Hedayat Street Building

Mana Design Studio (Mohammadi, Shokrollahi & Partners) Finalist of Iranian Architect Merit Award 2020 Location: Shiraz, Iran Date: 2015 Area: 1,200 sqm Status: Completed Client: Mr. Mostafayi & Partners Design Team: Parisa & Hamidreza Mohammadi, Leila & Ali Shokrollahi Structure: Yahya Fili, Majid Shokrollahi Mechanical Consultant: Zahra Shokrollahi Hedayat Street building in an area of 290 sqm and a building area of 1200 sqm, was designed in the commercial and administrative center of Shiraz city in Iran, on seven floors. The building consists of two basement floors, for parking usage, ground and first floors for commercial and second, third and fourth floors for office usage. On each floor of the three upper floors, two office units with 80 sqm area was designed, so that office floors consists of six units. Ground and first floor consists of one commercial unit which is connected by an internal staircase. The first basement access is possible via ramp of commercial units and the second basement access is possible via car lift of office units. At first, using a regular rhythm to reduce the visual heterogeneity of surrounding buildings, was formed that in the architectural elements of building take a visual meaning. In other words, the regular repeating, sequentially shifting, change and moving elements, creates visual rhythm. In next step, the use of green space in the the interior spaces and its extension to the building facade, on one hand, cause improve the quality of office space and raise spirit of individuals and employees’ and on the other hand, due to dry climate of environment, lead to adjustment of air and delicacy to avoid specific thermal shock of dry climate. Despite the value of solar radiation for indoor environments, it has some flaws. The radiation that directly enter the interior space is generally not desirable, because it can cause sensitivity to light and excessive heat.