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[GOL]Khaneh House

[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff

[GOL]KHANEH HOUSE

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ARCHITECTS
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MANUFACTURERS
Avandad, Venus Glass

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Shabnam Hosseini

TEAM
Hamish Rhodes, Somayeh Derakhshan, Sarvenaz Dadgar

MECHANICAL CONSULTANT
Ali Ghanizadeh

ELECTRICAL CONSULTANT
Ali Piltan

LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR
Hamid Darian

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Shabnam Hosseini

CLIENT
Private

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Sarvin Sazeh

MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Behzad Pourshab

MANUFACTURER
Venus Glass, Avandad, Miniatour

PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Shabnam Hosseini

REPRESENTATION AND GRAPHICS
Ava Dehghani

PHOTOGRAPHS
Parham Taghioff, Ava Dehghani, Mahrad Reyhani, Hossein Marjovi

AREA
798.0 m2

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Iran

CATEGORY
Houses

[GOL]KHANEH is located on the outskirts of the city of Karaj, about 60km west of Tehran.

[GOL]Khaneh House
[GOL]Khaneh House

It is designed and built as a vacation home for a family of 6.

Two adjacent but separate plots – each about 5000 square meters – form the site for this project.

[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Ava Dehghani
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff

Plot A was thick with old fruit trees while Plot B, adjacent to a noisy street with a chaotic line of low-rise residential buildings, was dry and barely had any trees because of a previous fire.

Therefore, Plot B was chosen as the building site and creating a buffer to maximize privacy and limit views and noise transfer from the neighbouring street to the site quickly became a priority in design.

Massing of this project is a direct response to site conditions as it aims to form a long and linear volume - similar to a thick wall - and act as a barrier against the noise and chaos of the adjacent street and to block views into the site.

[GOL]Khaneh House
[GOL]Khaneh House

The volume is further deformed to embrace the swimming pool and create a private pocket around it. Insertion of the driveway and the swimming pool affect the volume on the ground level and result in shaded areas for drop-off and outdoor sitting.

The resulting dynamic and modern form is wrapped with a brick skin - a long-standing element in Iranian architecture.

Bricks are from Heydari Kiln - traditional full bricks each made by hand. The brick layering technique is “Kaleh-rasteh”, one full brick followed by a half brick.

[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff

Three simple variations on this technique create the opportunity to have different textures on the façade to register level 0 and level 1 as two separate layers and have porosity at windows and balcony balustrades.

A line of full-height windows on the ground floor opens the façade to focus all views on the swimming pool and on Level 1 a long shaded terrace connecting the bedrooms overlooks the pool and the rest of the site. Back of the building remains closed and solid.

Structural system is concrete slab and columns with columns pushed to the sides and following the direction and form of the building.

[GOL]Khaneh House
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff

Landscape design remains integral to the project.

Path lines are following building lines and material palette is cast-concrete and gravel.

Plants are chosen from a wild and grass-type palette to create a natural and accidental feel.

[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff


[GOL]Khaneh House
[GOL]Khaneh House
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Ava Dehghani
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Ava Dehghani
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff


[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff
[GOL]Khaneh House
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[GOL]Khaneh House
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[GOL]Khaneh House
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[GOL]Khaneh House
[GOL]Khaneh House
© Parham Taghioff
[GOL]Khaneh House
[GOL]Khaneh House


[GOL]Khaneh House
Section A + B
[GOL]Khaneh House
Section C + D
[GOL]Khaneh House
Elevations


[GOL]Khaneh House
Ground Floor Plan
[GOL]Khaneh House
First Floor Plan
[GOL]Khaneh House
Site Plan
[GOL]Khaneh House
Formation Diagram
[GOL]Khaneh House
Facade Diagram

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