Nozhan Residential Building

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Residential Architecture - Multi Unit
Firm LocationShiraz, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
CompanyMaan Architecture Studio
Lead ArchitectMohammad Garmanjani/ Samira Shafiee
Design TeamAygin Bozorgzadeh/ Anahita Behroozifar
ClientAli Asghar Alizadeh/ Zahra Khosravi

This project extends office's intellectual endeavors in exploring the matter and transcendence. Stone has been employed extensively in a significant portion of the building. Concurrently, other sections of the project embrace transcendence through the color and omission of materials. By juxtaposing matter and transcendence together, the project works untimely compared to similar species. Stone-cutting workshops usually produce a substantial amount of waste and leftover stones, resulting in an accumulation of discarded materials often regarded as problematic and practically useless.