Negar Yaghoubpour Portfolio 2021

Contents

School

for

Autism

January 2021

June

Stadium 2020

Residental Towers August

General

2020

Architectural Design

Boushehr

Hospital

January 2020

Metal

Batwing

Practice

December 2019

Lobby

Counter October

Reciprocal October

2019

Structure 2019

Artworks

April

2020

A r t w o r k s Spring

2017

Workshop

Encoded Stereotomy

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School for Autism Final Design January 2021

Educational and Rehabilitation Center

Instructor: Shirin Azhdehfar Type: Academic-Individual Duration: One Semester

Main Ideas In the last century, the knowledge of autism and its treatment methods have developed and efforts have been made to provide a better educational condition for these children although in our region it is not going at the same pace. After research in this field, I found out that one of the best ways to educate and treat children with autism is to provide them with a dedicated learning environment so that they can benefit from up-to-date methods in small groups in order to focus more on individual students. The main purpose of designing this school is to create a suitable space for autistic children that follows the principles of a suitable environment for their comfort and greater productivity according to the research result.

Form Finding process Eventually, an effort was made to make each part of the building recognizable

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children

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the exterior view, which can be significantly helpful for the kids.

Reduction in each section was done to create terraces and more lighting.

Each age groups building, as well as the teachers' department, would have its individual yard.

Due to the lack of specialized personnel in the field of treatment and education of autistic children, it was decided to allocate a part of the complex to specialized education for teachers. Also, the educational section was divided into two groups so that the focus of care and education can be maximized and its environment becomes more suitable for each age group.

The initial stain was excavated to create yards that are sunny all year round and volumes that can be divided functionally.

Terrace Playground

Greenhouses are placed in each building regarding their efficiency for kids' treatment.

School Entrance

Classrooms For better control of children, classes of five were designed also each class has a semi-private yard. Besides, Inside and outside the classroom, there is a space for kids' play therapy.

Each class has its own yard. Also, an indoor playroom is placed in each building.

Structure and Facade 1. Use of shear wall for larger openings 2.

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connection 3. Connecting escape and decorative

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works of «Tadao Ando» 5. Consuming white concrete and not using too many colors that make autistic children

distracted

Site Location In Tehran, autistic children's schools have difficult access to deprived areas.

Therefore, after the investigation, the school site was placed in one of the southern areas of the city, which had proper access as well as the necesswary facilities.

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Boushehr Stadium Design Studio V June 2020

Instructor: Shirin Azhdehfar Type: Academic-Group Work Teammate: Alireza Alikaei Position: Responsible for all tasks Duration: One Semester

Main Ideas In this studio, the goal was to design a stadium with the approach of creating a favorable urban space along the Persian Gulf coast. The main focus of the project was on the football stadium and the rest of the functions were developed on the site. In this stadium, the form follows its function as much as possible to be a user-friendly space. Also, its scale was an essential factor in the urban space, which was tried to be placed in the best part of the coastal city of Bushehr, which has hot and humid weather.

The diagram below was designed for making the best connection between different parts of the site.

Entrance and Parking Locations

Main Functions Locations

Continuity of sight and flow in the forms

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Form and Facade Description In addition to static and resistance, it was tried to design a harmonious and suitable design for Bushehr. In the stadium, the roof structure is separated from the platform structure. The exterior structure consists of 100 metal columns and the roof structure ware supported by the outer shell columns. The final roof covering is formed by ETFE panels in the form of a ship and the elements form are inspired by the cultural 15 °

Special Section for the Disabled and Companions

Third Floor

motif of Bushehr Shenashir(Mashrabiya).

Third-Floor Entrance

First-Floor Platforms

Shenashir

VIP Rooms and TV studios

Form and Facade Details

Roof Panels Connection

Trusses Connection

Exterior Shell

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Residental Towers Design Studio V July 2020

Instructor: Shirin Azhdehfar Type: Academic-Individual Duration: One Semester

Main Ideas This studio focus was mainly on residential buildings and we had to design a complex for Tehran citizens. Besides, Towers are inevitable for a crowded city like Tehran and They are one of the best ways to accommodate people in populated cities. In these towers, an attempt was made to increase social interactions by creating common spaces. It was also tried to meet the basic needs of the residents in the tower itself to save time and energy, so facilities such as a primary school and banks, etc. were built on the site. Moreover, green spaces and maximizing lighting were other factors influencing the design for a dynamic residence.

