TAŞLAR HEM ÇELIK PUTRELLER, HEM DE L ÇIVILER ILE
CEPHEDEKI ÇELIK IZGARA SISTEME MONTE EDILIYOR.
STEEL BRACKETS AND LONG BENT NAILS ARE USED TO FIX STONE TO
THE STEEL SUBSTRUCTURE ON THE FAÇADE.
The Sarvin project, a 12 story building with almost 3000
m2 built area, half of which is dedicated to shops and
offices and the other half to parking area, squarely falls
in the urban and architectural conditions of Tehran
today. The primary task of the designers was to satisfy
the quantitative requirements of the client, giving him
the maximum saleable space in the floors. Consequently,
the architectural concept was focused on the façades,
as a point from which the forms move inside to create
the interiors and upwards to shape the roof garden. Due
to these parameters the double skin façade has several
functions: framing the panoramic views towards the
mountains, providing space for the flowers and plants
and controlling the afternoon sunlight. The materials
used in the façade have also symbolic meanings. The
inner skin in wood represents the warmth of the life
inside the building; the outer stone envelope, shaped
with the same care of a tailor’s pattern, creates a very
subtle relation with the surrounding kitsch pseudoclassical style building since both use light beige
travertine as the main finishing material.
OCAK - ŞUBAT 2014 / JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2014 • NATURA 89