TYPOLOGY: Residential Apartments
LOCATION: Tehran, Iran
site Area: 0.8 acres
Scope: Masterplanning, Conceptual design, architectural Design, Interior Design, Branding
YEAR: 2026
Rising from the dense urban fabric of Tehran, this residential tower is carved in travertine in a contemporary reinterpretation of Iranian ornamentation. The building’s form is inspired by stacked ceramic vases, a quiet homage to the country’s long tradition of handicraft and material culture. Each layer is subtly staggered and recessed, creating a rhythmic, sculpted façade where carving becomes structure, shading, and identity.
The travertine surface is deeply articulated, transforming a familiar local stone into a new language of ornamentation: neither applied nor nostalgic, but integral to the architecture itself. Between these carved layers, generous green terraces emerge, giving every apartment its own private outdoor space. The staggered arrangement ensures privacy while opening framed views across the city and toward the Alborz mountains.
Warm copper accents are woven into the façade and balcony recesses, catching the light and aging gracefully over time, adding a quiet sense of understated luxury. Planted balconies soften the tower’s mass, introducing nature vertically into the city and mediating Tehran’s climate through shade, greenery, and depth. The result is a residential tower that balances solidity and softness: rooted in material tradition, yet distinctly contemporary—an inhabitable landscape carved in stone.
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