Rouzan 住宅建筑 by Seyed Hamed Jafari is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

铁建筑· 2020

Rouzan 住宅建筑

by Seyed Hamed Jafari

Client: Charchoob Architecture Office

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About Rouzan 住宅建筑

Rouzan 是位于伊朗伊斯法罕的一栋住宅建筑。该设计将伊朗传统民居与现代公寓融为一体。立面采用以当地材料烧制的砖块,以竖向排列构成内凹面与锐利的转角。半透光砖块以及带有装饰性壁龛与凹槽的木质遮阳篷,令人联想起伊朗的传统民居。屋顶设有喷泉水景、花园与烧烤区。电动旋转式遮阳篷窗可远程控制,冬季展开以引入更多阳光,夏季收拢以减少热量进入。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Rouzan 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Rouzan 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。Rouzan 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: 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
Image 2# photographer Negar Sedighi
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Image 5# photographer Negar Sedighi