The bazaar as the interiorization and intensification of territorial forces. The bazaar of Isfahan in relation to the main roads and Chaharbagh Khiaban (street), topography, zayandehrud river and water system of the Madis (canals)
The map is constructed through a study and overlayering of multiple historical and geological maps as well as written texts and descriptions.
An Inhabitable Infrastructure
- Research through Mapping & Drawing
- Drawing by Nasim Razavian, Made in collaboration with Negar sanaan Bensi for her doctorate dissertation at Delft University of Technology
- 2016
“The aim of this thesis is twofold. First, it offers a ‘theoretical reading’ of a historically important architectural entity – namely the bazaar – in order to propose a synthetic understanding of its complexity and to explore the multiplicity of forces and regimes involved in the bazaar’s [historical] formation. Second, by conceptualizing the architecture of the bazaar, this thesis explores the relation between architecture and territory, inhabitation and infrastructure in the context of the Iranian Plateau. In doing so, this thesis contributes to the production of an architectural knowledge which encourages a contextual studying of complex spatial regimes and mechanisms as their prime forces for intervention.” (Text by Negar Sanaan Bensi)
You can read the full PhD thesis here.
The drawing shows the "waqf" (endowment) ownership in the Bazaar of Yazd based on a field survey by Michael E. Bonine, 1967-68. The small black circles represent the stalls in the Bazaar which are under waqf, and the lines illustrate which public buildings and infrastructures shown by orange circles use the usufruct of these stalls.
The bridge-Caravanserais
From top to bottom: Kashkan Bridge over Kashkan river in Lorestan, Manjil Bridge over Sefidrud in Gilan, Anbouh Bridge over Shahrud in Gilan
The drawings are reconstructed based on several descriptions in travelogues and historical sources as well as a few available inventories on Iranian historical bridges and dams. For example the Manjil Bridge was describes in detail in Adam Olerius’ travelogue. The drawing illustrates the position of the resting rooms in the structure of the bridge, their accessibility and relation to water.
Qodsieh 17th century house in Isfahan, the relation to the geology and domestic access to and usage of water
The bridge-Caravanserais
From top to bottom: Kashkan Bridge over Kashkan river in Lorestan, Manjil Bridge over Sefidrud in Gilan, Anbouh Bridge over Shahrud in Gilan
The drawings are reconstructed based on several descriptions in travelogues and historical sources as well as a few available inventories on Iranian historical bridges and dams. For example the Manjil Bridge was describes in detail in Adam Olerius’ travelogue. The drawing illustrates the position of the resting rooms in the structure of the bridge, their accessibility and relation to water.
