MIX-USE RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
TEHRAN | IRAN
VILLA, MULTI-FAMILY, and High-rise Residential Planning and Design-Horizon Tower
ARCHITECTURAL and URBAN DESIGN
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Function | Villa, Low-Rise, Mid-Rise, High-Rise Residential, and Urban Studies
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Type | Academic, Fifth Studio Design
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Duty | Research, Design, 3D, Photography
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Role | Modeling, Photo shooting, and Presentation
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Year | 2016, Individual
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Software | Revit, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Google Earth
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Hardware | CANON 700D
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Detail | Study the Urban Landscape, Find Issues, Urban Planning and Designing, and Revitalization
15 / 06 / 2016
Challenges:
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Revitalizing an old and dead space in the urban space
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Creating Lively space within the urban space
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Providing different spaces for different social classes.
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Following the urban standards and city rules for urban development.
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Integration of the public with the urban space.
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Creating Hybrid and Smart City on a small scale.
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Regional development creating a more secure area where people extend their private area to the public and thresholds are breathable
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Defensible spaces in urban areas.
Description
Cities are always in need of revitalization. New developments need new infrastructures. Now cities are more considering active transportation which is one of the most important factors in developed and modern countries. One of the major goals for developing this design was increasing the integration of the public with the city. In this case, there would not be any dead space for unsafe activities while they are always under the surveillance of the civilians.
The fact that two of the parks are separated was another issue for two nearby green areas, so we needed to develop a way for the connection of these two parks with any annoying elements in the horizon and scenery of the pedestrians, thus we connected these two parks with an underground gallery-passage. This green space corridor has a benefit of green area and indoor biking path. This tunnel ends with a complex where there are three salons of cinema for the regional use as there are many other salons nearby.
The goal of Horizon Tower is to create a space for the residents for satisfying all their needs. This complex has three blocks, and each block has its own gym and common area, but on the first floor, there are stores for all the complex and also people from outside. Horizon has four different entrances and parking from each side of the site, so create different areas for all the residents to enter the building without a traffic.