Shamim Polymer Factory, Davood Boroojeni 

Project Name: Shamim Polymer Factory, Iran Building of The Year 2021-Winner / Function: Factory Office / Company: Davood Boroojeni Office / Lead Architect: Davood Boroojeni / Design Team: Saba Ammari, Hamed Kalateh / Invited Architect: Iman Enaiati / Presentation: Saba Ammari, Saman Macvand / Civil Engineer: Bardia Khafaf / Mechanical Engineer: Hamidreza Nikzad, Mohsen Jafari, Amir Salamat / Executive Manager: Davood Boroojeni, Barbod Mokhtari, Omran Nazarian / Total Land Area: 3000 Sq.m / Area of Construction: 3050 Sq.m / Location: East 2nd Street, Kowsar Industrial Town, Alborz province / Date: 2019- 2020 / Client: Shamim Polymer Co / Photographer: Parham Taghioff
Email: keroug.ag@gmail.com / Instagram: @davoodboroojeni

he project proposal is related to a factory for the production of polymeric materials. The factory has a production, office and research department. The project land is approximately square like (60 meters long and 50 meters wide) is limited to the neighbor in the north and west and to the street in the south and east. This land with an area of three thousand square meters is located in a small industrial town in Alborz province of Iran. The lack of architectural separation for different work activities in Iranian factories is the major reason for the low quality of living spaces for such functions. As a factory has multiple work spaces and houses a range of staff from laborer to lab specialists, the architectural quality of connecting spaces which also plays the role of separating different activity areas is of crucial importance. However, majority of industrial buildings in Iran have integrated structure and the only dividing area for different functions are interior walls. This project seeks to solve this problem by increasing sense of connecting spaces to improve the quality of life of factory workers. The concept of this complex took place in two outdoor void spaces perpendicular to each other. One void stretches south to north and the other empty space stretches east to west. The geometry of these void spaces makes separation of different parts possible and acts as a middle courtyard for connecting different areas with each other. Human dimensions, open air, light and shadow, green space and color increase the sense of middle courtyard. Different sections with glass walls or windows overlook the middle courtyard and improve its psychological security.In choosing construction materials, their purity has been considered. Floors are made of concrete and steel, walls are made of prefabricated concrete blocks, glass and prefabricated concrete panels, and stairs are made of cast in place concrete without any other materials.
According to surveys conducted by the Research and Development Unit of the Honar-e Mermari institute, the project of the Shamim Polymer factory by Davood Boroujeni, Iran’s Building of the Year in 2020, is the most award winning and only work in the history of Iranian architecture up to 2021 with more than 20 awards both national and international.

Shamim Polymer Factory
Awards
• Iran Building of The Year 2021 – Winner
• Iran Building of The Year 2021 – Best Client
• German Design Awards 2022 – Winner of Special Mention
• Loop Design Awards 2021 – Winner
• Global Future Design Awards 2021 – Winner
• World Design Award 2021 – Winner
• Architect of the Year Awards 2021 – Winner
• World Architecture Community (WAC) AWARD 39th cycle – Winner
• Archframe Design Awards 2021 – Gold Winner
• ArchiExpo E-Magazine – Best Architecture & Design of 2021 and Trends for 2022
• A’Design Award 2021 – Winner of the Silver Award
• Architecture Masterprize Exterior Architecture Photography 2021 – Winner
• Architecture Masterprize Architectural Design 2021 – Honorable Mention
• Intenational Design Awards (IDA) 2021 – Honorable Mention
• Built Design Awards 2021 – Honorable Mention
• Architizer A+ Awards 2021 – Special Mention
• World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2021 – Finalist
• Iran Architecture Award 14th cycle – Winner of the 2nd Place
• Mizane Memari 3rd cycle – Winner of the Silver Award
• World Architecture Community (WAC) AWARD 38th cycle – Shortlist
• Asia – Oceania Architecture Award 2021 – Candidate
• National Festival of Architects & Employers 3rd cycle – Special Mention
• Archdaily Building of The Year 2022 – Nominee