Baba Heidar Villa, Hossein Homauoni

Project Name: Baba Heidar Villa
Function: Villa
Company: Hosein Homauoni & Partners
Lead Architect: Hosein Homauoni
Interior Design: Elham Ghanbari
Executive Manager: Hosein Homauoni
Client: Amir Porzad, Ashkan Porzad
Area of Construction: 310 Sqm / Total Land Area: 3100 Sqm
Location: Shiraz, Iran
Structure: Masonry Structure
Mechanical Structure: Split
Date: 2018-2020
Photographer: Khatereh Eshqi
Email: homayoni.hossein@yahoo.com
Instagram: @hosein.homauni

Baba Heidar Villa is located as a temporary lodging in suburb of city. According to the employer’s request, in orde\r to experience a life in the traditional architectural space and be away from the current space and place and routine life, this project has been planned and designed with emphasis on simplicity, originality and spatial quality originating from collective memories in traditional houses. Creating such a quality and proper use of materials required referring to the placement patterns, forms, signs, light and shadows in the closed and semi-open space in traditional architecture.
The main building is located at the top of the garden, as soon as we enter the garden, we face the entrance space, ponds and fountains that are located in the center of the mansion and direct the eye to the mansion and its lion’s head. Brick has been used as the predominant material throughout the design. Polychrome tiles have also been used as porch flooring, and with brick color create harmony and are reminiscent of the dominant color of traditional architectural spaces. More than just modeling traditional architecture, it seeks to recreate a similar spatial experience.
which, in addition to creating the color of brick, evokes the dominant color of traditional architectural spaces. More than just modeling traditional architecture, it seeks to recreate a similar spatial experience. In this regard, we tried to make the least possible use of architectural symbols and at the same time create a suitable platform for the needs of the contemporary world.