Kinesthetic Institute Promotes Health and Wellness
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PORTFOLIO
S E P I D E H A S A D I J O U Z A N I
2013-2016
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EDUCATION
Master of Architecture
8/2013 - 12/2016 | Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago - IL - US
Bachelor of Architecture
9/2008 - 5/2013 | Shahid Beheshti University - Tehran - Iran
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant
08/2015 - 12/2016 | Cloud Scholar - UnderGraduate 1st Year - Prof. Tom Brock and Kathleen Nagle | Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago - IL - US
Giving new sights in architecture to fresh students by field trips, lectures and assignemnts
Shaping the strong group who intend to increase the ability of new architecture students
01/2015 - 05/2015 | Building Design - Structure Design and Analysis - Prof. Paul Endres | Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago - IL - US
Assisting the professor to improve the knowlege of students how to design appropiate and intellectual building structure
Designing questions as homeworks
Collecing and managing homeworks and exams
08/2014 - 12/2014 | Neighborhood Studio - Graduate 2nd Year - Prof. John DeSalvo | Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago - IL - US
Teaching and assisting in design and organizing thoughts
Organizing the whole studio design process (50 students)
Arranging field trips to Detriot - Michigan | Oak Park, Plano, Chicago, IL
Architectural Intern
06/2012 - 07 / 2013 | Construction Engineering Assistant- “ Naghshe-Memar Consulting Engineer” | Tehran , Iran
In charge of Construction Documents , orgnizing Documents
Organize the construction process on Site
Participate in Critical moments with head of construction such as concerete constrcution process , ...
04/2009 - 02/2010 | Architecture Assistant and Designer - “Dace Architecture Inc.” | Tehran , Iran
In charge of Construction Documents , Designing 3d and organizing old CAD files
Participating in Clients Meetings
Presenting and preparing documents to present to client
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Single Project Design
08/2014 - 12/2014 | Website design Graduate Studios , Illionois Institute of Techniology Atchitecture Department | Chicago - IL - US
Link: http://www.iitcoagradstudios.com/
05/2013 - 09/2013 | Design Front store , Clothes and Shoe Shop , Private Client | Tehran - Iran
AWARDS AND HONORS
SUMMER 2015 | AIA 2015 CHICAGO STUDENT AWARDS IN ARCHITECTURE | 2ND PLACE |AIA- Chicago - IL - US
Detriot Market hall - Second Year Studio Project in Illinois Institute of Architecture
Link: http://www.aiachicago.org/news/entry/-2015chicago-student-awards-in-architecture-winners-announced#.VcKf1flVhBc
SPRING 2015 | NAGLE/HARTRAY ENDOWED ARCHITECTURE SCHOLARSHIP| 1st PLACE | Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago - IL - US
Detriot Market hall - Second Year Studio Project in Illinois Institute of Technology
SPRING 2014 | NAGLE/HARTRAY ENDOWED ARCHITECTURE SCHOLARSHIP| 1st PLACE | Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago - IL - US
House as a Mat - First Year Studio Project in Illinois Institute of Technology
WINTER 2012 | RED BULL DOODLE ART COMPETITION | 2ND PLACE | Tehran - Iran
Free hand Drawing
FALL 2011 |ENYA COMPETITION | 10TH PLACE | Manhattan, NY
Front trail Fairy Boat Design
SKILLS
ARCHITECTURE DESIGNING | PHYSICAL & DIGITAL MODELING | CREATIVE ARCHITECTURE DETAILS | FREE HAND DRAWING | PHOTOGRAPHY | WEBSITE DESIGNING
ADOBE : PHOTOSHOP - ILLUSTRATOR - INDESIGN - PREMIERE
AUTODESK : AUTO CAD - 3DS MAX - REVIT
RHINO AND GRASSHOPPER
CLIMATE CONSULTANT
ECOTECT
OFFICE SOFTWARES
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITIONS ART WORKSCOAR A
URBAN TRYST
KINESTHETIC INSTITUTE
DETROIT MARKET HALL
HOUSE AS A MAT
SLEEPING CABIN
NIAVARAN RESIDENCE
TAKE A BREATH
GREEN LOOP
STRUCTURE DISCOVERY - SONY CENTER
DETROIT MARKET HALL
HOUSE AS A MAT
TAKE A BREATH
GREEN LOOP
SOFA COMPETITION
REDBUUL DOODLE ART
RHINO SCRIPT & GRASSHOPPER
