Daad Residential Building

Cando Archineering Group (Bahador Kashani Madani) Location: Tehran, Iran Date: 2016 Area: 1,444 sqm Status: Completed Client: Mohammad Hashemi and Partners Design Associates: Bahareh Khomeiry, Sepideh Dadjou, Shermin Amiri Structure: Behrang Kashani Madani Mechanical Consultant: Razmik Zarifian Electrical Consultant: Rafi Zarifian Construction Manager: Behrad Kashani Madani Photo: Bahram Habibi, Bahador Kasahni Madani, Siavash Bagheri “Daad Residential Building” has been constructed in an area of 270 square meters which is located in Shariati Ave., Tehran with the useful area of 810 square meters in 5 residential floors in single units, it also includes 3 floor joints i.e. lobby and parking spaces on the first floor and parking spaces and depots on the 2nd and 3rd underground floors. The area of each residential unit is 162 square meters. The structural system of the building is a reinforced concrete structure with a shear wall along both sides of the building. The heating and cooling system of the building is duct split. In this project, the building plan, the facade and the inner details have all been designed and incorporated simultaneously. Meanwhile, each element has been effective on the others. The concept and leading approach which is noticeable among the facade and even the inner details of the building is merely based on the “Kilim” pattern design. The schemes existing in “Kilim” are those which seem to be quite familiar to the Iranians which conveys a feeling of warm attachment. Proper designs and patterns for each part of the building were redefined and designed through a vast research on the Kilim’s patterns of various Iranian tribes, such as the Varamin and Garmsaar nomads, tribes of southeast of Iran (Afshari) or the Turkman carpets. These patterns can be seen on the stony wall of the staircase, wooden handrail of the balconies, the parking space numbers and the lobby’s floor.