Seventy Peaks Multipurpose Complex Iran, Central Iranian Building Images, Qom-Arak highway design
Seventy Peaks Multipurpose Complex Design
Contemporary Sorkhrood Residential Building design by Habibeh Madjdabadi Architects
18 September 2021
Design: Habibeh Madjdabadi Architecture Studio
Location: by Qom-Arak highway, central Iran

Seventy Peaks Multipurpose Complex, Iran
The complex, with its 10,000 m2 of the built area is born as a commercial center including restaurants, café, and hotels for travelers. It is located on a plot of 60,000 m2, next to the highway that connects the holy city of Qom to Arak (in the central region of Iran).

70 peaks project, in line with the recent projects of the Iranian architect: Barjeel museum in UAE and Lunar retail and accommodation center in Iran. The name comes from the homonymous protected natural reserve located next to the complex.
The building, with its curvilinear shapes, small windows, and board-like roof, resembles a cruise ship floating in an ocean of soil. Its strange form takes inspiration from the morphology of the land and the traditional architecture of central Iran.

The nozzle-shape skylights and the widely cantilevered roof that flexes downward to the ground, recalls the vernacular architecture of the central region of Iran. Its spatial organization is encouraging the visitors to enter the complex or to climb it up and use the roof as a public plaza.

The big apertures in the frontal and lateral facades create genero...