R/SH

+[Social Housing] Rafsanjan _ 2018

In Collaboration With TAO [Transformative Architectural Office]

Client: Municipality of Rafsanjan City + Urban Development and Revitalization of Iran

Role: Senior Architect + Project Manager

The Rafsanjan social housing project started with demographic research and a survey from the neighbors to scrutinize the palimpsest of the site, and the crucial needs of the future residents and locals. The site, as part of a historical context of Rafsanjan, is located in the heart of an old and worn-out urban tissue with limited accessibility and inadequate urban facilities to provide primary needs of the locals and it has become a refugee neighborhood for Afghan immigrants. The building is an abandoned ruin in which kids play during the day and addicts find shelter during the night.

The project is part of a larger urban regeneration program in a couple of central cities of Iran proposed by their municipalities. Our proposal was developed based on merging the public and private life in standardized apartments contextualized by the Iranian lifestyle.

More Info: https://transformativearchitectureoffice.com/story/studio/15