Project title: Bagh Zaman Residential Complex
Function: Residential (Residential-Villa complexes)
Consulting Engineers: Polsheer Architects Planners Engineers
Principle Architects: Mohammadreza Ghaneei, Ashkan Ghaneei, Ali Sheikh Oleslam, Hiva Etemadi
Design Partners: Milad Bahrami, Maral Shokrani, Mariam Alikhani
Implementation: Zenderoud Research and Development Company
Employer: Zenderoud Research and Development Company
Project Address: Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari, Saman, Zaman Khan bridge, Zagros Residential town
land area: 4500 m2
Substruction: 7000 m2
Start and Completion Date: 2010-2016
Project Photographer: Farshad Nasrabadi, Hasan Abdollahi
Website: www.polsheer.net
Email: Polsheer_Architects@yahoo.com
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Adventure and exploration in the heart of nature has always been a winding beginning with a clear end…
It can be said that the beginning of this process began with the trip. Travel to the slopes of Zagros and Zayandeh River, an enchanting nature with pristine ruggedness.
What stood out in the midst of this nature was the encroachment of the villas as if they were playing a different song from the hills. These inconsistencies ignited a spark in our minds, to play in harmony with nature, and to create buildings that are in harmony with the environment, hand-made works that are natural wonders. to show better, not to overcome it. That›s how nature became a painting on our minds and became a challenge for our architecture. A challenge of care and uniformity. So we considered it our duty not to break the balance and balanced cycle and sympathize with it. Both in the sky and on the ground. But how?
Undoubtedly, the above question has an answer other than roofs with red gables…
Perhaps the best answer to this question lies in the architectless architectures of the region. The terraced village of Sir Agha Seyed is a pure example in the heart of nature, what the Bakhtiaris living in the Zardkoh region have put on the lowlands and heights of the earth with their unconscious power. Civilization and social behaviors of people, those who had an intangible impact on our lands in the course of time. Beyond these questions and answers, we named our villa collection «Garden of Time» so as not to forget the traces of time in the winding path of design. We planted this garden on the natural terraces of the Saman area near the Zaman Khan bridge. In this direction, our villas were formed, the ground and sky of our buildings matched the lows and highs of the ground and the sky of context. In this project, we used organic materials and covered our buildings with clothes made from the environment. The stones that had built nature until now, became our support and with a little change, they built our walls, became an integral part of the body of our buildings and shaped the structure. Appearance and reality ! We were honest in the use of materials, in this way, residents who are tired of the monotony of urban dormitories can see the color of nature in the villas with the hope of losing their worries in nature. But we kept the south wall safe from stones, we let the glass wall create a clear border between us and nature and be a frame for painting in the style of realism. Large-scale opening so that we can experience the spatial quality of semi-open material. In the course of designing these frames, we did not forget the presence of protection to create privacy. Mesh protection, so that we can see and not be seen, a trick that has always been common in this geography and has played different roles, sometimes in the mesh bricks of desert buildings, sometimes as a veil on the face of Arab women. In this direction, we have taken steps not to take away the flexibility from the space and the power of action from our users, so that we can leave their hands free to choose the quality of the space they want. Also, in order to be faithful to the general idea and radial arrangement of the project, we considered simple and white internal dividers in the interior design to have a simple and minimal space. We divided the space into floors, the lower space of the living room and kitchen, and the upper half of the floor is the more private area of the building, and by having the same opening, we allowed everyone to have the same share of the view in all places. We paid attention to greenness and took help from it for the privacy of the villas. We created green walls that, in addition to preserving privacy, we try to compensate for the damage caused to the environment as much as possible. We did not neglect our roofs either. By giving a different use to our roofs, we saved them from becoming an arena for showing off facilities, our roofs became an opportunity for the residents of the upper floor and shaped our yards.
All in all, Bagh Zaman residential villas have interwoven various warp and woof and created a unified and organic texture, each component of which operates independently and at the same time in sync with other components. Maybe it is not wrong to compare the landscape of Bagh Zaman villas to an integrated puzzle, because the components of the complex are so interlocked as if they do not allow the audience to separate any of the parts.