Ferro Architettura · 2025
Hidden Boxes Casa Residenziale
by Yahya Kashi
- A' Design Award di Ferro 2025 in Architettura
- CLIENT: Kasa Office
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 8,642
- Verification code 46341E42E5 · Verify this award
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About Hidden Boxes Casa Residenziale
Il progetto Hidden Boxes risponde al persistente dominio di strutture spaziali monotone nell'architettura contemporanea, nonostante concetti storici come il Raumplan, il Domino e la Pianta Universale. Si propone di decostruire queste configurazioni per creare una nuova sintesi, affrontando sia le questioni architettoniche interne come l'organizzazione spaziale, il rapporto Massa/Vuoto e le interazioni superficiali, sia i fattori esterni, tra cui clima, privacy ed esigenze culturali.
About the A' Design Award di Ferro
Hidden Boxes Casa Residenziale ha vinto l'A' Design Award di Ferro, un riconoscimento prestigioso conferito a buoni design che soddisfano i requisiti professionali e industriali attesi da creazioni ben progettate. I vincitori di Ferro dimostrano la grande abilità, l'elevata specializzazione, la comprensione esperta e la capacità creativa dei loro creatori. Ci si aspetta che Hidden Boxes Casa Residenziale sia una creazione molto apprezzata, ammirata e amata, pratica e innovativa. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award di Ferro integra le migliori pratiche del settore e ha caratteristiche tecniche competenti legate a know-how e talento. Hidden Boxes Casa Residenziale è rispettato per la sua accuratezza ed è progettato per offrire miglioramenti della qualità della vita che aiutano a rendere il mondo un posto migliore.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The Hidden Boxes project in Hamedan redefines residential space by deconstructing monotonous spatial structures. In pursuit of this, we sought to break down the monotony by placing independent spatial boxes together to form a cohesive whole, balancing internal elements like Mass/Void relationships with external factors such as climate, privacy, and cultural needs.In the end, we tried to redefine a residential space in the context of structural binary oppositions between the internal and external issues of architecture with a view to the history we have gone through.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 20.30 m x 12.45 m x 16.00 m
- Tags
- HiddenBoxes, Kasaoffice, Iran, Hamedan, Residental, Void, Brick, House,
- Production Technology
- The project features a prestressed structure with a column system, chosen to accommodate cantilevered slabs and optimize structural efficiency. The facade was designed to create a transparent yet solid boundary between interior and exterior spaces. Utilizing Fakhr o Madin bricks, connected with bolts and anchored to the main structure, ensures privacy, light control, and spatial coverage while addressing contextual considerations.
- Design Challenge
- The Hidden Boxes project in Hamedan addresses the challenges of contemporary Iranian architecture, which is dominated by monotonous spatial structures. The project aims to break these structures, focusing on internal architectural elements like the Mass/Void relationship, and external factors such as climate, privacy, and cultural needs. Historical architectural references and native residential types were considered, while issues such as sunlight control and privacy were key factors in the design process.
- Research
- The project advanced its research through multiple layers. The historical and architectural discipline layer explored concepts such as the Raumplan, Domino, and Universal Plan. Meanwhile, the formal and spatial analysis layer examined the vernacular houses of Hamedan, aiming to reinterpret and represent aspects of their spatial organization within the project.
- Inspiration
- "Hidden Boxes" reflects architectural history, responding to the persistence of monotonous spatial structures despite concepts like Raumplan, Domino, and Universal Plan. This project explores deconstructing conventional configurations to form a new synthesis, addressing both internal factors-spatial organization, Mass/Void dynamics, surface relationships, and fragmentation and external concerns such as climate, privacy, and cultural needs.
- Project Duration
- Hidden Boxes started in 2019 and finished in 2021 in Hamedan, Iran.
- Operation Flow
- The surrounding urban fabric primarily consists of residential buildings. Due to rapid and unregulated urban development, the area is transitioning from a low-density, villa-dominated neighborhood to one characterized by high-rise apartment buildings with maximum height density. Consequently, the project is positioned at the intersection of these two typologies, engaging in a dialogue between low-rise single-family houses and high-density apartment structures. This hybrid villa-apartment typology responds to and interacts with its contextual surroundings.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Kasa Office, 2022
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022
Image #2: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022
Image #3: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022
Image #4: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022
Image #5: Photographer Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh, Hidden Boxes, 2022
