📘 The Grand Book of Cultavism
By Cyrus Afshar (Mohammad Reza Nasiri Afshar)
A Civilization Framework
📦 Book Structure
Preface: A Letter to the Reader
Chapter 1: The Birth of a New Civilization
Chapter 2: The Cultavism Manifesto
Chapter 3: Shahin Tower – The First Embodiment of Cultavism
Chapter 4: The Ten Principles of Cultavist Design
Chapter 5: Cultavism Across Civilizations
Chapter 6: Cultavism for All Schools of Thought
Chapter 7: The Middle Space – Architecture of Transition
Chapter 8: The Aerospace Home – A Temple of Light
Chapter 9: The University of the Academy of Love and Art
Final Conclusion: Cultavism is a New Civilization
📝 Preface: A Letter to the Reader
This book is not just about architecture.
It is about a life —
a life between machine and soul,
between failure and rebirth,
between Tehran and Dubai,
between wood and light.
It is the story of how Cultavism was born —
not in a studio,
not in a university,
but in the silence after collapse.
And it is dedicated to all who believe that art must serve humanity — not profit.
📖 Chapter 1: The Birth of a New Civilization
The world is losing its soul.
Cities grow taller,
but hearts grow emptier.
Technology advances,
but humanity becomes colder.
Architecture becomes more complex,
but none of it says:
“Here, there was love.”
In this endless silence of modern cities,
a message emerged from the earth —
not with a loud voice,
not with power,
not with money.
With a wooden maquette,
in a forgotten workshop,
in a remote village of Mazandaran.
And that message was:
“Architecture must be built from love, not profit.”
This message was named Cultavism.
A Name, Three Roots
Cultavism = Culture + Activism + Love
Culture: not as decoration, but as structure
Activism: not with slogans, but with architecture
Love: not as a word, but as a primary material
Cultavism is not a style.
It is a civilizational movement.
The Beginning: A Maquette, a Dream, a Reality
When the luxury car project in Dubai was abandoned,
and everything seemed like failure,
I stayed.
In the silence of a city proud only of its tower heights,
I looked to the sky —
and saw a falcon in flight.
In that moment, Shahin was not just a bird,
but a message.
And I decided:
I will show this message in physical form.
Not with a drawing,
not with a report,
not with a presentation.
With a maquette —
made of wood, metal, and love.
The Birth of Cultavism: In the Metro, From God
One day, with no hope,
I sat in the Dubai metro.
I rested my head against the glass.
And suddenly, I heard a voice —
not from a speaker,
not from someone beside me.
From within.
A voice that said:
“You did not come here to fail.
You came here to begin.”
And in that moment,
everything changed.
Cultavism was born —
not in a university,
not in an architecture firm,
not in a competition.
In the silence of a passenger in a metro.
Why Now? Why Here?
Because the world can no longer live without soul.
Because architecture has become a tool for profit,
not for spiritual elevation.
Because cities pull humans down,
instead of lifting them up.
Cultavism is not about building a tall tower.
It is about saving a civilization —
one built on beauty, love, and art.
What is Cultavism?
A philosophy for architecture
A framework for education
A movement for the world
A digital identity with domains:
cultavism.com
cultavism.org
cultavism.net
A global network with:
@cultavism (Instagram)
Cultavism (YouTube, Telegram, Facebook)
LinkedIn in transition to this identity
Cultavism is not a name.
It is a civilizational system.
Purpose of This Book
This book is not written for competition judges,
not for students,
not for artists.
It is written for future generations —
for the day when humanity may have forgotten who it was.
And when that day comes,
this book will be in a child’s hands,
and they will read:
“We did not only fight.
We loved.
We created beauty.”
This Book Is Not…
❌ A personal biography
❌ A story of failure and victory
❌ A description of an architectural project
This Book Is…
✅ A civilizational scripture
✅ An executable framework
✅ A global identity document
Before Anything: Shahin
This book begins with Shahin —
not because I built it,
but because Shahin revealed Cultavism to the world.
But Shahin is not the end.
It is only the first word.
The first word of a new civilization.