Mehrabad

In newly built apartments, because they generally have a correct spatial diagram, the main challenge in renovation projects is not reorganizing the apartment layout, but rather adapting it to a changing lifestyle.

The Mehrabad project was one of these cases: the apartment had a conventional layout, meaning that the entrance and service areas (kitchen) were positioned centrally, effectively dividing the apartment into private zones in the south and public zones in the north.

Our goal was, therefore, to simultaneously change the style, add the client’s required functions, correct the unit’s geometry, and introduce a new design question for the project.

This led us to focus on an important existing potential on the site, which had little influence on the overall complex design: the green space of a park located to the north, which the public side of the plan faced.

Since the renovated unit was located on the first floor and enjoyed the best view of the park, the main idea was to organize the apartment so that this view could penetrate as deeply as possible into the project, effectively integrating the view with the interior.

To achieve this, we created separate spatial “boxes,” all aligned with the park view, and used reflective surfaces to accomplish several objectives:

1. Correcting the apartment’s spatial geometry and defining each area to enhance orientation toward the park through the creation of these boxes.
2. Using reflections so that when moving opposite the park (north to south), the park image is still visible, while moving toward the park, the spatial pockets act like a rhythm, amplifying visual and physical movement.
3. Utilizing dead spaces to conceal intrusive elements such as floor-mounted fan coil panels and simultaneously define multiple functions within them, such as TV panels, storage, seating areas, etc., especially in the bedroom, which had a triangular shape.
4. Creating a reflective wall in the depth of the kitchen that, in addition to reproducing the park view from the farthest distance, accommodates eight electrical appliances and the majority of cabinet storage as requested by the client, effectively acting as a large mirror to “define the end” of the apartment.