Character Café & Gallery / OJAN Design Studio

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  • Architects: OJAN Design Studio
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  530
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Photographs
    Photographs:M. H. Hamzehlouie
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Brutal Beton, Nooraneh Lighting Industry, Pico Color, Rak ceramics
  • Architect In Charge: Ojan Salimi
  • Design Team: Ali Merati, Saber Tajik
  • Client: Eghbal Amin Khaki, Mohammad Shojaie Bakhsh, Hossein Shojaie Bakhsh
  • Mechanical Engineering: Keivan Tavakoli
  • Landscape: Ojan Salimi
  • Collaborators: Eghbal Amin Khaki, Hamed Jamshidi
  • Civil Engineering: Alireza Safavieh
  • Executive Team: Majid Reza Salimi, Alireza Safavieh
  • City: Karaj
  • Country: Iran
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Character Café & Gallery / OJAN Design Studio - Exterior Photography
© M. H. Hamzehlouie

Text description provided by the architects. Character Café & Gallery is located next to one of the main streets of Mehrshahr in Alborz province, with the area of 530 square meters.This old building was a two-stoery construction with poor infrastructure, a complex plan and numerous arched openings. Due to lack of budget and accelerated run-time, we tried to create the least amount of damage and alteration to the old building by applying a flexible idea and creating a new definition for the arch shaped openings. So we redefined Sabat which is an element of historical crossings of Yazd city in order to change the depth of opening and creating elongation in the form of arches.

Character Café & Gallery / OJAN Design Studio - Interior Photography, Dining room, Table, Chair
© M. H. Hamzehlouie
Character Café & Gallery / OJAN Design Studio - Image 23 of 25
Ground floor plan
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Section A
Character Café & Gallery / OJAN Design Studio - Interior Photography, Dining room, Table, Chair
© M. H. Hamzehlouie

By doing these changes, we have transformed those arches to the corridors to create circulation and emphasized the importance of crossing among spaces to give our audiences a sense of curiosity and let them to experience the presence of Iranian historical cities. This idea became concept of designing Corporate Identity, furniture and accessories like bar counter, cashier desk and library of management office. The main entrance of the project is formed along the walls of the courtyard that is made by concrete and rusted sheets with some slots to create a visual connection with the interiors of project's courtyard. These slots have been provided an opportunity for plants to be present.

Character Café & Gallery / OJAN Design Studio - Interior Photography, Arch
© M. H. Hamzehlouie
Character Café & Gallery / OJAN Design Studio - Interior Photography, Stairs, Arch
© M. H. Hamzehlouie

Character Café and Gallery has two courtyards in the front and back of the building. Front yard's seats are surrounded by greenery and relaxing sound of water and the backyard has its own seating area next to pine trees and dense greenery. Ground floor is designated to main lounge, bar and service area, and it has access to the management office, control room and terraces with the folded ironic stair. Considering preservation of this complex plan was one of our most important presuppositions in the design of this project, so we decide to apply different colors in hallways and other spaces in order to give the audience a better understanding of spaces.

Character Café & Gallery / OJAN Design Studio - Exterior Photography, Garden, Courtyard
© M. H. Hamzehlouie

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Address:Alborz Province, Karaj, Mehrshahr, Masih Pakdel Street, Iran

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Cite: "Character Café & Gallery / OJAN Design Studio" 19 Feb 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/934114/character-cafe-and-gallery-ojan-design-studio> ISSN 0719-8884

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