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  • About This project:

    The northern region of Iran, is mostly known by lush and green trees. The vernacular architecture of Guilan, a province located in this region, is also associated with wood, large balconies around the buildings, hedges, etc. Rasht, the most populous city in this region, due to the constructions of the last few decades and the emergence of numerous apartments, has taken on a face similar to other more modern cities and has lost its identity.

    The designing project that was given to us was originally supposed to be an apartment like the rest of the other apartments. "Apartment" and "country house" are usually two strange concepts here. Concepts are diverging day by day, and in recent decades’ fewer apartments have been built in Guilan province that are in line with the local architecture of the area.

    The challenge of the aforementioned project was to exploit the vernacular architecture and restore this lost concept to the building. A building that was supposed to use neither classical nor modern (international) architecture. We wanted to review the forgotten memories as much as possible, both in the form and in the performance, and use the visual and identity elements of the northern region in our design.

    At the beginning, we tried to place the mass of the building in such a way that the old trees in the yard were preserved, and at the same time, two ramps (up and down) as well as a pedestrian entrance were located in between.

    170 apartment

    170 st. residentail aratment

    Prooject Status:

    Built

    Project type:

    Residential apartment

    Client:

    Mohammad Jafar Far, Ali Jafari

    Details:

    • Total area :
      1150 m2
    • occupied space:
      195 m2
    • Floor count: 6

    Awards:

    architizer prize 2022,
    multi unit housing mid rise 5-15 floors,
    honorable mention


    Design Assistant:

    Nasim Alvandy

    Published on:

    architizer website

    Construction team:

    Hossein Safar Nejad, Rabi Taji, Mr. Safar, Sarang Khakpoor, Javad Jaffar Zadeh, Mohammad Rastgoo

    Structural Engineer:

    Behsazan Khak Iranian co.


    Photography

    Mahan Haji Abbas, Pejman Tayebi

    Construction manager:

    Mohammad Ali Tayeebi

    utinily

    Arman Omidi, Shahram Roosta, Rouholah hassanpour

    Date:

    • Design: 2017
    • construction: 2018-2020

    Address

    170 st. Guilan blv.
    Golsar st. Rasht, Iran