Name: Honarshahre Aftab Cineplex Office

Location: Persian Gulf complex, Shiraz, Iran

Architecture firm: Ashari Architects

Architect: Amirhossein Ashari

Design team: Zahra Jafari

Date: 2018

Built area: 108 sqm

Type: Office

Metal Structure: Paravannema group

Executive manager: Saeed Jamali, Hadi Sharzeh

Executive team: Ehsan Shabani

Wood Work: Moein Nekooyi

Research: Elnaz Amini Khanimani

3D render: Amir Iranidoost Haghighi

Graphic: Zahra Jafari

Materials: Metal, glass, MDF, concrete

Budget: 12.000 USD

Client: Koorosh Kamali, Mohsen Khabaz

Photos: Parham Taghioff , Mahsa Korouni

Located in Shiraz, Iran, 180 sqm. the limited office space of Honarshahre Aftab Cineplex Office was the challenge for our team to make the office management space a place to be experienced. The project is seeking to create a space to increase the interaction between the clients and office staff and also between the staff working. Creating intimate and dynamic environment leads to the point that staff feels they belong to the place and create a more efficient environment.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned goals these items are considered:

1) Fading the boundary between inside and outside (office space and complex lobby) in order to have more connection with the complex management: Continuing movement of the outside form to inside and consistency of roof, ceiling and wall materials and colors.

2) Creating transparency in the space to achieve more interaction between office staff: Eliminating all visual obstacles between the interior spaces, converting solid walls to transparent walls and where it is feasible, windows are eliminated to create a stronger visual connection and create an environment for communications

3) Make the space dynamic by furniture to emphasize the intimacy of the space: Creating the transparent walls and surfaces lead to a more consistent space and make all the space dedicated to office staff. Then we tried to use the furniture as the objects to make a dynamic circulation and a whimsy space. The desks designed not to only give the staff privacy but also organizes the space. The staff can sit on the chair or the sofa, lie on the sofa, walk through the space and make conversation with other staff without knocking the doors.

4) Consistency of the office space with other complex spaces: Creating easy access for the artists from the office space to the stage. This emphasize on the entrance form of the saloon leads to having a form highlighted with elements such as entrance, furniture… to give the space a united soul.