Negar Maleki Portfolio for MA Landscape Architecture, 2018
Landscape Architecture NegarMlki nmaleki@hawk.iit.edu Flat 47 Blackburn Court Bollo Lane London W38sx
Master of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism
2017-2018
Master of Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Heritage and
2011-2014
Historic Fabrics Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Engineering and Plant Protection
2006-2010
‘We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.’ Aldo Leopold
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Work Experience
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Hills Market Place Studio,2018
GratiGallery Studio,2018
Campus Rest Area Studioz,2017
SingelPark,LeidenNetherlandsAnalysis DesignMedia,2018
Reconstruction of Iranian Gardens of the Qajar Period Master’sThesis,2014
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Hills Market Place Studio,2018 Lawrence Street is one the main streets in Albany
Park and is home to the busy Kimball train station. During our several visits to the area, we observed that people were running, and there was virtually no place for them to sit or spend time. One of the interesting features of this street is that a highly diverse and multi-cultural population live and work in this area. Also, there are many vendors which serve the area by providing the community with food, and groceries. This place can be reshaped and transformed to an abstraction of a nostalgic place for people whose home countries have open market places and bazaars, as well as natural hills. This place can be a platform for businesses to sell and represent their products and also for the community to visit and fulfil their necessities. On the other side of this area is a parking lot that facilitates the vitality of the stores and businesses.
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Middle Eastern Kimball Station
Asian Temporary Market
Permanent Market
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Ecuadorian community
Building entrance Commercial Parking Office Plaza Bank Vendor
In this project, I have attempted to craft a place whose form is inspired by the nature, although it is a place for business. The structure of this place echoes hills that we see in natural landscapes.
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In my design, the parking lot still serves its main purpose but it can also serve as a non-permanent market, such as farmers’ markets or other seasonal or weekly markets. Businesses can use tents and light structures to form the temporary market.
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Sketch 1: River Side and a New Bridge Designs
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Sketch 2: River Side Design
GratiGallery Sketch 2: River Side Design
Studio,2018 Albany Park is a neighborhood in north side of Chicago. The class research was about various points along the Chicago River. By visiting the site, I observed many Sketch 2: River Side Design
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which formed my ideas for the Gra-ti Gallery project. In my design, I used community garden in open areas and gra-ti walls were placed in areas desired to be blocked fromview.Thegra-tiwallscanrotatealongthevertical axis. This design does not have predetermined paths, and people can walk freely all over the area, and do their activities, whether related to the community gardens or
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This area attracts children and adults as a place of activities. Stairs were designed on the river bank to allow people get close to the river. Patches of plants were also used to create a river-side garden and connect the river with the park.
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Campus Rest Area Studioz,2017 During my studies of the erosion in Lake Michigan in Chicago, I observed that erosion as a phenomenon occurs erratically and is out of our control. Erosion is typically caused by water and wind and takes a wavy form. Inspired by this phenomenon, the main concept of this design was formed. For this project, I focused on alternating forms, spatial compositions, and plantings to emphasize the erratic and irregular nature of erosion. These irregularities reveal the distinct geological eras and soil types where erosion had occurred. In this design, I emphasize causes of erosion such as water and wind by devoting components of this design to each element.
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Sand blown landward from Chicago beaches is trapped by dune vegetations, gardually repairing and rebuilding dunes.
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Mapping Landscape Processes
The models above illustrate the existing landscape of 33rd Street in Chicago, which was the topic of my landscape processes project. The Images on the right side illustrate 3D-analogues of landscape processes and landforms. The image below represents landscape underground and illustrates how erosion impacts earth and generates patterns invisible to humans’ eyes. The illustration below is to be featured in a forthcoming book titled ‘Representing Landscapes: Analogue’, Chapter “Inside Out:IllustratingSiteExperiencethroughDrawing”,edited Amoroso byNadia (Routledge, TaylorandFrancis2018).
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Sketches on the right top illustrates how people and landscape interact in the current landscape form. Images on the right are abstractions of the landscape erosion processes. Images below illustrate process abstraction, contours and topography.
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Erosion is movement of rocks and sediment form one place to another. In a growing landscape, slopes become gradually stee
tion of hills and mountains increases, and hilltops become narrower. At the same time, when erosion is happening; somewhere e
is on the process as well. At the same time erosion is happening in one location, deposition occurs somewhere else. Erosion co water, wind, and ice. Moving water is the major cause of erosion.
In this project, after studying erosion in Lake Michigan, I decided to create a place that represents principal causes of erosion.
swing areas represent water erosion and wind, respectively. Quaking Aspen trees could be used in this area, as they easily move
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AnalysisofSingelPark(Leiden,Netherlands) DesignMedia,2018 Landscape Dynamics investigates urban-scaled contemporary Landscape Architectural projects, both built and unbuilt. In this project, I researched individual design practices and analyzed processes, methodologies and techniquesofspecificdesigninterventionsandtheways in which representation is integral in the ability to discern theflexibility,growthandresiliencyofdesign. I chose Singel Park and developed research and analysisbasedonthissite.A10msectionwasbuiltinRhino 3D and includes architecture, furniture, paving, previous and impervious portions. In a series of axonometric views, Idevelopeddiagramsthatforegroundthefloraandfauna of my site through seasonal changes. I researched about SingelParktounderstandspecificlocationsofeachplant and their habitat potentials and what types of wildlife can, should, and does the park attracts, such as pollinators, bees,butterflies,birds,andanimals.
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People Activities and Temporal Experiences
ActivityMacroScaleMap Temporal movement of people and activities are illustrated on the right. Mapping is based on places where people sit, run, and visit.
Four di-erent categories of activities are studied: 1) activities that happen in the water such
recreationalandhighenergyactivities,3)leisureandrelaxationactivities,4)tourismactivities This place is a historic canal in the Netherlands and contains several museums, historic houses, a church, wind-mills, and an observatory. As a result, there are many visitors each year.
ActivityMicroScaleMap The isometric maps below show the park in each season. Activities vary based on weather changes. For instance, summer activities may not be feasible in the winter. In the micro-scale diagrams, water-based, recreational, and leisure activities are considered. The type and frequency of activities vary over time. The frequency of each activity in each season is represented by color intensities; dark, medium, and light colors, respectively, represent high, medium, and low frequency activities.
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Reconstruction of Iranian Gardens of the Qajar Period Master'sThesis,2014 A large beautiful edifice, Emarat-Masoudieh or Masoudieh Garden is located in the historical center of Tehrananddatesbackto1870s,intheQajarera.Themain building is a palace, situated in the middle of a garden. In an area of 4,0 sq. meters, the complex is divided into public and private quarters, surrounding houses, and administrative o-ces. Due to the change in the function of the palace and surrounding areas, the identity of this historical palace is endangered. I started this project by a field study of the complex, its historical and cultural importance, and changes of texture and function it has undergone over time. To capture the existing state of the palace and document its landscape, I created several hand-drawn sketches of the palace and took panoramic photos of the surrounding streets and buildings. In my historical analysis, I found out that the palace is losing its identitymainlyduetothelackofadefinedfunctionthatis compatible with the origins of the palace and its historical and cultural structure.
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