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Ashkan Nochian (Selected, 2000 – 2024)
Name: Dolores’ Residential Front Yard
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
Area: 800 sq2
Year: 2023
Description: I designed and installed this front yard and used a geometric concept and plant selection to appreciate the architecture of the building. While water-wise landscaping principles were applied, some plants were selected for the benefit of Pollinators
Go Tropical - A Residential Backyard
Design & Installation
Carol Newton’s Yard Landscaping
Location: Redondo Beach, California
Area: 650 sq2
Year: 2022
Description: I designed this front yard and used a radial concept to emphasize on the existing tree (predominant element) and create a deck to protect the tree’s root
Appreciate the Tree - A Residential Front Yard
Name: Raudhah Al-Falah Public Park
Location: Johor, Malaysia
Area: 67.5 acres
Year: 2016
Description: “Raudhah Al-Falah” is a display of a new notion in public park development in rising social behavior This unique concept engages with the Islamic garden philosophy and principle in developing an outdoor recreational area. To design this park, the notion of “Chahar Bagh” as a key element of the Islamic garden was reconceptualized to propose a new idea in Islamic park design. Later this new proposal was accepted for a display in an international exhibition.
Out of the Box – An Islamic Park
Shar-e-Ramin Park Location: Khuzestan, Iran
Just Simplicity – A Neighborhood Park
Name: Minkuh Park
Location: Minkooh, Iran
Area: 14 acres
Year: 2013
Description: The slope analysis and design based on the landform in this hilly site was a very important factor in designing this open space.
Site control & analysis
Site layout, master plan & planting design
Water surface analysis & slope diagram
Dimension, coding & leveling
Sewerage plan
Sewerage details
Construction details
Name: Teb Yaran Factory
Location: Shush, Iran
Area: 5 7 acres
Year: 2011
Description: As a leader of the team, I designed the site plan, planting design, slope diagram, surface water drainage, dimensions, and coding. I also controlled other proposed designs such as sewage, piping, lighting, and electric systems in a multi-disciplinary working environment.
Convincing the client to add more greenery and some facilities (e.g., the sports court) for the benefit of the staff was quite challenging. It was proposed to the client to plant fruit trees (e g , Date Palm and Citrus spp.) and a vegetable garden so that the factory staff would maintain the plants and in return would get fruits and vegetables Design & Implementation
Name: Kianshahr Park
Location: Ahvaz, Iran
Area: 4 acres
Year: 2010
Description: A pocket park in a neighborhood area, designed to fulfill children’s and elderly needs as the majority of users.
Name: Kianpars Open Space
Location: Ahvaz, Iran
Area: 0.35 acres
Year: 2010
Description: The main objective of this design project was to provide a natural feeling with the open space.
SmallYet Functional – A Pocket Park | Privilege Nature – A Natural Open Space
Name: Ayer Hitam Sanitary Landfill
Location: Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
Area: 100 acres
Year: 2009
Description: The project was to redevelop this closed landfill site and turn it into a public park. The hazardous issues of the landfill (e g , leachate seepage, gas explosion, odor, slope stability, water run-off) were taken into account in the designing process. Selecting compatible landscape activities and settings with landfill issues was another serious challenge of design and planning.
Change for the Better – An Urban Park Renovation
Name: Sobhani Park
Location: Ahvaz, Iran
Area: 8 acres
Year: 2005
Description: A renovation project for an old disturbed urban park. The challenge was to propose some new areas and settings with the least damage to the existing Softscape and Hardscape.
Name: Personal Gallery
Location: Serdang, Malaysia
Area: 3,250 ft2
Year: 2009
Description: As a home-gallery located in the nature between some trees, the concept was developed by inspiration of tree branches and connecting the surrounding trees to create the pattern and form for the project
Mother Nature Inspires– A Personal Gallery
analysis & land-use control
Name: Lashkar Blv.
Location: Ahvaz, Iran
Area: 15 acres
Year: 2004
Description: The challenge of designing this long linear site (1.5 miles) was to connect the multiple land uses (including residential, commercial, official, educational, hospital, and court) with the proposed landscape areas/elements in a harmonized organization.
