Kohan Ceram Central Office Building የቢሮ ሕንፃ by Hooman Balazadeh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማት in የሥነ ሕንፃ፣ ግንባታ እና መዋቅር ዲዛይን Competition Category.
ወርቅሥነ ሕንፃ· 2021
Kohan Ceram Central Office Building የቢሮ ሕንፃ
Client: HOOBA Design Group
A' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማት Winner in ሥነ ሕንፃ Category
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The Design
About Kohan Ceram Central Office Building የቢሮ ሕንፃ
ኮሃን ሴራም ማዕከላዊ የቢሮ ሕንፃ በቴህራን የሚገኝ የጡብ አምራች ኩባንያ ዋና መሥሪያ ቤት ነው። ሕንፃው የማሳያ አዳራሽ፣ የሽያጭ ቢሮ እና የእንግዳ ማረፊያ ክፍል ይዟል። ለፕሮጀክቱ የኢንዱስትሪ ጡብን ከቀለጠ ብርጭቆ ጋር የሚያዋህድ ልዩ የጡብ ብሎክ ተዘጋጅቷል። እያንዳንዱ ብሎክ 19 ሴንቲሜትር ውፍረት ያለው ሲሆን በሁለት የጡብ ንብርብሮች መካከል የሙቀት መከላከያ ንብርብር ይይዛል። ብሎኩ በአንድ ጊዜ እንደ ግንባታ ግንብ፣ እንደ ማጠናቀቂያ እና እንደ መከላከያ ያገለግላል። ይኸው ብሎክ የውጪውን ገጽታ በመፍጠር የውስጥ ቦታዎችንም ቅርጽ ይሰጣል፤ የቀን ብርሃንን ወደ ውስጥ በማስገባት በተመሳሳይ ጊዜ የግል ነጻነትን ይጠብቃል።
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማት
Kohan Ceram Central Office Building የቢሮ ሕንፃ የA' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማት አሸናፊ ነው፤ ይህም ለመጀመሪያ ደረጃ፣ ድንቅ እና የላቁ ዲዛይኖች የሚሰጥ እጅግ ከፍተኛ ክብር ያለው እውቅና ነው። የወርቅ አሸናፊዎች የዲዛይነሮቻቸውን ብልሃት፣ ጥበብ እና ችሎታ የሚያንጸባርቁ እጅግ ፈጠራ የተሞላባቸው፣ ራዕይ ያላቸው እና በውበታቸው የሚያስደምሙ ሥራዎች ናቸው። Kohan Ceram Central Office Building የቢሮ ሕንፃ ወደር የማይገኝለት ዋጋ የሚሰጥ እጅግ የተመሰገነ፣ አዝማሚያ ፈጣሪና ታላቅ ፈጠራ እንደሚሆን ይጠበቃል። ይህ የA' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማትን ያሸነፈ ዲዛይን የኪነ ጥበብ፣ የሳይንስ፣ የዲዛይን እና የቴክኖሎጂ ድንበሮችን በእጅጉ የሚጠቅምና የሚያስፋፋ አስደናቂና የተከበረ ፕሮጀክት ነው። Kohan Ceram Central Office Building የቢሮ ሕንፃ ጠንካራ የፍላጎት ስሜት ይፈጥራል፣ ፍቅርን ይቀሰቅሳል፣ ፈጠራን ያበረታታል እንዲሁም ይማርከናል።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Is it possible to unify the urban scenery by minimizing the formic expression of buildings as singular objects and emphasizing on the city as a whole? Unitizing different elements of the building including walls, windows, doors, etc., as well as reducing the variety of building materials could somehow address the so called issues. The project was designed as the headquarters for Kohan Ceram Brick Manufacturing Company. Preserving the existing concrete structure, it was decided to Design a special brick (by architect) to represent the factory. Now the question is, could this well-known building material move beyond its simple role and help changing the perceptions towards a complicated building and to combine different building elements to reach a new phenomenon? How could we reduce the visual disturbance in the urban scenery by introducing weak forms as building objects? The story of Kohan Ceram building was started when a new modular creature was formed called the “Spectacled Brick”. This little guy had transparency and solidity in one piece and could see the city from within. It worked as the masonry, the finishing, and the insulation at the same time but still wanted to be more than that. The Spectacled Brick not only formed the exterior façade, but also transformed from a surface into a volume which extended into the building in the form of modular greenspaces. Replacing ordinary walls and windows, these modules defined different spaces in the building. Therefore, the interior walls were formed by the extension of the exterior walls, following the main design criteria which was to merge dual qualities. Bringing the natural lighting inside spaces in a mysterious way, the Spectacled Brick delayed the perceptions towards the building. It made the building both introverted and extroverted during day and night. It strictly banned other materials to take part in the making of the building and always kept loyal to its geometry. Penetration was the favorite notion for the Spectacled Brick. Making use of its semi-transparent nature, it merged the exterior with the interior to fade the boundary between the two. The spectacled brick was aware of the ventilation and light exposure benefits caused by the penetration of exterior to interior and used this technique to organize spaces inside the building. The spectacled brick integrated building qualities such as interior and exterior, introversion and extroversion, façade and space, transparency and solidity, natural and artificial lighting, to create a new phenomenon which not only carries features form both components, but also introduces new values to the system. Therefore, design challenges were resolved by merging these dual components into unique elements. It also used this homogeneity to address the programmatic requirement of the project which included both commercial and residential spaces. It tried to expand the commercial aspect of the brick showroom to the exterior and eventually to the city. Therefore, the transitional role of the building as a complex of spaces in the building scale and a commercial object in the urban scale was formed.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The brick block used in this project is a combination of industrial brick and cast glass. The building envelope consists of two layers of brick-glass block with a thermal insulation layer in between. The overall thickness of the block is 19cm. anti-moisture silica gel balls were placed in between the two brick layers to prevent condensation on the glass.