FREE HAND DRAWING
PHOTOGRAPHY
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KINESTHETIC INSTITUTE DETROIT MARKET HALL
HOUSE AS A MAT SLEEPING CABIN
GREEN LOOP
NIAVARAN RESIDENCE
TAKE A BREATH STRUCTURE DISCOVERY - SONY CENTER
URBAN TRYST
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Downtown, Chicago, Illinois
Fall 2015
TEAM MEMBERS: MELINA DE OLIVEIRA & ELENI ARONI
PROFESSOR: STEVEN BRUBAKER
URBAN TRYST
Our project is located on the corner of Wells and Lake St with a direct
interaction with the cityʼs most important train access point for it is the
access of all CTA lines to the Loop. This condition gives our project the
opportunity to become an important reference point in the city and a
gateway to human interaction.
We developed our concept of human interaction by creating spaces that
would allow the users to explore a variety of scales and opportunities of
social exchange. Our proposal offers a dynamic opportunity to create
a mixed use high rise building where the users are deeply involved in a
constant sensory exchange that creates architectural space as a response
to the city.
In order to offer spaces that would allow for social interaction through
different sensory opportunities we have created three buildings placed
on the site with a small rotation between each of them that respond to
the rhythmic condition of the context and the constant movement and
dynamism of the city when interacting with the cityʼs second street level,
the train tracks. By doing so, we propose a composition of buildings that
also responds to our three main conceptual facts that drove the project:
Sun, City and Society. These three facts are directly related to our three
main design strategies: Form, Structure and Fabrication. The mix between
the conceptual and the architectural translates into our final product as a
dynamic and integrated complex that responds to the city of Chicago as a
warm approach to human interaction.
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20’
30’
Society is included in our conceptual facts as
we generate architectural spaces according
to the level of human interaction it has.
These levels of social interaction defined by
Introvertive, In Between and Extrovertive
behaviors which corresponds to a particular
architectural response. This corresponds to
how we implement our conceptual ideas to
create architectural space.
VIEW FROM TRAIN PLATFORM TOWARD ENTRANCE
DESIGN CONCEPT; ENHANCING SOCIAL INTERACTION
WITHIN THE CITY
3D MODELING: SKETCH UP,RHINO,GRASSHOPPER RENDERING: 3DS MAX
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The social typologies implemented in the three
towers respond to their vertical location, the
relationship with the building next to it, the
relationship with the context and the relationship
with the amount of sunlight received in the facade.
by considering three types of personalities, we have
created a gradient of “architectural translucency”
that plays along the three building facades to create
a well thought collage of interactions between the
buildings and to the city.
EXPLODED COMPONENTS TRANSPARENCY GRADIENTS AND LIGHT EFFECT
MAIN ENTRANCE RETAILS; GENERATING STREET LEVEL ACTIVITY
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Uptown, Chicago, Illinois
Spring 2015
TEAM MEMBERS: AGNIESZKA SZPARA & ELENI ARONI
PROFESSOR: TOM BROCK
KINESTHETIC INSTITUTE
This is an integrated wellness center that aims to elevate the communityʼs
health awareness. Being located in one of the most health challenged
neighborhoodsofChicago«Uptown»,theprojectteam›sendeavorsresulted
in a new vision for a modern wellness institute that aims to incentivize the
general public to integrate mental and physical practices into their daily
lives.
Being located in a long and narrow site that is located next to Chicago›s
elevated train rails, the site posed many challenges for the design. The
project team was dedicated to keep all the original structures and facades
of the neighbor buildings that resulted in extensive critical problem solving.