Connection in Multifarious– A Parkway
Name: Enghelab Roundabout
Location: Susangerd, Iran
Area: 0.45 acres
Year: 2003
Description: The place is called “the Revolution (Enghelab in Persian)”. I took the concept from a motto related to the Iran Revolution in 1974: “Our Revolution Was the Explosion of the Light” Based on this concept, the roundabout was divided into two parts representing a movement from darkness to light. The zigzag line presents the fight during the revolution. To emphasize the light, a short lamp post was proposed for each corner of the grid pattern. In the center, there is a water feature comprising three rotated (30o) square forms designed with a sculpture on top The form of water featured together with the sculpture represents “Ascension”
A Movement from Darkness to Light - A Civic Roundabout
Design & Overseeing
Name: Entrance Roundabout
Location: Susangerd, Iran
Area: 0.48 acres
Year: 2003
Description: This roundabout is at the entrance to the city of Susangerd. During the Iran and Iraq war -the longest war of the 20th century- residents had to migrate to safer areas They returned to their homeland afterward and rebuilt the city The roundabout was designed to represent this phenomenon by applying segregated dots and continued lines. The rotating monument in the center was proposed to be decorated with Islamic calligraphy using traditional tiling techniques as most citizens are Arab Muslims of the same religion
Disunity to Unity with the Same Belief - A Civic Roundabout
I designed the logo for a handicraft shop for its business card and shop ads.
The idea was an integration of the name of the shop based on Persian calligraphy with the form of an ancient Persian clay pot.
garden
I designed the logo for the “Landscape Architecture of Iran” Facebook page.
The idea was an integration of the “Persian Garden” form, pattern, and colors with the name of the Facebook page (Landscape Architecture of Iran)
An Integration of Calligraphy with Craft – A Shop | An Integration of Garden Structure with Letter– A Facebook Page
Persian calligraphy
Persian ancient handicrafts
Job Duty: Designer and installer Year: 2018
Description: I was invited to renovate this front yard in Moscow, Idaho. I proposed and implemented a naturalistic pond, trim some of the existing plants and clean the area
Residential Landscape: Construction | Residential Building: Supervision
Management, Construction, and Supervision
Job Duty: Landscape Site Supervisor Year: 2008
Description: I supervised some landscape areas in the “U-Thant Condominium, Kuala Lumpur” for “Concpect Builder Sdn, Bhd company. ” Collaboration with other contractors/supervisors in a multi-tasking environment required high discipline and teamwork skills.
Job Duty: Designer and Contractor Year: 2010
Description: I designed and implemented this flowerbed with two small rock gardens for the “Iran National Steel Industrial Group, Ahvaz Branch, Iran.” Overcoming with the issue of alkaline soil and saline water were two challenging tasks
Flowerbed: Construction | Industrial Site: Construction
Management, Construction, and Supervision
Job Duty: Site Designer and Contractor Year: 2012
Description: After designing this industrial site for “Teb Yaran Company, Shush, Iran,” I was appointed as the contractor to construct the site and some of the factory structures Together with a professional team including civil and electrical engineers and skillful staff, I managed to complete the earthworks, sewage system, pedestrian pathways, welding, and etc
Job Duty: Nursery manager Year: 2002-2004
Description: Manager of a plant nursery for “Municipality of Ahvaz, Iran”-the largest plant nursery in Khuzestan Province, Iran, and perhaps the southern region of Iran. I Managed and supervised 14 staff, technical works, and infrastructures. The nursery propagates and supplies saplings/flowers for the Ahvaz Municipality projects as well as private sector projects. This job also required writing and documentation for the tendering of supplement plants
Job Duty: Contractor Year: 2002
Description: I managed the construction work to develop a soccer turf-grassing for “17-Sahrivar Complex Club, Abadan, Iran ” The project required great soil improvement and a proper drainage system due to very low soil and water quality in an arid climate.
My philosophy is The Square: Simplicity, Sustainability, Stimulus, and Smart Solution.
Design / Planning - Independently or Teamwork
▪ Conducted landscape maintenance program for a residential property, 900 sq2 area in Manhattan Beach/CA.
▪ Designed and implemented a residential condo based on the Xeriscaping concept, including hard and soft landscape areas,1,250 sq2, Manhattan Beach/CA.
▪ Designed a residential landscape based on a Pollinator-friendly concept, 7,300 sq2, Rancho Palos Verdes/CA.
▪ Designed and implemented a residential landscape,900 sq2, Manhattan Beach/CA.
