Zarin Iran Porcelain Headquarter, Bijan Shafei, Nahid Beryani, Arsine Keshishians

Project Name: Zarin Iran Porcelain Headquarter
Function: Official
Office: Bijan Shafei and Nahid Beryani Design office
Lead Architects: Bijan Shafei,Nahid Beryani, Arsine Keshishians
Design Team: Mariam Badei
Other Architectural Colleagues: Mahsa Zamani, Marzieh Ehtiati, Mahsa Mozayeni
Interior Design: Bijan Shafei, Arsine Keshishians
Client: Zarin Iran Porcelain Company (Ghasaei Family, Sohrab Ghasaei)
Executive Engineer: Fouman Company (Mr. Mousavi)
Executive Team: Amin Alibeik, Mohammad Afshar, Sara Naghavi
Electronic installations & Lighting: Kamran Naraghipour
Mechanical Installations Engineer: Pedram Ahmadi
Mechanical Structure: Air Conditioning- Daikin System
Structural Engineer: Kourosh Safaei
Structure: Steel structure
Location: Tehran, Jordan St
Total Land Area: 1000 m2
Area of Construction: 7000 m2
Date: 2015-2022
Photographer: Design office
Website: www.7moonshouse.com
Email: design.office2010@gmail.com
Instagram: 7moonshouse

Zarin Iran Porcelain Industries is a 100% privately-owned family business that belongs to the Ghassais. The company was founded by Ghassais’ great grandfather more than 140 years ago, back in 1881, in a small workshop in the city of Natanz.
Now its fourth generation in charge, turn it into one of the biggest and most technologically advanced porcelain manufacturing plants in the world, with an annual production capacity of 12000 tons and about 1400 staff, in a 200,000 square meter plot of land.
Zarin Iran Porcelain Industries is now the pioneer company in the domestic market and its products have been exported to more than 37 target countries due to the highest global standards. Due to the expansion of Zarin Iran Porcelain Industries’ activities, this company was in need of some changes in its office space to transform it to a headquarters. Thus, the design office of Bijan Shafei-Nahid Biriyani, that had prior cooperation with this noble company in its career, was selected for the design work, supervision of the construction, interior design and production of all the furniture needed for the central building in Jordan street. Initially, the client demands and the landscape for future expansion perspective were drawn and then the facilities and limitations of the proposed plot on Jordan Street were fully evaluated. One of the determining factors in this plot was the 200-year-old Himalayan Cedros tree located in the northern part of the site. In addition, the project site was located at the end of two alleys and from the highway downstream of its different fronts in the rider’s view. The design team reviewed the regulatory restrictions by 60% and suggested the occupied area of 45% upon long by raising the height. Presence of the beautiful tree on the northern part was taken as an advantage, a link between the main entrance, the showroom and the administrative and staff spaces on the floors as if the spaces had been always surrounding the old tree. In the southern part, the direction of the building was turned towards the highway and it’s greenery and overall, the northern and southern facades included almost 27 meters of landscape with extended horizontal windows instead of the initial 20 meters. Considering the exclusive circumstances of the site and the building distinctive appearance, special framing were designed using porcelain fragments with six patterns that were placed heterogeneously as a close collaboration with Ghassai family and Zarin Iran Porcelain Industries. using porcelain fragments in the facade has bestowed eminence to this building and the railing and required heat insulation of all surfaces were executed in a dry manner. The physical and spatial plan of the project was adjusted thusly that the ground floor be assigned as the main entrance, the lobby, short meetings spece, and the main showroom. Four floors of parking lots with two separate entries from the north and south alleys, as well as office floors from the first to the sixth as open office spaces were planned. The seventh floor was dedicated to conference halls, restaurants and kitchens and the eighth floor was outlined as a residential space for guests. The balconies and the courtyards are spaces void of utilities, suitable for gathering and relaxation. All facilities, utilities, heating and cooling systems as well as the necessary measures for fire hazards were installed. The interior architecture and furniture design was accomplished per the requirements of each space independently. Given the fact that the owner places particular emphasis on the quality of the company productions, a tight-knit collaboration was made between the design team and the company so that a quality-based space would be built.