Arxe Studio Portfolio

ARXE

CO-OP

Arxe Design Studio Unit 3, No. 66, Khosravi St., N. Kargar St., Tehran +98 21 8863 6793 arxecoop@gmail.com www.arxecoop.com www.instagram.com/arxecoop

Arxe Architecture Studio was founded in 2011 by two alumni of University of Tehran's Faculty of Fine Arts, Architecture Department. It has been working as a member of Arxe CoOp since 2012 in cooperation with the newly founded Urban Planning Studio and Graphics Studio. Arxe has completed several design and research projects in a variety of scales, some of which have been successfully constructed and others won awards in different limited or public competitions.

Arxe considers design a creative, cooperative procedure and seeks to integrate the efficiency and spirit of cooperative work in its collective design process. Arxe considers architecture inseparable from its environmental and social context and thus defines the mission of architecture as responding to and affecting said context. Arxe employs ÂŤdesign thinkingÂť, problem solving techniques, and cutting-edge technology to flourish the capacities of contextual design.

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Villa-Terrace 01 Earth Home 05 Al Emadi Villa 09 Terrace 13 Maryam Kish Tower 15 Coral Reef 17 The Cube 21 Tree Tower 23 VC 64 25 Mahan Kish 27 Xylophone 29 Zanjan Facade 33 Fan Ava Headquarter 35 Drisha 37 Amir Kabir Smart Pad 39 Beyt 43 AL-Hay Hotel 47 Karane Behesht 51 Mashhad Bargh Hotel 53 Chilak Adventure Land 55 Limonu Hotel 57

PARTNER COMPANIES SABAT Kish Consulting Engineers Architecture, Urban Planning and Civil No.82, Anna Tower, Sahel Blvd, Kish Island, Iran.

Tel: 0098 76 4442 3552 http://sabatkish.co.ir/ Info@sabatkish.co.ir

KASRA Consulting Engineers Structure and Construction No.1, 8th Floor, Block C, Zeytoon Tower, Shahidan Blvd, Azadi St., Tehran, Iran.

Tel: 0098 21 6607 3940 http://www.kasrace.com info@kasrace.com

STAFF Saeid Hashemi Sara Kermanian

Co Founder Co Founder

Since 2011 2011-2013

Ali Afshar

Senior Executive Advisor

Since 2013

Mojtaba Sabetfard Ramtin Haghnazar Javad Allahgholi Yasaman Ashjazade Hoda Pejhan Khashayar Shafagh Mostafa Latifi

Member of the Board Member of the Board Member of the Board Member of the Board Member of the Board Member of the Board Member of the Board

Since 2013 Since 2013 Since 2014 Since 2017 Since 2019 2013-2015 2013-2014

Mostafa Karbasi Danial Keramat Alireza Mohammadi Farnoush Eshghi Mahya Bahrami Sara Kasaei Kasra Karimi Mahshid Moghadasi Nima Alavi Mahyar Hemmati Saba Mir Motalebi Maryam Toosi Farzad Fazeli Elnaz Nasehi Dena Shamsollahi Parsa Kermanian Mehran Masoudi Farnaz Nazari Ehsan Fatehifar Dana Moazeni Hossein Kashfi Heli Taheri Meisam Akbari Paydar

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Since 2016 2019 2019 2014-2018 2015-2018 2017-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017 2016-2017 2017 2017 2017 2016-2017 2014-2016 2014-2015 2012-2014 2013-2014 2013-2014 2014 2014 2013 2012 2012

RESIDENTIAL

Client: Kian

Lavasan, Iran

2019

Villa-Teracce

A Villa in Lavasan Located in Lavasan district in the north of Tehran, this villa enjoys an exceptional panoramic view of the landscape of gardens of Lavasan. The main idea of the design is about saving the existing garden containing old and tall trees. The villa designed around the three tall trees and merges the indoor and outdoor spaces.

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RESIDENTIAL

Client: Kian

Lavasan, Iran

2019

The villa contains different sports areas, based on client ideas holding a pool, gym, volleyball court, and a hall for athletes.

Moreover, it was needed to divide the whole of the building into two private and public parts, although the main box form idea tries to hide this separation.

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RESIDENTIAL

Client: Al Emadi

Doha, Qatar

2019

Earth Home

A Villa in Doha This villa tackles the context of the project, Qatar. The design team tries to make a building that can remind the environment of Qatar. Moreover, building material mainly gathers from the project site.

