Niyazmandi-ha

Challenge

Tehran's existing street kiosks were built piecemeal — each operator commissioning its own box, none sharing visual or functional standards. The municipality had no way to add new services, unify a look, or update a unit without replacing the whole thing.

Approach

The concept came from the newspaper itself. Niyazmandi-ha is the name of Hamshahri's classifieds section — the page where each cell in the grid carries one offer: help wanted, for sale, services offered. The kiosk system translates that grid into street furniture. Each module is one classified ad, made physical. Proportions and connection details were taken from the newspaper's layout, giving every configuration the same structural logic as the paper it was named after.

Three standard configurations cover most city sites — a single-module point, a linear multi-service run, and an L-shape for corner plots — all sharing one connection interface so a single fabrication kit serves every site.

• Three site-typology configurations from one kit of parts
• Advertising crown integrated as structural element, sized to standard billboard formats — funding the system
• Flat-pack panel construction, standard extrusions, powder coat; no compound curves, no custom tooling

Outcome

Approved by Hamshahri Media in 2023. Candidate deployment sites identified across Tehran's municipal districts. Now in production with a fabrication contractor; first-unit installation pending in 2026.