Back to projectsInteriors / Kabul, Afghanistan

Iranian Embassy Pool

Overhead cutaway showing the pool and surrounding rooms

Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Typology: Interiors
Contribution: Design & construction supervision

Interior spaces

Pool hall with arched galleries and planted side walls

Pool viewed from the upper gallery beneath the reflective ceiling

Pool axis with symmetrical stairs and galleries

View into the pool hall through an upper-level arch

Poolside stair beside the planted wall

Sauna seating and arched opening towards the pool

Small pool with a view through to the main hall

Mosaic-lined wet area and arched doorway

Small pool and passage towards the main pool

Poolside circulation beside the sauna entrance

Plans and spatial organisation

Lower-level plan of the swimming-pool complex

Ground-floor plan: pool and perimeter circulation

Longitudinal cutaway through the pool hall

Transverse cutaway through the roof and internal galleries

Architecture

Exterior view of the curved roof and garden edge

Garden path leading to the pool entrance

Approach to the low roof from the entrance court

View from above of the faceted oval roof

Iranian Embassy Pool / Walkthrough

Next projectTerritone 87 Hotel