Hidden Boxes Imah Padumukan by Yahya Kashi

Hidden Boxes Imah Padumukan by Yahya Kashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Beusi in Arsitéktur Competition Category.

BeusiArsitéktur· 2025

Hidden Boxes Imah Padumukan

by Yahya Kashi

Client: Kasa Office

A' Design Award Beusi Winner in Arsitéktur Category

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The Design

About Hidden Boxes Imah Padumukan

Proyék Hidden Boxes ngaréspon kana dominasi anu terus-terusan tina struktur spatial anu monoton dina arsitéktur kontemporer, sanajan aya konsép sajarah sapertos Raumplan, Domino, sareng Universal Plan. Éta narékahan pikeun ngadékonstruksi konfigurasi ieu pikeun nyiptakeun sintésis anyar, ngungkulan masalah arsitéktural internal sapertos organisasi spatial, hubungan Massa/Kekosongan, sareng interaksi permukaan, ogé faktor éksternal, kalebet iklim, privasi, sareng kabutuhan budaya.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Beusi

Hidden Boxes Imah Padumukan mangrupa juara A' Design Award Beusi, pangakuan anu bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain alus anu minuhan sarat profésional jeung industri anu diharepkeun tina kréasi anu dirarancang alus. Para juara Beusi nunjukkeun kaahlian anu hébat, spésialisasi anu luhur, pamahaman ahli jeung kamampuh kréatif para kréatorna. Hidden Boxes Imah Padumukan diharepkeun jadi kréasi anu dihargaan, dikagumi jeung dipikanyaah anu praktis jeung inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Beusi ieu ngalebetkeun prakték pangalusna industri sarta ngabogaan ciri téknis anu mampuh pakait jeung pangweruh praktis jeung bakat. Hidden Boxes Imah Padumukan dihormat pikeun katelitianana sarta dirarancang pikeun méré paningkatan kualitas hirup anu mantuan ngajadikeun dunya tempat nu leuwih hadé.

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