Form Generation Idea, Each volume contains one space.

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RESIDENTIAL

Client: Kian

Doha, Qatar

2019

In this villa, each room has a unique characteristic, based on the client request. Also, the primary material is plain; in some rooms, steel decoration creates a luxurious environment.

Plans

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RESIDENTIAL

Client: Kian

Doha, Qatar

2019

Al Emadi Villa

Introverted Environment The central interior courtyard is the centroid of the design.

Therefore, all the rooms considered around this place. The quality of the yard was essential and tried to be the best place for living for villa residents.

Plan Diagram on the right Plans of the 3 Floors

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RESIDENTIAL

Client: Kian

Doha, Qatar

2019

All the openings of the shell of the building coverd by a second skin to cover the private spaces . In addition, this second skin create a smooth shade which is necessary for this building.

Form Generation

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RESIDENTIAL

Client: Kian

Doha, Qatar

2019

Terrace

Unit Type A

Darband Residential Complex Located in Darband district in the north of the Tehran Terrace residential complex enjoys an exceptional panoramic view of the urban landscape of Tehran in the south and a magnificent scenery of Toochal mountains in the north. Principle design concept is to define a new lifestyle in an urban context with merging indoor and outdoor spaces in the apartment units. Instead of narrow balconies located around the faรงade residents experience living in a spacious flat with three bedrooms, private living room, and an innovatively designed kitchen accommodated around a central outdoor space with a desirable scenery and a private swimming pool.

The distinctive design of these terraces with a floor area of 40 to 50 square meters, has provided a flexible multifunctional space which resembles the traditional typology of Iranian houses with central courtyards. Using curvy walls made from brick in faรงade enhance the harmony of architectural form with its context and white minimal frames define the whole building as a modern implementation in an urban district.

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Typical Plan

Unit Type B

RESIDENTIAL

Client: Bassak

Kish, Iran

2015

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Kish Island resides many modern buildings and has been rapidly developed in the past decades, Maryam Kish residential tower will be an outstanding landmark in the Island in the near future. The architectural concept was to use a hexagonal shape in the plan to gain the most available view of the magnificent scenery of the island.

The residential units enjoy a spacious living room facing to the sea in most cases, and modern architectural style in the exterior form and interior design will make the project one of the most prestigious residences in Kish. The building is under construction at the moment and we hope to see it finished by 2019.

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Maryam Kish Tower

RESIDENTIAL

Client: Nosa Co.

Kish, Iran

2014

Coral Reef

Nosa residential complex Project designed for the Nosa Complex Competition Second Prize Winner (8000$) The Nosa Residential Complex is designed with respect to the traditional vernacular architectural style of the island in which it is located, the Kish Island of the Persian Gulf. Beyond aesthetic reasons, the energy calculations proved that the Arabian style of the local architecture which implements shading on façade, narrow openings and bright materials on external surfaces provides the most efficient solution to the hot and humid climatic condition of the island.

Inspiring from the Kish’s nature, design team studied on coral reefs and the features of the coral ecosystem in coastal areas.

Often called “rainforests of the sea”, shallow coral reefs form some of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth, which provide a home for at least 25% of all marine species. Corals had naturally solved the problem of providing a flourishing environment in the extreme condition of underwater, the connectivity of corals creates a chained structure which slows down the fluid of water and stabilizes a living zone for many species. Facing the similar challenge on Kishs’ climate, we implemented the idea of

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Main design topics

1 bedroom 54 m2 area

Complex Plan

3 bedrooms 162 m2 area

1. Location and dimensions of the site

2. Choosing a hexagonal base grid due to its responsiveness to design issues

3. Stretching the hexagonal grid to optimize space according to energy and sea view analyses

4. Offset to create a base for the buildings

5. Creating a smaller hexagonal grid for developing buildings and landscape

6. Locating the main mass to provide areas, acquire the best views and respond to winds

7. Extruding to create low level suites

8. Best locations to place towers according to view opportunities and wind directions

9. Extruding to create the towers based on the quality of its location, wind and maximum sea views

10. Providing the required areas without losing quality

11. Lifting the volume to allow wind passage

12. Connecting different parts of the building in the site

13. Entrances and connection of main yards

14. Terraces and windows facing the sea

15. Shaders to provide shadows without blocking views

16. Final volume

RESIDENTIAL

Client: Nosa Co.

