otagh-e-shekar
hunting lodge
Location: karaj | chalus road
Area: 46M2
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Client: MR. Sharifi
Architect: PRAGMATICA STUDIO DESIGN | Mohammadreza Mohebali
Project architect : Siavash Dastgerdi
Presentation: Ahmadreza Rahimov – Ziba Najafi – Kiana Kassaei
Text: Mazdak Salehi Pamenari
Supervision: Mohammadreza Mohebali – Siavash Dastgerdi
Construction: Vira Construction
Metal work: Majid Sadeghi
Structure: Afshin Ghaemi
Electrical: Mr.Sohrabi – Mr. Sarlak
Mechanical: Mr.Sohrabi – Mr. Salamzadeh
Photo: Deed Studio – Masih Mostageran
Video: Ali Zanjani
otagh-e-shekar
hunting lodge
Location: karaj | chalus road
Area: 46M2
Year: 2023
Status: Completed
Client: MR. Sharifi
Architect: PRAGMATICA STUDIO DESIGN | Mohammadreza Mohebali
Project architect : Siavash Dastgerdi
Presentation: Ahmadreza Rahimov – Ziba Najafi – Kiana Kassaei
Text: Mazdak Salehi Pamenari
Supervision: Mohammadreza Mohebali – Siavash Dastgerdi
Construction: Vira Construction
Metal work: Majid Sadeghi
Structure: Afshin Ghaemi
Electrical: Mr.Sohrabi – Mr. Sarlak
Mechanical: Mr.Sohrabi – Mr. Salamzadeh
Photo: Deed Studio – Masih Mostageran
Video: Ali Zanjani
Amidst the natural environment of plants, trees, and water, a metal room stands out. The room is not just a room; it has given order to what was previously there, defining its boundaries and narrowing its scope.
“Building” is not quite fitting for this small room. “Expansion” is more appropriate; the room has expanded from within. Previously, it was a short chamber with clear ends, but no boundaries! Now it is firm, solid, and heavy, and clearly defined. These metal sheets have not added anything to the previous space; they only explain that this space could have existed before.
Five years ago (in 2018), we renovated the “Lanak Villa”. The garden extended from the entrance path to the river with a steep slope. In a corner of the garden, in a place where there was a difference in elevation resulting from the slope of the garden, there was a buried room in the ground with minimum opening towards the river. It provided a space for seclusion that was occasionally used while enjoying the garden. It had great potential and we constantly imagined ways to activate it. Interestingly enough, the client also imagined this room differently in his mind.
One day, our imagination and his coincided during a simple conversation. Ideas of simplicity, silence, blending with the garden, and tranquility were discussed. A space far from the events of the main villa. An imagination that arose from visualizing being in the garden and using water. A space that had immediate connection with its natural environment.
From within a piece of land beneath the main villa, emerged a metal room; it cannot be seen from above because its ceiling is leveled with the ground level and “building” is not quite fitting for this small room either.
The project started with expanding the room. Demolishing the stone retaining wall to attach an extension creating a thermal bath on the ground for we couldn’t dig the previous room’s floor. But it didn’t stop there. Creating a platform with maximum connection to the garden and river ahead for spending time became the main design line of the project… Removing the stone wall meant creating a structure to support the ceiling and soil above the old room. This intervention was accompanied by attaching steel framing.
The appearance of thermal bath determined approximate dimensions and proportions of the new space. The next step was installing steel sheets as finishing along with applying protective (polyurethane) coating.
“Material” encompassed many aspects: Integration, expansion of space, differentiation from foundation while being resolved within it, construction techniques and timing; all converged in raw iron.
“Program” was another aspect that shaped the project’s nature: experiencing being in a garden with an atmosphere different from that of an ordinary villa. Changing and relocating pathways near the riverside served as an excuse for defining multiple programs within certain limits.
The idea of room expansion by defining a platform for relaxation, using thermal bath, cooking and sitting around the fire pit gradually transformed into a homogeneous space that allowed for activation of various scenarios within itself.
From within a piece of land beneath the main villa, emerged a metal room; it cannot be seen from above because its ceiling is leveled with the ground level and “building” is not quite fitting for this small room either. Expansion is more appropriate; the room has expanded from inside.
