In-built Staircase!

WHEN A BUILDING BECOMES A STAIRCASE. Termeh Office Commercial Building in Hamedan, Iran. Designed by Farshad Mehdizadeh Architects + Ahmad Bathaei, the building turns a simple office-commercial program into a sculptural public gesture. The ground floor is used for retail, while the upper floor contains a private office. Instead of treating the two levels as separate boxes, the architects bent the dividing slab into a habitable staircase, connecting the office directly to the street. Its brick surface continues across the facade and stair, using local brick and traditional bricklaying patterns to connect the contemporary form with its historic urban context. Architecture here is not just a facade — it becomes a path.