Understanding geometry, light and noise were key for the proposed design.
The institute is made up of 3 levels each characterizing a separate phase
in reaching mental clarity and physical health. The basement is dedicated
to relaxation and the cleansing of the mind, the ground level is dedicated
for the social activity and classes and the upper level is for a more focused
practice.Theprogramoverallincludesdormitories,classrooms,auditoriums,
gyms, spas and a pool. Programming the space in order to gain the most
comfort and have the most impact was one the project›s main goals.
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Uptown neighborhood beside of its great
history and character suffers from lack of activity
huge amount of crimes bring to it. Activation of
the site beside of respect to current hierarchy
of characters in the site was critical. Coming up
withasolution“KineticInstitute”anddeveloping
the building activities program to change the
behavior of neighborhood community can be
considered as our challenge.
3D MODELING: REVIT RENDERING: 3DS MAX
OVERALL VIEW FROM BROADWAY ST.
SITE PLAN; NOT ONLY AN INSTITUTE BUT ALSO A PLAZA
APPROACH FROM RED STATION
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MAIN ENTRANCE; ACCESS TO ALL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIESACCESS TO CONCENTRATION CENTER; BELOW PLAZA
PLANS;FROM UNDERGROUND (SPA) TO TOP FLOOR DANCE STUDIOS IDEA DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL TOWER; NIGHT WATCHERS
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STORAGE TANK
BYPASS PIPE
PRIMARYFILTER/LEAFSEPRATOR
SUCTION PIPE
WATERLINE TO
TOILETS AND
IRRIGATION
BRAC PUMP
OOOOO
OCCUPANTS
NUMBER
PEOPLE
QUANTITY PER
FIXTURE
10.0 868 40.00 22 217.0
10.0 868 20.00 43 434.0
10.0 868 40.00 22 217.0
2.0 1736 40.00 43 86.8
4.0 1736 40.00 43 173.6
3.0 1 EACH FLOOR 5 15.0
4.0 4 16.0
0.5 1736 75.00 23 11.6
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TOTALS 1170.973
OCCUPANTS
NUMBER
PEOPLE
QUANTITY PER
FIXTURE
6.0 868 40.00 22 130.2
6.0 868 20.00 43 260.4
2.0 868 40.00 22 43.4
1.0 1736 40.00 43 43.4
0.5 1736 40.00 43 21.7
2.0 1 EACH FLOOR 5 10.0
2.0 4 8.0
3.0 1736 75.00 23 69.4
2.0 42 84.0
247.7467
TOTALS 670.54
DRAINAGE FIXTURE
RAIN WATER HARVESTING
FIXTURE TYPES, QUANTITY AND UNITS
Building systems integration into design
considerations with focus on heating,
cooling,plumbing,electrical,lighting,vertical
transportation, fire protection, and security
and how these systems are coordinated
with other design elements and systems
such as structure, materiality, sustainability
and egress.
Good building design can be considered as
a strong organizing aesthetic merged with
an associated and elegant concept that ties
all these systems into one clear design idea.
This project emphasizes the relationship
between ideas and systems to help clarify
design thinking to make not only beautiful /
intriguing building forms, but also structures
that answer to the issues and opportunities
of human comfort, needs and behavior
patterns.
Related to clarifying the systemic concepts, it
is also important to be able to communicate
those ideas in clear, diverse, and appropriate
ways. Therefore, representation of systems
and technical information (diagrams,
drawings, specifications, models, etc.) was
an important part of this project.
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Detroit, Michigan
Fall 2014
| AIA 2015 CHICAGO STUDENT AWARDS IN ARCHITECTURE | 2ND PLACE |
| NAGLE/HARTRAY ENDOWED ARCHITECTURE SCHOLARSHIP| 1st PLACE |
TEAM MEMBERS: MELINA DE OLIVEIRA
PROFESSORS: DAVID BRININSTOOL & ANDY METTER
DETROIT MARKET HALL
For the Market Hall, the aim as an individual project within the Master
Plan was to serve as the center of integration between the different
activities of the institution and the community. This is to be achieved
through the idea of using the market as the itinerant business incubator
prototype tester for the students. Following this idea, the Market Hall
becomes the link and the business first trial for the students to develop
a small business model within the local farmerʼs market and to test it
before they formalize the idea. The Market is intended to work as the
main hub of connection between this proposed School and surrounding
community. Market works as integration between the activities inside
the complex and out in neighbor-hood.
