Projects
Yazd Qanat Visitor Centre
A small education centre beside the outlet of an ancient qanat, telling the story of water in the desert from below ground.
Yazd’s qanats are masterpieces of desert water engineering, several of them inscribed as World Heritage. This centre was built to introduce students and visitors to these systems.
Descending towards water
Visitors walk down a gentle ramp, and as light and temperature drop they sense what it is like to enter a qanat tunnel. At the lowest point a glass window reveals the flowing water of the channel.
The walls are built of local rammed earth, and the coloured strata of soil present a section through the desert ground.
