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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. [Gol]Khaneh in Alborz, Iran by SHABOFFICEJanuary 23rd, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: SHABOFFICE [GOL]KHANEH is located on the outskirts of the city of Karaj, about 60km west of Tehran. It is designed and built as a vacation home for a family of 6. Two adjacent but separate plots – each about 5000 square meters – form the site for this project. One of the plots was thick with old fruit trees while the other, adjacent to a noisy street with a chaotic line of low-rise residential buildings, was dry and barely had any trees because of a previous fire. Therefore, the plot with few trees and vegetation was chosen as the building site and creating a buffer to maximize privacy and limit views and noise transfer from the neighbouring street to the site quickly became a priority in design.  Image Courtesy © Ava Dehghani
 The pool is the focal point around which kitchen, living room, and other spaces are organized, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof Massing of this project is a direct response to site conditions as it aims to form a long and linear volume – similar to a thick wall – and act as a barrier against the noise and chaos of the adjacent street and to block views into the site. The volume is further deformed to embrace the swimming pool and create a private pocket around it. Insertion of the driveway and the swimming pool affect the volume on the ground level and result in shaded areas for drop-off and outdoor sitting.  The pool is the focal point around which kitchen, living room, and other spaces are organized, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof  The thin brick skin delaminates and wraps around the terrace, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof The resulting dynamic and modern form is wrapped with a brick skin – a long-standing element in Iranian architecture. Bricks are from Heydari Kiln – traditional full bricks each made by hand. The brick layering technique is “Kaleh-rasteh”, one full brick followed by a half brick. Three simple variations on this technique create the opportunity to have different textures on the façade to register level 0 and level 1 as two separate layers and have porosity at windows and balcony balustrades.  Main entrance and the solid back façade, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof  Sharp corner on level 1 showing off the textured brick skin, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof A line of full-height windows on the ground floor opens the façade to focus all views on the swimming pool and on Level 1 a long shaded terrace connecting the bedrooms overlooks the pool and the rest of the site. Back of the building remains closed and solid.  Different brick textures on the back façade, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof  Curved wooden doors follow the form of the building, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof Material palette is minimal but warm. Exterior is fully wrapped with brick, main entrances are oak, and interior is white with exposed concrete columns and polished concrete floor. Extra lines and details are omitted in order to highlight only the formal expression of the building. Landscape design remains integral to the project. Path lines are following building lines and the palette is cast-concrete and gravel. Plants are chosen from a wild and grass-type palette to create a natural and accidental feel.  The bridge across the void and the long terrace in the background, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof  View from the bridge overlooking the living room and the long line of windows that open to the garden and the swimming pool, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof  Kitchen with view and access to the pool, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof  Main staircase leading up to the bridge across the void, Image Courtesy © Parham Taghiof  Image Courtesy © Ava Dehghani  Image Courtesy © Ava Dehghani  Image Courtesy © SHABOFFICE  Image Courtesy © SHABOFFICE  Image Courtesy © SHABOFFICE  Image Courtesy © SHABOFFICE
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