Nim Rokh

Nim Rokh is a single-family dwelling on three floors, on a south-facing plot in one of Kerman’s developing townships — a township governed by regulations allowing variable building densities.

At the 25th Memar Award jury deliberations, the project sparked one of the most heated exchanges. Ehsan Hoseini championed it: "This is my favorite. They used the term 'sky-eating' but in reality gave more sky to the city than consumed it. They managed to establish this north-south connection both at eye level on the ground and in the sky, defining a kind of narrow linear courtyard." He called it "one of those projects that, in the history of contemporary architecture anywhere, could be the starting point of something." Nasrin Seraji sharply disagreed: "This is a 'doll house.' Architecture is no longer that 'object' that performs all this formal gymnastics. For what purpose? To achieve what?" Their exchange about invention vs. formalism became a defining moment of the jury session, with Seraji concluding: "I think this is the end of an era, and that itself is a good discussion."