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Tehran, Iran

Firm

PRAGMATICA ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO

Type

Residential › Apartment

STATUS

Under Construction

YEAR

2026

SIZE

1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

BUDGET

Unknown

Urban Infill Apartment
As a conventional and widely utilized typology in metropolitan contexts, the urban infill apartment often adheres to well-defined models and design patterns. The adoption of the Dom-ino structural system has driven the morphological tendencies of infill apartments toward the design of maximized spatial boxes. Rethinking this model underscores the importance of activating the section in the spatial arrangement of residential units.
The incorporation of duplex units alongside flat units across two superimposed floors introduces a diverse range of formal and spatial possibilities in both programmatic organization and visual composition. The spatial coherence that emerges from this configuration continuously redefines the relationship between solid and void, open and enclosed, and challenges the boundaries between these dualities.
The Pazela Apartment project served as a pretext for addressing a fundamental question:
“How can one extract a unique diagram, plan, and form from within the constraints of a conventional infill box?”
The dimensions of the site—with a high length-to-width ratio—the building footprint, and the programmatic requirements all activated the potential for reevaluating prior models. The proposed integration of duplex units as complements to flat units not only increased the typological diversity but also activated the sectional dimension of the apartment, generating layered spatial sequences.
Moreover, the introduction of internal staircases within the duplex units, in relation to the façade, produced an atypical spatial quality for residential apartment typologies, effectively materializing the project’s core concept.
The central placement of the vertical circulation core presented an efficient and responsive solution for access, enabling two units per floor and allowing for a split-level configuration in the parking levels. This, combined with the allocation of amenity spaces in the basement levels and the implementation of the sunken garden typology (Godal-Baghche), enhanced the spatial quality of shared services and led to a more coherent organization of the program.
In conclusion, by intervening in the section, reconfiguring the layout of residential units, and integrating alternative models of vertical circulation and spatial organization, this project challenges the normative structure of the urban infill apartment. It opens up new possibilities for alternative paradigms in the design of what remains the dominant residential typology in urban development.

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