Winner of the second edition of Iran’s Building of the Year was announced in a ceremony held at Niavaran Cultural/Historical Complex, north of Tehran, on April 25 and Kaboutar (pigeon) Residential House emerged as the winner.
This year, some 25 projects were submitted to the event’s secretariat in Tehran, from which the jury first selected 17 works for the competition and later shortlisted seven projects, Honaronline reported.
The award was handed to the owner of Kaboutar Residential Building, Parvin-Taj Arasteh-Kermani, in the presence of the prominent architects, including the designer of Takhti Stadium in Tehran, Jahangir Darvish.
Kaboutar Building, located in Lavasanat District, northeast of Tehran, was designed by Fatourechiani Architecture Office, co-founded by Majid and Hamid Fatourehchiani and Rouhollah Kashmiri.
The building, constructed on an area of 1,000 square meters, not only includes residential sections but also a community hall that will host charitable events, as the owner is an active charity worker.
“One of our first challenges was connecting these two spaces (residential section and community hall) while maintaining the appearance of the building’s uniformity,” the designers said.
One of the innovations of the project is the construction and installation of a 16-meter-wide window opening toward the community hall.
“Due to its large width and possibility to retract, we had to consider in advance all structural behaviors of this pre-stressed frame to make sure it can stand the cold and warm climate changes and can open and close properly.
Any unpredicted pressure within these frames could have caused the windows to break. Accordingly, the process of structural calculations and coordination with the manufacturing company and installers took longer and made this project more difficult,” they added.
The award is organized by Honar-e Memari (art of architecture) Artistic and Cultural Institute and financed by Roya Company, a carpet tiles and wallpaper company in Tehran.
