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Fast urbanisation of farmland and city expansion have already been seen in Asian megacities. The following text puts a focus on Iran, the centerstage of the Middle East. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the country has been undergoing strong modernisation, in urban planning and in social structures. Tehran, the capital of Iran, and its neighbouring city, Karaj, are currently melting together to a Megacity. As the two cities are growing physically in size and density the social demands of the people grow as well. The distance is becoming vast between public spaces and generations. Huge parks are constructed far from new residential housing complexes and the streets life is slowly directed into shopping malls. At the weekends, people try to escape from the overcrowded city or meet in private locations. This thesis is a documentation of how the simplification of architecture seeks to take over the complexity of our lives during a time of increasing population.

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Papst, Catherine
Born near Graz in 1990, started studying Architecture at the TU Graz in 2008. 2012-2013 ENSA Lyon, France.2013 Master at the TU Graz. 2015 Architecture Intern at BIG New York.2017 the Master Thesis "Ba Namak" was finished and awarded with the first prize of the Graz Architecture Award´s at the TU Graz.

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