Niavaran Garden House, Sohrab Rafat

Iranian Architectur
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Project Name: Niavaran Garden House / Function: Residential / Company: Sohrab Rafat Architects / Lead Architect: Sohrab Rafat / Design Team: Negin Asgari, Nazila Nourmohamadi, Mohammad Shoghi, Marjan Semnani, Narges Jazayeri / Interior Design: Negin Asgari, Nazila Nourmohammadi / Executive Engineer: Mohamad Jamalan, Saeid Asadi / Lighting: FAD Lighting Electrical Installation Engineer: Arman Mohammadi / Mechanical Installation Engineer: Abouzar Mivehchi / Mechanical Structure: Fan Coil, Chiller / Structural Engineer: KasraCE / Structure: Concerete / Location: Niavaran, Tehran, / Client: Hamidreza Jamalan / Total Land Area: 1000 sqm / Area of Construction: 1350 sqm / Date: 2018-2020 / Photographer: Parham Taghioff
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Distinguishing the character of residential buildings is possible by paying close attention to the insignificant although effective factors in each project. In the process of studying and designing each project, according to the circumstances, these effective factors could help the designer to define the specifications of that project. Here, the lifestyle and preferences of the users, along with the context and location of the building, formed this project. The context of this project itself includes two important points, one is vegetation and natural surroundings and the other is the identity of the neighborhood. The location of the project site in the central core of the Niavaran neighborhood and adjacent buildings with high antiquity and architectural value caused the formation of the exterior body and facade of the project. As a result, besides preserving the architectural identity of the neighborhood, this project provided a new understanding of the utility of traditional materials. On the other hand, in the residential context of the Niavaran neighborhood, trees, and the green landscape, still play a significant role in shaping the residential spaces of the neighborhood. Therefore, in Niavaran Garden House, the trees inside the project plot next to the trees of the adjacent plots, which were all old and valuable sycamores, the location and orientation of the building, the building openings, protrusions, and depressions, as well as the created spaces in the surrounding yards. The users of this garden house were all from a large family and at the same time with different needs and thoughts. It was considered a gathering place for a large family. Our circulation between floors also became a transparent and extensive space in the project composition to respond to the relationships between families. The transparency created in the common and communicative spaces of the project helped to make the connection between the residents more intertwined, and with the garden space more prominent. As a result, the whole building is perceived as a big house. Thus, besides providing residential spaces that meet all the general requirements, the two components of user and context are the most important elements shaping the identity of this project.