Problem

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Architects: Negin Shahr Ayandeh

Location: Mehrshahr, Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran

Architect In Charge: Ali Naghavi Namini

Area: 2800.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

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Other Participants : Milad Ensafian, Amir Iakpour, Atiyeh Akrami, Shirin Moshiri, Shahdad Badieh Neshin, Khorshid Mazaheri, Javad Naseri, Mansour Naghdi

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ProblemMehrshar is arguably the last remnant of the old garden-city texture of Karaj. Although during the recent years, because of the unlimited urban constructions and the growth of the population, the lifestyle in this district has changed almost to the point of destruction of its old roots and if we consider the history of the changes in this district during the recent years, it would not be hard to predict the melancholy end of this pearl of an urban design.
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Therefore, the project of 111 street is an opportunity to change this course of inappropriate constructions and introduce a better pattern of population and building density in Mehrshahr with designing a companionship between the building mass and the yards and green spaces.

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IdeaThus, in the residential project of 111, the idea was formed based on the development and preservation of the green a...