Penumbra

Xema Architects (Reza Mafakher) Finalist of Iranian Architect Merit Award 2020 Location: Sari, Iran Date: 2013 Area: 1,200 sqm Status: Completed Client: Mr. Pasandidehfar Design Associates: Shamsa Mokhber, Simin Ramezanpour Presentation: Mohammad Aminian, Hamed Sarhadi, Tina Rokni Photo: Masih Mostajeran Farahabad Boulevard ties the city of Sari to the Caspian Sea creating a main tourism route. It is a northern Iran’s routes that creates moments grasping the attention of the observer as continues linking the city to the sea without the acknowledgement of the distance traveled, A boulevard covering diverse buildings, representing different periods of time that creates a metaphoric film sequence, a narrative of perception that differs from one observer to the other. The main purpose of this project is to create a façade with a static structure that creates a representation of interactive architecture, due to the mobility of the observer’s coordinate. This entire dynamic originates with exploitation from the absolute contrast of the two endings of the achromatic gray spectrum. It’s created from vertical surfaces with black and white faces. It constructs unlimited sequences, due to the portion of the appearance of black and white sides of the facet module, in the creation of a shade of the facet in that specific moment. Sequences of neutral gray alongside an incomparable reflection of environment, creates a chromatic tone that only belongs to that specific experiment of observer in time.