12th Building 住宅建筑 by Parviz Ghasemi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

铁建筑· 2023

12th Building 住宅建筑

by Parviz Ghasemi

Client: Maand Architects

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About 12th Building 住宅建筑

该项目重新定义了两侧有两个斜面的住宅建筑的形态，以提高生活质量并防止类似和邻近建筑的重复。试图通过切割部分斜面并在光影的作用下创造出完整和空旷的空间来创造一个动态的景观，尽管计划相似，但通过创造不同的视图和视角来定义单元和建筑的独立身份，并进行变换空间之间的立面，形成建筑内部生命流动的不同叙事。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

12th Building 住宅建筑是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计12th Building 住宅建筑将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。12th Building 住宅建筑因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: According to urban planning rules, buildings whose neighbors have observed the bevel in the elevation are required to observe this rule in the elevation. The gap created between the buildings by the bevels distorts the connection between the buildings as if the building has no desire to be close to its neighbors. This project redefines the morphology of a residential building with bevels on both sides to prevent repetition of similar adjacent buildings.
Dimensions & Packaging: Residential building on 9 floors. One basement with parking use, storage, facilities and entrance lobby, 7 residential floors with two units of 125 and 145 square meters per floor, on a land area of 476 square meters.
Tags: Architecture, Building, Structure, Residential, Elevation, 12th
Production Technology: By cutting the some parts of the bevel surfaces and turning them into flat surfaces, the two-part (terrace and kitchen window) division of each unit in the elevation, was transformed into three parts (window, terrace, kitchen window), In addition to the variety in the facade, closed spaces behind the outer wall Facade, to be formed after open and semi-open spaces and part of the life of the residents of each unit flows to the elevation .Due to the impossibility of openings in similar buildings ,the bevel surfaces remained unprocessed, became dynamic facades in this project.
Design Challenge: Neighbors of the project, in addition to complying with the bevel in the elevation (according to urban planning criteria), were simple buildings with uniform openings that had life behind them. Restrictions on bevel facades and mandatory stairwells and elevators due to the provision of parking, led the project to be similar to them. Turning the weakness of the project (bevel facades) into the strength of the project was the most challenging and difficult part of the project design.
Research: Buildings with a modern name, due to the type plans, are often simple boxes with uniform and unidentified windows and terraces. In this project, by creating diversity in the elevation, the units have an independent identity and by connecting vertically in the elevation to each other, the neighborhood relationship is emphasized and together they define the identity of the building. Efforts have also been made to define the relationship between the building and the open city.
Inspiration: Buildings, as urban elements, have an inevitable impact on each other and the urban environment. Considering this effect, redefining the relationship between the building and the city was considered in the design process of this project. By creating visual dimension and depth, the elevation was transformed from a flat surface with an urban context into an in between space; In such a way that the elevation is a bed for the formation of different narratives of activities inside the building and life flows in the urban structure.
Project Duration: The project was completed on September 18,2021 in Tehran, Iran
Operation Flow: In this area, in terms of rising land prices, most buildings have risen in price due to materials and side spaces, but middle-income groups still live in it. In this project, an attempt has been made to provide a more suitable building for the residents of the area by using cheap materials, removing side spaces and increasing the quality of architecture. Attempts have been made to create a semi-open space in the elevation and transfer part of the life of the residents to the elevation, life flows in the body of the city and the user of the space and the city interact.
Team Members: Architects : Parviz Ghasemi
Image Credits: Image #1,2,3,4,5: Photograph by Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh