Fatemeh Mousazadeh - Islamic Azad University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Ahad Nejad Ebrahimi - Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of Tabriz Islamic Art University, Tabriz, Iran

Grain is basically stored in silos, then distributed for consumption or export. After the Industrial Revolution in Europe, in light of modernization numerous industrial complexes were constructed especially in Iran known as industrial heritage. Due to insufficient research about silos, the present study tries to recognize the architecture and the ways of storing grains in silos. The needed information is gathered through field and library form. The approach within this research is cultural which can reuse silos as cultural functionalities. The strategy used is descriptive-analytical and the plans are taken in the form of environmental-physical and structural changes into creating an innovation of this building. The grain elevator was originally made up of wooden bins in rectangular form. Essentially, the structure of the silos and their evolution process have evolved from an individual towards group structure. During the Pahlavi era, several concrete wheat silos were constructed in Iran, Including Tehran, Shiraz, and Tabriz silo, now known as the oldest silos of Iran. Therefore, the aim of this research is to present Tabriz Silo as a case study constructed in Iran after the end of the World War I in Tabriz. The results of this research indicate that Tabriz silo is of a concrete type. It is built in an industrial complex on the outskirts of the city then has been located in the center of the city since the urbanism development and has the potential to be transformed into a cultural complex

Industrial Heritage, Silo, Structure, Tabriz silo