Selected Design Works

Mehrad Naghizadeh Selected Architectural Work mehradna@uky.edu

Towns of Borrowed Spaces Instructor: Nicholas Bruscia Fall 2019 School of Architecture and Planning The State University of New York at Buffalo In 2017, there were over 30 million new internally displaced people (IDP) associated with conflict and disasters across 143 countries and territories. 61% of new internal displace- Figure 1. The surface shown is pinched at all four midpoints. ments were triggered by disasters, amounting to nearly 1.7 million people in the US alone. The average number of recorded natural disasters per year has risen dramatically since the mid 20th century, with extreme weather and flooding accounting for the majority.

Precedent Studies

Figure 2. The figure has a surface pinched from two points at its diagonal.

Figure 3. This shows a surface pinched from one point on its diagonal.

Figure 4. The surface here is the variation of the previous figure where the pinching point is tried to be resolved creating a slit.

Figure 5. Variation for pinching surface to have smooth surface by making the slit edge rounded.

Winnipeg Skating Shelters, by Patkau Architects

Figure 5. A circle is being cut at the end of a pinching cut.

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Figure 6. Variation for pinching surface to have smooth surface by cutting a tear drop edges.

Theverymany, by Marc Fornes

Process of development of the form finding

It is now common for major disasters to displace a population large enough to form a town, but these are towns of borrowed spaces.

Internal displacement due to sudden onset disasters requires immediate response in the form of telecommunications, shelter, health and nutrition, and personal safety.

This Project studied the architecture of that response by situating recent technological advancements in materials and off-site manufacturing within the context of IDP settlements. Specifically, it focused on semi-temporary dwelling clusters that take into consideration these logistical challenges while proposing inventive formal and material-driven partitioning structures that provide spatial quality in light of such events.

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Process of development of the form finding

This Project looked to the history of migration and indigenous nomadic dwellings from a range of climatic conditions for inspiration; both as social clusters and as pure formal, structural and material artifacts. Also, this project adopted flat-to-form geometric techniques to convert thin sheet materials into organized spaces that can be easily transported and assembled. Knitted or woven textile reinforced composites and bendable plywood surfaces are of particular interest due to their strength-to-weight ratio and ability to quickly transition from a flat plane to a three dimensional form.

Precedent Studies of Different shapes Of The Model

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Figure 4. 1/3 Scaled Model

Figure 5. Front of the Full Scaled Model (Top Part of the Full Scalled Model)

Process of development of the form finding

This page shows the final plan of the project with its clustering and also the section of this project which shows how people can inhibit inside this shelter.

Figure 1. Back of the Full Scaled Model with Fiberglass

Figure 2. Full Scaled Model which is so Thin, Light and Strong

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Figure 4. Flexibility of the Material (Two layers of 1/8 Inch Plywood)

Figure 5. Details

Process of development of the form finding

Cybernetic Factory Instructor: Omar Khan Spring 2019 School of Architecture and Planning The State University of New York at Buffalo This project takes as its subject the architecture of advanced manufacturing and its integration into local economies and communities. Taking lessons from the recent past, Cybernetic Factory reimagines the factory as an interface between different scales and constituencieslocal/global, rural/industrial and craft/automation. Project uses Boston Valley Terra Cotta’s facility and its rural context in Orchard Park as the site in Buffalo, New York.

Traditional SLIP CAST

Traditional RAM PRESS

Automated TERRACOTTA

Automated TERRACOTTA

Precedent Study: Traditional and Modern type of Terracotta production

Site Plan

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First it started with analysing three factories which are Dodge half-ton truck plant export building, GM design dome and Ferrari operational headquarters and research center based on their circulation and structure.Historically, the factory can be rightly appreciated as the means through which the modern world emerged. Likewise, its influence on the architectural imagination of modern architects cannot be overstated. However, from our post-industrial, post-human vantage point “the factory” represents a recent past whose legacy also includes human exploitation and environmental degradation. Currently, manufacturing employs around 8% of the American workforce, considerably down from its highpoint of 32% in the 1950s. However, it still remains the largest in the world contributing 18% of the world’s goods.

Precedent Study Cases: Different Factories

Dodge half-ton truck plant export building

GM Tech Center

GM design dome

Ferrari operational headquarters and research center

First Floor Plan

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Stafford Beer, the inventor of the VSM described it as a “holistic model involving the intricate interactions of five identifiable but not separate subsystems”. The model was developed during the 1950s while Beer was a manager in the steel industry in Sheffield (UK) as a practical tool capable of dealing with issues of organisational structure.

The diagram shows the three main elements : the operation (O) , the management (M) and the environment (E).

VSM System

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Based on analysis on the VSM model and Precedent studies on the older factories, this project made up based on them.

Important part of this project was the relations between old and new part of the factory, and the connection between these two parts, and also the relations between subparts on these two parts. Moreover, another important aspect of this project is the healthy condition of the worker as it most of the times are in dangerous in factories. Furthermore the structure is so simple with the purpose of only serving the holding the factory’s load.

