Published project in the yearbook of the College of Fine Arts and its display at the annual exhibition
Gratuate Enterance Exam
MODAAM Architects
Junior Designer, 3d modeling and Visualization, August2019 “Khane Bagh”residential complex, Central office for Dr. Abidi medicine Factory
summer2016
-Ranked 1st in Graduate Entrance Exam in Iran among 3750 students -Ranked 3rd in Architectural Sketching Exam in Iran
2.0 References
B. Arch, Autumn2015. Ali Rahim alir@design.upenn.edu
Nate Hume hume@design.upenn.edu
Barry Wark bwark@design.upenn.edu
Ariane Harrison arianeh@design.upenn.edu
4.0 SKILLS
Rhinoceros
Autodesk 3dmax
Autocad
Autodesk Revit
Maya
Mudbox
SketchUp
Grasshopper
Houdini
6.0 INTERESTS
Drawing, Painting,photography, Wood craft, Silver jewelry making
Lummion
Vray
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Python scripting
C# scripting
3D printing
Robotic Arm
CONTENTS
Loose Envelope
Academic Project Summer 2024
LITHIC FUTURES
Academic Project Spring 2024
Money-u-mental
Academic project Fall 2023
Rithinking of Facade
Academic Project Fall 2023
“DDF”
Workshop Winter 2021
MINI-Bending
Academic project Autumn 2022
[CON]Create
Workshop Winter 2019
“Desert Bloom”
Studio project
Evolo Competition Design Studio 3 Winter 2018
“Qanat” Memorial
Master Thesis project Summer 2019
“Karaj”Theater Hall
Competition-First PrizeWinner Under construction Summer2019
Kelarabad Redential
Professional project April 2022
Velenjak NO.24
Professional project 2020
Velenjak NO.27
Professional Project 2021
“Loose Envelope”
Academic Project
University of Pennsylvania-Weitzman School of Architecture
Location: Philadelphia
Nate Hume(Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania)
With ALex Lee
August 2024
Contribution To The project
Idea Development
3D Modeling+ Scripting
Modeling
Robotic Fabrication, Clay Printing
This project reexamines the traditional distinction between “inside” and “outside” in architecture, a concept deeply rooted in architectural discourse since Vitruvius. It challenges the idea of these realms being mutually exclusive, instead embracing a multiplicity of conditions that foster moments of exchange and simultaneity, rather than existing in a simple “in-between” state. By redefining the relationship between “inside” and “outside,” the project questions the conventional threshold of enclosure, blurring the perceived boundaries between nature and buildings, as well as between public and private spaces. The design employs robotic clay printing to clad a timber structure, creating varying gradients of enclosure that fluidly transition between inside and outside.
In order to lower the cost of fabrication, thinner wooden profiles are used by weaving various timber grids in three different orientations into dense layers. This not only enhances the structure’s visual appeal but also strengthens it. These layers in the frame can expand, imparting a unique spatial character to the envelope and creating inhabitable spaces between layers, which can be utilized for various functions.
Collecting Rain Drops Adding Textures On The Surface
Using shingles to grow vegetation and host microorganisms
Robotic Clay printing to make Shingles
4’X8’ Prototype
The shingles are designed to provide diverse variations using two types of geometry, reducing costs while offering flexibility in facade cladding and in the way they are hung from the frame. Additionally, the textures of the shingles are strategically utilized to slow down rainwater, allowing it to be collected in the concave side for drainage and to host vegetation. The shingles are predominantly glazed green and yellow to blend harmoniously with the surrounding environment, with accents of red and blue to add subtle visual interest.
“Lithic Futures”
Cusco Museum of Artifacts
Academic project
University of Pennsylvania-Weitzman School of Architecture
Location: Cusco,Peru
Supervisor: Barry Wark
Email: info@barrywark.com
Spring 2024
Houdini; 3D Modeling
Rendering Keyshot
Physical Modeling
The studio focuses on exploring ecological aesthetics that push architectural design beyond the ongoing dialogue between nature and architecture. Instead of viewing them as separate entities, the studio encourages us to develop architecture that intentionally showcases and celebrates the integration of buildings with their environment. The building comprises two parts that seamlessly integrate with each other: a permanent section constructed from robotically cut stone, and a temporary section made with 3D-printed stone. While permenent section lasts long, the temporary section is susceptible to weathering and lasts for at least cological erosion. Together, these two components create a dialectical relationship. The facade is inspired by Peruvian artifacts and motifs, aiming to instill a sense of identity for the Peruvian people.
