Tehran Waterscapes, landscape and urban regeneration along Maghsoudbeyk canal
Master's degree in architecture
University of Palermo
The subject of this research and project is the river landscape of the city of Tehran which, although born as a plain city, has always dealt with water supply, be it underground or superficial. Tehran's urban landscape is a metaphor for its duplicity: on one side, to the north the majestic Alborz mountain range, from which seven water streams flow, on the other, to the south, the desert. Specifically, Maghsoudbeyk canal, resulting from the union of two rivers - Darband and Golabdareh - which flows for almost 6 km between district 1 and district 3 in the north ofTehran, represents the case study of this research. Relevant from an urban point of view, because it is the link between the network of historical settlements: a unique case among all the waterways in the city, as an integrai part of an urban agglomeration that surrounds and rejects it at the same time, stil! relegating it to mere channel whose presence is rnanifested only by the sporadic sound of waterflow that ernerges among the redundant clarnor of the horns.
As a result, the aim of this work is to design a public network between two focal points, Tajrish square in district 1 and Zargandeh in district 3, connected through the canal flowing between a landscape systern that rnakes this now forgotten waterway a landmark, a green corridor that untangles the smog blanket of the highly polluted lranian capitai.