- Tags
- Kohan Ceram Building , kohan ceram Factory , Kohan Ceram Brick Manufacturing Company , Kohan Ceram , Kohan Ceram Central Office
- Production Technology
- The story of Kohan Ceram building was started when a new modular creature was formed called the “Spectacled Brick”. This little guy had transparency and solidity in one piece and could see the city from within. It worked as the masonry, the finishing, and the insulation at the same time but still wanted to be more than that.
The Spectacled Brick not only formed the exterior façade, but also transformed from a surface into a volume which extended into the building in the form of modular greenspaces. Replacing ordinary walls and windows, these modules defined different spaces in the building. Therefore, the interior walls were formed by the extension of the exterior walls, following the main design criteria which was to merge dual qualities. - Design Challenge
- As mentioned in the previous section, the most challenging obstacle in this project was to come up with the optimum solution in the making of the brick-glass block. Many trial and error procedures were conducted in the making of the prototypes. The success of this time consuming procedure was realized with the help of the great teams working on both the brick and the glass components of the block.
- Research
- There was a glass workshop in a close distance from the Kohan Ceram factory. This was the spark of a new idea which was to explore the possibilities of solid brick to be combined with cast glass. We started the experiment with direct casting of melted glass into the fire resistant brick blocks. A number of trial and errors resulted in a failed prototype with cracks in the brick block after the glass was cooled. Therefore, we decided to cast the glass separately and stick it inside the brick wholes using a special glue. These trial and error experiments where conducted to create a new brick typology which not only forms the entirety of this project but also could be applied in many other projects. This could eventually help many glass casting workshops to boost their business and to produce valuable products instead of low quality objects.
Moreover, this new building block could boost the living quality of many “infill” projects around the country, by improving the light penetration quality inside the building envelope without altering privacy and overlook requirements. - Inspiration
- How can a single building form strategic changes to the urban scenery? Is it possible to unify the urban scenery by minimizing the formic expression of buildings as singular objects and emphasizing on the city as a whole? Unitizing different elements of the building including walls, windows, doors, etc., as well as reducing the variety of building materials could somehow address the so called issues.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2016 in Tehran and finished in August 2019.
- Operation Flow
- The spectacled brick integrated building qualities such as interior and exterior, introversion and extroversion, façade and space, transparency and solidity, natural and artificial lighting, to create a new phenomenon which not only carries features form both components, but also introduces new values to the system. Therefore, design challenges were resolved by merging these dual components into unique elements. It also used this homogeneity to address the programmatic requirement of the project which included both commercial and residential spaces. It tried to expand the commercial aspect of the brick showroom to the exterior and eventually to the city. Therefore, the transitional role of the building as a complex of spaces in the building scale and a commercial object in the urban scale was formed.
- Team Members
- Project Architect: Parima Jahangard
Design Team: Parima Jahangard - Mohsen Tahmasebi – Mostafa Dadashpour
Site Supervision: Mohsen Tahmasebi
Detail Design: Bahram Afsari- Mohsen Tahmasebi
Physical Modeling: Mehran Alinezhad
Presentation: Shafagh kia- Maryam Eghlimi
Mechanical Engineer: Iman Ilbeigi - Image Credits
- Parham Taghioff
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