Shams Tabrizi Monument, Khoy Tomb, Iranian Architecture, Building Images
Shams Tabrizi Monument in Khoy
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Shams Tabrizi Monument
Architects: BNS Studio
Location: Khoy, Iran
Shams Tabrizi Monument
Shams Tabriz Monument is a cultural complex built to house Shams’ tomb and become a center for Sema ceremonies. Shams Monument was designed in form of a Garden-Tomb, which provide possibilities for visitors to leisurely walk around the tomb and the historical site to learn about Shams and Persian poetry. Rows of cedar trees and memorial walls on both sides of the Shams Boulevard create aesthetically pleasing sceneries.
The monument has two skins; a circular perforated copper outer skin and a solid concrete interior wall with a spiral ramp running through these two skins. The circular movement through the spiral ramp exemplifies the Sufi`s sacred dance.
The monument’s floor plan has been divided into three square-shaped sections each connected through a connecting hallways. The tomb space is located in the middle section and establishes a movement from square (symbol of the earth and corpus) to circle (symbol of the sky and the spirit). The main idea was to embody ascending from this mundane world to a spiritual one by withdrawing and letting go of the earthy attachments. “Chahar Taq” architecture has been applied to this section to illustrate enigmatic and paradoxical characteristics of Shams; ambiguous and clear, complicated and simple at the same time. At the center of the monument a quiet room has been tactfully designed for visitors to meditate in peace.
Shams Tabrizi Monument – Building Information
Architects: BNS Studio
Project Location: Khoy, Iran
Project Year: 2013
Area: 2000 sqm
Author Architects: Farshad Kazerooni, Farnaz Bakhshi, Azin Soltani
Research Associates: Anahita Ali Asgarian, Mandana Fouladi, Yasaman Sepahsalari,
Azadeh Farajpour, Zoha Nekouian, Hanieh Kazerooni
Design Presentation Associates: Niloufar Ghorbani, Golnaz Jamshidi
3D Modeling: Ali Zeinalzadeh
Shams Tabrizi Monument in Khoy images / information received 070916
Location: Khoy, Iran
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