Project
Unsu Residential

Category 
Best Project of Residential or Mixed-Use Estate

About the project (provided by the applicant)
The Unsu residential building project is located in the city of Mashhad, Iran. Unsu means looking inside or outside and what will be seen.
This project is formed on 6 floors, and the 5th and 6th floors are duplexes. The custom architecture of this project, as well as numerous back-and-forths between the design team and the client and information about their needs, led the project to a direction where we see a series of changes in the plan on each floor of this building, which is a response to the needs of the audience.
The solid and double-shell facade of the building was a response to one of the needs of the client, who emphasized maintaining the privacy and private status of his life, and on the other hand, he wanted to have a private and public balcony at the same time. In the facade of the building, we see two types of balconies (public and private) that meet both needs at the same time. Needs such as maintaining privacy and semi-open green spaces were some of the needs of the c

Location
Beheshti Blvd, Mashhad, Iran 

Project design year
2025

Applicant
Ali Naseri, Avat Design Studio

Member of the jury of the Inspireli Student Award in the Czech Republic since 2021. Certificate holder of the Golden Trezzini Awards in 2021 for the Eden Residential Building (Honourable Mention) and the Green Cube Villa Project (Special Mention). Winner of the Loop Architecture Award in 2022 in Portugal. Winner of the 2023 IDA Architecture Award in the United States.

Authors of the project
Avat Design Studio

Visualization
Architectural executive drawings: Engineer Elias Tahernia
3D drawings and architectural visualization: Engineer Shahab Sajjadi

Status of the project
Under construction

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Premio del Pubblico (People’s Choice) finalists, the absolute winner and winners in the categories will be announced on November 21, 2025.

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