Dasht-e-Behesht House, Alireza Ghezelayagh, Asma MoradiFard

Project Name: Dasht-e-Behesht House / Function: Villa / Client: Shabnam Nahali / Office: ParsMaan consulting architects / Design Team: Alireza Ghezelayagh, Asma MoradiFard / Interior design and Architecture: ParsMaan consulting architects / Type of Installation: Split & Radiator / Façade Supervision: AmirReza Saei / Executive Manager: Shabnam Nahali / Structure: Steel Structure / Location: Kerman, Bam / Total land Area: 397 m2 / Area of Construction: 612 m2 / Date: 2018- 2020
Photographer: Alireza Ghezelayagh
Email: parsmaan.office@gmail.com
Instagram: @maan.office

This house is designed and built in a historical neighborhood of Bam city with the same name, Dasht-e-Behesht. The house has a modern design concerning Persian architecture and local urban texture. Using bricklaying techniques of the perforated wall, appropriate interior lighting is made possible while respecting the climatic and cultural backgrounds of the region. These perforated walls maintain the inside-outside relationship while sticking to privacy and the introvert design. Facade elements also work as elements in the interior layout of the house.
Brick was used to sustain this idea on the interior spaces alongside the exterior. The architect sought to design eye-catching interior spaces, creating an introvert design in which the outer facade serves as the extrovert reflection of what is inside.
The client required the building to be designed in three levels: basement, ground floor and the first floor. Nevertheless, the staircase is not conceived as a single, upright shaft connecting these three levels. The stairs that connect the levels are scattered in the plan to provide changing scenery for the dwellers on each movement. Airy terrace on the first floor and a seating area on the roof are intended to offer a view to the expansive palm orchards surrounding the house.
Railings for the exterior stair and the terrace are made of laser-cut, patterned steel sheets to cast fine-looking shadows during the day. Light is an important feature in this building and various forms of natural light are seen as design elements in this house.