Tehran Business Hotel
Architectural Concept
Integrated and dynamized, the concept of Tehran Business Hotel on Gandhi street, is based on spatial relations of distrects movements and forces, in addition to programmatic demands. Therefore, the initial mass creates a new connection with the surrounding environment according to active forces on the ground (necessary accesses). The skin of the project plays a structural role and forms the main anatomy of the building in relation to the central core and floor surfaces. The skin’s other interactive transformations, such as shrinking in the southern facade, not just increase light penetration to the lower floors – specially sport facilities on the second basement floor – but also connect exterior commercial space to the inner realm. Therefore, the circulation connects the shopping level to the inner public spaces, such as cafe-restaurant on the first floor. It also creates an attractive lobby entrance with its rotation. Cross-programming of public and private spaces on the higher levels, such as the VIP lounge, develops the other concepts of design.