Tehran Condos
“Tehran Renaissance”
LOCATION: TEHRAN, IRAN
STATUS: BUILT
DEVELOPER & CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: ALI GHAFFARI DEVELOPMENT GROUP
LOCATED IN A DENSELY DEVELOPED CITY BLOCK NORTH OF TEHRAN, WHERE HAVING NATURAL LIGHT AND PRIVACY ARE A REAL CHALLENGE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING PULLS BACK FROM ITS SURROUNDINGS TOWARD THE SOUTH AND THE WEST TO MAXIMIZE NATURAL LIGHT AND CREATE MORE PRIVACY. THE PROJECT BORROWS ITS DOMINANT ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FROM THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE CITY AND FORMS IT INTO A MINIMAL COMPOSITION IN ORDER TO CREATE WHAT WE CALL “TEHRAN RENAISSANCE” .
LOCATED ON A STREET WHERE MOST OF ITS MID-RISE BUILDINGS TRY TO STAND OUT FROM EACHOTHER BY INTRODUCING NUMEROUS MATERIALS, BUSY COMPOSITIONS AND DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL TYPOLOGIES, TEHRAN CONDOS CHOOSES TO CELEBRATE SIMPLICITY IN ITS COMPOSITION AND STRATEGIC USE OF MATERIALS LIKE BRICK, STONE AND GLASS BLOCKS.
AN UNINTERUPTED BRICK CLADDED MASS, JEWELED WITH VERTICALLY RIBBED BASALT STONE ACCENTS AND GLASS BLOCKS RESTS ON A DARK GRANITE PLINTH AT THE STREET LEVEL EXUDING A TIMELESS DESIGN.
PREFABRICATED STEEL STRUCTURE
THE BUILDING BONES ARE COMPRISED OF PREFABRICATED STEEL STRUCTURE, BOLTED ON SITE, AND REINFORCED CONCRETE. LOCALLY SOURCED MATERIALS LIKE BRICK, BASALT STONE, AND GRANITE ARE USED AS FACADE CLADDING TO CREATE A TIMELESS DESIGN.
BUILDING PROGRAM & PARTI
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
ENTRANCE & LOBBY
THE BUILDING PLINTH, MADE OF GRANITE, CONTINUES TO THE INTERIOR OF THE LOBBY. INTERIOR LIGHTING AND LOCAL CRAFTS LIKE PLASTERWORK AND MIRROR WORK, THEN CREATEA PLAYFUL YET RICH EXPERIENCE FOR THE VISITORS.
THE FLOOR PLAN FOR EACH UNIT CONSISTS OF TWO WINGS, DIVIDING IT INTO PRIVATE AND NON-PRIVATE SPACES THAT SPLIT RIGHT AT THE FOYER. BEDROOMS ENJOY THE SOUTHERN EXPOSURE WHILE THE LIVING ROOM AND THE KITCHEN CATCH THE SUNSET.
INSIDE THE UNITS
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
CUSTOM DESIGN
CUSTOM ENTRY DOORS WERE DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT THE MINIMAL AESTHETIC OF THE EXTERIOR.
MINIMAL DETAILING
THE KITCHEN IS DESIGNED TO BALANCE A RICH COMBINATION OF STONE, WOOD AND DARK SATIN FINISH CABINETS. UTILIZATION OF CONCEALED HARDWARES FURTHER ENRICH THE EXPERIENCE TO CREATE A MINIMAL YET ELEGANT DESIGN.
INSPIRED BY MODERNIST DESIGNS, EACH UNIT IS FITTED WITH BUILT-IN MILLWORK THAT BRINGS WARMTH AND RICH MATERIALITY THROUGH OUT THE INTERIOR.
EXTERIOR GEOMETRY FINDS ITS WAY INTO THE INTERIOR AND CARVES AWAY AT THE SHOWER NITCH STONE CLADDING.
THE COMMON UNDERGROUND
SUBTERRANEAN POOL AND SPA LOOKS INTO A SUNKEN GARDEN THAT RECEIVES SOUTHERN LIGHT.