Through the idea of growth from inside out and from outside in, we
create dynamic space for people to gather and connect with community.
The market hall represents the main hub of Packard motor plant
site where the exchange between people occurs. Our project seeks
connection and interaction between the buildings, program and users.
The ever changing space that offers a dynamic experience. It is the
idea of dematerializing the building based on seasonal change.
As a final integrating piece within the project we have developed a
canopy to generate the sense of shelter underneath a dynamic cover
that indicates the connections between the market and the rest.
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Technical school /
inovation center
Technical farming
Incubators/Technical
Main Spine
Incubator/Market
Market
Culinary school
Farming
Urban edge
Student Center
Court yard
The studio proposes a Master plan for
development anchored in the immediate
capacity building of the population. A self-
sustainingeducationalcommunityanalogousto
the medieval monastery is envisioned, offering
training in agriculture, digital manufacturing,
and culinary skills. The short-term courses
offered aim at a faster cycle of competence
building.
MASTER PLAN PROGRAM
MARKET HALL, REACTIVATION OF OLD PACKARD MOTOR PLANT
3D MODELING&RENDERING: SKETCH UP
MASTER PLAN
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APPROACHING THE MARKET FROM STUDENT CENTER SECOND FLOOR, CAFE & GALLERIA
MASTER PLAN PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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MAIN ENTRANCE, SOUTH APPROACH; FACING FLOWER FARM
As a final integrating piece within the project we have developed a canopy to generate the sense of shelter underneath a dynamic cover that indicates the connections between the market
and the rest of the site as well as the main activities inside the market.
This canopy is a translucent skin designed with resistant fabric and a steel frame creating the waves, which allow light inside with dynamic shadows in between. This piece represents the most
important new structure of the project as an element which bring all the components of this design together to be recognizable and memorable. This area has a strong cultural root currently
depressed by the economic situation of the city, The Market Hall is an intent to offer spaces that could bring back the sense of identity in the place.
CANOPY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
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Bronzeville, Chicago, IL
Spring 2014
| NAGLE/HARTRAY ENDOWED ARCHITECTURE SCHOLARSHIP| 1st PLACE |
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
PROFESSORS: KARLA SIERRALTA
HOUSE AS A MAT
Envisioning the architecture of the future by using a fundamental
concept, connecting inside and outside. This design tries to go beyond
connecting spaces and utilizes space principles to bring people together.
In other words, it endeavors to create unity between people inside and
outside. This is achieved by creating a strong space unity that can also
be intriguing for human connections.
In the future the human connection will be infinite. We all will know
each other or at least have a connection, this design tries to bring that
connection on the level that daily is lived. There will not be anything
separate. All things will unify. The proposed unity also saves space for
people›s privacy.
The complex ties between the environment, climate and people
resulted in using the glass roofs. These roofs provide space unity,
privacy, natural light, potential communication space and the ability of
breeding adjustable plants.
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Modeling different behaviors of users by
providing different heights of skylights that all
reside in a slab on grade construction.“A typical
Chicago housing lot” proposed a variety of site
limitations. Working within a limited space and
locating programs was the biggest challenge
in this project. Envisioning the future behaviors
based on our current knowledge was another
challenge on a more intellectual level.
