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Hedgehog

Teheran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
 
A project by: cheungvogl
 
Architecture
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Teheran, mysteriously hidden behind a curtain of history and politics, a veil of culture and religion.
The design reflects in its dreamscape-like appearance the unforeseen experience of encountering beauty in the unknown.
The building is wrapped with ‘Light Diffusers’, a skin of high gloss finished PVC sticks. The building is mostly shaded agai... read more


Teheran, mysteriously hidden behind a curtain of history and politics, a veil of culture and religion.
The design reflects in its dreamscape-like appearance the unforeseen experience of encountering beauty in the unknown.
The building is wrapped with ‘Light Diffusers’, a skin of high gloss finished PVC sticks. The building is mostly shaded against the direct sunlight, where as the direct light is reflected by the Light Diffusers and reaches the interiors as diffuse, welcome light. The veil of PVC appears from the outside like golden-silvery shimmering rain, where as seen from a close distance, from the inside, the Light Diffusers almost become invisible, only appearing as a fine mist.   The volume loosens itself out of the tight context by opening itself to the light. The form leans back, providing space to breathe. The idea of openness manifests itself even more on the inside. The ‘inside’ turns ‘outside’, into a light cone, which reflects the daylight deep into the building? On the ground of the light cone, rain water is collected to feed together with recycled Grey Water into Service Water supply.

A concept study 2008/2009.
 collapse
 
Type Residential - Apartment Building
 
Commercial - Office, Retail space
 
 
Location Teheran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
 
Building status concept proposal
 
Site type urban
 
 

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cheungvogl
Hong Kong, Hong Ko..
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