Vault on Vault Villa is situated at the end of a township in north of Iran, overlooking the Caspian Sea.

This project tries to take advantage of the facilities of traditional vaults by using new materials and techniquesto create new spaces that are compatible with the client's desired plan and their required spaces.

This villa is designed for a family of 5 who have a traditional structure and their desire is to separate public and private spaces, moreover, each family member should have complete privacy in their room. This desire was realized through the creation of separated capsules for all spaces. Each of the capsules has a unique functional space and the remaining space between them is dedicated to circulation spaces. In fact, the capsules act like islands in an archipelago.

These capsules are structurally adapted from the traditional models of Iranian architecture, but in the design and construction of this new structure, existing materials and modern construction systems have been used. With the advent of advanced steel and concrete structures, new possibilities have been opened for further experiments, which provide the possibility of creating new and creative compositions in the architectural works with vaults and domes.

In this project, new combinations of vaults were created by cutting and rotating the vaults in perpendicular directions and placing them on top of each other So that, the load of the top vault is transferred as a point on the pole of the lower vault and reassigned to the walls. This type of load distribution was not present in the composition of the old vault and is only possible with the use of concrete or steel beams. In addition, this load distribution is visually comprehensible, thereby extending the scope of architecture beyond mere aesthetic aspects.

Team:
Architect: KRDS (Kourosh Rafiey Design Studio)
Client: Mr Monsef
Contractor: Morteza Eskandari
Architect: Kourosh rafiey
Team: Mohsen Yazdian, Mahsa Elahi, Zahra Azami, Shafagh Javidi, Ehsan Dehghani, Mohammad mehdi Safi, Sana Rastegar, Pantea Rafiey, Darya Makoei
Photography: Mohammad Hassan Etefagh

Material Used:
1. Facade cladding: Cement, Fiber cement, Knauf
2. Flooring: Wood and Micro cement, Hardwood, Alloc flooring
3. Doors: Wood, Handmade, alloc door
4. Windows: Aluminum, window, Rayners
5. Roofing: Metal, Galvanized, Arch metal
6. Interior lighting: Lighting, Product, Noorsa form
7. Interior furniture: Wood, Furniture, Karur