NimaTimes#16-June 2019L

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Iran-Mall, One Of The World’s Top 5 Malls
Iran-Mall is one of the world’s top 5 malls and the
number one in the Middle-East. The founders of
the project aimed to found an international mall
that gathers together the domestic and international
business owners. The building is located in the west
of Chitgar park in Tehran with the total floor area of
1,700,000 square meters. The project took about 5
years to complete. Meanwhile, 20,000 professionals
and workers were engaged in the project since 2014.
18% of the spaces are allocated to the cultural facilities,
31% to the public and recreational, 24% to the
commercial, 19% to the parking and 5% to the hotel.
The primary goal of the project was to create an environment
that covers all the component of the sustainable
development, including the environmental,
economic, and social components of sustainability.
The following were the main objectives of the project:
1. Contributing to economic growth and development
of the country
2. Attracting tourists and providing a platform to absorb
investment for the private sector to create more
jobs
3. Providing a healthy environment for all people,
especially the younger generation
4. Familiarizing people with the Iranian-Islamic culture
5. Economic, cultural and social development
6. Assisting the local economy through increased
trade transactions
In designing the project, the national, religious, historical,
geographical and cultural beliefs were considered
to achieve a modern Iranian-Islamic architecture.
In this regard, designers used the concept of
the traditional bazaar to resemble it in the building.
The founders hope the mall will work as an international
hub to increase the exported commodities
of Iran by attracting Iranian manufacturers and traditional
craftspersons from Isfahan, Tabriz, Qom,
Kashan, Shiraz, and Qazvin.
Bagh-Didar or Didar Garden (Meeting Garden) is a
garden in the mall that its concept originates from
Mahan-Garden of Iran. The garden is one of the
most exciting places to visit in the mall. Similar to
Mahan Garden which is in the heart of the desert,
Bagh-Didar is a green space inside the rigid architectural
environment of Iran-Mall. It created a pleasurable
environment for people to meet and have a
casual conversation. Also, another garden named
Book Garden or Bagh-Ketab is a garden designed
to create a place that people can use to read books.
The project is one of the most ambitious projects of
Iran’s contemporary architecture that was constructed
by Iranian and international designers and engineers.
Besides, many celebrities and public figures
praised the mall for its design and achievements in
the initial opening ceremony. It consists of different
concepts and ideas that were originated from the traditional
architecture of Iran. The project is now in its
final phase and soon will be open to the public.
نیماتایمز شماره شانزدهم خرداد‎1398‎‏-‏ ژوئن 61 2019
nimatimes No. 16 June 2019