Residency
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Project • By AshariArchitects • Apartments
Gheisizadeh Residential Apartment
Text description provided by the architects. In Gheisizadeh residential apartment project, our main effort was to provide the maximum possible outdoor space to the residents, while creating the maximum visual privacy from outside to inside. The initial idea was to create a flexible and variable building façade. The intention was to reach the desired result by changing the openings, "While giving the residents the right to choose their level of privacy".The effort was to, while respecting the introversion aspect of the residential units, consider implementing a terrace to protect the disturbing severe direct sunlight in summer and benefit from the sunlight in the cold weather of winter because of the warm and dry climate of Shiraz. As a resu... More
Project • By Storaket Architectural Studio • Private Houses
The Yousefian Residence
This summer house serves as a yearly retreat for a family that lives internationally. The symbolic center of the Armenian home has always been the traditional stone oven, which was the main principle of the design concept for this home. Inspiration was drawn from traditional vernacular Armenian architecture, in which a tonir, a fire pit used for baking bread, is positioned in the center of the home with a hazarashen, an opening in the roof to admit sunlight and release smoke, placed directly above. More
Project • By Storaket Architectural Studio • Housing
VJK
The design of the VJK house was very challenging, as our goal was to create a space that would satisfy the needs of very artistic couple. The purpose of the space was to combine the comfort of a home with the inspiring nature and functionality of an art studio. There was an existing old building on the sight similar to the design of homes in the Gargar village. We wanted the home to blend in with the rest of the village. Instead of starting from scratch we added to the historic context of the old building by extending the same shape using glass and concrete. The window acted as a transition from the old building to the new one. By incorporating aspects of industrial minimalism, we designed the space so that it could easily serve different p... More