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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Villa for Younger Brother in Tehran, Iran by NextofficeJanuary 28th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Nextoffice The project is located in an inner-lot, with limited street access. However, situated low and deep inside the organic fabric of the neighborhood, it overlooks a riverbed at the back.  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff
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 Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff In conceiving the project, there was an inherent contradiction to be addressed: How can one conceive of a project that due to its urban context is situated deep inside privatized fabric, in a way that it stands out, while warding the visual access of the neighbors to its private open spaces.  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff This was achieved by proposing a curvilinear V-shaped plan, and placing the yard -which overlooked the riverbed- between its wings. The same exaggerated form, shapes the project secionally. The choice of this sectional configuration is very much informed by the long history of sloped roof construction in northern Iran.  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff Yet, the conventional form is re-visited with a grain of salt. The redefinition of the sloped-roof, through the lens of exaggeration, allows for contradictory spatial experiences to emerge in different interior moments of the project:  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff The project’s verticality seems at odds with normative horizontal configuration of residential constructions. This, opens up to a variety of “non-standard” interior experiences. Furthermore, Alternation between spatial expansion and contraction in the interior, along with the Gothic proportions and frequently interrupted curvilinearity of architectural elements, result in spatial compositions that seem extravagant, yet enjoy a touch of “feminine” grace as one may relate it to peculiarities of the architectural form.  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff The roof’s trapezoidal sections were custom-designed to fit the desired curvatures of the inner surface of the roof in order to avoid any fake stucco work to create the curvilinear roofs of the interiors.  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Parham Taghioff  Image Courtesy © Nextoffice  Image Courtesy © Nextoffice  Image Courtesy © Nextoffice  Image Courtesy © Nextoffice  Image Courtesy © Nextoffice
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