Green Spaces

Improving Social Interaction

Creating Shared Terraces

This concept was mainly inspired by Le Corbusier’s Garden City in which he tried to fulfill the populace main needs in their towers and he tried to use roofs as an important area which had been

Energy Saving

Optimizing Sunlight

useless before that, also the last essential aspect of that design was gardens and green areas which was tried to be utilized as much as possible.

Time Saving

The initial stain was placed considering yards and site topology

Floors were rotated for creating terraces and various views

Towers were extruded and some levels were eliminated for better sunlight and view

Some faces were compressed for functional structural design

Another influential case was the village of Masouleh in the north of Iran, in which each roof is the yard of the upper houses, and in these towers, shared terraces were used as a shared area in each level.

Plan Modules Most units follow this model, but on the outer edge, they differ according to the external form and have a decrease or increase in the size of the area.

Windows of bedrooms and living rooms open to the shared terrace of each floor.

Green Roofs Green Roofs Residential Area Bank, Supermarket, Shops Pool, Playground, Gym Elementary School Parking

Facade Pattern To control the incoming light and play with shadows, a traditional Iranian motif called Mashrabiya was used. This pattern was designed to control the light and it was implemented in the amenity floors.

Light Income Analysis

Mashrabiya

Pattern

Site Plan Topology

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General Hospital Design Studio IV January 2020

Instructor: Shirin Azhdehfar Type: Academic-Individual Duration: One Semester

Design Process In this studio, designing a new general hospital for the expansion of Mofateh Hospital was assigned as a project for students. The main purpose of this studio was resolving the relations between the main departments of the hospital for a more convenient movement of patients and also the creation of a much more lively atmosphere. Moreover, designing functional plans was very essential especially the ground floor plan, in which the emergency department is located, as well as the inpatient wards plans designing.

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3. WD room D.Clinic 1. Entrance 4. Bathroom 5. Waiting space 2. Diapers changing room 6. Secretary 3. Cleaning room 4. Bathroom G.Dental clinic 5. Waiting space 1. Dentist room 6. Reception 2. Dental unit 7. Cash desk 3. Jaw radiography 8. Social worker room 4. Bathroom 9. Outpatient room 5. Waiting space Surgery and internal clinic 6. Secretary 1. Surgeon consultation room 20.Drug & cleanwork 2. Internist consultation room 3. ophthalmology consultation and23.Dirtywork examination room H.physiotherapy 4. Bathroom 1. Archive 5. Waiting space 2. Receptionist 6. EEG 3. Therapist examination room 7. ECG 4. Bathroom 8. Secretary 9. EMG 5. Motion Therapy 6. Equipment storage 10. audiometry 7. hydrotherapy 20.Drug & cleanwork 8. Butterfly tub 23.Dirtywork 9. Whole body virpole E.Feminine clinic 10. Hand and leng vipole 1. child birth examination room 11. Four cells virpole 2. gynecologist consultation room 12. Restroom 13. Electrical Therapy 3. Gynecology room 14. Radiotherapy 4. Bathroom 5. Waiting space 15. Diathermy 6. Pediatrician consultation room 16. Infrered Ray 7. Vaccine 17. Ultraviolet Ray 8. Secretary 18. galvanopharadic 20.Drug & cleanwork 19. Neck stretching bed 23.Dirtywork room 20. Hot and Vold Paraffin plastering F.Injection and wound dressing 21. Therapies control station 1. Injection cabin 22. Restroom and recovery 2. Incense cabin 23. Storage

Inpatient wards

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Inpatient wards were designed in a way that patients can be taken care of in the best possible condition. Also, each room has an entrance to the terrace to provide a more favorable space for patients.

suitable roofs.

Compressing some parts for maximum light and better division between departments.

Extruding the surface with a gap in between for better light and air conditioning.

Facade concept

Placement of the stain on the site, considering the best entrance for the emergency room and the lobby.

The hospital facade shell was inspired by the form of the human body cells, which makes the hospital look like a living thing that promises hope for its clients.

Molding Process

Mesh Structure

Facade Construction The connection of the shell that will be installed behind of the wall. The shell can will be molded separately,

to the building can be accomplished by a mesh the shell and will be placed in the concrete layer be divided into squares and each one of them then they will be installed next to each other.

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Metal Batwing Minimal Surface Practice December 2019

Type: Voluntary Personal-Group Work Teammates: Alireza Alikaei, Mahshid

Amani, Sina Rezaeifar, Samar Yazdanfar

Position: Responsible for all tasks Duration: Two Months

Batwing Minimal surface In mathematics, a minimal surface is a surface that locally minimizes its area. This is equivalent to having a mean curvature of zero. Minimal surfaces can be defined in several equivalent ways in R3.