Second Floor plan
Design Concept Based On Peruvian Motifs and Stonework
Physical Model for the Firts Concept Design
Physical Model for the Firts Concept Design
Physical Model for the Firts Concept Design
First Sketch designed based on studio’s Concept
First Sketch designed based on studio’s Concept
Physical model of a chunk of the building
Section A-A
Interior Viewes from Galleries
“Qanat” Memorial
An Investigation In Underground Spaces
Academic project- Individual work
Final Master Thesis- University of Tehran
Site: Yazd, Iran
Supervisor: Dr. Motadayen, Leila Tashakori
Email: motedayn@ut.ac.ir
summer 2019
Email: motedayn@ut.ac.ir
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The terraces a platform for Interaction and observation
The idea of elevated terraces on the roof of the building was a solution to provide accessibility to the neighborhood and create a safe pedestrianized urban platform that makes a gathering place for people and provides a panoramic view of the historical buildings.
Providing access to the neighborhood from the nearby streets through the roof
From the nearby street by raising the edge of the roof
From the roof For local community by pull down the roof
Raising parts of the roof based on interior functions and making spaces for people to gather and sit
Making skylights and providing access from the roof to the neighborhood
DEFLECTIVE ZONE
DEFLECTIVE CURVES
DEFLECTIVE SURFACES
BEAMS
“Money-U-
Mental”
An Extention for NewYork Stock Exchange
Academic project- Group Project
University of Pennsylvania-Weitzman School of Architecture
Location: NewYork
Supervisor: Ali Rahim
Email: alir@upenn.edu Fall 2023
SYS 01: Facade Cooling system
SYS 03: Cylinder
SYS 05: Bridge For Public Visitors
“All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.”( Karl Marx)
SYS 04: Servers
SYS 02: Structure
The design studio project embarked on the ambitious task of establishing a bitcoin extraction center above the iconic New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building. This endeavor posed a fundamental challenge: to invert the typology of the stock market, transforming it from a space for trade to a storage facility for machines dedicated to mining bitcoin. Situating this unconventional program above the NYSE demanded a critical engagement with the prominent symbol of capitalism, compelling the designers to question the inherent meanings and symbols associated with financial institutions.
01 Extract form from precedent
Study Models
AI Design (Generated by Midjourney) - Organization of Facade
Passage in Ground Floor Section Physical Model
This facade becomes an artistic expression symbolizing the prowess of capital, while the concealed core, the hidden pillars, precisely mirror the individuals and the labor force that form the bedrock supporting the dynamic operations of the capital world.
Karaj Theater Hall
First Prize Winner
Competition- professional work( under construction)
Projectis located in Karaj, the capital of Alborz Province, Iran, and is effectively a suburb of Tehran. In fact, the city doesn’t have an independent identity which makes it a high crime area. Therefore, the main question is what is the concept of a cultural building to make an identity for a city? Hence, The project’s idea should be considered not just as a single building but beyond it and as an urban project. Karaj was known for its fair and fine weather and had numerous private and public gardens in its history. Thus, the idea for developing the aforementioned project inevitably should be compatible with land and city gardens and respect them. It should be noted that the project site is an area surrounded by old gardens and a public park in the city center.
The main concept for this project was extending the natural scenery of the surrounding gardens and parks into the project and connecting the project to the land; thus, we can consider it as an object growing from the project’s site. Hence, people can go up and observe the city events.
The site of the project
Raising part the land to face the city
Making terraces for people to walk up and use the roof to observe the city
Adding outdoor amphitheaters on the roof
Section From Main Theater
Basement
Main Hall View Section
“IN THE FLESH”
Digital “Digital- Fabrication”
Team: Bahareh Arjmandi, Mahsa Masalegoo
Instructor: Ebrahim Pustinchi (Assistant Professor, Kent state University)
Email: mpoustin@kent.edu
February 2020
Link: https://vimeo.com/627425074
Contribution To The project
Initial Idea Development
Autodesk Maya; 3D Modeling
Rendering
Autodesk MudMaterial; Material Editing
The goal of this project was to create an inhabitable form that is identified as a partly designed object and partly living material, in which the line between the natural and the artificial is progressively blurred. Each object grows through inflation as an organic process, which is a concept for evolution and growth. The project also tries to challenge a common misunderstanding of skin as a flat and thin surface. In the growth process, objects are influenced by shapes in their surroundings; thus, their forms change gradually, which can be commonly seen in biological systems. Therefore, the word “Flesh” is a better substitute for “Skin” since it focuses more on the body’s engagement with its physical surroundings. The volume of the developed prototype produced from a hybrid combination of digital procedures and digital fabrication.the digital part of the process involved animation-based modeling using a physics engine in Maya.
The process of deformation of objects;
In the inflation process, objects affect each other’s growth and are affected by the existed architectural forms in their vicinity, which causes an unpredictable deformation of form and architecture.
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The project’s final result is an animal-shaped object through a defamiliarized form of familiar symbols in geometrical architecture. The complexity in the combination of these parts led to a biological form similar to human body organs.
“Facade In the Age of AI”
Academic project- Group Project
Teamate: Nazhla Alizadegan
University of Pennsylvania-Weitzman School of Architecture
Supervisor: Ali Rahim
Email: alir@upenn.edu Fall 2023
Project exercised a control over our AI-generated image, tailoring it to align with our objective. The intention was to move away from the usual, shapeless outputs typical of the tool and instead, create a harmonious blend of geometric forms. We pushed the boundaries of our original concept during this creative process and used our imagination to create elaborate assemblies with an industrial feel. The ultimate model materialized through the convergence of lines, circles, and textures, giving rise to a design marked by its intricate complexity, a testament to our pursuit of a unique and purposeful aesthetic.