Different Diagrams of the Building

Different part of building in diagram

Diagrams of Workers Access

Diagrams of Natural Lightning

Diagrams of Air Flow

Structural Perspective

Irish Cultural Center Instructor: Kenneth MacKay Fall 2018 School of Architecture and Planning The State University of New York at Buffalo This project is located in Buffalo, NY. Started off by creating three different concepts which led the project to the initial main concept as three stories building. This concept’s main idea is the different views of the Buffalo city. Each direction of the masses have a view to one of the attracting views.

Also, by having empty floors between each of the main floors, project created a floating feeling. This project used vierendeel trusses for holding two massive floating masses which include gallery and office area.

Second Floor Plan

Final Conceptual Model

First Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

Scale : 1 to 500

Third Floor Plan

Precedent Studies for Lighting modeling

The Hepworth Wakefield, by David Chipperfield, at W Yorkshire, England, 2011

Section of The Hepworth Wakefield art museum

Persian Windcatchers Section

Lighting Model

Interior of Lighting Model with natural light outside

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Precedent Studies for Lighting modeling

The Hepworth Wakefield, by David Chipperfield, at W Yorkshire, England, 2011

Section of The Hepworth Wakefield art museum

Site Plan

Structural Model

Scale : 1 to 1000

The research about how one can use a roof to lighten a space which include main gallery area without any windows on the walls is the main element of this project. In this project every aspect of the building is studied. It started with the concept and lighting system of the main gallery to the heating and cooling systems and exact structural system.

Structural Model which showas the connection of the solid concrete core to the trusses system

Egress which are the solid concrete cores

Environmental Systems - All Water Systems , 4 Pipe System

Fire Station Instructor: Mehrdad Amirnejad Mojdehi Spring 2016 School of Architecture and Arts The University of Guilan This project is Tehran’s Fire Station. In this particular design had to choose a simple form and plan, and then drew all the phase two details of the project precisely. The hardest part in this project was to design structure frame details because used the combination of metal truss and concrete column, and it needed special details. Moreovere, exploit Kalzip as a material for the main saloon. The design consists of two main parts, office building and garage.

Precedent Study: Different Fire Stations

Tromsø Firestation, by Stein Halvorsen Sivilarkitekter, at Tromso, Norway, 2010

Fire Station Number 4, by Robert Venturi, at Columbus, Indiana, 1966.

Site Plan

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This project main focus was about all the second phase detailing and how we can make first phase to the second phase drawings. Also, all the details for different kind of connections and connecting metal to concrete is so important. It was a simple design with a focus on details.

Interior views

Beam system

Foundation Plan

First Floor Plan

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Drawing exact faze two details was a crucial part of this project which led to drawing a lot of different details like structural section and detailed plan and also wall section and etc.

Truss’s Details

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Second Floor Plan

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These details ae for this section’s project which show how different parts coming together.

Section Details

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Wall Section

Guilan International Airport Intructor: Mehrdad Amirnejad Mojdehi Spring 2015 School of Architecture and Arts The University of Guilan This project is designed with detailed plans and other documentations. It was a challenging project because of using trusses for holding the structure, and designing its details. Moreover, the airport is consisting of different parts which had to make correct and logical relation between them in plan. As a case in point, it is designed in a way that the people who are coming do not interfere with the people who are leaving the airport. This design was a huge project with so many details and complex relations. Also, this project used a flying bird as a concept of the main airport mass.

Precedent Study: Different Airports

Beijing International Airport , by Foster + Partners, at Daxing, Beijing, 2008

TWA Flight Center, by Eero Saarinen, at New York City, 1962.

Site Plan

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Concept Development

First Floor Plan

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Museum of Traditional Art and Handicrafts Instructor: Hamzeh Gholamalizadeh Spring 2014 School of Architecture and Arts The University of Guilan This project is located in Rasht. The challenge is to design complex pitched roofs and make logical relationships between them in a way that the form be understandable to all visitors. This project Employed pitched roofs because of high amount of raining in Rasht. Also, used an atrium in the middle of the building plan to take advantages of the sun light for art works without using too much windows.

Precedent Study: Traditional Guilan housing with traditional sloped roof

These two typologies showing the main type of piched roofs in Guilan

Site Plan

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This project’s base idea is three simple forms which are a rectangle, a square and a cross and developed it based on project’s need. Started with a simple rectangular geomatry developed into three main spaces which are the gallery spaces, and office space, and theater space, and the core space of the building which is its main social spac with a Atruim in the middle.

Concept Development

1. Creating solid rectangular form

2. Dividing the rectangle into three masses for three different usages

3. Developing masses based on the needs of space for each usage

4. Developing different heights based on the need of each space

First Floor Plan

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This project has a really complex pitched roof’s geometry which make it really interesting both from inside and outside and everyone can feel the harmony between different spaces from outside.

Interior Spaces

Main Gathering Space

West Elevation

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North Elevation

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Gallery Space

Amphitheater

This project is all about how different parts’ relations and how it can benefit from natural light without interfering the art works and other spaces. Also, these pitched roof make a sensible relations with each other which really important the project’s location.

Galleries

Main Lobby

Office

Section One

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Section Two

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Aphtheater