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Jajin Commercial Service Building

The design process of this building began with the client determining and explaining the function of the building. They wanted the building to include a cosmetics exchange and all cosmetic services, a hair salon, and a bridal shop on all floors; in other words, they wanted the functional area of this building to be specific to the city of Ardabil and to offer specific brands to the audience;

photo_credit Reza Alami
Reza Alami

This led us to the idea that we should design the building, inside and out, in a way that would provide the building's functional structure and use;

Accordingly, we considered the building to resemble the face of a woman wearing a veil called a burqa (which is specific to women in southern Iran), so that the facade structure could be shaped in such a way that, like the burqa, it could play the role of a barrier and veil between the inside and the outside.

photo_credit Reza Alami
Reza Alami

The facade structure consists of a horizontal metal grid and bricks perpendicular to the metal grid, which creates a lattice texture on the facade surface. The lattice surface of the facade, despite creating an attractive texture, will shape and play with light and shadow inside and outside the building.

photo_credit Reza Alami
Reza Alami
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