The goal of our project is the development of rural settlements in Afghanistan, using the chahar-bagh, the Persian four-party garden, as a trigger, an element that dictates the rules for the construction of urban morphology, through the development of different phases, from a spatial to architectural scale. Rebuilding small rural settlements, thinking about the cities of the future, is less expensive and faster than the conversion of large urban gatherings. This allows also to work more specifically on the territorial resources of each place, generating diversified and timely economies. The Chahar-bagh or Cahar bagh, four-party garden, has been present in the Iranian plateau since ancient times. The Charbagh, besides being an architecture strongly rooted in the history of these territories, could be the trigger for the reconstruction of rural settlements in Afghanistan.

This project was developed within the context of the IUAV University of Venice.