Bricks on The move Building

Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff

BRICKS ON THE MOVE BUILDING

Ákaran Architects

PROJECT MANAGER
Ali Foroughi, Reza Ghorashi

MANUFACTURERS
Daikin, Porcelanosa, Rocca Tiles

MEP & HVAC DESIGNER
Mehdi Mirhabibi

LEAD ARCHITECT
Moeen Afzalkhani, Zahra Azizi

DESIGN TEAM
Hanna Mobaraki, Mohammad Arefian

AREA
10400 m²

YEAR
2020

PHOTOGRAPHS
Parham Taghioff

LOCATION
Tehran, Iran

CATAGORY
Apartments

Text description provided by architect.

A stack of four cubes, Zomorrod 11 stands firmly at the heart of a traffic junction in Tehran.

The design has incorporated the use of geometric brick pattern modules following a strategy by which the exterior façade of the building stretches inside and forms many elements of the interior; from the lowest parking level at -5 through to the top.

Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff

The one-way street it overlooks on the south elevation connects two of Tehran's main north-south arteries, therefore the nature of the site's impact on the passer-by is affected by speed and haste.

The Architecture has aimed for the drivers and pedestrians to pause, even in passing and perhaps reminisce through a modern structure, ties to the culture's past.

In line with this aspiration, the building is rather still from street level where all the rushing takes place up to the 3rd floor; this is also the height of the neighbouring buildings.

Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff

Up to here the brick modules are static which also limit the views towards the neighbouring sites.

From the third floor to the 6th level, rising higher and distancing from the freneticism of the enveloping streets, with views opening up to the mountains and the city scape, these modules become mobile.

Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff

Bricks screwed together, framed and moving on rails along the glazed elevation of the building, help the architecture to improvise an impression of the speedy surroundings of its streetscape while also expanding the views towards the city from the inside.

The mobile brick panels not only provide an ever changing image of the building on the outside, they also enable the user to control the amount of sunlight that flows into the office spaces.

Bricks on The move Building
Bricks on The move Building

Each panel weighs around 1000 kg and nevertheless is very easy to push along the rails fitted into the flooring.

 The mobile modules are designed and engineered to make them as lightweight as possible by using custom made hollow bricks screwed together.

Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff


Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff
Bricks on The move Building
© Parham Taghioff


Bricks on The move Building
Plan - First basement
Bricks on The move Building
Plan - Second to fifth basement


Bricks on The move Building
Elevation - West
Bricks on The move Building
Axo


Bricks on The move Building
Plan - Ground floor
Bricks on The move Building
Plan - First floor
Bricks on The move Building
Plan - Second to sixth floor