Iranian structure studio Hooba Design Group has accomplished the Saman Satellite tv for pc workplace block, which was beforehand left unfinished on a know-how park in Tehran.
Developed from an current, incomplete challenge, the workplace options a big public plaza and backyard together with workspaces, meals halls and assembly areas that wrap round voids and corridors.
Work on the Saman Satellite tv for pc workplace block began in 2014, however its unique design by Tehran-based studio EBA was deserted because of the shopper’s want for added rooms.
When taking on the challenge, Hooba Design Group aimed to develop a design that revered and advanced from the preliminary proposal.
“Our purpose was to align the necessities of the shopper to the preliminary design, which was made by one other agency, with out outshining the primary try,” studio founder Hooman Balazadeh informed Dezeen.
“Being handed a half-finished challenge will be one of the vital difficult duties provided to an architect. An unfinished challenge in distinction to a clean one is stuffed with limitations whereas there’s an obligation to reply to the brand new necessities outlined by the shopper,” he continued.
Constructed from concrete, the ultimate design includes a sloping roof and numerous cantilevering volumes that shelter exterior porches and terraces.
Its amenities are organized throughout 5 ranges, punctured by a void that runs by the location, separating the brand new design from the previous.
One among Hooba Design Group’s first interventions was the addition of a landscaped space, which connects the challenge to the encompassing campus and varieties a public plaza.
This stepped courtyard is organized throughout numerous ranges, rising to fulfill an entrance porch positioned above the basement ranges.
To satisfy the requirement of additional house on the Saman Satellite tv for pc workplace, the studio added further rooms throughout two basement ranges that sit beneath the panorama.
“With this methodology, as a substitute of including new formal components, we decreased the constructing space to create a panorama for the challenge and the entire park, which performs a task as an open public plaza,” mentioned the studio.
An empty void runs all through the constructing, marking the boundary between the brand new and previous design and offering further social areas across the workplace.
That includes a collection of small gardens, this void additionally permits for communication and connection between the encompassing rooms, whereas offering mild and air flow.
The concrete was left uncovered contained in the workplace constructing for a impartial look. The assembly rooms are separated by glass partitions, which the studio hopes will make the inside areas extra related.
“Clear partitions had been chosen, alongside impartial concrete, to enhance the connection of the inside and exterior whereas minimising the number of colors and supplies seen by the layers,” mentioned the studio.
“The clear layering of the challenge by a linear organisation of areas additionally allows guests to expertise a number of areas without delay, in addition to enriching all the inside elements with ample daylight and examine,” added Balazadeh.
Hooba Design Group hopes that its collaboration with EBA, Saman Satellite tv for pc’s unique designer, will encourage extra cooperation inside structure.
“We hope that this challenge will trigger the expansion of architectural cooperation and its growth to succeed in dynamic, hybrid outcomes that attain extra responsive options,” mentioned Hooba Design Group.
Based mostly in Tehran, Hooba Design Group was based by Balazadeh in 2007. It was awarded the RIBA Worldwide Rising Architect Prize in 2021.
Following the information of its award, Dezeen highlighted ten buildings by the studio, together with the Hitra Workplace and Industrial Constructing in Tehran.
The pictures is by Deed Studio.
