Engineering Order of Qazvin's Building

Engineering Order of Qazvin's Building

Collaboration with Khat-e-Aseman Farda

Design team: Mojtaba Nabavi, Zeinab Maghduri

Facade design: Emad Kashfi

Visualization: Emad Kashfi Studio

Status: Completed / Competition - First Prize Winner

Location: Boein Zahra, Qazvin, Iran

Year: 2013

Due to small surface area of the site, the main idea of the project was to make an opening in front of the building in order to give it a better visual quality and perspective, and by adding the elements of cultural Persian gardens connect the building without any filtering to the surroundings. the entrance space inclines back from main street in a generous gesture which marks the entrance while also boldly cantilevering slightly into the movement and communication at the site. the continuous water path connect the ground to the first floor and make the cut in a solid mass to give a building volume a artistic gesture. One of the most challenging aspect of client requirements was to add an amphitheater inside the building. we used the cut created by the access path towards the first floor and bold in a way that meets the program requirement and a parametric pattern added to the exterior facade. The building has been designed to have an individual quality in the city environment, instead of being perceived as a functional geometric figure.