Samenvatting

The Zayanderood was the largest river in the center of Iran that passes through the city of Esfahan. It connected people and offered stability and economic opportunities. Tragically the river has no water anymore; these days it has a dry riverbed, that no longer connects but separates. Through designing a network of spatial interventions on the riverbed it is possible to connect different isolated historical and architectural features. The riverbed is considered as a landscape in the process of transformation that can provide an experience about water and its absence. At the same time, it delivers new social and cultural interactions that raise the collective awareness and shared knowledge of the history and the culture of water in urban communities.