Siamak Hariri: How do you build a sacred space?
سیامک حریری: چطور می توان یک مکان قدسی ساخت؟
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that I studied at some 30 years ago
در آن تحصیل کردم
from the wonderful art gallery
گالری هنری فوق العاده واقع شده شده بود
architect Louis Kahn.
and I used to visit it quite often.
across the concrete wall.
در امتداد دیوار بتونی کشید.
was moved by the building
تحت تاثیر بنا قرار گرفته است
a reaction of the heart.
اینجا واکنشی برخاسته از دل در میان بود.
the emotional response.
و به دلیل واکنش عاطفی.
an open call for designs
اعلام شد
in all of South America.
for the Bahá'í community,
of the continental temples
آخرین نمونه از معابد قاره ای باشد
for national and local temples to be built
معابد ملی و محلی باز می کند
nine entrances, nine paths,
۹ ورودی، ۹ راه،
from all directions,
به معبد رهنمون می شود،
in the Bahá'í faith.
walks of life, backgrounds,
اقشار مختلف از هر پیشینه ای،
churches for Christianity
جهان سکولار زندگی می کنیم.
اماکن مقدس را طراحی می کنید؟
what's sacred today?
را چطور تعریف می کنیم؟
from the Bahá'í writings,
which is already very interesting --
که به خودی خود بسیار جالب است --
will become ashine.
نورانی می شود.
of the inner and the outer,
درون و بیرون هستم،
and you say, "That person is radiant."
و می گویید: «این آدم می درخشد.»
how could we make something
it becomes alive.
زنده می شود.
a single form of emanation
یک شکل یگانه از تابش نور
was looking too much like an egg.
بسیار شبیه تخم مرغ بود.
letting the process take you,
می گذارید که کار شما را با خود ببرد،
of a plant moving in light,
از گیاهی که در نور حرکت می کند، دیدم،
could have reach,
could mean movement and stillness,
به معنای حرکت و سکون باشد،
as is humanly possible,
در حد توانایی بشر کامل هستند،
well, what is perfection?
خب، کمال چیست؟
of this Japanese basket
از یک سبد ژاپنی برخوردم
of perfection need to be challenged,
باید به چالش کشیده شود،
of this basket, this wonkiness,
از این سبد، این تقلا،
of what you might imagine a shoulder
و آدم ممکن است تصور کند که شبیه کتف است
folding but torquing --
بلکه بچرخد --
and the way it was reaching.
برای بالارفتن را یادتان هست؟
an interesting form,
به تبدیل شدن به یک فرم جالب،
که تلالو دارد و می درخشد.
were received from 80 countries,
of how to build it.
many experiments with materials,
آزمایش های متعدد با مواد گوناگون،
this kind of shimmer,
چنین تلألوئی را ایجاد کنیم،
as you know, is very strong,
همانطور که می دانید بسیار قوی است،
just so and melt them
و آنها را ذوب کنید
about two years to make.
این شیشه ریخته گری شده جدید را بسازیم.
something with a soft light,
نور اندک داشته باشد،
but on the inside you touch it.
اما از داخل قابل لمس است.
in a huge quarry in Portugal
معدنی عظیم در پرتغال یافتیم
for seven generations in his family,
در خانواده اش حفظ کرده بود،
if you can believe it.
منتظر این که پروژه درست و مناسب از راه برسد.
it has that translucent quality.
آن کیفیت شفافیت را دارد.
all individual shapes,
همگی در اشکال یگانه،
with aerospace technology,
of our $30 million budget
to that beautiful quote,
گفتار زیبا باشد،
of mysterious ways.
که موجود باشد را جذب می کند.
14 years ago when we made the submission,
۱۴ سال پیش وقتی پیشنهادمان را دادیم،
set against the Andes.
where we ended up,
به آن منتهی شدیم،
nothing but pure nature,
محض تعیین شده است،
nothing but the city below you,
زیر پایتان شهر است،
from all over South America,
از تمامی کشورهای آمریکای جنوبی،
روستایشان بیرون نگذاشته بودند.
belongs to people,
and walks of life,
تمامی اقشار،
is what it feels like on the inside;
احساسی درونی آن است؛
as that security guard,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Siamak Hariri - ArchitectSiamak Hariri holds deep respect for the transformative potential of architecture, specializing in creating works of enduring value.
Why you should listen
Siamak Hariri is a founding Partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects, a 120 person practice based in Toronto. His portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized buildings has won over 60 awards, including the Governor General’s Medal in Architecture, celebrated as one of Canada’s Artists who mattered most by the Globe and Mail and with his Partner David Pontarini, the 2013 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Architectural Firm Award.
One of Hariri's earliest HPA projects, the Canadian headquarters of McKinsey & Company, is the youngest building to receive City of Toronto heritage landmark designation. He has recently completed public and private projects include the award-winning Richard Ivey Building, Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University, the Jackman Law Building for the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, the Schulich School of Business at York University and the Integrated Health Sciences campus, with the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy and the McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine in downtown Kitchener.
In the fall of 2016, Hariri completed a project he began in 2003, the Bahá’í Temple of South American, located in Santiago, Chile, the last of the Bahá’í continental temples. Won through an international call and a rigorous design competition (185 entries from 80 countries) the temple is poised to become an architectural landmark at the foothill of the Andes. It has already won some of the top architecture awards including the RAIC Innovation Award, the World Architecture News Best Building of the Year (selected by ninety-seven judges around the world); Architect Magazine’s Progressive Architecture Award (architecture’s top unbuilt projects award); the Canadian Architect’s Award of Excellence; the International Property Awards and was profiled by National Geographic Magazine.
Hariri is currently working on the complex Princess Margaret Space Transformation Project and has recently won two international design competitions, the first, the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, and the second, selected from over 92 international architects, for the new Tom Patterson Theatre, poised to become the heart of the Stratford Festival.
Born in Bonn, Germany, Hariri was educated at the University of Waterloo and Yale University where he completed a Master of Architecture. He has taught at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, as well as been a lecturer and guest critic for numerous organizations across North America. Hariri was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Architecture from Ryerson University for his contribution to architecture in Canada and abroad. The University of Toronto also honored him with an Arbor Award for his contribution to the University experience as a lecturer and adjunct professor. Hariri lives in Toronto with his artist wife, Sasha Rogers and their three children; Lua, Yasmin and David.
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