In-"between"
The project of Gholamali Beski's house restoration, whose life was invested in the preservation of Iran's natural resources, is informed by the idea of resisting against a market-driven economy.
An offset: the project tries to preserve the image and fabric of the city to contribute to urban resilience. The urban borderline of the building is preserved, and an inward offset has created a threshold, a buffer zone embracing the building like a cocoon.
Regimes: design strategies for reflective consumption of resources are translated into a series of orders.
- Design: design is conceived as willful interaction with the existing condition of the building and its reinforcement while distancing itself from appealing spatial interventions, so that aesthetics becomes a by-product of decision-making.
- Material condition: no new material were added to the palette of existing materials consisting of brick, cement, raw metal and glass. No flaw is covered by extra aesthetic layers.
- Modification order: modifications that result in adding layers or elements are limited by orders too. Walls are used for reinforcement only. The old structure of the ceiling is kept while flooring follows the reinforcement condition. Other architectural elements are exposed.
The 3 floor levels of Farshfilm have independent access to the yard. A public café-gallery on the ground floor with direct access, Nimkat educational film institute at the first level, and Farsh Film studio at the upper level.