WORKNOT! collaborates with architect an researcher Samaneh Moafi in a project for the Sharjah Architecture Triennial.
Mehr is a Farsi word that translates to compassion. It is also the name of the largest public housing scheme of the Islamic Republic, constituting 2.3 million nuclear-family dwelling units spread across the territory of Iran. Using the Mehr as a base, architect Samaneh Moafi develops a project in collaboration with Platform 28, WORKNOT!, Mhamad Safa, Maria Bessarabova and the residents of Mehr in Dowltabad, Esfahan. WORKNOT! co-produced the food ritual and produced its video work.
The project sets out to challenge the structures of state patronage and male patriarchy in working-class homes. Organising a workshop and deploying performative methods, the work reclaims domesticity as a space for collective rituals and alternative forms of dwelling.
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