© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

DESIGNING IN TEHERAN – SITE A

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

A NEW ICON FOR VALI ASR AVENUE.
A monolithic sculpture defining a corner city.

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

The site
The site of the project is situated in a north area of Teheran just at the bottom of the Alborz Mountain on the Vali Asr Avenue. The site faces the main street and is situated in the corner with Salmak Street.

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

The project
The volume of the building is entirely made of concrete and glass, it is inspired to the near Alborz Mountain; it is like a piece of stone falling apart from the mountain, landing in the city, standing as an inhabited sculpture, as a new icon of Vali Asr Avenue. The building is made by the aggregation of pure volumes excavated and cut down by vertical cuts that frame the internal square, creating a sequence of mass and void, light and shadow; this language wants to re-eco the characteristic Arab element (Evan, caravanserai)

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

The building presents itself as a monolithic volume relatively closed to the exterior and more open to the internal courtyard. The system of opening evocates the erosion of the mountain made by the wind. It varies according to the luminosity comfort, the quality of the space and the orientation of the building.

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The program
The building is made by 4 elements connected by bridge made by glass. The 4 volumes situated along the perimeter of the site define an internal void, a commercial square. The three commercial units occupy three of the 4 element at the ground floor and first floor, they face the street as well as the internal square. The forth volume facing the main street is the entry of office ant apartments. The first two floor of the volume situated in the corner of Vali Asr Avenue and Salmak Street is excavated in order to create an access square to the office, the affair square. From level 2 to level 6 are situated the office plan, which are characterised by 3 different type of offices: the individual office, the open working space, and the interactive working space that consist in space where people can talk together, work together, create together, is like a creative centre for interchange knowledge and experience . The upper level, level 7, is residential; it is distributed in 6 units. In the underground levels are situated the storage of the commercial area and 4 levels of parking.

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.

© Mario Cottone . Pubblicata il 30 Giugno 2009.