Concentrated planting.
Native, low-water planting responds to the arid climate. The proposal considers treated wastewater from the residential units as a source of landscape irrigation.
06 / RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE · PUBLIC REALMSELECTED WORK
HASHTGERD
OASIS PLAZA
A shared pedestrian landscape at the heart of a residential neighbourhood.
- Location
- Hashtgerd · Alborz, Iran
- Client
- Sabanaft Company
- Year
- 2019
- Result
- First-prize competition proposal
- Role
- Urban Design & Architectural Development
The shared landscape as the social centre.
The central plaza brings walking, play, recreation, shopping and cultural activity together in a shared, vehicle-free setting. Parking is located around its edges, with controlled access retained for emergency and service vehicles.
A sunken garden at the meeting point of the site’s two wings forms the social and spatial focus. Its independent geometry allows the surrounding residential buildings to respond to daylight, orientation and a modular planning approach.
02 / THREE CONNECTED IDEAS
The oasis, the Persian garden and the sunken garden provide a shared basis for landscape and public life.
A clear spatial structure.
Shade, planting and social life are brought together within a coherent garden framework, seeking a comfortable microclimate with limited water resources.
A sheltered communal setting.
Changes in level and deeper shade create a protected centre. The proposal also considers reusing excavated material in construction.
03 / MOVEMENT & ACCESS
Four complementary access strategies connect the square while controlling vehicle movement.
04 / URBAN FORM & RESIDENTIAL PLANNING
The original drawing brings together the site plan, residential and parking layouts, modular studies and programme organisation.
05 / LIFE IN THE PLAZA
The landscaped central space offers a place to walk, meet, play and spend time beneath the residential buildings.
Bringing urban design and architectural development together.
I advanced the urban design and coordinated architectural development with the concept architect, the design team, the client and the model-making team through to the competition submission.