Sara Kamalvand (Tehran, 1975) is an artist and architect based in Paris. Working across research, drawing, writing, and design, her practice explores the relationships between heritage, memory, and ecology. Since 2012, she has developed an ongoing research project on ancient irrigation networks and their role in shaping the cities of Tehran, Palermo, and Madrid. In 2020, she published her first book, The Invisible Monument, dedicated to the city of Tehran. She holds a practice-based PhD with Les Voyages de l’eau, a research-creation project that rewrites the history of Madrid through its hidden hydraulic foundations and their connections to Iranian and Andalusian traditions. Mobilizing archives, visual forms, spatial practices, and critical narratives, her work approaches the past as a tool for rethinking water, territory, and ecology.
Sara Kamalvand (Tehran, 1975) is an artist and architect based in Paris. Working across research, drawing, writing, and design, her practice explores the relationships between heritage, memory, and ecology. Since 2012, she has developed an ongoing research project on ancient irrigation networks and their role in shaping the cities of Tehran, Palermo, and Madrid. In 2020, she published her first book, The Invisible Monument, dedicated to the city of Tehran. She holds a practice-based PhD with Les Voyages de l’eau, a research-creation project that rewrites the history of Madrid through its hidden hydraulic foundations and their connections to Iranian and Andalusian traditions. Mobilizing archives, visual forms, spatial practices, and critical narratives, her work approaches the past as a tool for rethinking water, territory, and ecology.