Shahnameh Hotel

Architectural Design Four

Location: Tous, Razavi Khorasan, Iran

Year: 2015

Group Project: Neda Eslami,Arefe Nafti,Hooria Naderi

Toos ancient city is located 20 km from the holy city of Mashhad. From its monuments, We can point to Ferdowsi Tomb(the poet of the Persian epic Shahnameh), the tomb of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and Harun’s Prison. Based on this subject, the town has the potential to the attraction of tourists.

Designing a hotel with a special feature can be a perfect situation for this town. In this project, we tried the trait of traditional Iranian architecture such as the center yard and planned the hotel which perfectly suits to historical environment.

Site Analysis:

Due to the geographical location on the north and northwest sides of the site has been selected to provide adequate lighting for the accommodation units, to prevent shading in the open spaces of the hotel. The back street is used for service. Also, the presence of Ferdowsi Tomb, Haruniyeh, and the old city of Toos near the site has had a significant effect on the orientation of the volume.

Ideation:

The Historic and tourist attractions around the site have a great impact and each one follows the characteristics of Iranian and Islamic architecture. Accordingly, tile as one of the main elements of Iranian architecture for the concept design, as well as, two central and semi-introverted courtyard features that are always a reminder of the architecture of this country is used.

The basic idea of traditional Iranian tiles and creating a suitable atmosphere with the culture and tradition of the environment

Create the right geometry and increase the height

Invert Geometry:

-Provide a suitable space for interior design and space cohesion

-Create a center courtyard

Section A-A Section C-C

Creating a suitable view of Ferdowsi’s tomb & Haruniyeh in the residential area by increasing the height

Increasing the mass to the residential area for coherence in interior design