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Sheed Residential Building
Sheed Residential Building
Mashhad, Iran
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Sheed Residential Building
Mashhad, Iran
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
Sheed — Living Between Light and Shade
Sheed Residential Building is located in Mashhad, on Danesh Amouz Boulevard, on a narrow urban plot within a dense residential context. From the outset, the compact dimensions of the site turned issues such as natural lighting, privacy, balcony quality, connection to open space, and visual control into the main design challenges. In this context, the project attempts to treat limitations not as obstacles, but as the starting point for an architectural idea.
The main concept of the project is based on redefining the role of the wall and façade in a residential building. In Sheed, the wall is not merely a separating element between inside and outside; rather, it becomes a tool for controlling light, creating privacy, organizing the façade, and shaping the experience of living. From this perspective, the façade is not a decorative surface, but an active part of the residents’ everyday life; a mediator between the private interior spaces and the public realm of the city.
- One of the key elements in this mediation is the use of movable wooden louvers within the balcony areas. These louvers allow residents to adjust visibility, daylight, shade, and privacy according to their needs. As a result, the balconies are transformed from secondary attached spaces into usable and lively extensions of the residential units. The movable nature of the louvers gives the façade a dynamic quality, allowing the building’s appearance to change throughout the day in response to the occupants’ use. At times, the louvers can be closed to create a calm, protected, and private balcony; at other times, they can be opened to establish a stronger visual and spatial connection between the interior, the balcony, and the city.
The presence of wood against the building’s light-colored body adds warmth and a human scale to the façade, while making the layers of habitation more legible. These wooden elements emphasize the balconies as semi-open living spaces and create a balance between the solidity of the urban volume and the softness of everyday life. In this way, the façade becomes a living, adjustable surface—one that is not only seen, but also used, modified, and experienced by its residents.
- During the design process, the initial volume of the project was shaped in response to the site limitations, urban regulations, and neighboring buildings. Through a process of subtraction, addition, and spatial adjustment, the design created opportunities for daylight, balconies, privacy control, and improved residential quality. Within this strategy, the balconies and movable wooden louvers play an important role in turning the narrowness of the plot into an opportunity for creating spatial depth and layered living conditions.
Sheed is an attempt to create a more humane residential quality within a limited urban site. In this project, walls, light, balconies, and movable louvers work together to form a brighter, more flexible, and more private experience of dwelling. The project demonstrates that even in small and dense urban plots, careful façade design and the activation of semi-open spaces can significantly enhance the quality of everyday residential life.
Sheed Residential Building is located in Mashhad, on Danesh Amouz Boulevard, on a narrow urban plot within a dense residential context. From the outset, the compact dimensions of the site turned issues such as natural lighting, privacy, balcony quality, connection to open space, and visual control into the main design challenges. In this context, the project attempts to treat limitations not as obstacles, but as the starting point for an architectural idea.
The main concept of the project is based on redefining the role of the wall and façade in a residential building. In Sheed, the wall is not merely a separating element between inside and outside; rather, it becomes a tool for controlling light, creating privacy, organizing the façade, and shaping the experience of living. From this perspective, the façade is not a decorative surface, but an active part of the residents’ everyday life; a mediator between the private interior spaces and the public realm of the city.
- One of the key elements in this mediation is the use of movable wooden louvers within the balcony areas. These louvers allow residents to adjust visibility, daylight, shade, and privacy according to their needs. As a result, the balconies are transformed from secondary attached spaces into usable and lively extensions of the residential units. The movable nature of the louvers gives the façade a dynamic quality, allowing the building’s appearance to change throughout the day in response to the occupants’ use. At times, the louvers can be closed to create a calm, protected, and private balcony; at other times, they can be opened to establish a stronger visual and spatial connection between the interior, the balcony, and the city.
The presence of wood against the building’s light-colored body adds warmth and a human scale to the façade, while making the layers of habitation more legible. These wooden elements emphasize the balconies as semi-open living spaces and create a balance between the solidity of the urban volume and the softness of everyday life. In this way, the façade becomes a living, adjustable surface—one that is not only seen, but also used, modified, and experienced by its residents.
- During the design process, the initial volume of the project was shaped in response to the site limitations, urban regulations, and neighboring buildings. Through a process of subtraction, addition, and spatial adjustment, the design created opportunities for daylight, balconies, privacy control, and improved residential quality. Within this strategy, the balconies and movable wooden louvers play an important role in turning the narrowness of the plot into an opportunity for creating spatial depth and layered living conditions.
Sheed is an attempt to create a more humane residential quality within a limited urban site. In this project, walls, light, balconies, and movable louvers work together to form a brighter, more flexible, and more private experience of dwelling. The project demonstrates that even in small and dense urban plots, careful façade design and the activation of semi-open spaces can significantly enhance the quality of everyday residential life.
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