Although Kish Island is currently a developing region, it
can be observed as two main zones; one of which is based on former developments
of the Island in previous years, and the other is the currently developing
parts. The project is located at the threshold of the developing zone and the
former developed zone. This role facilitates it to collaborate with the two
zones and also work effectively with future developments.
The transportation system of this project consists of two
parallel set of streets which are connected to each other by another
perpendicular set. The site is located by the main structural road that makes
it easily accessible and visible from this main road. Additionally, being
located on the junction of a linking street and the main road of the city may
also carry an important character for the project.
There are three iconic points in the master plan of Kish. The
project is a multi-functional 23-floor tower, which is indented to play the
iconic role of the zone and the city as well. Based on these three reasons this
project intends to be an iconic design of the future Kish .
The project has potential to act as an iconic building of
the Kish Island due to its functional program and location in the city. To
create the basic design we took two different actions;
1) To have an
urban-scale effect and achieve a remarkable urban void, we designed a floating U-shape form on higher
elevation.
2) To create an impact on the urban surrounding of the
project, we formed another U-shape
form starting from the ground level.
The intersection of the voids of these two forms creates an
internal void that links the two forms as well as the forms to the urban
environment. On the next step, we blocked both voids on one side to save more
sellable area and keep the privacy of the whole project.
The main technique for designing the form was
subtraction. Initially, we assumed the building as a tapered extrusion of site margin
that sets back as it rises up to make a reasonable distance from the