Golnar Residential Apartment, Sohrab Rafat

Project Name: Golnar Residential Apartment / Function: Residential / Company: Sohrab Rafat Architects / Lead Architect: Sohrab Rafat / Design Team: Mohsen Sharifi, Saloumeh Golbabayi, Mohammad Shoghi, Narges Jazayeri / Interior Design: Saloumeh Golbabayi / Executive Engineer: Hossein Goudarzi / Lighting: FAD Lighting / Electrical Installation Engineer: Arman Mohammadi / Mechanical Installation Engineer: Abouzar Mivehchi / Mechanical Structure: Fan Coil, Chiller / Structural Engineer: Ali Shamshirgar / Structure: Metal Location: Tehran, Elahieh / Client: Bozorgmehr Moeini / Total Land Area: 379 sqm / Area of Construction: 2428 sqm / Date: 2018-2020 / Photographer: Parham Taghioff
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Golnar residential apartment at first glance looks like a well-built, modern building with an attractive material composition that in its body, 6 large residential units (5 units on the top 5 floors and one unit in the loft), common quality spaces such as the lobby, gym, pool complex and other service spaces have been placed. But the remarkable features of this project are at first considering the spaces between in the exterior face of the building and the other is the different leveling in the physical plan of the residential units. Due to the location of the Golnar building in one of the main streets of Elahieh neighborhood, which despite its small width, there was relatively high traffic and several buildings with office functions on the opposite side of the street overlooking this project, caused the building in need to covering spaces. This middle space, located on the south side of the residential floors, had to function in a way that did not block the lighting of the interior spaces, and at the same time controlled the windows overlooking the rooms. In this way, empty micro-spaces were formed behind the semi-transparent shell of the facade, which moderated the duality of hustle and bustle. Another concern in the architectural design of this project was the attention to the new lifestyle, the large area of the units, the small size of the families, and the multi-functional character of each space. In general, in large residential units, the number of main spaces such as bedrooms is often increased, and they are generally related to each other on one or two levels, but in Golnar apartment, another approach was taken, reducing the number of main spaces and adding micro-spaces inside each of them. Thus, independent and self-sufficient spaces such as large bedrooms with separate service spaces were created, which gave the user more choice in using it. In addition, a high standard of living and facilities are required in residential buildings in that area, such as sports and recreational facilities, so in the lowest building level, all these requirements were considered.