MANZAR
The Hilltop House
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"Look, young man, I don't want a fancy house. I sold my house in the crowded and dirty city after a lifetime and finally came here to live in the mountains to feel like... I'm alive! We are tired enough of the hustle and bustle and living in that city. I want to see how green the valleys have become when I wake up every morning. I want to breathe deeply when the windows are wide open. In the spring, I want to sit down and enjoy watching the raindrops falling on the terrace and listen to its sound for hours. I want to sleep on the terrace in summer nights and staring the stars in the sky. I want to have a garden, grow tomatoes, cucumbers, flower bushes... I love these things. You know? I love this simple things... I want my grandchildren to come here in the summer and live with us, play, have fun. I want all those memories of the urban years to disappear. can you do it for me?"
She expressed these sentences so calmly and so simply as she is just describing what she sees... and I listened. I’ve had prepared myself to show what we were capable of. But she did’t want an offical meeting. She knew what she wanted. It was very simple and clear. I liked how she could see her dreams. And I wished this one-side conversation could last a couple of hours.... I felt something inside me pick up the pen and start sketching...
Manzar: A Persian word, meaning: A window or a place where you sit and look to a beautiful scene.
Shematic plan: the spatial and functional structure
Shematic Cross-Section