Kish, Iran

2014

connectivity on building mass to provide a livable, shaded and ventilated outdoor space. Moreover, the modular generative geometry resembles the natural growth of corals and forms an algorithmically shaped organic mass.

The entire mass of the complex is composed of hexagonal cells with the six-meters diameter that regulate the dimensions of the apartment units (for instance, one cell includes a living room or two bedrooms). The irregular extrusion of these cells, which forms the mass of the building, permits the flow of the wind over the building. Moreover, while the hexagonal cells maximize the viewing angle, letting the inhabitants enjoy the panoramic view of the island, the arrangement of the cells is optimized by Ladybug/Grasshopper to assure the minimization of solar gain. The use of wooden shades on the facade assists this minimization.

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5.73 5.32 4.91 4.50 4.09 3.63 3.27 2.86 2.45 2.04 1.64 1.23 0.82 0.41 0.00

Solar Gain in the summer

100.00 88.89 77.78 66.67 55.56 44.44 33.33 22.22 11.11 00.00

View to the sea (percent)

RESIDENTIAL

Client: Mahan Co.

Tehran, Iran

2013

Generative Diagrams

The Cube

Noor Residential Complex The project was designed for a short-listed competition by 5 invited competitors. As the client desired instruction indicated, the main approach of design defined around complexity, high density and preparing of maximum residential area in the limited 35 floor, above the ground, tower. Although roughly 120m hight building is not a skyscraper, it is rare in Tehran and easily can be seen through the city. Thus, it may possibly harm the townscape and skyline if a complex and controversial skin cover the building. Therefore, a calm facade conservatively was designed which properly covered the personal life, as Iranian life-style desired.

The facade was inspired from traditional brickwork which is familiar to Iranians. The resulting pattern increase complexity and novelty whereas do not disturb the town-scape. Sky lobbies are located in the hight which near buildings are not able block the view to the city.

The enormous void which is located in the middle of both towers, not only support vertical transportation and limit vertical one, but also prepare an ally-like space and proper atmosphere for communication of neighbors. Moreover, the voids provide units with cross ventilation during some months. On the other hand, exterior balconies are covered by glass in order to prepare greenhouse in winter and make them useful in the cold weather.

Lobby

Joining the sky lobbies

2D form finding

Building Floors

Shears on the mass

Extrusion

Entrances

Sky lobbies

Facade

Final Design

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Types of Plans

Commercial part

Saving the removed mass

RESIDENTIAL

Client: Mahan Co.

Tehran, Iran

2013

Generative Diagrams

Tree Tower

Yas Residential Complex This project is a conceptual proposal for a 50-floor residential building in the north of Tehran. In this project, the design team tries to create a generative platform for the building which is able to create a different plan for every single floor. On the other hand, this dynamic floor organization is supported by regular and symmetric shear walls.

The envelope of this building covered by different terraces which demonstrate its residential function at first glance. These random terraces were designed by a computational algorithm which located by the need of units.

Extrusion

Cells

Shear walls

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Sky lobbies

Types of Plans

RESIDENTIAL

Client: Kish Beton Co.

Kish, Iran

2011

Form Generation, considering voids and wind tunnels for natural ventilation which is necessary in the region.

VC 64

Sustainable residential complex Desired by the client, VC64 residential building is inspired by local buildings built in Kish by its early developments in 70’s. The oriented cantilevered architectural form with exposed concrete walls cast a desirable shadow in the façade. The residential units are arranged in a linear ordination on two sides of an outdoor corridor, this design feature had improved natural ventilation in the whole building and outdoor spaces.

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RESIDENTIAL

Client: Mahan Co.

Kish, Iran

2011

Mahan Kish

Villa residential complex Mahan sepehr residential complex is now one of best landmarks in Kish which is famous for its luxurious villas and cozy apartments. The whole complex had designed similar to a lively neighborhood consisted of 110 residential units in total.

White concrete facades with delegate architectural details are in abstract inspiration from vernacular houses in Persian Gulf coastal cities.

Villas enjoys rooftop terraces and front door court yards with swimming pool in some cases. These double floored buildings are organized in a perpendicular grid which makes cars and pedestrian access them so convenient. Moreover, apartments have spacious terraces to whit wooden pergolas.

The project has been nationally regarded as a successful model for sustainable architecture within its context, and it has been selected to be presented for Venice Architecture Biennale in 2015.

