Ferdowsi Commercial and Administrative Building

This commercial administrative building is located in Ferdowsi street next to the Tehran’s world trade center in a patch with approximate dimensions of 48×18 square meter. This building was designed to be a 7 floor commercial and administrative building on ground level with open office unites which has the ability to partitioning based on user’s future needs. Also in terms of commercial functions which considered on the ground level and should be accessible through the main street, the access to parking entrance were taken from back door which was on back alley.

The location of this building has a unique texture in terms of architecture and urban design in Tehran and almost all buildings around, have historical values, and major material that used, is bricks which had important effect on this building’s design style. Combining this modern, commercial and administrative function in terms of spatial relations and architecture rules, with old texture and material of the context, was the challenging part of the design for shav atelier architects.