Shamim Polymer 工厂 by Davood Boroojeni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

银建筑· 2021

Shamim Polymer 工厂

by Davood Boroojeni

Client: Shamim Polymer Co.

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About Shamim Polymer 工厂

该工厂需要维持三个项目，包括生产设施和实验室和办公室。这些类型的项目缺乏明确的功能方案是其空间质量令人不快的原因。该项目旨在通过利用流通元素来划分不相关的项目来解决这个问题。这座建筑的设计围绕着两个空隙空间展开。这些空隙空间为分离功能上不相关的空间创造了机会。同时作为一个中间庭院，建筑的每个部分都相互连接。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Shamim Polymer 工厂是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Shamim Polymer 工厂将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Shamim Polymer 工厂是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project seeks to increase sense of connecting spaces to improve the quality of life of factory workers. The concept of this complex took place in two outdoor void spaces perpendicular to each other. The geometry of these void spaces makes separation of different parts possible and acts as a middle courtyard for connecting different areas with each other. Human dimensions, open air, light and shadow, green space and color increase the sense of middle courtyard.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project proposal is related to a factory for the production of polymeric materials. The factory has a production, office and research department. The project land is approximately square like (60 meters long and 50 meters wide) is limited to the neighbor in the north and west and to the street in the south and east. This land with an area of three thousand square meters is located in a small industrial town in Alborz province of Iran.
Tags: Industrial Architecture, Factory, Iran, Middle Courtyard, Concrete, Office, Cruciform Axes, Green Roof, Exposed Materials, Davood Boroojeni
Production Technology: In Iran there have been specific patterns for organizing building plans from the past. The middle courtyard and the cruciform axes are two important patterns in Iranian architecture. It is believed that the prediction of these two patterns in the architectural design of this project is an attempt to revitalize these two Iranian architectural methods in industrial uses.
Design Challenge: The most important challenge in designing industrial uses is the proper separation of different work spaces. For this purpose instead of a wall we used space to separate different parts. The middle courtyards prediction helped to separate various parts of the factory properly. Other challenge was the possibility of leaving this middle courtyard abandoned. To meet this challenge we increased the spatial quality of the middle courtyard by observing human dimensions and considering open air for it and predicting the light and shadow play and green space and color.
Research: In this project, design methodology used quantitative and qualitative. The paramount goals of this project focused on best achieving, Appropriate Functionality, Provision of Desired Spatial Quality, Restoration of Middle Courtyard and Consumption Reduction of Energy and Construction Material. It is to note that such data gathering and assessment techniques utilized as field observation, review of architectural standards, identification of employer needs, review of relevant historical background, technical analysis of construction material, and last but not the least an assessment on the region climate.
Inspiration: Factors such as the desired spatial quality, local architecture, climate and exposed usage of materials have been considered in the project design. We believe that beautiful innovative useful architecture of Shamim Polymer factory is the result of using the above mentioned factors in the project simultaneously.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2019 and finished in November 2020.
The project is located in a small industrial town in Alborz province of Iran.
Operation Flow: One of our primary goals of design was to expose materials. We believe that the uses of exposed materials not only creates an industrial feel in the spaces, also makes less harm to the environment. Structures are made of steel, floors are made of concrete, walls are made of prefabricated concrete blocks, glass, prefabricated concrete panels, and stairs are made of in-site concrete without any other materials being added.
Team Members: Principal Architect: Davood Boroojeni
Design Team: Saba Ammari
Design Team: Hamed Kalateh
Civil Engineer: Bardia Khafaf
Mechanical Engineer: Hamidreza Nikzad
Mechanical Engineer: Mohsen Jafari
Electrical Engineer: Amir Salamat
Executive Team: Barbod Mokhtari
Executive Team: Emran Nazarian
Image Credits: All photos : Photographer Parham Taghioff