Rouzan 住宅建築 by Seyed Hamed Jafari is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 建築、樓宇及結構設計 Competition Category.

鐵建築· 2020

Rouzan 住宅建築

by Seyed Hamed Jafari

Client: Charchoob Architecture Office

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About Rouzan 住宅建築

Rouzan係一座位於伊朗伊斯法罕嘅住宅建築。呢個設計將傳統伊朗住宅同現代公寓結合埋一齊。外牆由本地材料製成嘅磚塊砌成,以垂直方式排列,配以凹陷部分同鋒利角度。半透明磚塊同木製遮篷,加上裝飾性壁龕同凹槽,令人聯想起傳統伊朗住宅。天台設有噴水池、花園同燒烤區。電動旋轉遮篷窗可以遙控操作,冬天展開以增加日照,夏天收縮以減少熱量。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Rouzan 住宅建築是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Rouzan 住宅建築將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Rouzan 住宅建築因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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