About
Event Manager: Marjan Ehrabi
Curator | Executive Director of Union House: Lnaz Abbasian
Route Designer of the Passage Gallery: Lnaz Abbasian
Digital Gamification: Tiraval
The Passage Gallery
Tourism Through the Lens of "Gallery-Passages": A New Path for Smart, Sustainable, and Healthy Urban Development
From Urban Passages to Health-Focused Tourism: A Fresh Architectural Vision for Economic Growth
Tourism, when reimagined through the concept of urban and wellness gallery-passages, can offer a transformative outlook on industrial and economic growth. Developed by the interdisciplinary experts at Barsin, this innovative model combines smart tools, artificial intelligence, and data-driven insights to lay the foundation for a sustainable economic future.
By leveraging both micro and macro datasets, the team integrates cultural, artistic, economic, and social assets into a comprehensive strategy tailored to each region. This approach spans from hospitality service design, supply chain optimization, and intelligent transportation, to the restoration and adaptive reuse of heritage architecture—significantly reducing environmental waste and breathing new life into underutilized spaces.
Rather than demolishing historic buildings, Barsin promotes the revitalization and smart enhancement of existing structures, equipping them with modern technologies. Rooted in local lifestyles and microeconomic ecosystems, the initiative values the voices of indigenous and rural communities, boosts agricultural development, and fosters international educational exchange.
Ultimately, this integrated tourism vision fosters urban regeneration, health villages, and agricultural destinations built on resilient supply chains—a powerful fusion of architecture, sustainability, and innovation.
Infused with a touch of nostalgia and storytelling, the present narrative emboldens us to embark on a fresh exploration of the Tehran Design Week gallery trails during the warmest days of 1403 (2024). These trails encompass the physical and spatial fabric of the city, holding within them the spirit of our predecessors (both those who lived there and those who built it) and all the social solidarities that give rise to a neighborhood. All our experiences of the environment, our past knowledge, and our own interaction with it contribute to its impact; this influence becomes even more apparent when a place is dedicated to it. The right of the city upon our very being is to observe and write truthfully to invigorate urban life. In the city gallery passage, both our city and the soul of the city are entities that, through mutual interaction within the gallery space, display the impact of our presence.
The Passage Gallery
