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架构师提供的文本描述。梅尔沙尔可以被认为是卡拉季城市周边城市花园织物的唯一幸存者，但这一地区并没有受到密集城市发展的破坏。然而，由于园林和绿色网络的存在以及缺乏建设，Mehrshahr仍然被认为是Karaj最优质的城市织物之一。这一社区的主要问题是新兴公寓楼的迅速发展和人口密度的增加，以及城市空间的变化。

Text description provided by the architects. Mehrshahr could be considered as the only survivor of urban garden fabrics of Karaj city periphery, but this district has not been protected from the damages of dense urban developments. However, Mehrshahr is still considered as one of the highest quality urban fabrics of Karaj due to the existence of gardens and green networks as well as lack of constructions. The main problem of this neighborhood is the rapid development and the increasing human density in emerging apartment buildings as well as changes in urban spaces.

Text description provided by the architects. Mehrshahr could be considered as the only survivor of urban garden fabrics of Karaj city periphery, but this district has not been protected from the damages of dense urban developments. However, Mehrshahr is still considered as one of the highest quality urban fabrics of Karaj due to the existence of gardens and green networks as well as lack of constructions. The main problem of this neighborhood is the rapid development and the increasing human density in emerging apartment buildings as well as changes in urban spaces.

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在此基础上，将中等密度住宅公寓的住房质量改善作为项目最重要的问题，并提出了总体和详细的思路，以解决这一问题。因此，试图通过研究项目的背景以及质量和建筑空间之间的结合和平衡，来提高公共和私人领域中空间的质量和数量。此外，各种住房模式和结构也能更好地满足居民的各种社会、文化和经济需要。

With this introduction, housing quality improvements of medium-density residential apartments are delineated as the most important question of the project, and general and detailed ideas are proposed to respond to this issue by architectural solutions. Therefore, it has been attempted to improve the quality and the quantity of spaces, versus masses, in public and private realms by studying the project’s context as well as combination and balance between mass and building space. Also, a better response to various social, cultural, and economic needs of residents is provided by a variety of housing patterns and structures.

With this introduction, housing quality improvements of medium-density residential apartments are delineated as the most important question of the project, and general and detailed ideas are proposed to respond to this issue by architectural solutions. Therefore, it has been attempted to improve the quality and the quantity of spaces, versus masses, in public and private realms by studying the project’s context as well as combination and balance between mass and building space. Also, a better response to various social, cultural, and economic needs of residents is provided by a variety of housing patterns and structures.

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因此，在当前和未来对MEHRSHHR的环境和社会经济状况的响应方面，本项目为城市的周边发展提出了一个原型。在伊朗Karaj市Mehrshahr区第二阶段，在1000平方米的土地上建造了拥有11个住宅单元和2500平方米总面积的公寓210。单位面积从两居室115平方米平到一栋五层楼的三居室210平方米复式。在Mehrshahr居住空间中最重要的特征之一是开放和绿色空间的重要性。居住空间与庭院和花园的关系是日常生活中的一个很重要的问题。尽管密度不同，建筑空间是由公共和私人领域的开放空间和封闭空间的相互作用而组织的。

So, regarding to have response to environmental and socio-economical situation of Mehrshahr in present and future, this project proposing a prototype for city’s peripheral development. Apartment 210, with 11 residential units and the total area of 2500 square meters has been constructed on a land of 1000 square meters in the second phase of Mehrshahr district in Karaj city, Iran. Unit areas vary from two-bedroom 115 square meters flat to three-bedroom 210 square meters duplex in a 5-storey building. One of the most important features of residential spaces in Mehrshahr, is the significance of open and green spaces. The relation of residential spaces with yard and garden is immediate and spending time in open spaces is of a high importance in everyday life. In spite of density, building spaces have organized from the interaction of open and closed spaces in public and private realms.

So, regarding to have response to environmental and socio-economical situation of Mehrshahr in present and future, this project proposing a prototype for city’s peripheral development. Apartment 210, with 11 residential units and the total area of 2500 square meters has been constructed on a land of 1000 square meters in the second phase of Mehrshahr district in Karaj city, Iran. Unit areas vary from two-bedroom 115 square meters flat to three-bedroom 210 square meters duplex in a 5-storey building. One of the most important features of residential spaces in Mehrshahr, is the significance of open and green spaces. The relation of residential spaces with yard and garden is immediate and spending time in open spaces is of a high importance in everyday life. In spite of density, building spaces have organized from the interaction of open and closed spaces in public and private realms.

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楼梯，即建筑物的垂直通道，成为发展垂直公共开放空间的借口。在这个垂直长廊的边缘，花瓶花、小花园、灌木和植物的存在创造了绿色的梯田和后退的庭院，这样就可以确保公寓-甚至是高层公寓-与公共开放空间之间的关系。这一空间的内向特征及其砖墙包含了自然室外住区的元素，通过在建筑中创造一部分，外墙被划分为两个内向的公共开放空间和外向的私人公寓的混合体。随着城市建设和大规模生产的发展进程的不断加快，满足居民多样化的需求是此类公寓规划设计面临的主要挑战之一。针对居民的社会多样性，各种模式和居住空间被认为是该项目最重要的理念之一。因此，整个建筑群由十一个独特的公寓单元组成。

The staircase, the vertical access of the building, turned to an excuse to develop the vertical public open space. The presence of vase flowers, small gardens, shrubs, and plants on the edges of this vertical promenade has created green terraces and receding courtyards so that it can secure the relationship between the apartments – even those on the higher stories – with the public open space. The introverted identity of this space along with its brick walls has elements from natural outdoor settlements and by creating a slice in the building, the façade has been divided to a mixture of the two introverted public open space and extroverted private apartments. With the increasing development process in urban construction and mass production, meeting the diverse needs of residents is one of the major challenges in the planning and the design of such apartments. A variety of patterns and residential spaces in response to residents' social diversity are considered as one of the most important ideas of the project. So, the whole complex comprised of eleven unique apartment units was formed. 

The staircase, the vertical access of the building, turned to an excuse to develop the vertical public open space. The presence of vase flowers, small gardens, shrubs, and plants on the edges of this vertical promenade has created green terraces and receding courtyards so that it can secure the relationship between the apartments – even those on the higher stories – with the public open space. The introverted identity of this space along with its brick walls has elements from natural outdoor settlements and by creating a slice in the building, the façade has been divided to a mixture of the two introverted public open space and extroverted private apartments. With the increasing development process in urban construction and mass production, meeting the diverse needs of residents is one of the major challenges in the planning and the design of such apartments. A variety of patterns and residential spaces in response to residents' social diversity are considered as one of the most important ideas of the project. So, the whole complex comprised of eleven unique apartment units was formed. 

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Architects Negin Shahr Ayandeh

Location Mehrshahr, Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran

Lead Architects Ali Naghavi Namini

Area 2500.0 m2

Project Year 2014

Photographs Deed Studio, Hamoon Moghadam

Category Residential