![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/9fde/b22e/383b/6b00/0075/medium_jpg/(7).jpg?1508810701)
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Architects: SHABOFFICE
- Area: 798 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Parham Taghioff, Ava Dehghani, Mahrad Reyhani, Hossein Marjovi
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Manufacturers: Avandad, Miniatour, Venus glass
![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Door, Brick, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/9ea1/b22e/383b/6b00/0070/newsletter/(3).jpg?1508810384)
[GOL]KHANEH is located on the outskirts of the city of Karaj, about 60km west of Tehran. It is designed and built as a vacation home for a family of 6.
![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Facade, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/a0ba/b22e/383b/6b00/0078/newsletter/(12).jpg?1508810923)
Two adjacent but separate plots – each about 5000 square meters – form the site for this project. Plot A was thick with old fruit trees while Plot B, adjacent to a noisy street with a chaotic line of low-rise residential buildings, was dry and barely had any trees because of a previous fire. Therefore, Plot B was chosen as the building site and creating a buffer to maximize privacy and limit views and noise transfer from the neighbouring street to the site quickly became a priority in design.
![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/a0e7/b22e/383b/6b00/0079/medium_jpg/(15).jpg?1508810965)

![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Stairs, Windows, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/a0fe/b22e/383b/6b00/007a/medium_jpg/(16).jpg?1508810990)
Massing of this project is a direct response to site conditions as it aims to form a long and linear volume - similar to a thick wall - and act as a barrier against the noise and chaos of the adjacent street and to block views into the site. The volume is further deformed to embrace the swimming pool and create a private pocket around it. Insertion of the driveway and the swimming pool affect the volume on the ground level and result in shaded areas for drop-off and outdoor sitting.
![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Windows, Glass, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/9ebb/b22e/3864/9800/00d4/newsletter/(4).jpg?1508810407)

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The resulting dynamic and modern form is wrapped with a brick skin - a long-standing element in Iranian architecture. Bricks are from Heydari Kiln - traditional full bricks each made by hand. The brick layering technique is “Kaleh-rasteh”, one full brick followed by a half brick. Three simple variations on this technique create the opportunity to have different textures on the façade to register level 0 and level 1 as two separate layers and have porosity at windows and balcony balustrades.
![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Brick](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/a062/b22e/3864/9800/00d9/medium_jpg/(10).jpg?1508810832)
A line of full-height windows on the ground floor opens the façade to focus all views on the swimming pool and on Level 1 a long shaded terrace connecting the bedrooms overlooks the pool and the rest of the site. Back of the building remains closed and solid.
![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Windows, Facade, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/9ddd/b22e/3864/9800/00d1/medium_jpg/(1).jpg?1508810187)
Structural system is concrete slab and columns with columns pushed to the sides and following the direction and form of the building.
![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Brick, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/a04b/b22e/383b/6b00/0076/medium_jpg/(9).jpg?1508810809)
Landscape design remains integral to the project. Path lines are following building lines and material palette is cast-concrete and gravel. Plants are chosen from a wild and grass-type palette to create a natural and accidental feel.
![[GOL]KHANEH House / SHABOFFICE - Facade, Windows, Garden, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59ee/9d9b/b22e/383b/6b00/006b/newsletter/(27).jpg?1508810128)