Villa, Lavasan

The Villa near Latian Dam lake in Lavasan was a finalist (Jury Selection) in the Residential Buildings category at the 9th Memar Award (2009). Designed by Rastak Consulting Engineers (Baharak Keshani, Leila Ghadimzadeh, and Masoomeh Akbari), the 260 m² villa sits on a 4,747 m² site in the Saboo Kuchak area overlooking snow-capped mountains. Franco Micucci acknowledged the project's "strong idea and extraordinary site" but noted the fundamental disconnect: "the idea of 'fracture' should be the project's most essential basic idea from beginning to end, but here the project begins with this idea and then the problems arise from the gap in spatial quality." Kamran Afshar Naderi praised the initial concept but felt it was weakened by inconsistency: "the idea at a macro level is good, provided it is followed through in the details." Hossein Sheikh Zeinoddin observed that "several different styles coexist in this project" and while the overall L-shape concept works well, "the building is ordinary and weak in terms of damage," suggesting the strong concept was undermined by conventional execution.