The Historical House of Motuvaselan, Alireza Ashrafi

Project Name: The historical house of Motuvaselan / Function: Hotel and Restaurant / Lead Architect: Alireza Ashrafi / Design Team: Afsaneh Firooznia and Soodabeh Ghasemian / Interior Design: Ali Reza Ashrafi / Client: Sheyda Zaboli, Ali Deyri / Executive Engineer: Alireza Ashrafi / Lighting: Alireza Ashrafi / Mechanical Installations Engineer: Abbas Sadeghian / Mechanical Structure: Water heater and split / Structural Engineer: Alireza Ashrafi / Structure: Clay and Brick / Location: Masjed Seyed Street, Alley No 24, Isfahan / Total Land Area: 450 Sq.m / Area of Construction: 500 Sq.m / Date: Began in January 2018 and ended in September 2019 / Photographer: Behrad Nooriye / Email: a.ashrafi1975@gmail.com
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The historical house of Motuvaselan belongs to the middle of the Qajar period and has been nationally registered in the city of Isfahan, Bidabad neighborhood, Martyr Meghrazgar alley, number 20024 on 13/11/2007. This building, which is one of the historical houses belonging to Sadat Dormiani, has a seven-story emperor, a pool house and several rooms on the east and south fronts. During the Pahlavi period, the rooms on the east and south fronts were annexed to the house. The mentioned building was sold to other people after the change of ownership from the heirs, and for this reason, it has been registered in the name of Motuvaselan House in the Isfahan Cultural Heritage Office. Renovation of this building, after accurate identification of the work, began in January 2018 and ended in September 2019. After renovation, this building has been converted to revitalized and turned into a complex of traditional hotels. The historical house of Motuvaselan, like other Iranian houses, has a mezzanine. Each part of the house is built on one side of the mezzanine, which is called three-sided. In the past, there was a large yard in this house. This courtyard was separated in the following years and the southern front was added to it during the Pahlavi period, which has three rooms. Currently, the house has an area of 450 square meters. The northern front of the house is two-storey, with a seven-storey royal palace at the top and beautiful pools at the bottom with exquisite sculptures. On the east side, a five-room room and on the west side, a porch with two columns double the beauty of the house. This house was repaired and renovated in January 2018 by Engineer Ali Reza Ashrafi. After a field investigation of the Dormiani heir living in the house next door to the building, the necessary research began in authoritative books and articles about it. In the map of Isfahan Dar al-Saltaneh, prepared by Sayyid Reza Khan in 1923 AH, a collection of houses of Sadat Dormiani can be seen. As it turned out, the building was one of Sadat Dormiani’s houses, which are referred to as the seven-story house. According to the history of the map, if the founders of the building the mentioned place 10 years before the preparation of the map, ie 1914, it is concluded that this house was built during the reign of Mohammad Ali shah Qajar. Steps to perform a revitalization plan From an abstract point of view, it seems that the best function for a building is its initial function; But in fact, the practical possibility of restoring the original function should be weighed against the current situation. In the case of the Motuvselan building, the proposed function for this building has been determined by the employer, the restaurant;