The Poet's House / Next Office-Alireza Taghaboni

The Poet's House converts Ahmad Shamlou's former residence into a downtown Tehran cultural center through restoration and adaptive reuse. The project retains the original brick façade and structural shell. A spatial intervention follows a second-floor wall that bears a handwritten poem by Shamlou. That intervention becomes a conceptual, semi-structural backbone and a three-dimensional promenade opening the house toward the city. The design transforms a formerly private courtyard into a public open space that invites visitors into the poet's life, thoughts, and legacy.

"The Poet's House by Next Office is the restoration and adaptive reuse of the former home of Iranian poet and dissident Ahmad Shamlou into a cultural center in downtown Tehran. While preserving the original brick façade and structural shell, the project introduces a spatial intervention along a second-floor wall bearing a handwritten poem by Shamlou. This element was extended into a conceptual and semi-structural backbone-transformed into a three-dimensional promenade that opens the house toward the city."

"While preserving the original brick façade and structural shell, the project introduces a spatial intervention along a second-floor wall bearing a handwritten poem by Shamlou. This element was extended into a conceptual and semi-structural backbone-transformed into a three-dimensional promenade that opens the house toward the city. Through this approach, the formerly private courtyard becomes a public open space that invites visitors into the life, thoughts, and legacy of the poet."

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