Previously, it was used as storage chamber for fishing equipment because it’s close to river. Now, the irons have given it shape. Project’s direction is from inside out. It looks out from inside an enclosed space, consisting of the thermal bath, a gathering area, facing the garden and river.
از ميان مجموعهاي طبيعي – شکليافته از گياهان، درختان و آب – اتاقي فلزي بيرون زده است. اتاق اتاق نيست؛ تنها به آنچه پيش از اين بوده سر و سامان داده است؛ مرزهايش را مشخص و محدودههايش را تنگ کرده است. لغت ساختن چندان برازندهي اين اتاقک نيست. گسترش لغت برازندهتريست؛ اتاقک از درون گسترش يافته است. قبلاً اينجا غار کوتاهي بوده که سر و تهش مشخص بوده اما مرزهايش نه! اکنون، سفت و محکم و سنگين، مشخص شده است. اين ورقهاي فلزي چيزي به فضاي پيشين اضافه نکرده است؛ فقط توضيح داده که اين فضا ميتوانسته پيشتر برود؛ شايد!
ايده و توسعه طراحي
پنج سال پيش ويلاي لانک را بازسازي کرديم. باغ با شيب زياد از معبر ورودي تا کنار رودخانه امتداد داشت. در گوشهاي از باغ در محل يک ترانشه (به واسطه اختلاف تراز ناشي از شيب باغ) اتاقي مدفون در زمين، با حداقل بازشو به سمت رودخانه قرار داشت. فضايي بود براي خلوت کردن که در زمان حضور و استفاده از فضاي باغ گاهي از آن استفاده ميشد. ظرفيتهاي زيادي داشت و از همان وقت مدام شيوههاي فعال کردن آن جا را تخيل ميکرديم. جالب آنکه کارفرما نيز در ذهنش اين اتاق را بصورت ديگري تخيل ميکرد. روزي بطور تصادفي خيال ما و خيال کارفرما در خلال گفتگويي ساده تلاقي پيدا کرد. ايدههايي از جنس سادگي، سکوت، آميختگي با باغ و دنج بودن مطرح بود. فضايي دور از اتفاقات ويلاي اصلي. انگار در جهاني ديگر. تخيلي که با تصوير حضور در باغ و استفاده از آب، بروز پيدا کرده بود. فضايي که در ارتباط بلافصل با محيط طبيعي خودش معني پيدا ميکرد.
موضوع پروژه از گسترش اتاق شروع شد. تخريب ديوار سنگي براي الحاق بخشي به اتاقک براي ايجاد حوضچه آبگرم در زمين. اما به اينجا محدود نشد. ايجاد بستري با بيشترين حد ارتباط با باغ و رودخانه پيش رويش براي گذرانوقت، خط اصلي طراحي پروژه بود. حذف ديوار سنگي اتاق به معناي ايجاد سازه براي نگهداري سقف و خاک بالاي اتاق قديمي بود. اين مداخله با الحاق يک شبکه شاسي کشي فلزي همراه شد. جانمايي حوضچه آبگرم حدود و ثغور ابعاد فضاي جديد را مشخص مي کرد. مرحله بعدي نصب ورق فلزي به عنوان نازک کاري نهايي بنا همراه با پرداخت پوشش محافظتي بود.
«متريال» موضوعي بود که چيزهاي زيادي را در بر ميگرفت. از مفاهيم يکپارچگي، الحاق يا انبساط فضايي، تمايز از بستر و در عين حال حل شدن در آن، تا تکنيک ساخت و زمان بندي در اجرا ؛ همگي در آهن خام تلاقي پيدا يافت.
«پروگرم» موضوع ديگري بود که ماهيت پروژه را شکل مي داد، تجربه حضور در باغ با اتمسفري متفاوت با فضاي يک ويلاي معمول. تغيير و جابجايي سکوي جلوي رودخانه بهانهاي بود براي تعريف برنامهاي چندگانه در يک محدوده معين. ايده گسترش اتاق با تعريف پلتفرمي براي استراحت، استفاده از حوضچه آبگرم، پخت و پز و نشتن دور آتشگاه، رفته رفته به فضايي همگن تبديل شد که امکان فعال سازي سناريوهاي مختلف را در خود ايجاد کرده بود.
