Apartment 213 is the fifth project in the Mehrshahr experience. In this experience, Mehrshahr’s villas are constructed in accordance with the new developing ways of modern life with an  emphasis on identity and environmental components of the area, and the architecture of the home in the meeting point of the basic patterns.

Compiling the new housing criteria will be one of the most delicate strategic steps in the architectural development and urban design. This project, by finding these criteria, tries to provide a modern answer for the style and goal of living.

Density and proportions of open living space 

The subject of living in open spaces is one of the most important characteristics of Mehrshahr’s houses. On the other side, population and building density have a reverse correlation with each resident’s proportion of the land and the open living space. The more this density increases, the more human population forms on the common land and in the shape of stacked houses and this means less open and natural space for the residents. Therefore, residential terraces will be the only opportunity for living in the open space. In this project, as with the previous experiences, the terrace is regarded as one of most important elements of the house (apartment) and will be of its forming pillars of the architecture and life of the residents.

Inclination to decorate

The lack of opportunity for achieving original characteristics of architecture has resulted in regarding the more secondary criteria as the base for the value of the house and architecture. One of this criteria that attracts the attention of the masses is decoration. Buildings with ornaments that imitates the buildings of the Classical Europe era gains a higher value in the eye of the masses and the residents look for the value of the house in its decorations. Although Persian architecture and art have a rich history in decorations. But the subject of decorations has become a superficial element and it seems the society and the citizens in the grief of their lost wealth are trying to establish their financial position and the result of this grief is the culture of ostentation that has nothing in common with the historical manners of Iran.