Kish Inspire Academy - AA Design Studio

About

The Kish Inspire Academy, situated in Kish Island at the Olympic site between the historical Harireh site and the Portuguese castle site, spans an area of 14,000 sq.m with a built area of 3,800 sq.m. This project is designed to accommodate the Iranian football national team, providing facilities for training, lodging, healthcare, and trophy display. The Olympic site includes four standard football playgrounds dedicated to this academy. The facade of the building combines natural materials with low E clear glass, offering panoramic views of the surroundings. The main building is designed to maximize natural ventilation, allowing for a smooth flow of wind throughout the seasons. Additionally, the sports building is seamlessly connected to the hospitality section across two floors, ensuring a cohesive and functional layout for the academy.

Climate

Kish has a very dry semi-equatorial climate. Over an 8-year span, the median annual rainfall in Kish was 145 mm (5.7 in) (54% in winter, 28% in autumn, and 14% in summer) and the median annual temperature was 26.6 °C (79.9 °F). The relative atmospheric humidity in Kish makes it like a sea island except in cold seasons. The humidity is approximately 60% for most of the year. In the months from October to April, Kish's weather is mild, ranging from 18 °C (64 °F) to 25 °C (77 °F). The statistical data in the Kish free zone's archives shows that the island's temperature varies from very hot to moderately hot, accompanied by relatively high humidity, often interspersed by heavy rains of short durations in certain seasons.

Nature

It’s got beautiful flora and fauna
The approximately 2,000 gazelles roam free and protected, feeding on the native shrubs. And in the spring and summer on the southern and western coasts, you can view hawksbill sea turtles who come to lay their eggs on preserved lands. Bougainvillea, or gole kâghazi in Persian, flood the island, their fuchsia color contrasted beautifully against the backdrop of the Persian blue water. The island is also scattered with banyan trees, the oldest of which is said to be 600 years.

Material

You walk on coral… literally
It’s thanks to the marjân (coral) that the Persian Gulf is so clear. But the coral isn’t just in the water- it’s everywhere you walk! Those aren’t rocks or pebbles you’re stepping on in unpaved areas- it’s fossilized coral. The old walls and blocks along the water are actually bursting with God-only-knows-how-old fossilized coral and shells. It’s really quite remarkable to think that this was all under water one day. I couldn’t get enough of it!

Texture

A coral "group" is a colony of very many genetically identical polyps. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height. A set of tentacles surround a central mouth opening. Each polyp excretes an exoskeleton near the base. Over many generations, the colony thus creates a skeleton characteristic of the species which can measure up to several meters in size. Individual colonies grow by asexual reproduction of polyps. Corals also breed sexually by spawning: polyps of the same species release gametes simultaneously overnight, often around a full moon. Fertilized eggs form planulae, a mobile early form of the coral polyp which, when mature, settles to form a new colony.

History

A little further along the coast we arrived at Safein (pronounced safeen, from the Arabic word for ‘ship’). Despite its Persian associations, this is clearly a traditional Arab village. Its character is evidence that Gulf regional identity and the Arab Culture are as strong as local identity in other countries which surround the Persian Gulf. Although this village is poor, it is rich in terms of the original thick-walled, mud-built, single-storey houses which are also to be found in varying forms all over the Gulf. I quickly get the feeling that Ibrahim was wrong about these houses being only 45 years old. It is all too easy to imagine this place as a charming fishing village, well looked after and welcoming to tourists, but currently it seems to be sadly unloved. As we explore the narrow lanes and courtyards, certain architectural motifs can be seen again and again. The slightly ‘battered’ or sloping walls with upturned parapets, the massive conical corner buttresses (posht), the recessed panels at high level that were formerly slots to let in air and light but are now blocked up, the projecting marzam rain spouts, the elaborated doorways: all of these are designed elements, the product of both technology and aesthetics, developed over generations to make the harsh environment of this region habitable. Does this perhaps offer clues to the local identity and the architectural heart and soul of Kish Island?

Football, Travel, Leisure, Health and Wellbeing

Health, wellness and medical tourism have grown exponentially in recent years to become increasingly relevant in many destinations. Health tourism is an emerging, global, complex and rapidly changing segment that needs to be better understood by destinations willing to leverage opportunities and better address challenges.
The Kish Inspire Academy covers those types of tourism which have as a primary motivation the contribution to physical, mental and/or spiritual health through medical and wellness-based activities.
People have been seeking solutions, services or destinations that can provide services and benefits helping certain illnesses or preventing others for centuries. The Kish Inspire Academy recognize that travelling for health is not a new or novel phenomenon. At the same time we are quite aware that health or more holistically wellbeing has become a very important topic as well as a goal to more and more people. Consumers look for healthy or healthier alternatives during their leisure activities and so they do during their travels.

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