The project’s site is a 220-meter land, located on the northern side of a street in the Yousef-Abad district. The project has five single-unit residential floors and a ground floor. The design team aimed to provide panoramic views for the units. There is a direct correlation between the exterior views and the façade’s openings since the façade is not presumed as a mere shell. As a result, everything in the facade (i.e., openings and windows) directly affects the natural light and the southern views. In the façade’s design, the design team considered the following issues: The minimum use of materials, an integrated approach toward the form design, not defining merely a shell, and creating a distinction from the surrounding context, while keeping the simplicity at the same time.
One of the most important design features of this project is its connection to the city through the courtyard and the ground floor. So, the continuity of the ground floor’s plan lines to the sidewalk, with a porous wall and planting would define the urban body. The material and detail choice was in a way that the project would be economical and feasible within the average prevalent budget in the region.
The incoming southern natural light needs to be controlled to reduce glare. Besides, there is a lack of privacy due to the relatively short distance between the buildings (one of the common problems in Iran's metropolises). As a result, movable wooden shaders are designed for the southern windows in harmony with the façade’s principles and materials. The shaders could be adjusted manually with the user's control and cover about 25% of the southern facade’s openings.