Designed by Tehran studio Next Office, Sharifi-ha House features three rooms that can be rotated 90 degrees to open up views and terraces during Iran’s hot summers, and turned back to a horizontal position to keep the house warmer during the cold, snowy winters. On blazing hot days, when you are in a bad mood, or if you just want darkness for a much needed nap, press a button and the room will rotate up to 90 degrees.

In Old Iranian mansions, builders would traditionally include a winter and summer living room. But having 2 rooms serve the same purpose takes up a lot of square footage. The Sharifi-ha House offers you a way to make rooms appear perfect no matter the weather or time of year, because within this 7-story house, 3 of the rooms are capable of flipping directions.

“The openness and closure of the building is a reference to traditional Iranian houses, which offer both a winter and a summer living room,” said architect Alireza Taghaboni of Next Office, whose previous projects include a concrete house with a sweeping curved facade.

Architect Taghaboni said that they redesigned plans almost 16 times to make this project successful.

Each one features a door at the side that provides access to the terrace when they are turned open, and access to the house when they are closed.

The motorised turntables that the pods rest on were made by Germany company Bumat, using a system that theatre sets and car exhibitions also rely on.

Inside, rooms have been divided into two blocks – one at the front and one at the back – with a central void between them to ensure a good flow of light throughout the house when the rooms at the front facade are closed.

Two basement levels are devoted to fitness and wellness, with a pool, sauna, gym and billiard table.

The ground floor contains a parking space and the housekeeper’s quarters, while the next two floors accommodate communal spaces, with a kitchen, dining room and living space on the first floor, and a TV room and smaller kitchen on the second floor.

The main living area faces away from the front windows towards a wide-screen TV to create a cinema-like space, and features a recessed fireplace along the side wall. The house is named Sharifi-ha – which translates as Sharif’s family – after the clients. “This kind of naming is used for old Iranian mansions which had summer rooms and winter rooms,” Taghaboni told Dezeen.

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Article credits – dezeen

Photo credits to Pargham Taghioff unless otherwise stated.

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