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Cheshmeha
Cheshmeha
Rudehen, Iran
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Cheshmeha
Rudehen, Iran
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2020
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
“Inverted Duplex”
This project is situated in the village of Cheshmeha, located in Mehrabad, Rudehen. It is a weekend villa designed for a young couple, their child, and the grandmother. The grandmother is unwell and prefers peace and quiet, yet she and the young girl in the family share a strong bond. To ensure ease of access and direct entry to the garden, the bedrooms are placed on the ground floor adjacent to each other. The villa has been designed as an inverted duplex.
” Birds of a feather flock together”
The eastern neighbour comprises two separate buildings, connected only by a glass corridor on the first floor. On the ground floor, this intermediate space serves as a covered void, linking the main courtyard to the rear garden. The distinctiveness between these two identical and similarly sized structures lies in their colour. The overall form of the neighbouring building evokes our earliest drawings of a house. The initial form of the project was developed by modifying this structure’s template. One section of the neighbouring building was selected, widened and heightened, then bisected. The western half was lowered by one floor, with the first third of it removed to create an empty space intended as a bridge connecting these two sections.
“The Empty Space Between Things”
The empty space on the ground floor extends along the north-south axis, internally connecting the main courtyard to the rear garden. The courtyard is divided into four sections, and the internal space is oriented east-west. On the eastern side, the child’s and grandmother’s rooms are separated from the main master bedroom on the western side, which impacts the vertical access routes. In the eastern section, a staircase provides public access from the ground floor to the rooftop terrace, while in the western section, a semi-private staircase leads from the living room in front of the main master bedroom to the kitchen. The void on the first floor creates a dual-axis connection. On the north-south axis, it separates the main, furnished terrace in the north from the service terrace near the kitchen in the south. Meanwhile, on the east-west axis, it divides the kitchen and dining area from the main living room. On the second floor, the western section is omitted, and the void is filled with water to create a small pool for the eastern section, which has been turned into a terrace.
” The Lame Devil “
As Schopenhauer remarked, our civilised world is a grand masquerade where things are not what they appear to be. It is essential for one to be aware and capable of comprehending and enduring this masquerade from the outset. Alas, for an Asmodeus who would not only make roofs transparent but remove walls as well. Asmodeus, the kindly devil in Alain-René Lesage’s novel The Lame Devil, lifts the roofs of houses in a village to reveal what transpires beneath them to his friend, which they found amusing. We sought his help not to slice the roof, but to make a vertical cut that reveals the interior spaces of the building to those grounded on the earth.
This project is situated in the village of Cheshmeha, located in Mehrabad, Rudehen. It is a weekend villa designed for a young couple, their child, and the grandmother. The grandmother is unwell and prefers peace and quiet, yet she and the young girl in the family share a strong bond. To ensure ease of access and direct entry to the garden, the bedrooms are placed on the ground floor adjacent to each other. The villa has been designed as an inverted duplex.
” Birds of a feather flock together”
The eastern neighbour comprises two separate buildings, connected only by a glass corridor on the first floor. On the ground floor, this intermediate space serves as a covered void, linking the main courtyard to the rear garden. The distinctiveness between these two identical and similarly sized structures lies in their colour. The overall form of the neighbouring building evokes our earliest drawings of a house. The initial form of the project was developed by modifying this structure’s template. One section of the neighbouring building was selected, widened and heightened, then bisected. The western half was lowered by one floor, with the first third of it removed to create an empty space intended as a bridge connecting these two sections.
“The Empty Space Between Things”
The empty space on the ground floor extends along the north-south axis, internally connecting the main courtyard to the rear garden. The courtyard is divided into four sections, and the internal space is oriented east-west. On the eastern side, the child’s and grandmother’s rooms are separated from the main master bedroom on the western side, which impacts the vertical access routes. In the eastern section, a staircase provides public access from the ground floor to the rooftop terrace, while in the western section, a semi-private staircase leads from the living room in front of the main master bedroom to the kitchen. The void on the first floor creates a dual-axis connection. On the north-south axis, it separates the main, furnished terrace in the north from the service terrace near the kitchen in the south. Meanwhile, on the east-west axis, it divides the kitchen and dining area from the main living room. On the second floor, the western section is omitted, and the void is filled with water to create a small pool for the eastern section, which has been turned into a terrace.
” The Lame Devil “
As Schopenhauer remarked, our civilised world is a grand masquerade where things are not what they appear to be. It is essential for one to be aware and capable of comprehending and enduring this masquerade from the outset. Alas, for an Asmodeus who would not only make roofs transparent but remove walls as well. Asmodeus, the kindly devil in Alain-René Lesage’s novel The Lame Devil, lifts the roofs of houses in a village to reveal what transpires beneath them to his friend, which they found amusing. We sought his help not to slice the roof, but to make a vertical cut that reveals the interior spaces of the building to those grounded on the earth.
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