Atlasi Family Apartment

Avgoun Design & Construction Office (Sepideh Masoudinejad, Babak Khabaz, Babak Gholizadeh) Semi-Finalist of Iranian Architect Merit Award 2018 Location: Tehran, Iran Date: 2014 Area: 1,567 sqm Status: Completed Client: Ahmadian Family Structure: Benyamin Mohebi Mechanical Consultant: Kambiz Tabei Construction: Avgoun Design Office (Babak Khabaz, Babak Gholizadeh) Photo: Alireza Roohnavaz The building is designed for a family consists of a parent and two children, where the near future expansion of each child’s family was a priority. The design goal was to house this extended family in contemporary format apartments where the main challenge was to solve the level of dependency between future residents. We wanted to reflect this level of dependency in volume, size, form and organization of spaces of the house. To this end, the complex consists of three individual units; the entire first floor was given to the parents and is designed in a flat format with large and luxurious dining and living room aligned with their requirements of age and social status. For brothers, multilevel apartment were designed to reflect their playful and modern moods. A vertical void between the mass of the building creates a central courtyard. This courtyard enables penetration of natural light deep into houses and provides sky view for the residents. On the other hand, placing of various spaces (open and semi-open spaces and private balconies) around the courtyard at various levels, demonstrate a dynamic and lively area where members of the family can enjoy their social life and keep neighbors interacted while each house’s privacy is protected. Transparency and fluidity of spaces and overflow of sky and light into the units were achieved by adding semi-closed areas and skylights. “Atlasi Family Apartment” is built on a 500 sqm plot, in Zafar district in northern Tehran. The parent’s flat apartment is on the second floor (254 sqm).