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  • Commercial and Administrative Complex
    A Transparent Shortcut

    Given the 100% occupancy area and design limitations, the design process focused on uncovering the site's potential and adapting the form and function accordingly.

    The key idea was to ensure effective circulation for maximum foot traffic, crucial in commercial complexes. Located at the intersection of two main streets, the design aimed to connect these pathways with a direct, straight route rather than a winding one, creating an attractive shortcut.

    The project’s plan and form were shaped by the circular site and two main entrances, complemented by an additional empty space for restaurants to overlook Laleh Park, resulting in a balcony. This led to a building form derived from the intersection of three empty spaces with the project’s volume.

    In typical commercial complexes, a large central void is surrounded by passageways and commercial units, with escalators and vertical connections within this void.

    While this traditional design ensures readability and visual connection between floors, it often lacks excitement and uniqueness.

    In this project, we eliminated the central void in commercial spaces and established visual connections between floors using transparent glass floors.

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    Step 0: Initial State

    The project is a volume with 100% occupancy area, and a ordinary pedestrian pathway.

    Due to the full occupancy and design constraints, the design process focused on uncovering the site's potential and aligning the form and function accordingly.


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    Step Two: Creating a Shortcut

    Creating a direct shortcut path to invite people to pass through and visit the commercial section.

    In designing commercial complexes, having suitable circulation to achieve maximum foot traffic is crucial. Given the project's location at the intersection of two main streets, the design's core idea was to connect these pathways. A straight and direct route was created instead of a winding path, shortening the pedestrian passage and adding multiple attractions from the commercial units—a shortcut.



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    Step Three: Creating an Upper Floor Void

    Creating an empty space on the upper floors to provide visual connection and views for the restaurant to Laleh Park.

    The project's plan and form were designed to reflect this, with a form resulting from the intersection of the circular site shape and the two main entrances, creating two voids subtracted from a solid mass.

    Additionally, to meet the restaurants' need for a suitable view of Laleh Park, another void was added to the upper part of the project—a balcony. Ultimately, the building's form emerged from the intersection of these three voids with the project's volume, derived from the circular site shape.



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    Facade Design

    To achieve a pure form and create contrast between filled and empty spaces (entrances and restaurant balcony), a semi-transparent pattern was used in the facade design of this project.

    Direct sunlight in office units is undesirable, requiring elements like curtains (inside the units) or a shader (on the facade) to control light. These shaders reduce direct light intensity without completely blocking it, converting direct light to indirect.

    In addition to light control, considering the less attractive views of apartment buildings to the south and north, and the desirable eastern view (Keshavarz Boulevard and Laleh Park), visual control and direction towards the east were necessary.

    Therefore, in designing the facade pattern of the Brees Commercial and Administrative Complex, 60 cm wide panels were placed in front of the windows, spaced approximately 1 meter apart, oriented towards the east.

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    Facade Shell

    On the southern facade, a 45 cm gap is maintained between the building shell and the pattern, allowing for access, maintenance, and cleaning of the panels, as well as space for lighting equipment. Due to municipal regulations on overhangs, these panels are placed close to the windows; however, their angled positioning ensures access and cleaning. This angle gradually reduces to zero in the commercial floors, so the facade shells do not protrude from the site's boundaries on the lower levels.

    The pattern material is made of semi-transparent polycarbonate sheets—lightweight, unbreakable, and safe in case of a fall. Due to their light weight, they can be secured and attached with a thin steel frame.

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    Visual Connections Between Commercial Floors

    In typical commercial complex designs, a large central atrium is surrounded by passageways and commercial units, with escalators and vertical connections usually passing through this atrium. While this design ensures readability and visual connection between floors, it often lacks excitement and uniqueness.

    In this project's design, atriums were removed, and visual connections between floors were established using transparent glass floors. This approach addressed space constraints and provided a new experience for pedestrians and project users. Using typical atriums would have reduced the economically beneficial space for the client, resulting in a less innovative experience.

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    Vertical Circulation Between Commercial Floors

    The scenario for the commercial section of this project is designed as follows: Entrances are aligned with the main streets, inviting pedestrians into the project. The circulation path is shorter and more attractive than usual.

    Once pedestrians enter this path, they can see the shops and commercial units in front of them, as well as the upper and lower floors, observing people passing above them. While they can see the upper and lower floors, they do not see the stairs or access to these floors directly. This curiosity about how to access these spaces is intended.

    In this project, to enhance curiosity, escalators are placed in relatively less accessible locations.

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    Elevators

    This project features a total of four elevators: two panorama elevators with views of Laleh Park, one passenger elevator, and one freight elevator.

    Ideally, commercial, office, and restaurant elevators should be entirely separate. However, due to the unique shape and relatively small dimensions of the site, the challenge of designing ramp parking, the need to maximize parking capacity, and other factors, some elevators' functions have been integrated.

    Office units have peak usage times in the early morning and late afternoon (employee entry and exit times), requiring the most elevators during these periods. Meanwhile, restaurant usage peaks around midday and evening (lunch and dinner times), when office demand is lower. Therefore, integrating elevators for these two zones does not significantly impact project functionality.

    Restaurant users access the building via the two panorama elevators on the eastern facade, while staff use the western elevator. The panorama elevators serve both the office and restaurant areas at different times of the day. Additionally, the freight elevator stops on all floors, handling various loads, waste, restaurant supplies, and can serve as an emergency elevator for the office area.

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  • plan -3

    1- Fire Safety Access , 2- Public Elevator , 3- Mechanical Room or Storage , 4- Freight Elevator , 5- Staff Access Elevator

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    1- Fire Safety Access , 2- Storage , 3- Boiler Room and Mechanical Room

  • plan -1

    , Fire Safety Access , 2- Commercial Units , 3- Management and Security Room , 4- Restrooms , 5- Storage , 6- Cleaning Room , 7- Loading Area , 8- Freight Elevator

  • ground floor plan

    1- Fire Safety Access , 2- Commercial Units , 3- Management and Security Room , 4- Restrooms , 5- Storage , 6- Cleaning Room , 7- Loading Area , 8- Freight Elevator

  • 1st floor plan

    1- Information , 2- Office and Restaurant Entrance , 3- Commercial Units , 4- Loading Entrance, Emergency Exit , 5- Staff Entrance for Office and Restaurant , 6- Parking Ramp Entrance and Exit

  • typical floors plan

    1- Freight Elevator , 2- Staff Access Elevator , 3- Mechanical Room and Central Duct , 4- Panorama Elevator , 5- Elevator Buffer and Shaft (only on the eighth floor)

  • 8th floor plan

    1- Entrance , 2- Roof Elevator , 3- Food Sales, Food Court , 4- Coffee Shop , 5- Cleaning and Mopping Room , 6- Management and Staff Room , 7- Restrooms

  • 9th floor plan

    1- Roof Elevator , 2- Kitchen , 3- Food Storage , 4- Restaurant Staff Room , 5- Staff Entrance and Locker Room , 6- Restaurant Cashier

  • 10th floor plan

    1- Roof Elevator , 2- Coffee Shop Counter , 3- Food Lift , 4- Mechanical Room, Cooling Tower for Chiller , 5- Elevator Machinery Room , 6- Mechanical Room, Firefighting Water Tank

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