Panta

The headquarters of Panta, a manufacturer of elevator interior panels, is located on a mid-level floor of a building on Nahid Boulevard in Tehran. This small-scale project covers approximately 180 square meters and consists of two adjacent, independent units. The initial conditions presented clear constraints: prefabricated partitions, fixed walls, and a structural layout that limited spatial flexibility. khatere Eshghi khatere Eshghi The key design inspiration came from the elevator itself — usually a vertical connector between floors. We challenged the conventional notion of verticality and explored the idea of horizontal spatial layering. Instead of stacking floors upward, we imagined architectural layers sliding next to... More