Hidden Boxes 주거 주택 by Yahya Kashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 철상 in 건축, 건물 및 구조물 디자인 Competition Category.
철건축· 2025
Hidden Boxes 주거 주택
by Yahya Kashi
Client: Kasa Office
A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 건축 Category
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About Hidden Boxes 주거 주택
Hidden Boxes 프로젝트는 라움플란(Raumplan), 도미노(Domino), 유니버설 플랜(Universal Plan)과 같은 역사적 개념들이 존재함에도 불구하고 현대 건축에서 단조로운 공간 구조가 지속적으로 지배하는 현상에 대응합니다. 이 프로젝트는 이러한 구성을 해체하여 새로운 통합을 창출하고자 하며, 공간 조직, 매스(Mass)/보이드(Void) 관계, 표면 상호작용과 같은 내부적 건축 과제와 기후, 프라이버시, 문화적 요구를 포함한 외부적 요인을 동시에 다룹니다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 철상
Hidden Boxes 주거 주택, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Hidden Boxes 주거 주택, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Hidden Boxes 주거 주택, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.
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
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