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Architects: Ayeneh OfficeLocation: Najafabad, IranArchitect In Charge: Ali Dehghani & Ali Soltani & Atefeh KarbasiDesign Assistant: Sepideh ShariatmadariArea: 307.0 sqmYear: 2013Photographs: Hossein Farahani
Graphics: Mahla EbrahimpourClient: Mohammad Ali Payandeh
From the architect. Today, two things stand out to a passerby who walks in Najaf Abad:numerous niches in the body of the city and pine trees rose from old houses. In thesetransition days, the niches of the old houses that was hidden from view took a look outsideat once. Historic homes are destroyed one after another with no record, photo or map.However, the last bodies of the innermost rooms of the houses, i.e, bodies full of nichesare sorrows for the alleys. It has been an “inside” that has taken a look “outside” aftermaybe a century. An “outside” that we all know has a short life like the house. Everymorning, it might vanish, totally nonexistent…
“A house of niches” has a memory of those houses. This time, an “outside” has entered“inside” the city to be completed. The house was supposed to be simple and cheap, for afamily of four with a unit upstairs for guests, at the center of a lowlying neighborhood fullof twoarched old houses special to Najaf Abad; next to one of them.
Two small cubics facing a wall full of niches have developed the overall content. Theeastern wall next to the neighbor is set free from the house.
This separation allows the eastern entrance into the body to be made and solves theproblem of abrupt entrance from the main southern facade. The wall spins or goes up to
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show itself to the inside of the house from everywhere. An open and fully private space isprovided in the inside; the cozy roof is protected from the eyes of the neighbors; andfinally, an element is created for the introversion of modern houses. This time, it challengesthe empty strip along the land, and the rule of building 60% and setting 40% of open space;and invites the morning light to all of the rooms, the kitchen, the living room, the hall, theroof, and the room upstairs like a yard at the heart of the house.
The wall upgrades the corridor to space with deep niches and its nearby open path.Nowhere in the house is empty of walls full of niches. Niches that are not hidden “inside”and at the end of rooms this time anymore: memorable, full of flowers, efficient, perhaps a
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bit elusive, but this time it lasts; it is a good neighbor for the pine tree of the neighbor thatcan be seen from our house; from a house of niches.
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H Vosough • 18 days agoGreat project in exterior form and interior spaces. However, in thepictures of the house two issues are annoying: How to water pots ofplants that are very high in that beautiful wall. In addition the big size ofthe windows seems to be a bit different from the normal size of those inthe neighborhood, which may be inappropriate based on climaticconditions.
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aa • 18 days agovery good project,good transition and nice finishing according to thecontextbut what does really emphasizes white color?context,sunshine or just the graphics?I think this white really makes the project not to merge with the siteunfortunatelywelldone buddies
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az • 17 days ago> aa
merging with the site in human scale does not affected thatpicture you saw was from above.white walls are in everywhere in town and this white wall is syncwith town
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aa • 16 days ago> az
Although this is designer's choicebut I think colors have meaning,and white doesn't fit withthe text I read about the project , at least as whole body ofthe building
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