Client: Omid Torabi
Design team: Mohammad Reza Aghai
Construction: 35-51 ARCHITECTURE Office ( Hamzeh jalambadani)
Instagram: @35_51
Construction Team : Ahmad Shahbazade, hossein babapour, ghos al-din soltani, abo al-ghasem ramezani, aria abdolahi, hadi salehi, saeed nikrooz
Structure: Majid Koolivand
Electrical& Mechanical: 35-51 ARCHITECTURE Office
Photo: Arash Akhtaran , Abbas Yaghooti
Total built area: 440 m2
Area: 1000 m2

A side view of the house on a slope area with an over looking view of the community.

The northern part of the house with glass chamber with a thick stone wall behind.

A front view of the northern part that features the glass chamber created a transparent view of the inside of the house.

The house indoor that consist of the main entrance and living space highlighted a cathedral ceiling.

The hallway of the house from the main entrance to the other side.

The living space of the house that features a floor seating setup.

The hot and cold outdoor soaking tub in the northern part.

Two person in heating tub during a cold winter season at night.

A man on soaking tub in a cold weather during winter.

The attic of the house that highlighted an indoor pool.

A man sitting in the attic pool, gazing out the window at the neighbor's sparkling lights.

A man swimming at the attic pool in freezing cold outside.

The southern part ground with flower garden in a slope area.

A view of the ceiling from the ground that features the glass chamber ceiling and wall.

The ramps in the edge of the house with wooden partition.

A woman standing at the terrace looking at the cold winter surrounding of the community.

A full side view of the house during winter season.

A full front view of the house with a view of the mountain hills at the backdrop.

A full aerial view of the house that features the soil abundance of the area.

A full wide aerial view of the house that highlighted the entire community in the mountainous area.

Dasht-e-Chehel Villa basement floor plan.

Dasht villa 40 is an experience to reach an external-internal life in a cold climate. It is about how to stay out of the building and experience snow and rain but still remain in a safe zone.

And how to be inside without losing sensory, visual and psychological connection with the outside. And also how to blur the boundary line between inside and outside to reach a greater freedom.

At the beginning of the design, due to the extension of the ground in the north-south direction (with length of 50 and width of 20 meters), we decided to place the building in the same direction of ground and closer to the north border, in order to benefit the beautiful view of the north.

Then, by making a diagonal cut along the building, we brought the north view to the heart of the building, and in addition, an outdoor roof was created toward the yard that would allow the physical presence of humans during snow, rain and also let them use the midday heat (while being protected from direct sunlight).

By the way, residents are not limited to the inside of the building and they can use a larger part of the yard in cold seasons.

In the southern part of the building, by creating a glass chamber with a thick stone wall behind (Trombe wall) and some openings at its top and bottom), the thermal energy radiated during the day can be stored and used to heat the building at night.

In the end, by avoiding flattening or stepping the site (common solution for the sloping lands), the horizontal and vertical access routes became ramps to provide more smooth and comfortable movements throughout the building and enhance the feeling of freedom.