▪ Designed a residential front yard landscape including hard and soft landscape area, 730 sq2, Redondo Beach/CA.
▪ Designed, and installed new landscape elements based on a Water-wise concept and maintained it for 2 years, 2830 sq2, Redondo Beach/CA.
▪ Designed and installed a residential landscape, 300 sq2 area, San Jose/CA.
▪ Designed (incl. plants and planters) and installed rooftop for Current Foods Co., 50 sq2 area in SF/CA.
▪ Collaborated in Ayer Hitam Sanitary Landfill (restoration of a closed landfill to an urban park), 100 acres, Selangor/Malaysia.
▪ Designed an art gallery (conceptual design) with a total area of 4,200 sq2
▪ Led the design team for Miankuh Urban Park, 14 acres, Miankooh/Iran.
▪ Designed a residential landscape (a holiday villa), 0.25 acres, Shushtar/Iran.
▪ Led the design team for Shahr-e-Ramin Park, 4.4 acres, Khuzestan/Iran.
▪ Led the design and construction work for the Teb Yaran Factory site (incl. earthwork & grading, sewer system, water pipes installation), 5.70 acres, Shush/Iran.
▪ Renovated Hejab Park, including drainage and irrigation systems, 29.5 acres, Ahvaz/Iran.
▪ Designed and overseen Enghelab Roundabout, 0.45 acres, Susangerd/Iran.
▪ Designed Susangerd Entrance Roundabout, 0.48 acres, Susangerd/Iran.
▪ Led the design team for redesigning Sobhani Park, 7.5 acres, Ahvaz/Iran.
▪ Led the design team for Lashkar Blv Parkway,11.6 acres, Ahvaz/Iran.
▪ Designed Kianshahr Neighborhood Park, 4 acres. Ahvaz/Iran.
▪ Designed Kianspars Natural Open Space, area: 0.35 acres. Ahvaz/Iran.
▪ Installed drainage system for Mahdi's roundabout, 0.7 acres. Karun/Iran
▪ Installed flower bed, rock garden, and lawn for the Iran National Steel Industrial Group, 0.3 acres. Ahvaz/Iran.
▪ Constructed turf grass for 17-Sharivar Soccer Field, 2.7 acres, Abadan/Iran.
Management / Leadership
▪ Founder and CEO of Landoos LLC company since Nov. 2021 providing state-of-the-art design and build landscaping services in Los Angeles, CA.
▪ Founded and directed Sazan Simaye Mohit firm. Partnering with another experienced Landscape Architect and a Civil Engineer, provided landscaping services in Khuzestan, Iran
▪ Managed (incl. 14 staff, technical works, and infrastructures) the Nursery of Municipality of Ahvaz/Iran for 2 years
▪ Led Landscape and Urban Green Spaces Unit - District 4 of Municipality of Ahvaz/Iran for 1 year
Supervision / Consultation
▪ Consulted a team to develop a master plan of the Palouse Prairie Charter School, 3 ACs, Moscow/ID
▪ Consulted the Ahvaz Parks & Green Spaces organization for urban park design for 9 months, Ahvaz/Iran
▪ Supervised construction work for Enghlab roundabout in Susangerd City, 0.45 ACs
▪ Supervised construction work incl. hardscape and drainage and irrigation systems to improve Hejab Park, 29.5 ACs
Education
▪ Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture
▪ Master of Landscape Architecture
▪ Bachelor of Horticulture - Landscape Design
▪ Nominated as a senior overseer of landscape areas for districts 1, 3, and 5. for 2.5 years
Teaching & Training
▪ Taught on the ClassBento platform, creating and teaching the following subjects: (more info: https://bit.ly/3jgldoB) Learn Landscaping for Trees and Shrubs, DIY Home Landscape Design, Learn Water-Wise Landscaping and Gardening, Learn DIY Lawn Planting and Care, and Learn Houseplant Care and Management
▪ Taught AutoCAD for the Department of Landscape Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman/WA
▪ Taught the following subjects to the public for the University of Idaho. Moscow/ID: Landscape design, Landscape Maintenance, Lawn: Planting & Maintenance, Tree & Shrub: Design, Planting & Maintenance, Houseplants: Management & Care, Winter Landscaping
▪ Taught the following subjects for Lewis-Clark State College: Residential Landscape Design, Landscape Maintenance, Indoor Plants: Management & Care