Description
Nazar Mansion is a residential apartment on a 560 square meters site, located on Kamal Esmaeil Street, near the Zayandeh-Rud river in Isfahan. One of the most important features of this project site is having the view of the river and the adjacent green space. A factor that had an effective role in its design.
This four-floor building includes a basement (-2.10m), ground floor (+0.80m) and the first and second floors with a total infrastructure area of 1150 square meters. The project structure is of concrete structure and the cooling-heating system is of central engine room, chiller and fan-coil.
In the mentioned four floors and 3 residential units have been designed. These three units have found different qualities based on their relationship with ground and sky. For example, the first unit, which includes the ground floor and part of the basement (the other part of the basement is dedicated to parking, central engine room and storages) is connected to the ground and is located next to a garden pit in the south and a back-yard in the north. In contrast, the highest unit (the third unit) is connected to the sky and has a green roof and a view of the sky. The middle unit also has its own characteristics with a dedicated yard in the middle.
In proportion to the position of the floors in relation to the earth and the sky, open courtyards and semi-open spaces, are located at different levels, which on the one hand have formed spaces for living (behavior-place) in relation to the surrounding spaces and on the other hand, they are related to the location and conditions of the project site. For example, in this project, despite the very good view of the Zayandeh-Rud River and the green spaces around it, there is considerable noise pollution during the day. Therefore, the terraces and windows that other apartments along the Zayandeh-Rud have only depended on their use of the fresh air, due to its noise pollution, are not used properly at all hours.
In response to this issue, in this project, while providing various spaces and possibilities for enjoying the view of the river, yards in the heart of the building have been created that can allow lighting and fresh air without noise pollution (inward yards). During the day, the “backyard”, which has the view of the neighbor’s tall pine trees, and the “central courtyard”, which provides a living connection between the family living room, room and kitchen, and a controllable link between the middle unit (2nd unit) and the upper unit (3rd unit) is a good alternative for open and semi-open spaces facing the river. In the design of this courtyard, the proportions of its walls have been controlled in such a way that they do not become in the form of ordinary void or skylights and have a “central courtyard” quality.
Although the gathering of spaces from the ground floor and the first floor around the middle open spaces, has not caused the beautiful environmental views to be forgotten, one of the important ideas is to create "various vision qualities" from different spaces and floors to beautiful views of the environment; Such as the spectacular views of the “south porch” and the “Mahtabi” by the pool on the green roof, the quiet view of the western part of the green roof which is in lower level, the decent view of the balcony of the first floor main room, the magnificent view of the first floor reception window and finally the magnificent and Pleasant view of high hall overlooking the garden pit, which has a view of tall trees along the Zayandeh-Rud from a low height and in a special way. Unlike the usual type of apartments, which usually experience only one type of space and one type of view quality due to repetition on the floors.
Another important and noticeable idea in this project is that "Joint Space" have been used instead of separating walls for the purpose of fluidity and extensive vision of interior spaces. These border spaces, in addition to improving the quality of the connection between indoor spaces, add to the richness and behavioral capabilities that can be chosen by the residents.
All of these has led to the fact that this apartment, despite the fact that it has three residential units, all its parts, spaces and levels have controlled and qualified links with each other. Generally it can be called a single "mansion". "Nazar Mansion" has been an attempt to recreate the quality of life in Iranian homes in today's apartments.
