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Tehran, Iran | 2016

Architects: Ryra Studio
Design Team: Abbas Riahi Fard, Riahi Fard, Farinaz Razavi Nikoo, Yaser Karimian, Navid Nasrollahzadeh, Hamidreza Gozarian, Mohammad Gholipoor, Shahrzad poohfam, Parisa Poorshahrab, Ebrahim Roostaee, Mahmoud Abbasi, Yaser Karimian, Navid Nasrollahzadeh, Hamed Tabesh, Reyhaneh Rezaei, Mina Vakili, and Atefeh Lotfollahi
Client: Bardia Ahramian Yazdrollingmill
Structural Engineer: Kamran Edraki
Photographers: Parham Taghioff, Ali Daghigh, Mehdi Kolahi

This seven-story residential building consists of a private triplex unit upon two individual flats.

The site is located in northern part of Tehran on a steep slope which varies up to 16 meters from south to north which ensures scenic overlooks toward the city skyline.

So it was a main purpose in design process to take advantage of this spectacular view, but in the north and east sides there is a camp with student rush, thus minimum opening was preferred to have more privacy and quietness. Here architects designed a perforated concrete shell safeguarding the inhabitant's privacy from the overlooking neighbors.

It acts as a second skin protects the inner transparent mass which has been set back and let it have large windows with maximum possible light and creates a unique calm in-between place.

This shell, in the east side, becomes the single skin of the envelope which channels limited light and sight in and in the south with sweeping views of the city, it has been cut off to have maximum openness.

The eyelets and scratches have been inspired by functions behind with diversified depths and length which not only enhances the dynamism and vitality of the facade, but also boosts the lighting features and the overnight beauty of the building.

In the traditional Persian architecture, when privacy and introversion was one of the most significant features, windows have fundamental role in forming the appearance and identifying the architectural characteristics of residential buildings.

However, with the progression of time, there is a lack of variety and characteristics for windows and they have lost their historical position.

In this project architects tried to revitalize this historical role with an attempt to avoid monotony and boredom in the repetition of these apertures.