Zahak Horror Palace: Themed Attraction Design

Location

Mashhad, Sepad Tourism Zone, Iran

client

Ghahremanan Amusement Park

Status

Design completed

design date

1402 SH (2023-2024)

site area

900 m²

floor area

900 m²

Zahak Horror Palace . Mashhad, Sepad Tourism Zone, Iran

Project overview

Zahak Horror Palace is a themed attraction design inspired by the Persian legend of Zahak, the serpent-shouldered ruler. Set within Ghahramanan Amusement Park in Mashhad's Sepad Tourism Zone, the project translates the narrative into a sequence of atmospheric spaces and encounters.

Project details

Location: Mashhad, Sepad Tourism Zone, Iran

Client: Ghahremanan Amusement Park

Status: Design completed

Design date / year: 1402 SH (2023-2024)

Site area: 900 m²

Floor area: 900 m²

Scope: Concept and themed attraction design

A theatrical visitor journey

The experience is conceived as a passage through a dark palace, a labyrinth and a prison before reaching the conclusion of the story. Low lighting, sound and special effects shape the atmosphere. Proposed characters, performed or animatronic, can act as encounters or guides along the route.

Narrative spaces and interaction

The palace, throne room, prison and carnival games form distinct chapters within the attraction. Each develops the central themes of fear, courage and escape through spatial design and theatrical presentation. The story's progression from confinement to escape gives the visitor journey a clear dramatic structure.

Project credits

Managing Director: Mohsen Saraji

Concept and design: Sara Salamat, Mohammad Hassan Daneshvar, Javad Saberi

Website and media support: Zahra Mohammadpour

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