Calmness through Architecture
Lens Magazine|January 2022
In this featured project, I would like to reveal the human relationship with the space of ancient architecture and the tranquility that those structures convey to me brick by brick.
Behnam Khoshbaten
Calmness through Architecture

I would like to show the lost calmness of humans in modernism. I desire to show the world why and how mankind has moved away from peace of mind. I try to transfer to the viewer the atmosphere and the mood of these unique architectures in Iran and several other locations I have traveled to lately.

- Behnam Khoshbaten

My name is Behnam Khoshbaten; I was Born in Ardebil, IRAN, in 1978. I studied my pre-university education in Ardabil (the historical city in north-western Iran), then at Urmia University, where I started the arts field, and I see it as my primary profession.

From the early years of high school, I focused on understanding art and dealing with all kinds of mediums. During my university studies, I understood the importance of art to show whatever cannot be expressed by writing or other communication ways.

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