Rehabilitation of Tabriz Bazaar

Tabriz, Iran/ ICHTO East Azerbaijan Office
Since 2000, numerous complexes within the bazaar have been
rehabilitated with the participation of the owners and tenants, infrastructure
has been improved and public facilities have been built.
The Tabriz Bazaar is a unique example of urban conservation and
development project in which heritage plays a catalyst role in rejuvenating
the tangible and intangible memory of the historic city of Tabriz.
Jury Stated: “what the collaboration, under the direction of the design team,
managed to achieve is to return to prominence a historic and living city
artifact to the centre of the community’s lives’.
The Tabriz Historic Bazaar complex was officially protected in 1975 and
has been convert by special stewardship measures until 2010, when it was
added to the world heritage list. The complex covers 27 hectares with over
5.5 kilometers of covered bazaars.
Three different protection areas have been established (a nominated area, a
buffer zone and a landscape zone), subject to special regulations
incorporated into the planning instruments. The management framework is
based on the participation of the “bazaars”, together with municipal
authorities and ICHTO’s Tabriz Bazaar Base.