هندسه، رابطه میان معماری و خیابان
This edifice's geometry follows the same lines, directions, and angles that define the street and the crossing beneath. T his crossing on Sanaee St 1 attracts my attention every time I pass it by. It does not follow a fixed linear or perpendicular geometry. The edifice illustrated, sits on a corner of the crossing and its multi angled geometry responds to that nonlinear situation. Sanaee is a north-south street and although it connects two of the most crowded and famous streets, it remains a rather cozy and quiet place. Facades on the east side of a north-south street, like the one in this drawing, are exposed to direct light from the setting sun in the west. That is why they were usually set back in deep balconies - which is the case for this edifice - covered by canopies, or designed to have horizontal openings in a thick wall, to protect the inside from extreme sunlight. Unfortunately this doctrine only applied to buildings of a previous Modernist A...