bar, Iran
Jadgal Elementary School Building
Classrooms are joined around a large circular courtyard:
Months of participatory studies after villagers invited the NGO client to build a school here led to the idea of it serving also as a sustainable development centre for surrounding areas, nurturing creativity, freedom and critical thinking.
The school was built using Insulating Concrete Formwork in order to create an earthquake-resilient structure:
Standing in a vast field, its enclosing wall is treated not defensively but as an inviting, playful shell featuring large irregular-shaped perforations, with one thicker portion housing tuckshop, concierge and storage.
Owing to its curvilenar forms, the school was built without columns:
Within, classrooms are joined around a large circular courtyard, fanning out to create triangular secondary yards for air circulation and outdoor activities.
The classrooms fan out to create triangular secondary yards for air circulation and outdoor activities:
The non-hierarchically designed complex also accommodates a library and a multipurpose space for community activities, crafts, or tourist accommodation. Its earthquake-resistant structure is coated in a mixture of cement and local soil, harmonising with the landscape.
Its enclosing wall is treated not defensively but as an inviting, playful shell featuring large irregular-shaped perforations:
Managed by villagers and teachers, the school’s maintenance is funded by income from tourism plus sales of needlework made onsite by local women.
Children playing in the wall holes:
Its walls are coated in a mixture of cement and local soil, harmonising with the landscape:
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar, Iran – Property Information
Title: Jadgal Elementary School
Award Cycle: 2020-2022 Cycle
Status: Shortlisted
South view of the school at night:
Location: Seyyed Bar, Iran
Client: Iran-e-man NGO
Architect: DAAZ Office / Arash Aliabadi
Completed: 2020
Country of origin: Iran
Floor plan:
Courtesy of architect
Photographs: Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Deed Studio (photographer)
2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Shortlist
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar building images / information received 020622 from the Aga Khan Award for Architecture – AKAA
Location: Seyyed Bar, Iran, South Asia
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