ROOF TOP VIEW ; DIFFERENT CEILING HEIGHT MAKES ZONES
SITE PLAN
CONCEPTUAL COLLAGE
3D MODELING: REVIT RENDERING: 3DS MAX
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MAIN ELEVATION; ENGAGE COMMUNITY
ROOF GARDEN, DETAILED SECTION
IDEA LAYOUT
2ND FLOOR, 1ST FLOOR PLAN
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Spring Field, Colorado
Fall 2013
TEAM MEMBERS: ANTONIA MUNIZ, JIMMY LEE, ROBERT SOLAN
PROFESSORS: THOMAS JACOB
SLEEPING CABIN
Center core cabin has the ability to work with natural light based on
userʼs life style as it shows in perspective shots. This Cabin uses the
minimum volume of space so from the economical aspect it is the most
beneficial one and it doesnʼt damage the free space and seems more
spacious than it really is. One of the driving concepts of the design was
the intersection of the two volumes.
As such, the details sought to understand how such union occurred.
The first instance where this happens is in the entrance, where the
roofs intersect each other through the lateral wall where the door is
located. The principal point where this intersection takes place is also
the area over the core, marked by a skylight over the stairs. Here we
see not only the connection of the volumes through the wall but the
connection of both roofs to each other.
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BEDROOM
MAIN PLAN NORTH SECTION WEST ELEVATION VIEW FROM CORE TO LIVING ROOM
3D MODELING&RENDERING:
REVIT
DETAIL SECTION OF SKYLIGHT WOOD STRUCTURE DETAILS
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Tehran, Iran
Summer 2011
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING ASSISTANT - NAGHSHE MEMAR CONSULTING ENGINEER
INTERNSHIP
NIAVARAN RESIDENCE
Thisprojectwasaboutdesigningshapeofaresidentialcomplexincluding
25 units with different views. The first de¬mand of the employer was
the external shape because he had no idea about architecture and
we had to emphasize on our idea just by 3D models and pho¬tos.
The main goal was the best view for each units and the result was
rotation of facade. The relation and harmony be¬tween the shape and
surrounding areas was the another aim.
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Chicago, IL
Summer 2015
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
PROFESSOR: ALPHONSO PELUSO
TAKE A BREATH
2015 kiosk competition in Chicago brought our modeling class to
challenge ourselves to think for the same concept while enhancing our
abilities in 3d modeling and rendering.
In this case, I merged the idea of having close textures and methods
like the ones implemented in Abu Dhabi Louvre and the idea of making
a shelter like Sony center in Berlin. I used the site which Ma Yansong
and Jeanne Gang are going to build their Lucas Museum project.
It was a fast project. Within one week, a fast thinking and production
process resulted in an inclusive grasshopper experience that is this
project.
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SOFT AND MEDUIM APERTURE FIRM AND MEDUIM APERTURE THICK AND SMALL APERTURE
VIEW TOWARD NORTH OF CITY
SITE PLAN GRASSHOPPER COMMANDS BELOW SHELTER
DIFFERENT ITERATIONS
3D MODELING: GRASSHOPPER RENDERING: 3DS MAX
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Manhattan, New York
Fall 2012
GROUP MEMBERS: FARSHID MOUSAVI, HAMED ASADI, HOORMAZD HENDI
PROFESSOR: BAHMAN ADIBZADEH
GREEN LOOP
The reconciliation of the natural and the ar¬tificial:
Using ecology, climatology, sociology, and technology to create flowing
and flexible spaces that are in conformity with nature.
Utilizing natural elements such as sunlight, wind, and water in creating
the spaces of the complex:
An intelligent system that operates like a living organism, resulting in
dynamism and harmony between action and reaction.
Fundamental concepts:
Using what is available and maintaining sus¬tainability and continuity
in the domain of design Inspired by the essential properties of water:
fluidity, dynamism, flexibility, continuity and discontinuity
Maintaining relation with the natural state of things.
|ENYA COMPETITION | 10TH PLACE |
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VIEW FROM HUDSON HIGHWAY
DESIGN PROCESS EXPLODED COMPONENTS CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT VIEW FROM RIVER
3D MODELIN G& RENDERING: 3DS MAX
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Tehran, Iran
FALL 2
GROUP MEMBERS: ANTONIA MUNIZ, ELENI ARONI, MELINA DE OLIVEIRA
PROFESSOR: PAUL ENDRES
STRUCTURE DISCOVERY - SONY CENTER
Analysis of a built successful project gave me an in depth insight of
how architecture can lie in every detail and enhance the quality level
of the project. Sony Center by Helmut Jahn is one of those examples.
