Jadgal Elementary School Building, Seyyed Bar Architecture, Daaz Office Iran, Iranian Design Photos

Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar

6 June 2022

Design: Daaz Office

Location: Seyyed Bar, Polan Rural District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, western Asia

The school was designed at the initiative of a non-governmental organisation called Iran-e-Man, active for many years in the field of school construction:
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar, Iran

Photos by Deed Studio

Jadgal Elementary School in Seyyed Bar, Iran

Jadgal Elementary School Building

Classrooms are joined around a large circular courtyard:
Seyyed Bar architecture by Daaz Office

Months of participatory studies after villagers invited the NGO client to build a school here led to the idea of it serving also as a sustainable development centre for surrounding areas, nurturing creativity, freedom and critical thinking.


The school was built using Insulating Concrete Formwork in order to create an earthquake-resilient structure:
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar, Iran

Standing in a vast field, its enclosing wall is treated not defensively but as an inviting, playful shell featuring large irregular-shaped perforations, with one thicker portion housing tuckshop, concierge and storage.

Owing to its curvilenar forms, the school was built without columns:
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar, Iran

Within, classrooms are joined around a large circular courtyard, fanning out to create triangular secondary yards for air circulation and outdoor activities.

The classrooms fan out to create triangular secondary yards for air circulation and outdoor activities:
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar, Iran

The non-hierarchically designed complex also accommodates a library and a multipurpose space for community activities, crafts, or tourist accommodation. Its earthquake-resistant structure is coated in a mixture of cement and local soil, harmonising with the landscape.

Its enclosing wall is treated not defensively but as an inviting, playful shell featuring large irregular-shaped perforations:
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar, Iran

Managed by villagers and teachers, the school’s maintenance is funded by income from tourism plus sales of needlework made onsite by local women.

Children playing in the wall holes:
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar, Iran

Its walls are coated in a mixture of cement and local soil, harmonising with the landscape:
Seyyed Bar building design by Daaz Office

Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar, Iran – Property Information

Title: Jadgal Elementary School
Award Cycle: 2020-2022 Cycle
Status: Shortlisted

South view of the school at night:
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar, Iran

Location: Seyyed Bar, Iran
Client: Iran-e-man NGO
Architect: DAAZ Office / Arash Aliabadi
Completed: 2020
Country of origin: Iran

Floor plan:
Seyyed Bar building plan layout
Courtesy of architect

Photographs: Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Deed Studio (photographer)

2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Shortlist

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Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar building images / information received 020622 from the Aga Khan Award for Architecture – AKAA

Location: Seyyed Bar, Iran, South Asia

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