Namakabrood Green VillageThe main design criteria here was to define a 25 storey residential tower, in a way it does not feel like a common high-rise. We wanted to create a vertical village which reacts properly to factors such as the nature, air circulation, overlook issues, lifestyle, and connection to the surroundings, in order to create a new typology as oppose to the common tower lifestyle. This new strategy combines the building with nature and the surroundings. The living spaces become inseparable from nature. Moreover, open and semi-open spaces are essential parts of the everyday life of the residents. This is done by rethinking the balcony typology and the exterior and interior walls. The concept of village was investigated in terms of lifestyle, the division of residential units, connection to nature, as well as natural ventilation of the units. Eventually, a new model was created with depictions from the vernacular architecture of the region. In this model, a homogenous shell defines both the sloped roofs and the perforated side façade. A variety of spaces are defined within this shell, including living spaces as well as greenspaces. These greenspaces penetrate into the living spaces and creates a combination of open, semi-open, closed, as well as greenspaces through the system, creating a new façade definition. This new system gives value to open and semi-open spaces and the lifestyle associated with these spaces. Instead of creating a rigid separator between the building and the nature, or to build the building on the nature, the building strategy here was to combine nature with the built environment based on principals depicted from the vernacular architecture of the region. The volumetric strategy of the project was to maximize sunlight exposure and view to the site. According to this strategy, the building mass was oriented alongside the bigger diameter of the site and building was divided into blocks A and B to increase the light catching surfaces of the building. Two factors were implemented in order to maximize the area of the main yard:1. Making use of the natural slope of the land so that building lobbies and the amenities are at the ground level and the roof area at these zones create a spacious yard for the complex. 2. Elevating the buildings to create an open platform underneath. This project consists of two individual blocks which could be constructed and executed separately. Both blocks have access to the parking area. A ring road loops around the project for emergency access. Pedestrian access is located on the east side of the building and is at the street level. Elevating the building mass above ground creates a yard as big as the land itself. This yard becomes a platform for various outdoor activities in the complex. This strategy not only creates more open spaces for the project but also maximizes view to the site, optimizes air circulation, and reduces humidity.