خونه Khooneh

A house in Qazvin, still unbuilt

How might people live well, close to one another?

A family, a two-hundred-square-metre plot in Qazvin, seven years, two designs by one architect, and still no house. The story is told here as it happened — the list the family wrote itself, the drawings that were made, the questions still open — for anyone who would like to continue the conversation: how, on an ordinary city plot, three generations, a guest and a caretaker might live near one another, share a garden and a roof, and stay good neighbours to the street.

Read the whole story The proposal (Persian)

Offices that would like to continue: the invitation (Persian) · write to the family

Section B-B of the 2020 design. Levels from the sheet; the tree, pool, car and level −2 are sketched. Each floor carries its own note.

Where to go next

The English edition is a single page. The layered pages — each brief item, each drawing, each open question, and the proposal — are in Persian for now.

  1. Everything on one pageBrief, story, both designs, open questions, invitation
  2. The twelve drawingsEach sheet with notes on what to look for (Persian)
  3. The open questionsTwelve things neither design answered (Persian)
  4. A proposalAn owner-side synthesis, not an architect's design. The proposal organises everything around one section — a 'vertical courtyard': the 2020 sunken garden with i…