If the arts in Tehran are to develop the creation of an arts quarter is fundamental, now bearing in mind there is no area yet and galleries are spread around the city it would be better to group them together. But where in Tehran could that be, remember large spaces are need and good transport links would also be mandatory.

Thoughts below thanks.

Oh come on people, suggestions would be most appreciated.

I don'y live in Tehran so I don't know well.it shouldn't be in a place to cause a traffic?but in the same time a good place.But where?

dude try ekbatan, ekbatan is awesome. lots of artists there, gisha is good too

Yes Ekbatan definately!

Not very central though?

That's what I meant.It's hard to find a place which is fairly outside but in the same time not very crowded.But gisha could be an interesting choice ^^

Go to shush.There are big old fabrics beeind sold very very cheap.And Tehran muncipilaty want to turn that area to a cultural hub,Also the city will in the long term move southwards,cause the prices in north tehran has reached an dead end.The south will boom in 5 years.

But if we are talking about city advance,It's 80% from west

yes.but it has already reached karaj.but the south has much more space and potential.believe me if u knoe the city planing of tehran u will see that the biggest projects will be in south in the future.wait and see.Shush will be the hotspot in the next decade,

maybe your right about the south.But the west has still far more potential to reach karaj

I was looking around Poole Choobi area Khiaboon Mazandaran, do you have any documents for the Shush idea I would love to see what the municipality has to say about this idea.

He is exactly right about South Tehran, I live in central Tehran, I would never even consider going to live in the north even though the weather is better. It's just too expensive and ill served and planned. I still prefer the old Californian designed road system around Karim Khan rather than that mishmash around Darband and Niavaran.

no.but i read it in Hamshahri--cause in shush there are many ols fabrics and warehouses,which are empty,and they want to turn it to the cultural pole of tehran

ekbatan??? thats a purely residential area

this has to be close to central tehran but abit off the beaten track

Do you know when they plan to start promoting this area? I mean the question is if people who live in north and north west Tehran will bother coming this far south, to work. But then again if they start building live/work unit style things and good infrastructure, then I can imagine that it may work. It would be the IT and design industries that would bring in the most money, but the arts galleries that would bring the people. Also pedestrianised would make a big difference.

They alraedy have started,but u know it will take time.And first they have to promote Islamic art then it will be open to other arts.But the future is the south.They want pedestranised some areas of the south,and they start with Baazar,but definetly it will be the south wich will have this spaces and areas u are looking 4.
U need an original place with history,but underdeveloped.cause its cheaper.These are the best places 4 Investment.And remember the arts locations in the west.It was always locations like this which developed nicely and turned the whole area into a booming district.Also this areas have theyr own flavor.4get shahrake gharb,welenjak areas.they have no history,no culture,nothing.
Ekbatan differs a little bit,cause it has its own micro society and is developing its own trends,sometimes showing the future trends in Tehran,but it has lost this a little bit in th elast years.
But i am impressed by ur vison.Go on brother,success is yours.cause u are dreaming and u have power.Khoda hamrat

ekbatan??? thats a purely residential area

this has to be close to central tehran but abit off the beaten track

NO bro there is a big area in ekbatan only for grafitis and stuff

by arts quearter i believe we mean somewhere full of galleries and art shops and opera and concert/music halls etc, a whole area just for that

graffiti is everywhere, and again, it doesnt take away that ekbatan is moreso a residential area


somewhere around shoush is a good place, get some culture back to the south side

Yes I mean galleries cafes theatres and the likes, I suppose some form of grafitti could work on sections but it cheapens it and the municipapity will just paint over it anyway. sarbaze tabarestan do you have any pictures or clues which streets have started to develop?

no,its just in the palnning now.But they have marked a area in the south wich incldes shush to be the Farhang center of tehran.but go 4 urself to the south-and look 4 the alod big warehouses and fabrics.There is so many potential.
Maybe u can get some wom from shahrdari-cause they are pushing investors into the south,and since they have marked the area as cultural hub-u wil be greeted with joy.

Maybe Shoush is better then for old places to convert and room for Galleries, studios and stuff.

Well you see, talking with many organisations in Tehran the main problem has been and gets far worse by the year is to have a good amount of space to exhibit artworks and organise events. I had a look on the Tehran Government page and I cant find anything. Friends looked in farsi as my farsi is crap still. If anyone has any supporting pages in either farsi or english then I will be very grateful.

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site mite wont work bro-u should find the arts and culture section of muncipilaty,the next steps god almighty will show u soon.But first find the first door.The golden question is.Where is it located?Good luck mate

No bloody idea, I will defo keep investigating this further.

the municipality needs to stay out of this! arts need to develop for themselves.

art quarters all over the world have following ingredients:

1. they are cheap: artists need places where they can live and work for little to no money. often they pick places where no one else wants to live. prime example is eastern berlin. financial worries are poison to art.

2. they have charme: artists need a creative environment, they need inspiration. some mass-housing-complexes do not have that charme. mostly its old quarters with the architecture that get picked by artists, because they are beautiful, even if not shiny and chique.

3. they have to be accessible: artists need every single visitor or customer, so the way to the artist shouldnt create an extra obstacle. even if the place is not very central, it should be connected to urban transport.


central tehran would have been perfect for an art quarter. its unfortunate that the municipality is pushing investors there to gentrificate that place already and raise prices.

central tehran should have been an art quarter all along. the reason why it's not, is simple - arts are defacto forbidden in iran!
the only arts that develop in iran are some islamic or traditional stuff, but nothing creative.

its just a shame. we are living in the age of creativity, where the most creative is the most successful. in some western countries they kiss the feet of these artists, because its them who bring along the creativity.
what do we do with these people? we arrest and jail them.

It's not that bad. Just don't do politics and your life will be better.

How about a place like west of Tehransar? It's made of industrial warehouses that could be turned into artist studios and workshops. Close to Chitgar and Azadi metro stations with easy access from Freeway 2. And the best part is it's near Mehrabad airport. It won't be a place for Cafes and Theatres etc. but more of a practical work environment, I guess I'm thinking of something like the warehouse district near downtown L.A., CA.

As for Shoush, I went there around a year ago to buy scrap auto parts for an art project, one of the store owners mentioned the community hopes the municipality purchases some of the premises for redevelopment.

Update: I went for a meeting with the people renovating Massoudieh Palace behind Baharestan. Formally the office of education for the country, the Qajar era palace is currently being renovated to form a new arts center for the city. There are plans to buy surrounding streets and create large scale gallery spaces for commercial galleries to be part of the surroundings, if it goes a head and the so far work looks positive, it will give central Baharestan a new vibe, also they didn't mention companies but they are wanting to make new apartments looking onto the future arts centre.

Yesss i made a thread about tjis inn the tehran sectoon !!! Anyvnews and pics ??? I would love to see rhe progress