Rouzan Aedificium Habitationis by Seyed Hamed Jafari

Rouzan Aedificium Habitationis by Seyed Hamed Jafari is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Architectura Competition Category.

FerrumArchitectura· 2020

Rouzan Aedificium Habitationis

by Seyed Hamed Jafari

Client: Charchoob Architecture Office

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About Rouzan Aedificium Habitationis

Rouzan est aedificium habitationis in Ispahan, Iran situm. Consilium domum Iranicam traditionalem et cenaculum modernum coniungit. Frons ex lateribus e materiis localibus factis constat, ordine verticali cum partibus concavis et angulis acutis dispositis. Lateres semitransparentes et umbracula lignea cum nichiis et cavis ornamentalibus domos Iranicas traditionales revocant. In tecto fons aquae, hortus et locus ad assandum inveniuntur. Fenestrae umbraculis rotantibus electricis instructae remote reguntur, quae hieme ad plus solis admittendum expanduntur et aestate ad calorem coercendum contrahuntur.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Rouzan Aedificium Habitationis victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Rouzan Aedificium Habitationis creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Rouzan Aedificium Habitationis ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Rouzan allows its residences to experience two lifestyles, a traditional Iranian house of the past and a modern apartment of the present. For designing of the facade through interiors and rooftop with water fountain, garden, and BBQ, same traditional bricks, semi-transparent bricks, wooden canopies with niche decorative and intrusive cavities were implemented to resemble traditional Iranian houses. On the other hand, the facade and interior designs were refined with the advanced architectural touches to appeal for prospective buyers as well.
Dimensions & Packaging: Land area : 202 sqm
Occupied area : 620 sqm
Tags: Climate architecture, Vernacular architecture, Traditional Iranian architecture, Rotating electrical Windows, Residential building, Rooftop garden, Intricate glass windows
Production Technology: The facade was designed utilizing bricks made of indigenous materials with an intricate brick design format synchronized with the signature electrical canopy window designs. The bricks were aligned vertically with concave sections including sharp angles to guide audiences vision upward; the overall facade texture corresponded to the dominant texture of the region as well. Intricate brick designs were also continued in the interior facade, entrance, wooden door, and staircase designs with angled format to create a modernized look for the entire project.
Design Challenge: Designing the signature canopy windows to be efficient and to increase privacy of the residences, meeting logistical guidelines, and finally achieving clients investment budget were among the most difficult challenges to overcome. On one hand, guidelines restricted the building height, the facade design, and rooftop water fountain; on the other hand, material selections were limited due to the clients low budget. Nonetheless, the design had to be appealing for prospective buyers.
Research: Distinct angles of illumination patterns for openings in the facade, canopy windows, the building entrance as well as analysis of solar energy absorption utilizing empirical formulas and simulator software according to the climate of Isfahan city were among major researches for this project.
Inspiration: Client asked to realize her childhood home memory combined with advanced architectural designs. Her childhood home was a traditional Iranian house with a fountain centering the yard surrounded by gardens; different rooms circularly faced the fountain providing a sense of inclusion; each room had a wooden framed window made of smaller identical windows producing symmetrical shapes once sunlight passing through. The inspiration was to create a signature canopy window pattern designs derived from her childhood memory by implementing the signature designs onto key compartments of the building.
Project Duration: The project design and building execution started in November 2016 in Isfahan and finished in January 2019.
Operation Flow: This building is in Isfahan, Iran where its climate is hot and dry in summer and cold and dry in winter. Considering the requested traditional designs, a trade-off solution had to achieve so that the building absorbed the least possible heat during the summer and the most sunlight absorption in the winter. Thus, the electrical rotating canopy windows were created which could be remotely controlled to expand in order to maximize the sunlight entry in the winter and to contract in order to minimize it in the summer.
Patents: All the human figures used in the images have a relative relationship with the designer and are fully satisfied with publishing their image in cyberspace.
Team Members: Co-Architect: Azadeh Gaminian

Structural execution: Gholamali Shafiei
Image Credits: Image 1# photographer Negar Sedighi
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