Hidden Boxes Жылы дом by Yahya Kashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Жалезная прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн архітэктуры, будынкаў і канструкцый Competition Category.

ЖалезаАрхітэктура· 2025

Hidden Boxes Жылы дом

by Yahya Kashi

Client: Kasa Office

Жалезная прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Архітэктура Category

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The Design

About Hidden Boxes Жылы дом

Праект Hidden Boxes адказвае на працягвае дамінаванне аднастайных прасторавых структур у сучаснай архітэктуры, нягледзячы на гістарычныя канцэпцыі, такія як Raumplan, Domino і Universal Plan. Ён імкнецца дэканструяваць гэтыя канфігурацыі для стварэння новага сінтэзу, разглядаючы як унутраныя архітэктурныя праблемы, такія як прасторавая арганізацыя, суадносіны Масы/Пустаты і ўзаемадзеянне паверхняў, так і знешнія фактары, уключаючы клімат, прыватнасць і культурныя патрэбы.

The Recognition

About the Жалезная прэмія A' Design Award

Hidden Boxes Жылы дом — пераможца Жалезнай прэміі A' Design Award, прэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца добрым дызайнам, што адпавядаюць прафесійным і прамысловым патрабаванням, чаканым ад добра распрацаваных твораў. Жалезныя пераможцы дэманструюць вялікае майстэрства, высокую спецыялізацыю, экспертнае разуменне і творчыя здольнасці сваіх стваральнікаў. Чакаецца, што Hidden Boxes Жылы дом — гэта высока цэнены, захапляльны і любімы твор, практычны і інавацыйны. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Жалезную прэмію A' Design Award, інтэгруе лепшыя галіновыя практыкі і мае кампетэнтныя тэхнічныя характарыстыкі, звязаныя з ноу-хау і талентам. Hidden Boxes Жылы дом паважаецца за грунтоўнасць і прызначаны даваць паляпшэнні якасці жыцця, што дапамагаюць зрабіць свет лепшым месцам.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Hidden Boxes project in Hamedan redefines residential space by deconstructing monotonous spatial structures. In pursuit of this, we sought to break down the monotony by placing independent spatial boxes together to form a cohesive whole, balancing internal elements like Mass/Void relationships with external factors such as climate, privacy, and cultural needs.In the end, we tried to redefine a residential space in the context of structural binary oppositions between the internal and external issues of architecture with a view to the history we have gone through.
Dimensions & Packaging: 20.30 m x 12.45 m x 16.00 m
Tags: HiddenBoxes, Kasaoffice, Iran, Hamedan, Residental, Void, Brick, House,
Production Technology: The project features a prestressed structure with a column system, chosen to accommodate cantilevered slabs and optimize structural efficiency. The facade was designed to create a transparent yet solid boundary between interior and exterior spaces. Utilizing Fakhr o Madin bricks, connected with bolts and anchored to the main structure, ensures privacy, light control, and spatial coverage while addressing contextual considerations.
Design Challenge: The Hidden Boxes project in Hamedan addresses the challenges of contemporary Iranian architecture, which is dominated by monotonous spatial structures. The project aims to break these structures, focusing on internal architectural elements like the Mass/Void relationship, and external factors such as climate, privacy, and cultural needs. Historical architectural references and native residential types were considered, while issues such as sunlight control and privacy were key factors in the design process.
Research: The project advanced its research through multiple layers. The historical and architectural discipline layer explored concepts such as the Raumplan, Domino, and Universal Plan. Meanwhile, the formal and spatial analysis layer examined the vernacular houses of Hamedan, aiming to reinterpret and represent aspects of their spatial organization within the project.
Inspiration: "Hidden Boxes" reflects architectural history, responding to the persistence of monotonous spatial structures despite concepts like Raumplan, Domino, and Universal Plan. This project explores deconstructing conventional configurations to form a new synthesis, addressing both internal factors-spatial organization, Mass/Void dynamics, surface relationships, and fragmentation and external concerns such as climate, privacy, and cultural needs.
Project Duration: Hidden Boxes started in 2019 and finished in 2021 in Hamedan, Iran.
Operation Flow: The surrounding urban fabric primarily consists of residential buildings. Due to rapid and unregulated urban development, the area is transitioning from a low-density, villa-dominated neighborhood to one characterized by high-rise apartment buildings with maximum height density. Consequently, the project is positioned at the intersection of these two typologies, engaging in a dialogue between low-rise single-family houses and high-density apartment structures. This hybrid villa-apartment typology responds to and interacts with its contextual surroundings.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Kasa Office, 2022
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022
Image #2: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022
Image #3: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022
Image #4: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022
Image #5: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022