In this case we as a group of four started with understanding forces
and how the stress travels in members which dragged our attention to
those creative architectural ideas behind it.
The idea of making an actual model of it being capable of responding to
implied forces not only put us in the shoes of the structural engineer but
also helped us understand how important the collaboration between
architect and other engineers is.
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SONY CENTER STRUCTURE MODEL CAPABLE OF REACTION TO FORCES
FORCE ANALYSIS STRUCTURE ANALYSIS DESIGN PROCESS
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Chicago, IL
Fall 2014
Group members: 2014 Neighborhood studio students
Professor: John Desalvo
SOFA COMPETITION
Specific study for Packard Motor Plant in Detroit shaped the idea of
urban sitting element to be exhibited at CONNECT SOFA CHICAGO
2014.
The massive structure for Packard Motor Plant was once an icon of
modern manufacturing and productivity. The innovative reinforced
concrete structure, designed by Albert Kahn, housed state of the art
automobile production facilities, including an assembly line more
than half a mile long.
However, time and the changing paradigms of industry ultimately
brought the great machinery to a halt. It became a symbol of decay
and urban ruin.
Now, as the city of Detroit looks ahead, these sitting element and
canopy are challenged to re-imagine this derelict place. The site
becomes a beacon for the future, inspiring the development of new
typologies for manufacturing that are relevant to the modern world.
| CHICAGO SOFA COMPETITION AT NAVY PIER | 2ND PLACE |
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Art center, Tehran, Iran
Winter 2011
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ; FREE HAND DRAWING
DOODLE ART
This competition held in all around the world and for the first time
in universities and cafes in Tehran by Red bull organization. Students
could simply flip their doodle cards over and started creating their best
work of art using pens, pencils, or whatever they could get their hands
on. Students could be as creative as they like with their doodles and
submitted numerous entries. I sent 3 of this cards and all of my works
showed at art center with 140 other selected works.
My doodle card was wined by the audiences and I got second place in
Iran among 2000 cards.
| RED BULL DOODLE ART COMPETITION | 2ND PLACE |
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FALL 2014 - NOW
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
RHINO SCRIPT&GRASSHOPPER
Rational relationships and mathematical modeling of a design not only
helps the architect to bring extravagant ideas to life, but also gives him/
her a quantum perspective of the work. Architects are mostly trained to
feel and touch the many aspects of beauty and art, whereas scripting
unfolds another side of a thought process that has more to do with
solid logic, iteration and direct results.
An architect that knows how to think in forms of a script, can take
advantage of an expressionism design that is based on numerical
rationale.
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LYON-SATOLAS RAILWAY AND AIRPORT STATION
GRASSHOPPER COMMAND
ITERATION
3D MODELING: GRASSHOPPER RENDERING: 3DS MAX
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2008 - NOW
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
FREE HAND DRAWING
Hand drawing creates a unique connection between the mind and the
hand and enables the architect to quickly transform thoughts onto
paper. I see hand drawings as the best tool to communicate the idea
in early stages of the design process.
To sketch will enhance the ability to recognize details in each field
and allows the brain to digest the thoughts thoroughly before
documentation. What we draw will always be in part of our brain which
will show itself in different phases. Hand drawing also connects the
architect to the design on an intimate level.
I strongly believe that by studying the hand drawing, one can feel the
thought and emotional process behind a successful design.
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2008 _ NOW
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography plays a major role in defining how we come to know
about architecture firsthand. This method not only had this ability to
tell a story about a realized design but also documents time and place.
Architectural photography has this potential to create evocative images
of structure, context and space. Their images go beyond realized
architectural design and evoke a feeling and sense of place.
Photography also can enhances proposals and provides accurate
site and context evaluations. It clarifies and improve all kinds of
communications, it also reduces time and construction costs, records
progress and assists post-occupy surveys.
