This Hussainia, with a cultural-religious use, in Emam Shahr region of Yazd, and dimen-sion of 10 meters by 18 meters and area of 180 square meters, is accessed by a 3-meter passage on the northeast of the site of the project. The project is designed with 3 floors including Underground floor, ground floor, first floor and rooftop. Spaces related to each floor are described below:
Basement:
1. Men and women’s Restrooms
2. Kitchen
3. Kitchen storage
4. Mechanical room
Ground floor:
1. Public space for men
2. Pantry
3. Shoe storage
4. Sound System section
1st floor:
1. Public space for women
2. Pantry
3. Shoe storage
4. Chador closet
5. Women’s lavabo
Rooftop:
1. Janitor’s room
Following the width and direction of the aforementioned 3-meter passage, the main en-trance and Vertical access of the levels are placed on the southeast of the building. Utility spaces including shoe storage, sound system section and pantry, with width of 2 meters are placed next to the entrance. These utility areas act as a barrier, separating the public space from circulation spaces.
The center-ward public space with dimensions of 10 meters by 12 meters and a cultural-religious use is designed in two levels. The lower story is dedicated to men and the story above to women. These two levels which is inspired by Historic Hussainia's in Yazd (in that time women would have watch the event happening in the main space from arched chambers on the upper floors) are connected to each other with a void space in the mid-dle including arches that creating privacy and emphasis on the center.
To strengthen the sense of ascension, spiritually and transcendency, this empty space reaches a dome. To accentuate on the vertical axis created by the dome, a circular open-ing is located on top of it.
Innovation and advantages:
Being enclosed in a dense urban area without the possibility of having windows on the walls, the project takes advantage of skylights. In addition, the climate of Yazd encour-aged windows around the dome for indirect lighting and natural ventilation.
Considering the difference between a mosque and a Hussainia, mihrab is omitted from this project and instead, the direction of Qibla is defined by a hidden skylight behind the Qibla arch of the central space. In order to preserve the traditional and historical context and architectural identity of the Yazd city, brick and blue tile were used for the facade. Moreover, a perforated wall made of brick in the women’s lavabo is designed for the pur-pose of lighting and creating privacy. To keep the integrity and continuity of the wall in-tact, it is designed with brickwork reliefs.
To accentuate the importance of the main entrance the outer and inner walls of this sec-tion are covered with blue tiles. Furthermore, use of perforated tiled wall has resulted in visual continuity and integrity of the inside and outside.
A combination of brick and plaster, inspired by simplicity and contentment of Yazd's people, is used for the interior materials.
2016
2018
Project Name: Hussainia of Madarjoon
Architecture Firm: [SON]Office
Contact e-mail: [email protected]
Firm Location: Iran,Tehran
Completion Year: 2018
Gross Built Area: 565 sq meter
Project location: Yazd, Emam Shahr, Sanat square toward National Iranian oil company,Resalat Blv. , 4th Alley
Lead Architects: Seyed Amirhossein Sahiholnasab
Lead Architects e-mail: [email protected]
Design Team: Pasha Nobahar,Yasaman Fattahi,
Seyed Mohammad Hossein Mousavi
Clients: Nosrat Pilevar
Engineering: Hossein Pourzahmat kesh
Collaborators: Dr. Hamidreza Khoei
Mechanical Eng. :Amirhossein Saheb Zamani,Mohammad Baharestan
Electrical Eng. :Mahyar Sadeghian
Structural Eng. : Mohammad Ebrahimi
Photo credits: Mohammad Ali Qorbani, Seyed Amirhossein Sahiholnasab
Photographer’s e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
