Sama
- Project: Sama Medical Complex
- Principle Architects: Mina Saadatfard, Ali Arzaghi
- Design Team: Parham Ostovar, Ahmadreza Amiri
- Technical Design Team: Negin Kooshk Jalali, Mehrnaz Isakhani
- Visualization Team: Sobhan Zahraei, Atena Mohit Kermani
- Client: Mohandesi Sazan Co.
- Year: 2018-2022
- Area:7000 sqm
- Location: Shiraz, Iran
- Status: Completed
- Photo: Arash Akhtaran
Sama Complex is located on the corner of a major urban intersection; Moalem Square in Shiraz, and has a particular rotation toward the street which provides unique access and visual angle from and toward the project. In a situation where the project is adjunct to a major urban space, our main design question was how the inner public zones could resonate through the project and penetrate into the façade creating a link between two sides.
We applicated a double-façade design which while providing maximum light and view for the interior spaces, acts as an environmental regulator considering the extreme radiation penetrating the façade. By increasing the depth of the second skin and extending and rotating the interior walls outward, large pivoted openings were implemented within the façade connecting the inner public sections to the urban scene. This linkage was further accentuated by a particular color in a rather neutral surrounding.