This house has been conceived as a weekend retreat, which would become the main residence of the client upon retirement. Due to the client’s interest in gardening and the region’s cold climate, a green house was positioned directly in the axis of the villa, and the space between them which serves as a man-made garden was derived geometrically and formally from Persian garden patterns. A caretaker’s cottage with the dual role of entranceway or “dargah” is situated on the northeastern border of the land. A guesthouse that was initially conceived on the end of the colonnade or “ravagh” was later dropped at the construction phase due to financial reasons, but the garage and mechanical space were built on the lower level.
The placement and positioning of the house emerged productively from the difficulties of its site: the land’s natural slope, orientation of the slope, light and natural views. Due to the land’s natural grading, the house is partially submerged into the earth and the ground floor has it’s back to the soil. Hence the villa has two and a half floors overlooking the garden, whilst from the upper terrain the house looks single storey.
1999
2003
PROJECT MANAGER AND PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT: BAHRAM SHOKOUHIAN
DESIGN TEAM: RAMIN RAHROVANI,MOHAMMAD AREF TOHIDI
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT: BAHRAM SHOKOUHIAN
