[Nushin Samavaki - Lost and Found - COVER IMG] View to the carpet studios | Integration and continuity of form and materials. Curved skylights mimic ridges on the side of the sialk hill while serving their primary functions of promoting natural ventilation and creating a light entrance.
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Lost and Found

University/SchoolUniversity of Manitoba
Lead ArchitectNushin Samavaki
Project Videohttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1tGFzihqVbmDVqhcTSETJ3l0mb0epeUUm/view?usp=sharing

For 3000 years, the Sialk hills of Kashan city, in the central desert of Iran, has been synonymous with carpet weaving. What if brick, the most-commonly used building material in Iran, were the construction fibers of a new carpet blanketing this historical area? This project proposes a cultural-archaeological centre in the Sialk historical site that serves a two-fold purpose: 1) a carpet weaving centre providing women weavers with a platform to increase their profile within the community 2) archaeological research and resource station that revitalizes early Persian design.