"The Central Courtyard villa by NextOffice in Lavasan, Iran, follows a tunnel/bar structure that features a continuous arrangement of stacked arches. The result is an intricate residential building with a three-dimensional central courtyard. The project is a contemporary reinterpretation of one of the most enduring elements of Iranian architecture, placing a three-dimensional courtyard at its heart to address climate, privacy, and daily life in a single architectural gesture."
"In historic Iranian homes, the central courtyard mediates between extreme environmental conditions and deeply rooted cultural expectations. It moderates intense heat and glare while creating a protected inner world, clearly separating private life from the public realm. The Central Courtyard Villa preserves these essential qualities but refuses to treat them as fixed relics. Instead, the studio opens the courtyard outward and upward, allowing its influence to flow through every level of the building."
The Central Courtyard villa in Lavasan, Iran employs a continuous arrangement of stacked arches within a tunnel/bar structure to form an intricate three-dimensional courtyard. Two intersecting L-shaped volumes create an opening at the core, connecting the courtyard to the outside at multiple levels and introducing varied degrees of enclosure and privacy. The courtyard’s permeability is expressed through the floor (pool), permeable walls, and openings to the sky, enabling light, movement, and social interaction to flow across the residence. The design reinterprets traditional Iranian courtyard functions—climate moderation, privacy, and social mediation—by stretching the courtyard across the entire building footprint and transforming it into a porous spatial system.
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