Gardeshgari

The client purchased this building in the structural built stage and we were supposed to re-design its façade and two top floors which were allocated to the VIP and management areas. The structure of this part demolished and replaced in accordance with new design.
The initial idea came from the bank function as a secure place for keeping deposits. It configures as a wrapped box with metal ribbons. It illustrates a netted texture that interweaves the chaotic urban fabric together and configures a unite entity. The façade texture inspired by Iranian traditional structure called “Karbandi” which is made of a series of lines interweaving in a zigzagged manner. Subsequently, it was rotated from vertical to horizontal radiation to emphasis on horizon. The intention was not reminding the history; but it is used only for starting point. So, as a result we have an object suspended between representation and abstraction.