The Poet's House / Next Office-Alireza Taghaboni

"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."

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.

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