3D models of, Top: Interior Design Bottom: Complex Atmosphere

To and Bottom: Photos of the constructed buildings

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COMMERCIAL

Client: Artman Co.

Zanjan, Iran

2015

Xylophone

Artman Kids Shop • (2016) Second prize , in “Memar Awards”, in “Renovation” category, Tehran, Iran.

• (2015) First prize , winner of 8th “Iranian interior architecture award”, “commercial buildings” category.

Artman Kids Shop is the local branch of the Iranian “Artman” shoe brand in Zanjan, Iran. This small shop was designed with a limited budget of less than 7000$. To satisfy the client’s demand, that is to design a space, which is simultaneously cheap and attractive, the design team had to come up with a novel idea.

The team found the solution in one the most common shapes

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Counter Store Fitting Room Gallery

How different objects and ideas implement in design process. Childish drawing, Childish toys, Logo of the brand, Musical instrument.

COMMERCIAL

Client: Artman Co.

Zanjan, Iran

2015

in kids’ paintings: a simple house. Consequently, a triangle frame on top of a rectangle one which perfectly resembles the houses in children’s drawings shape the main space of the store. This frame, in addition to shaping and modulating the space, provides a structure for hanging the ropes of which the displayed shoes are dangled, and the two swings on which children put their new shoes on. The triangular shape of the top of the frame also coincides with the diagonal lines of the stairs at the end of the shop to create Artman logo from the viewpoint of people on the street.

In addition to using drawing motifs and colors, providing melodious sounds is used as another method to make attract kids’ attention and to make them feel comfortable while shopping. To this end, the ropes from which the displayed shoes are hung connect to a surface of dangling bamboos with different lengths that have shaped a waved form in the center of the room.

When a child reaches out a shoe and pulls it to take a look, this tension creates a smooth wave in the bamboo installation and makes a sound. Each shoe is connected to a different point in the bamboos’ plate so that their pulling would create different waves and make different sounds, like the mechanism of a wind chime.

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Construction Diagrams

Base bricklaying - using spacer

Using steel substructure and horizontal support

Steel structural beam repeat each 60cm

2 sizes bricks were used to generate the pattern

COMMERCIAL

Client: Nasehi

Zanjan, Iran

2015

Zanjan Facade

Brick Facade in Traditional Neighborhood The project was to redesign and renovate small commercial buildings in the central area of Zanjan, a relatively small town in the north-west of Tehran. Located along historic buildings in the city center we decided to use the brick pattern for faรงade to gain a harmonious vision within the context. The concept was to make the building distinctive and eye-catching despite its size besides the adaptation to local architectural patterns.

Even though the parametric brick pattern on the solid wall designed with high-tech generative technics, we created a lowtech construction method in order to make the construction process more affordable and practical. Since the project finished the building has been widely recognized as one of the remarkable architectures within the context.

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OFFICIAL

Client: Fan Ava Co.

Tehran, Iran

2017

Fan Ava Headquarter Interior Design

FANAVA is an ITC center in Iran and they are advanced in technology and needed a smart office.

Fanava headquarter had been located in 2000 sqm official building in Tehran which is not constructed for its propose.

Therefore, it was needed the major change to become the smart office building.

According to the context, Hexagon was considered as the basic of design. So, the design team developed this idea around the building.

This building supposed to be smart and many features have designed to reach this goal. Every wall, cladding, and faces in this building is changeable and have interacted with the users.

All the user’s functions are studied by design team and most of the furniture is designed for the projects and dedicated to the specific users.

Pictures in these 2 pages are show different spaces of the building and how they feed the users with interactions.

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Counteraction diagram

OFFICIAL

Client: Fan Ava Co.

Tehran, Iran

2013

Drisha Tower

The gate to the sity This building is designed in Nairobi as a monument of the modern world and a gate to the new age. Novelty in architectural form was desired whereas only low-tech construction systems are available in the country. This building consist of commercial, official and residential parts and they are provided in different floors.

Solid cube is the basic volume for project according to shape of site and valid borders. Considering the direction of wind is the main point of form finding and it is perpendicular to site’s diagonal. Allowing the wind to pass through the bulky volume makes an oblique cut in form which shapes two separated towers in order to shape an arch. Inspiring from triliths in ancient world and also due to the importance of arches in monumental buildings through the history and all over the world as a common architectural impression, we let one of triangular parts above to connect two towers. Compensating the move on the top of the volume we add the triangular part on the other side of diagonal in the bottom in order to form a circular dynamic move in form and let the commercial part to gain more area on the site.

