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SABAT

Niavaran

Type: Villa
Status: Completed
Scale: Small

Awards & Publications:
Architecture & People Festival
ArchDaily
Golden plaque of Architecture

Sabat House is a reconstruction of a 380 square meter villa built in 1975 in Niavaran, Tehran. The initial idea for this project came from examining different aspects of the lives of the future residents of this building. A tourist who annually rests in this environment for a while and then sets off on a new journey.

Sabat is not only a concept rooted in Iranian architecture, but also has a common aspect in world architecture that can be one of the discoveries of a globetrotter. Its first part <sa> means comfort, which is the main element of the design of this house and the basic need of the homeowner, and its second part indicates the building and shelter, and a temporary destination for rest.

In the design process, by creating the main axis of the house, which has a similar function to Sabat, in addition to separating public and private spaces, a dynamic and living structure was created in the plan. By creating axes perpendicular to the main corridor, we directed lighting and airflow to all spaces.

This time, Sabat, like the old neighborhoods, opens its way into the heart of the buildings and hangouts, and by creating shade and coolness, it weaves the courtyard into the heart of the house. The windows that are located on the walls of both sides of the hallway. Face each other. The flow of water in the middle of the hallway ends in a pond in the central axis of the courtyard and, in its old tradition, they make life flow in this house.

The hallway does all the talking, and the other members watch the hallway without any makeup.

Appointment Year
2020
Status
Completed
Area
380 m2
Scale
Small Scale

Architect: Davood Salavati
Design Team: Amirali Sharifi, Nazli Azarakhsh, Asma Pirouz, Sheila Shahraki, Mahsa Aghahasel, Niloofar Salahi.