AZADI TOWER, TEHERAN, IRAN

Azadi tower

PROJECT GENERAL INFORMATION

Name: Azadi tower

Former Name: Shahyad Tower

Location: Tehran, Iran

Architecture Firm: Amanat Architect Office [→]

Architect in Charge: Hossein Amanat

Associates Architects: R. Nik Khessal, M. Iranpour

Date: 1971

Duration of construction: 28 Months

Land Area: 68000 sqm

Land shape: Ellipse (Long diameter 380 m in East, West axis, Short diameter 210 m North, South axis)

Height: 45 m

Length: 63 m

Workshop chief engineer: Iraj Haghighi

Civil engineering: Ove Arup & Partners

Material: Joshaghan white Marble stone

The Azadi monu-ment built to rep-res-ent the Per-sian civil-iz-a-tion and cul-ture, forms a sym-bol-ic en-trance com-plex for Tehran. It has be-come the most sig-ni-fic-ant icon of the coun-try and an act-ive plaza for cel-eb-ra-tions, parades, cul-tur-al events and activ-it-ies. The plaza con-tains foun-tains and land-scap-ing in pat-terns sim-il-ar to tra-di-tion-al Per-sian gar-dens. The monu-ment built of on-site con-crete with sol-id marble as form-work and clad-ding. At the time (1971) the con-struc-tion tech-nique and use of com-puters to define its com-plex woven sur-faces was un-pre-ced-en-ted. It has been widely pub-lished, and is the most prom-in-ent gath-er-ing place in the cap-it-al city. Below the monument is a Museum displaying relics of the Persian civilization.