Amaj Darman Office Building

The Amaj Darman Office Building in Pardis Technology Park (Plot 29b) was a finalist (Jury Selection) in the Public Buildings category at the 9th Memar Award (2009). Designed by Kourosh Rafeii, the 450 m² building on a 500 m² site features interconnected glass volumes raised on stilts over an arid landscape. Franco Micucci praised how "the film clearly shows the idea of spaces connected through staircases and ramps — the project's strength lies in this continuity around a single circulation." Kamran Afshar Naderi referenced Rudolf Arnheim's classification of buildings — those whose spatial volume is grasped at a glance versus those whose spaces are discovered through movement — noting "this building has both qualities." Hossein Sheikh Zeinoddin found it an interesting project where "the architect shows good attention to concepts," though he noted minor issues with the glass line composition and column placement. Reza Daneshmir praised the sense of movement, saying "the project reveals itself gradually like a story," though he regretted the abrupt glass termination of the external circulation flow.