NARENJESTAN RESIDENTIAL

Amidst the hustle of Tehran, somewhere between the sounds of stone and glass, we sought to recreate something that has long, quietly faded from our lives: the unmediated warmth of being together—the experience of presence in each other’s shadow, without the need for translation or intermediaries.This project is not merely a five-story building; it is an attempt to revive the collective memory of familial living, as it once thrived in the central courtyards of homes past—not through a superficial imitation of the past, but in a contemporary language, attuned to the loud solitudes of modern life.At the heart of the project, a vertical void was formed—a space empty in form, but rich in meaning. This opening is not only a passage for light and air but a manifestation of a kind of “life”—a central life in the spiritual sense, not merely the physical.A place for passing glances, shared silences, and moments in which, without a single word, people become aware of one another’s presence.The form of the building draws from curved lines—lines that not only bring organic vitality to the structure but are also rooted in the collective unconscious of Iranian architecture. These curves are a quiet dialogue with the past—wordless, yet audible.