Subject. Not so far ago, roofs used to be considered crucial sectors of houses and cities. Thereupon, Citizens of Isfahan utilized roofs for multitudes of functions, including summertime sleeping accommodations, social areas to converse with neighbors, fields for keeping pigeons, etc. Such nostalgic scenes eternized through the movie “Majid’s Tales”. Status quo, however, roofs have turned into deserted spaces for placing air conditioners, satellite dishes, water tanks, and storing undesirable objects. Taking the remarkable location of such domiciles into account, how could we benefit from the potential of abandoned spaces in the modern era? Considering the circumstances, is the expansion of this historic fabric feasible?

Main idea. Even though many of those small-scaled yet spirited, spacious houses have been replaced by two or three-unit apartments, from no aspect affinized with or affected by their surrounding context and landmarks, the prospect of this addition could be a prototype for reuse of such forgotten spaces. It is an appeal for a comprehensive plan for a city placed on top of another, called the Roof City.