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Dochaar Apartment: Transforming a box into a home
Dochaar Apartment: Transforming a box into a home
Shiraz, Iran
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Dochaar Apartment: Transforming a box into a home
Shiraz, Iran
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2020
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$0 - 10K
Located in the northwest of Shiraz, this project represents the transformation of a 20-year-old, 80-square-meter residential unit into a dynamic, adaptable living environment. Faced with spatial rigidity, low natural illumination, and budget constraints, the design set out to challenge the conventional domestic typology. The central inquiry of the intervention was to question how a static, compartmentalized “box” could be converted into a playful, unpredictable spatial continuum defined by interactive elements, flexible boundaries, and indeterminate user scenarios.
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the need to re-evaluate domestic space, requiring the integration of working, studying, and leisure functions within a limited footprint. To address structural and environmental limitations—such as non-bearing interior partitions, misaligned utility shafts, and an underutilized balcony—the intervention adopted a strategy of radical subtraction. Demolishing internal walls opened up visual connection and allowed daylight to penetrate deep into the plan, extending light even into the bathroom core. By relocating bulky cooling equipment, the balcony was reclaimed as a sunlit greenhouse buffer; its perimeter was clad in frosted glass to filter natural light while maintaining privacy from adjacent buildings.
Reconfiguring the floor plan, the design substitutes fixed masonry partitions with dynamic, multifunctional elements. A series of custom mobile wardrobe modules on omnidirectional casters now dictate the spatial organization of the “white box.” These movable volumes continuously redefine thresholds, enabling spontaneous spatial configurations—from an open-plan studio suitable for remote work to an extended living area. Rejecting a static master bedroom, domestic life becomes performative and fluid; sleeping arrangements are reconfigured flexibly using moveable pallets facing the greenhouse. Ultimately, through strategic manipulation of light, mobility, and view, the project champions spatial autonomy, granting occupants the freedom to continuously negotiate their relationship with space.
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the need to re-evaluate domestic space, requiring the integration of working, studying, and leisure functions within a limited footprint. To address structural and environmental limitations—such as non-bearing interior partitions, misaligned utility shafts, and an underutilized balcony—the intervention adopted a strategy of radical subtraction. Demolishing internal walls opened up visual connection and allowed daylight to penetrate deep into the plan, extending light even into the bathroom core. By relocating bulky cooling equipment, the balcony was reclaimed as a sunlit greenhouse buffer; its perimeter was clad in frosted glass to filter natural light while maintaining privacy from adjacent buildings.
Reconfiguring the floor plan, the design substitutes fixed masonry partitions with dynamic, multifunctional elements. A series of custom mobile wardrobe modules on omnidirectional casters now dictate the spatial organization of the “white box.” These movable volumes continuously redefine thresholds, enabling spontaneous spatial configurations—from an open-plan studio suitable for remote work to an extended living area. Rejecting a static master bedroom, domestic life becomes performative and fluid; sleeping arrangements are reconfigured flexibly using moveable pallets facing the greenhouse. Ultimately, through strategic manipulation of light, mobility, and view, the project champions spatial autonomy, granting occupants the freedom to continuously negotiate their relationship with space.
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