Argo Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Centre Tehran, Iran Building, Iranian Architecture Design Photos
Argo Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Centre, Tehran
5 June 2022
Design: ASA North / Ahmadreza Schricker
Location: Tehran, Iran, western Asia
Aerial view of the museum by night:

Photos by Deed Studio
Argo Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
Argo Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Centre in Iran
Tehran?s first independent contemporary art museum is housed in a more-than-100-year-old former brewery that had been abandoned for decades.
Insertion of a new foundation and metal structure to support the floating concrete floors and roofs independently of the original exterior walls:
The Iranian-Austrian architect?s aim was to create a dialogue between old and new by inserting a new foundation and metal structure to support floating concrete floors and roofs independently of the original exterior walls, thus allowing generous ceiling heights (up to 12 metres) for the climate-controlled galleries.
View of the white concrete grand staircase:

All new insertions are curvilinear and employ distinct materials to differentiate them from the brick-built historic fabric: white concrete grand staircase; metal elevator; brass bar; strata of different-toned concrete cladding for the artist-in-residence tower.
The climate-controlled galleries offer diverse and generous ceiling heights up to 12 metres:

Restored brickwork is indicated by deeply rec...