Presence in Hormuz 2
Community empowerment via urban development, Hormuz Island, Iran  – Hormuz is a formerly glorious historic port in the strategic strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, South of Iran, that controls the shipment of petroleum from the Middle East. The island has outstanding colorful surreal landscapes. Oddly, the local inhabitants of the beautiful, touristic and politically strategic island struggle economically, getting involved in illegal trafficking activities using their boats. Presence in Hormuz is a series of urban developments by a semi-public institution that hired ZAV Architects, in order to empower the local community of the island. Its second phase is a multipurpose cultural residence called Majara residence (meaning adventure) that ties together the lives of local people and visitors both culturally and economically. Photography by © Tahmineh Monzavi, Soroush Majidi, Payman Barkhordari
What?s to my benefit, what?s to the benefit of all" In a country where the state struggles with political disputes outside its borders, every architectural project becomes a proposal for internal governing alternatives, asking basic questions: what are the limits of architecture and how can it suggest a political alternative for communal life" How can it attain social agency"
Architecture has the capacity be a mediator in the middle ground that converges the interests of different groups, from the state and investors to various classes and ...