Soo Khaneh, Amirhossein Bakhshi, Mitra Esmailzadeh, Sama Modirrousta

Project Name: Soo Khaneh \ Function: Residential
Lead Architects: Mitra Esmailzadeh, Sama Modirrousta, Amirhossein Bakhshi
Design Team: Mehregan Tavana, Sara Behnia
Special thanks to: Mahsa Ahannavard, Mahgol Ahannavard
Location: Chabahar Free Zone
Total Land Area-Area of Constriction: 600 Sq.m-395 Sq.m
Client: Seyyed AmirReza Mousavi \ Date: 2020
Email: Mitra_esmailzadeh@yahoo.com

Soo Khaneh is a residential building in Chabahar free zone, the only oceanic port of Iran, for an Iranian employer who is a North American resident. His emigration from a modern environment to a recently developing area of Chabahar, next to his interest in the sunlight were some of the challenges in this project.
How clear is his mood description in the words of the prophet of love, Rumi:
I am in the pursuit of the transcendent worlds,
And I am also a captive of the earthbound worlds,
I am in the pursuit of my roommate,
And I have also lost my home.
Soo Khaneh was inspired by a combination of sky, earth, and peaceful life. The allusions appeared in our design in the form of a familiar mix of indigenous architecture. The arches used in local architecture for climatic reasons stand out in this building as a canopy at the entrance. Also, we were about to show the spirit of native architectural spaces in the modern project of Soo Khaneh. For the interior courtyard design, we focused on the introverted characteristics that are the dominant quality of Baloch people. We were also inspired by vernacular huts in the region named Kapar, to design straws in the façade. These straws enabled us to control and direct the natural light to the interior spaces instead of eliminating it. It also gives the ability to see outside while blocking outsiders’ view of the inside. In this way, this indigenous element became the communication bridge between subject and object in this project.
The straws were also used in the central courtyard, but this time they are more distant because the central courtyard is a private space. These straws allow the plants to creep up and provide a real courtyard atmosphere to upper floors.
The introverted characteristic of this project is also visible in the realization of the interior spaces. Separation of public spaces from private, such as an intimate living room and a general living room by a central courtyard and also having an intermediate floor with a separate terrace for residents, were the expressions of this characteristic.
Finally, Soo Khaneh was designed with a pleasant balance of form and function on a beautiful oceanic beach.