International project
Andarzgoo
A residential building in Tehran, Iran, was cleverly designed to cope with
the harsh elements while not disrupting the urban context.
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he Andarzgoo Residential Building was built in five units, each one with
three bedrooms, on land with an area of 215m2. The ground floor includes
a parking area, yard and the entrance, while storage rooms, a mechanical
room and a gym were placed in the basement.
Having provided openings to the the volume on its north to shape the patio
and provide daylight for the northern part of the project, the architects,
Ayeneh Office, placed the private functional area of the project on the
north, whereas the public functional area was set on the south towards the
main façade to invite sunlight to the inside of the building. Between these
two areas, at the centre of the building, they set up the vertical circulation area.
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For the interior spaces and the façade, their strategy was primarily focused on simplicity
and avoidance of complex presentation. The building is located in a narrow alley, in
which the adjacent buildings have been chaotically constructed in terms of materials
and height. According to the municipal regulations, the architects were not allowed to
use a console in this alley. While not disrupting the urban context, their concern for
designing the façade was to create a surface that br ings high-quality interior spaces.
ARCHITECTS: Ayeneh Office
ARCHITECT IN CHARGE: Ali Dehghani, Ali Soltani &
Atefeh Karbasi
LOCATION: Tehran, Iran
BUILT AREA: 1136m2
PHOTOGRAPHER: Farshid Nasrabadi
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