Architect overlays famous modern buildings on Iran's ancient palaces and castles
Architect Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar has created photomontages that combine archaeological sites in Iran with contemporary buildings by architects including Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and Norman Foster.
Forouzanfar's conceptual project, called Expanding Iranian Ancient Architecture, imagines modern buildings intersecting with architecture that is thousands of years old.
Daniel Libeskind's Royal Ontario Museum extension over Rostam Castle
Famous existing buildings such as Studio Libeskind's addition to the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada and I M Pei's glass pyramid for the Louvre are superimposed over pre-Islamic castles and royal palaces at UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran.
In one image, Zaha Hadid Architects's Port House fire station extension cantilevers over Tepe Sialk, an ancient archaeological site in Kashan. In another, Foster + Partners' glazed superstructure from the Hangzhou Apple Store protects the remains of Takht-e-jamshid in Fars.
Foster + Partners' Hangzhou Apple Store over Takht-e-jamshid
Forouzanfar has collaged these images to examine the tension between visions of the past and the future, and start a conversation about preservation.
"We have a valuable legacy from Iran's past that has become a global record. But due to neglect and lack of protection, many of these buildings have been destroyed or are in danger of being destroyed," Forouzanfar told Dezeen.
I M Pei's Louvre pyramid over Chaqazanbil
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