Each year thousands of people emigrate from dry areas due to scarcity of freshwater and desertification. The migration will increase the population density of the wet regions, which may cause irreversible consequences. The project’s main idea is to make a habitable place for humans by capturing water from the high-altitude atmosphere in dry regions. By acquiring water, the project seeks to stop desertification and to supply food and renewable energy for human settlement.
The skyscraper’s structure consists of two inseperate layers; a spiral structure that navigate airflow inside of the structure, and Coils carring nitrogen located on the interior facade of the spiral. In other words, the nitrogen flowing inside of the coil makes the coil’s surface temprature lower than its surroundings. Therefore, as airflow come into contact with the coils the process of mosture condensation happens and thus, the structure can harvest water from upper layers of atmosphere.
Food Production and public Gardens
Inside of the building, food production units have been established where there are different types of enviromental sections.The lower level allocated to grazing live stock to supply different types of organic foods where can also be use as public parks for general people. In the middle level is for pisciculture and the upper level is for hydrophinic agriculture.
Energy production
A downdraft energy tower is located in the core of skyscaper. This energy towerenergy tower relies on the principle that cool air will sink while hot air rises. At the top of the tower, mist will be sprayed so that passing air is cooled, causing it to sink rapidly. The air then escapes at the bottom of the tower by passing through wind turbines, generating power.
Wind Catcher Shells
Nitrogen Coils
Ventilation Shells
Floors
Tower(Downdraft)
Qanat Wells
Storage
Qanat Canals
[CON]Create
Academic project- Group work Workshop
Location:Science and Technology Park of University of Tehran,Tehran, Iran
Supervisors: Arman KhalilBeigi, Esmaeil Mottaghi, Sina Salimzadeh,Saeedeh Kalantari
Position: Participant winter 2019
Link: https://vimeo.com/417977603
Email: a.khalilbeigi@ut.ac.ir
The project was located in an uneventful site, in contrast to functionality of the space which required users to actively participate and engage from different working groups; hence one of the main objectives was to create a monument to act as social hub or attraction point to encourage interaction among different social groups. Running a computer simulation, suitable areas where marked and based on this heatmap, representing presence of users, Base-Nodes for geometry were selected. An interconnecting net-work on this set of points was created and later this network modified in terms of node-valance, connecting topology and architectural needs, later, through an ‘Incremental loading’ process, 3D network was generated.
finding based on structural analyses
Primary line network
base elements based on material properties
Subdividing the base form in order to preparation for prefabrication method
Form
Fattening
Technical study
This basic 3D networks creates a variable Mesh, different radius in this mesh is corresponding to a) Forces in each element b) Construction limit of concrete. In order to make the structure able to be disassembled and assembled again this basic mesh was subdivided accordingly. This subdivision process was done recursively because any state of subdivision is closely related to position and orientation of other connecting [steel] elements and therefore not all possible subdivisions were practically valid.These steel members, a) are designed to be fabricated using common 2D laser cutting CNCs. b) perform as arming bars in ordinary concrete elements to bear tension forces and c) orientation of these members ensure that the outer shell is fabricated correctly thus rectifies any inaccuracy of outer mesh.
Material study in this research focused on proposing a concrete which is, a) light so that each part can be maneuvered by hand, b) has Mechanical durability and, c) has adequate strength. By using expanded light aggregations, weight was re-duced significantly but by nature weakens the concrete, this problem compen-sated by adding steel and glass micro fibers and mineral admixtures. Plasticizers were also added to increase workability with the material
“KelarAbad Residential”
Professional project-Cooperated with Hadi Teherani Architects
April 2022
Site: Kelarabad- Iran
Team: Tuka Mahmudian, Nastaran Dosti
Architectural Director: Christoph Woop
Email: c.woop@haditeherani.com
This project redefines residential architecture by integrating ecological aesthetics and maximizing the natural environment’s benefits. Situated in the southern part of Iran, known for its humid and mild climate, the building is designed to harmonize with its surroundings. The clients requirements were having a Residential building with 200 units, Each unit must have its own outdoor space,with Views of both the mountains and the sea
Seperating residential blocks to make outdoor spaces inbetween
Vertical
Idea
Main
Velenjak Residence 24th 1 1
Professional project-Cooperated with Hadi Teherani Architects
Project Architects: Mahsa Hosseini, Amir Motevaselian, Dadbeh
Mohebi, Zohreh Rezaeian,
Building Program: Residential
Plot Area: 4400 Sqm
Built Area: 34000 Sqm
Location: Velenjak, Tehran Province, Iran
Construction Period : 2021 - Under Construction
Position: Architect, Interior designer, Construction site supervisor.
