Projects
Isfahan Bazaar Pavilion
A small crafts market near Naqsh-e Jahan Square whose brick vaults echo the rhythm of the historic bazaar.
The pavilion occupies a vacant plot between two bazaar arcades. It needed to house enamelwork, block-printed textiles and marquetry without competing with the surrounding historic buildings.
Vaults and rooflights
The roof is a series of shallow brick vaults, each with an oculus at its crown, the same openings that drop shafts of light into Isfahan’s bazaar. Stalls are divided by walnut-and-glass frames so that the space reads as a single, legible hall.
The vaults are built in machine-made brick and gypsum mortar, and seismically reinforced with concealed concrete ring beams and steel ties.
