Building from the Floor Up
Building from the Floor Up
Building from the Floor Up
Hadi Teherani reinvents wood flooring as a modular and creative foundation for boundless spaces.
January 26, 2026
From Iran to Germany, from architecture to materials.
Hadi Teherani has designed iconic buildings and objects with a signature approach: holistic vision, attention to sustainability, and a love for modular composition. With Parador, the German pioneer in eco-conscious flooring, the architect has just launched Open Frameworks, a system of engineered oak planks conceived as an infinite design kit.
The floor as foundational gesture.
“The floor is the beginning of everything. If you find yourself in an empty field, even before walls or ceiling, you need a surface to stand on. It’s the platform that speaks to the room. It can reflect light, express value through natural stone, or convey warmth through solid wood. With materials, you can write poetry just as well as with words.” Says Teherani.
Why return to engineered wood.
Open Frameworks marks Teherani’s second collaboration with Parador.
“Long-term partnerships are fertile ground. You know each other, so you can take more risks.”
This time, the starting point was Parador’s loose tongue system, a technical detail Teherani chose to highlight using colored “links” that turn the structural into something decorative and graphic.
Infinite combinatory possibilities.
Four plank sizes, three oak tones, contrasting links: from this set comes the potential for layouts that range from classic to ultra-experimental.
“The floor is the beginning of everything. If you find yourself in an empty field, even before walls or ceiling, you need a surface to stand on. It’s the platform that speaks to the room. It can reflect light, express value through natural stone, or convey warmth through solid wood. With materials, you can write poetry just as well as with words.” Says Teherani.
A language drawn from architecture.
Teherani prefers restrained, quiet interiors where color supports rather than dominates. His method echoes the approach used in his façades: grids, varying formats, and fields in dialogue.
“The modular floor lets me insert exactly the touch of contrast that’s needed. No more, no less. It felt only natural to bring that same logic underfoot. Until now, industrial wood flooring didn’t allow it.”
From 2D to 3D: thinking about the whole room.
Turning a drawing into atmosphere means thinking about light, walls, ceilings.
“I always ask: what happens in the morning when a sliver of light enters the room? That’s when materials reveal their value.”
Only in these conditions, he says, can you see if something disrupts or enhances the experience.
New frontiers in wood flooring.
With New Classics, Teherani played with the herringbone motif within a single panel. Today, Open Frameworks offers full freedom: mix-and-match formats and colors.
“We’ve transformed an industrial product into a tailor-made kit. Every interior designer can write their own score, starting from the same notes” he says.
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