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Occupation Diagram - Public areas like commercial, main lobby and etc. placed on the ground floor and main body of two tower contains official areas. Top floors include residential and official rooms for the owner of building.

Generative Diagrams - It is shown that how the main axis of the city make an impact in the shape of the building.

View II

View III

EDUCATIONAL

Client: Amirkabir University of Technology

Tehran, Iran

2015

Smart Pad

Faculty of Engineering This project is convertible space which is designed for Amirkabir Industrial University in Tehran. Faculty of Engineering had an old building that has a useless floor while they need some rooms for "student hall, classes, exhibition & conference hall". The floor can only support one of these occupancies, however, designers propose a changeable place for all of they needs. Designed space contains modular cells which can support students for their common needs as well as a student hall or library. The cells can merge together in order to create a little more professional palaces for meetings or group works. Next, there are two deployable soundproof walls which are able to convert the hall into three classes. The large hall rarely can convert to an exhibition by retracting the walls and compacting the furniture.

As the images demonstrate, the idea can completely support the university and satisfy its needs, without adding the extra spaces or buildings.

A hall for 3 different usages

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Transformable unit for different needs

Milty-Purpose hall Transformable space

Different usages

EDUCATIONAL

Client: Amirkabir University of Technology

Tehran, Iran

2015

Smart Pad

Faculty of Engineering In this project, the design team has designed an app which every user can use it on his or her smartphone. This app can introduce you the smartpad abilities and make you able to reserve spaces or finding the status of the facilities.

Smart Pad Idea

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RELIGIOUS

Client: The Office of Grand Ayatollah Mousavi Ardebili

Tabriz, Iran

2013

Beyt

Mosavi Ardebili’s Resident and Office Located in the heart of the historical urban district in Tabriz, Beyt is now one of the most outstanding modern inventions in the urban context. The project has a specific program which maybe is one of a kind in the country. The building is a hybrid residential and semipublic building which works as the representative office of Ayatollah Mousavi Ardabili in Tabriz. The building consists of several residential apartments for temporary residence along with office rooms and a relatively spacious Hosseyniye which can be used for events and religious ceremonies.

Land plot diagram

Build-able confines

The 18 degree difference between the direction perpendicular to the qibla with the edges of the property

The use of decagon geometry in the main hall to resolve the 18 degree difference in angle

The use of dodecagon geometry in the ceiling of the vestibule as the building’s religious symbol

Lateral Section

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The final volumetric composition of the building after the addition of the residential and administrative sections

Final volume

Heightened plan

Ground Floor Plan

RELIGIOUS

Client: The Office of Grand Ayatollah Mousavi Ardebili

Tabriz, Iran

2013

The architectural concept was to create an introverted building inspired by the historical architecture of Tabriz which also resembles an intimate and open connection to the public.

Main lobby located under the monumental dome of building works a public space for the local community to gather around and discuss their cultural and religious issues with the staff.

Residential units are located on top floors, they are masked by an integrating brick mesh and they gain light and ventilation through small yards which are designed specifically for each one.

The red brick faรงade and decorations in Islamic art makes building adaptable with design codes in historical context and creates a harmonious urban landscape. The project has been selected and awarded by Tabriz municipality as the best building in vernacular building approach.

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HOSPITALITY

Client: Saadati

Mashhad, Iran

2014

AL-Hay Hotel

First Alternative This hotel is located in Mashhad, closed to the Imam Reza Shrine which is the most important religious place in Iran. The client was a company from Saudi Arabia who desired an Arabicstyle building. Considering the context of the project and client need, the design team tried to create a special shape for the building that can express the main conceptual ideas.

Generative diagrams which show how the main shape was created and place of different usage of spaces.

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HOSPITALITY

Client: Saadati

Mashhad, Iran

2014

AL-Hay Hotel

Second Alternative In this Alternative, the design team tried to implement Arabic characteristic to the modern body. Moreover, the building clearly demonstrates its function which was the client's desire. Cellular geometry let us prefabricate the building which not only makes the fabrication process extremely faster but also may improve the quality of the construction.

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Generative diagrams which show how the main shape was created and place of different usage of spaces.

Facade generation

HOSPITALITY

Client: Nosa Co.