The design of this project is basically a Batwing Minimal surface. The Batwing is a type of triply periodic minimal surface that was discovered by Alan Schoen.

It can be trigonometrically approximated by a short equation:

cos(x) sin(y) + cos(y) sin(z) + cos(z) sin(x) = 0

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Step 1 First Simple Mesh

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Extract Points from Mesh

Create Isosurface from Points

Manipulate Surface to Conform to Fabrication

Form-Finding by Grasshopper & Kangaroo

First, a mesh plate with the logic of batwing minimal surface was modeled in the form of a sharp corner. Then, supportive lines and effective points were extracted from the initial mesh, and after that by the kangaroo plug-in and the extracted data, the tensile shell was created. In the end, the surface was manipulated to conform to the fabrication.

subdivision by grasshopper & Ivy At this stage, the shell was subdivided by the utilization of the Ivy plug-in and the developed algorithm. These created pieces could be fabricated by the use of the folding method with bendable and shatterproof material.

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Evolution of a Schoen Batwing Minimal surface

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Final Surface (ready for subdivision)

Fabrication

Final Result

After extraction of the two-dimensional

After the assemblage, it was observed that the work was done with surprisingly high accuracy, the word surprise is used because this project was our first practice (experiment) of working with iron metal and laser-cut, which were strikingly precise.

pieces from the shell, it was decided to utilize iron material for making the segments.

Firstly, 2D plans were presented for using iron laser cut. Secondly, a method called Bridge-Building was utilized in the joint points. (This was done after a consultation with a mechanical engineer, Mr. Jahanshiri).

In the final step with the use of argon welding, the point was assembled.

Joint details for Folding

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Lobby Counter

University Lobby Design and Fabrication October 2019

Type: Voluntary Personal-Group Work Teammates: Alireza Alikaei, Sina Rezaeifar, Samar Yazdanfar Position: Responsible for all tasks Duration: Three weeks

First experiment toward Digital Fabrication Counter design project for a lobby of the University of Science and Culture was assigned to this group by the director of the department of the faculty (Dr. Habibi).

The entrance lobby of the amphitheater and the university exhibition had to be designed and constructed at the lowest cost within three weeks at the request of the president of the university. This opportunity was utilized as the first experience of professional digital design and manufacturing. This project was also the first experience of working with a wood CNC machine to make the outcome of the contoured object accurate in shape and size.

CAD Process Since this was a practice in digital fabrication, the focus in this experience was more on algorithm writing and plan extraction and the base surface was inspired by an existing project. In this part, after modeling the shells, the contouring approach was chosen for construction. Next, the shell was cut in equal distances vertically for creating segments, and then the surfaces were extruded 16 mm, which is the usual dimension of the MDF plate.

Contouring the forms

CAM Process In this part, plates were separated and numbered by grasshopper. In order to optimize the outcome and reduce material waste, surfaces were placed in 2500x1200 mm plates. Then we performed the G-code process by Autodesk PowerMill. Finally, 683 pieces were produced in the workshop for construction.

2500*1250 MDF sheet

Construction The whole construction process took a week, to assemble the pieces, according to the code engraved on them, they were put in place like a puzzle. The tongue-and-groove joint technique was used to join the parts also wood glue was consumeds to make them stronger.

Joint detail Placement of objects in the Lobby

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Reciprocal Structure Economical Fabrication Practice October 2019

Type: Voluntary Personal-Group Work Teammates: Alireza Alikaei, Sina Rezaeifar, Samar Yazdanfar Position: Responsible for all tasks Duration: Two weeks

Reciprocal frame Reciprocal frames (RF) are three-dimensional structural systems made of a network of short beams to cover long spans. These structures have been utilized throughout human history to build shelters (like Hogan dwelling, Tepee frame, and Yurt). They do not require any interior columns, and can cover regular/irregular geometric surfaces.

RFs belong to the family of “space structures,” a group comprising structural forms that attempt to enclose a maximum uninterrupted interior volume within the limitations of a given material set and context (J.C Chilton). This project was an independent practice toward studying RF structures.

From different RF-units Before designing the main form, first, different patterns of reciprocal structures were studied and various types of connections were examined so that the best pattern could be selected for the final shell.

