The low-tech brilliance of Iranian design
greenie_beans
61 points
7 comments
March 15, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
wetpaws
Vile imperialist war, lmao.
edmundsauto
These designs are so neat, I wish modern society would embrace the wisdom in them. Not applicable everywhere, but the modern desire to conquer the landscape instead of working with it seems like a core hubris that our modernity has imposed on our everyday life design.
Const-me
Based on the title, I expected the article to be about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136
djoldman
About the qanats: Unfortunately there has been a lot of short sighted planning with respect to water resources: https://e360.yale.edu/features/iran-water-drought-dams-qanat...