Dena villa project, actually built 20 years ago. It had a complicated and closed plan, the owner of which wanted to make fundamental changes and general reconstruction, due to the age of himself and his wife.
We have followed two main goals for the improvement and reconstruction of this villa:
For using the maximum light, in order to create visual transparency and connecting the interior spaces to the yard, we increased the number and area of the windows. Also by using some skylights, where there was the possibility of construction, we illuminated the dark spaces.
In order to make spatial integrity, after removing the walls, creating spatial confinement in all three levels, we designed a number of new walls for new spatial divisions, then we strengthened the structure of the building. The spatial separations were made by Suspended separators in order to maintain spatial fluidity. We also eliminated the height differences in first level to achieve an integrated platform.
For enlarging the functional spaces of the villa, we added a guest room and a breakfast space to the first level of the project.
Status: Built
Location: Shiraz, IR
My Role: Architect
Additional Credits: Project Name: Dena Villa
Architecture Firm: AshariArchitects
Firm Location: Shiraz, Iran
Completion Year: 2020
Gross Built Area: 500 sq.m
Project location: Iran,Shiraz
Lead Architects: AmirHossein Ashari
Photo credits: Parham Taghioff
Design Team: Zahra Jafari, Amir Iranidoost Haghighi, Ehsan Shabani, Zahra Rahimi
Clients: Mr. Nasiri
Structure Engineer: MohamadAli Hadian Fard
Mechanical Engineer: Ali Mohamad Heidari, Amin Mosavi
Landscape: Zahra Jafari
Design Partners: Zahra Jafari, Amir Iranidoost Haghighi, Ehsan Shabani, Zahra Rahimi
Executive Team: Mohsen Shams Abadian, Saeed Jamali, Moein Nekuei
Supervision: Ehsan Shabani
Graphics: Zahra Jafari, Sara Nazemi
3D Renders: Amir Iranidoost Haghighi, Mostafa Yektarzadeh
Research: Elnaz Amini Khanimani
Coordinator: Asma sirjani Asl