Kish, Iran

2013

Karane Behesht Hotel Nosa Kish

Located in the hot, humid, and touristic Kish Island, the Nosa Kish Hotel is a four-floor project that provides a convenient climatic condition for its inhabitants at the shores of the Persian Gulf. According to the client’s demand, the project contains two separated main parts: a hotel and a motel.

The particular climatic condition of the island demanded weather to be the most determinative of the sustainable design principles of the project. Thus, a computational approach to design was undertaken to improve the relationship between the form and the function of the building. Initially, in order to better facilitate the flow of wind over the two-floor motel, the mass was divided into two parts, of which the western one accommodated the Motel. Later, in order to create irregular allyish openings that would resemble that of the traditional villages of the island, a hexagonal grid that would agitate the solid order of the plan was spread over the site. The most orderly part of the grid was reserved for the Hotel’s volume, because of the linear characteristic of its architecture. Finally, the extrusion of edges and cells shaped the main spaces and the height of each cell was optimized to provide the best view and maximum sunlight.

The building’s most significant feature is its ability to provide a naturally cool environment by the skillful use of shading devices and ventilation methods. While the walls that face the sun have but few tiny openings whose downward angle reduce solar gain and provide the walls with shading, the other surfaces that do not directly face the sun provide the units with great views of the island.

Diagrams

-Left: Form generation process

-Right: Architectural plans in four levels.

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HOSPITALITY

Client: Ministry of Energy

Mashhad, Iran

2013

Mashhad Bargh Hotel

A hotel and commercial complex Bargh Hotel design competition held in 2013 among a number of famous architecture firms in Iran. The concept was to design a multifunctional complex in urban scale close to the holy shrine of Imam Reza which resides over 500 rooms and multiple spaces such as commercial units, conference hall, and meeting rooms.

The concept was to shape building to gain the maximum available view to the Shrine. According to spiritual beliefs of pilgrims, this strategy makes hotel rooms more valuable and favorable for residences. With implementing a diagonal geometry in design development we could achieve this goal. We extend using this geometry to produce a decorative Islamic pattern on faรงade which creates a monumental quality for building within the context.

The other important aspect considered in design was sustainability and energy efficiency of the building. The building uses solar panels to gain solar energy, besides it uses other modern technics to produce clean energy like Geothermal technology.

The design concept selected on shortlist, and after the second phase of design development, it awarded as the second prize winner in the competition.

Using Solar panel in Faces which have proper angle and tilt

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Construction

Torsion Resistant

Lateral Resistant

HOSPITALITY

Client: Saadati

Chilak, Iran

2013

Chilak Adventure Land

A hotel and commercial complex The Chilak recreational and commercial project is located in an amusement park in the Northern Iran; a region which, for the sake of its proximity to the Caspian Sea and its dense forests, is highly touristic. In order to attract tourists, the client wanted a unique building with first-class facilities. To this end, the parametric method of design was chosen and the mass and the facades were proportionated based on Voronoi geometry’s irregular modules. Based on their dimensions, the Voronoi cells accommodate different functions. While the entire area of big cells accommodates functions such as the swimming pool or the wrestling club, some cells comprise multiple shopping units.

The building and the open adventure land behind it are 60,000 and 80,000 square meters respectively. The open land contains various adventure scenarios and game plans such as a large pool, a mini-golf court, a biking loop, and a paintball court. These scenarios have been applied to the same voronoi network which extends to the planted area. This network acts as a platform to perform and invent various adventures and games in the future.

The network cuts the mass in 2nd floor and makes a semi-open space which enjoys the view of the sea and the forest at the same time.

-Top: Generative diagrams which show how the main shape was created and place of different usage of spaces.

-Down: Different plans for the land

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Form Generation Diagrams

HOSPITALITY

Client: Saadati

Nairobi, Kenya

2012

Limonu Hotel

A hotel apartment in Kenya Limuno is 20,000 sqm apartment hotel which is located in Nairobi. The main objective of this project is to design an environmentally compatible hotel. The building is stretched over the local wind direction and a wind tunnel was considered in the middle of the building. Thus, interior and exterior spaces are merged together and there is no specific borderline for the building inner space. Moreover, all the units have windows in the head and end, which can cause cross ventilation in the building.

All of these strategies can help users tolerate humidity easily without HVAC which is so expensive in this region. In addition, it exceptionally decreases energy consumption.

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