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two quad RF-units

hex and tri RF-units RF units and grammar rules

2D RF tessellations

Approximate 3D RF structures

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Form After testing various shells, finally, a combination of two shells with the form of a horse saddle was used, which at the same time can be an attractive form and challenging fabrication. The square module was then utilized to connect the beams because of the complexity of the form, which required a simpler pattern for the calculations.

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Front Elevation

Fabrication Rubber hair ties and wooden skewers were used to build the structure economically. The fabrication of the structure started from the middle of the shell with the construction of a square module and other squares were connected to it, and finally, a structure with a diameter of fifty centimeters was obtained that followed the initially designed shell.

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Encoded Stereotomy freeform funicular shell April 2020

Supervisor: Dr. Ali Andaji Garmaroodi Tutors: Farzaneh Eskandari, Pouria Baniadam Assistants: Reza Fattahi, Sepehr Farzaneh Position: Participent/Designer(Modeling,G-Code Developing) Type: Workshop-Group Work (40 participants) Duration: Two Weeks Encoded Stereotomy was a four weeks workshop focused on designing freeform funicular shell structures based on Thrust Network Analysis (TNA) and digitally generating the tessellated vault with digital fabrication methods by using 5 axis CNC hot wire cutting machine.

01. Group Alternatives

03. CAD Process

The workshop was attended by 38 students and graduates from various universities, participants were divided into groups of 6 to 8 and were asked to first draw their ideas for a compression only vault individually, and then in consultation with team members, an idea was selected and developed in each group. After two working days, all the designs were reviewed by the directors, and finally, after examining the strengths and weaknesses of each, one of the designs was selected for construction on a one-to-one scale.

After adjusting the proportions of the selected form, the relevant analyzes for generating a vertical vault were performed with high accuracy in rhino vault, Next, the mesh curvature was evaluated to make the hot wire CNC foam cutter capable of cutting the voussoirs. The obtained mesh by Rhino Vault was not completely planar, Therefore, in the first step, the deviation of the mesh panels from the planar state was reduced to the minimum without causing any tangible deformation in the vault form; and after that the ruled surfaces which are perpendicular to the original rhino vault mesh were split by two parallel planes, and the six obtained faces were prepared for cutting.

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Outline structure

Form diagram

Force diagram

Mesh Isometric View

Planarized Mesh

Curvature Analysis

02. Concept Development One of the ideas put forward by the participants consisted of arches that had crossed each other at different heights.

This idea was chosen as the final design for construction due the innovative form of the each compared to other ideas put forward by the participants and also to similar projects made in the field of compressiononly structures.

Another advantage of this form over other ideas was the low surface area of the material intended to cover a wide span. The complexity of the form was also visually appealing to the participants.

The main challenge in developing the selective idea was to maintain the horizontal and vertical proportion of the vault spans.

For this reason, many Alternatives were modeled to obtain the desired form in Rhino Vault software.

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Generation of The Voussoirs In order to prevent sliding failure and guarantee structural stability, the main load bearing faces of neighboring voussoirs need to be perpendicular to the force flow.

Therefore, the interface surfaces should be normal to the thrust sur face at any point.

Surface Normals

Doubly Ruled Surface

Final Geometry

04. CAM Process At this point, all the modeled voussoirs were ready to be cut, so for the cutting the parts by hot wire CNC foam cutter, the G-codes for the arranged voussoirs were generated by «Solid Works» and all the pieces were cut in about five days.

In order to avoid loss of materials and to increase the cutting speed, it was attempted to arrange the designed vault voussoirs in 10 * 100 * 100 cm3 polystyrene sheets by use of Rhino-Nest. The cutting tool of the machine is moved according to the g-code instructions through a toolpath, cutting away material to leave only the finished work piece. G-code is a language in which people tell computerized machine tools how to make something.

The «how» is defined by g-code instructions provided to a machine controller (industrial computer) that tells the motors where to move, how fast to move, and what path to follow.

The G-codes of this project were generated with 3D modeling software called «Solid Works» and the machine process was simulated in «Solid Cam».

05. Construction After finishing the cutting process, the students began to assemble the pieces using polyurethane foam, the process of assembling the vault was completed within a week, after which the cement coating was applied on the final vault.

Assembling Arrangement

09 Artworks

Introduction to design II (Installation and performance) Spring 2017

Supervisor : Dr. Ali Javdani Assistants : Mohammad Ahsani, Adib Khaeez, Soroush Modirzadeh Position: Installation Designer/ Performance Designer/ Set Designer/ Actor/ Scenario Developer Type: Academic-Group Work