Managed heritage restoration and seismic-retrofit works at Zahir al-Islam House in Tehran. Coordinated structural engineers, heritage specialists and site teams across retrofit and restoration execution. The project later informed peer-reviewed heritage research.
Construction Project Manager — Heritage Coordination
Location
Tehran, Iran
Involvement
2020 — 2022
Construction management case study
My role, decisions & delivery record
My role & scope
My role: Construction Project Manager — Heritage Coordination. Period of involvement: 2020 — 2022. Managed heritage restoration and seismic-retrofit works at Zahir al-Islam House in Tehran. Coordinated structural engineers, heritage specialists and site teams across retrofit and restoration execution. The project later informed peer-reviewed heritage research.
The challenge
Seismic-retrofit execution had to be coordinated with restoration of historic building fabric.
My actions & decisions
I coordinated structural engineers, heritage specialists and site teams across reinforcement and restoration interfaces.
Result & delivery record
Exterior and interior views document the restoration setting and transformation. The project experience later informed peer-reviewed heritage research.
Project images & coordination records
The captions identify the material shown. Illustrative studies, preliminary drawings and demonstration interfaces remain labelled as such in the portfolio record.
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Construction and architecture visual record
Images accompanying Zahir al-Islam House: Refurbishment & Heritage. The project description identifies Saeed Azarshab’s construction project management involvement; photographs, technical drawings and illustrations are identified individually in the captions.
تصاویر پروژهٔ Zahir al-Islam House در مجموعهٔ فعالیتهای سعید آذرشب؛ سوابق تصویری ساختوساز، اجرا و معماری. نقش مدیریت پروژه و نوع هر تصویر، نقشه یا تصویر توضیحی در متن و زیرنویس همان پروژه مشخص شده است.
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Research behind the Zahir-ol-Islam House case study
For the cultural-significance assessment and the application of the Burra Charter to this Tehran house, read the published case study by Mohammad Saeed Azarshab, Hoorieh Sohani and Abdol Majid Azarshab. It examines heritage conservation in its local context; it does not establish structural performance.
The cultural significance of the Zahir-ol-Islam House in Tehran, Iran, and its preservation