BY Omid Shafigh Khatibi 2016-2025
PROJECT LIST:
-Lake House
-Hope Gallery
-DimoraX
-NMHM Exhibit
-High School
-Navan Chair
-Cultural Center
-Community Park
-Fire Beetles Cocoon
-Prototype Housing
-Health Center
-Personal Sketches
This Lake house step down a sloped site to a assumptive Lake, creating terrace and access to the water.
The minimal Concrete structure was designed to give the impression of the rock sitting beside lake.
The sloped ceilings create space for skylights that extend the full length of the building and offer a view of the sky from inside.
The system could be used to produce similar buildings in a variety of different contexts or locations.
Placing buildings on stilts allows architects to bring buildings closer to nature.
SECTION
With the forest to the east and lake to the west, the home is oriented to maximise natural daylight in different areas as the sun moves throughout the day.
This project was created for the Advance Revit Course. The concept is based on creating an Art Gallery that creates a unique atmosphere for the visitors in the middle of the forest. Café in the building is designed as a public gathering space. Design is considered in a way that benefits the most of daylighting. The combination of the exterior and interior spaces creates a lovely atmosphere for the visitors.
VISUALIZATION
King-span International Micro-home 2024-2025 edition Honorable Mention winner
In collaboration with Amir Ata Yavari
A simple four-car regular parking layout is selected, with standard dimensions of 270×550 cm for each parking spot.
A secondary layer is added on top to activate an additional workspace.
Structure’s components
The area is divided to incorporate both a building and an access zone.
The building is placed on top of the columns to ensure better weight distribution.
An additional empty slab is incorporated next to the building to create more space in front.
This space can be utilized for plants and green areas, enhancing spatial quality and contributing to urban greenery.
the vertical access unit, which includes a standard staircase and an elevator.
This design “DimoraX” aims to o er a single solution that responds to parking issues, housing infrastructures, and lack of greenery spaces in the Los Angeles. The goal is to design a single structure that not only saves the existing parking lots, but also provides multiple housing units and increases the density of greenery spaces in the region.
The design starts with a 25 sqm area (520×480 cm). Wall thickness is reduced by 10 cm using double-sided re-resistant wall panels. Fixed spaces such as the kitchen, bathroom, toilet, and a unit containing a folding bed and wardrobe are positioned.
The retracted space in the kitchen serves as a reference point for designing exible units.
This diagram illustrates the movement path of the units. To keep the unit oating, a stable H-shaped structure and a ceiling-mounted railing system are required.
Unit A contains a TV and multimedia devices on one side and a workspace on the other side.
Unit B includes a workspace on one side and a foldable sofa on the other side.
The interior is thoughtfully designed to maximize space throughout the day, adapting to the changing needs of its occupants. While the kitchen and bathroom are xed, a exible mixed linear and circular railing system allows other areas, such as the workspace, TV zone, dining area, and living room, to be easily transformed. This system enables a variety of interior con gurations, adjusting to di erent activities and moods.
Despite the compact 25-square-meter footprint, the design maintains spacious, well-proportioned living areas. Adaptable unit combinations ensure that each space is functional and comfortable, o ering dedicated zones for working, sleeping, dining, and relaxation. This exibility allows occupants to recon gure their environment to suit their needs, whether for work, leisure, or rest.
Layout E: Turns the entire space into a living room. Layouts with the bed folded: Layouts with the bed unfolded:
Layout A: Provides a divider between the kitchen and bed space.
Layout F: A dining unit is added to the kitchen. There is also an extra space that can be used.
Layout B: Creates a TV room but at the same time enables the bed space.
Layout G: Makes the Kitchen space larger.
Layout C: Creates a larger and comfortable bedroom environment.
Layout H: Enables the seating space and work space at the same time.
Layout D: Enables bed space and o ce space at the same time. This provides comfortability for both occupants.
Layout I: This layout creates a larger kitchen. Living area can be a part of the outside.
Layout E: Creates two o ce spaces while the bed space can still be used.
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New Mexico History Museum Exhibit- Collabrated with NMHM,
PALACE THROUGH TIME EXHIBIT, opened on April 20th, 2024 to the public in New Mexico History Museum. The exhibit displays changes through different time periods to the Palace of the Governor’s building which is the oldest public building in the USA. Our team has provided several documents for the exhibit including 3D-printed physical models, Plans, Elevations, Renderings, and Animation.
Palace 1934 is modeled based on HABS Documents. Existing HABS documents were digitalized by the team first. Later, digitized documents were used as the base drawings for 3D modeling the building in 1934. The 3D model was used for creating animations and Physical models. It was also used as the base drawing for 2024 since there have been no major changes to the Palace since then.
New Mexico History Museum Exhibit
CEILING PLAN SCHEDULE
New Mexico History Museum Exhibit
EAST (WASHINGTON AVE) ELEVATION
In addition to the provided drawings and physical models, an animation was made to give a better understanding of the changes to the Palace during the time. Please CLICK HERE for the Palace 2024 Animation.
Year: 2016
Design studio 2
The high school thoughtfully integrates cost-effective and energy-efficient systems with an orientation along an East-West axis to reduce sun exposure and minimize heat gain within the building. The building’s design manages natural daylight with appropriately placed operable windows, continuous clerestory windows, and skylights.
School
DESIGN PROCESS
High School
Design-Built Chair by Omid Shafigh Khatibi, Kristin Ross, and Keenan Boliek-Poling
Chair
The Navân Chair is a dialogue between the inherent beauty of natural materials and the precision of traditional craft. Constructed from two distinct walnut trees each with its own grain, growth, and story simple interventions drive the chair’s form. Each board has been cut, ‘folded,’ and joined to create an iconic chair form. Carefully sequencing each cut preserved the continuous grain pattern and minimized waste, in reverence to the beauty of the walnut trees.
The simplicity of its form belies the ergonomic integrity of the Navân chair. A 9-degree recline allows for a natural, relaxed posture.
Stainless steel rods join these independent pieces into a single, functional whole, symbolizing connection and coexistence. In leaving the steel connections exposed, the chair introduces a subtle yet striking contrast between the warmth of natural wood and the precision of metal; a balance between organic forms and engineered solutions. Mortise and tenon joinery, chosen for its strength and clean integration, reinforces the wood-to-wood connections, ensuring durability without compromising the material’s purity.
The Navân chair embodies essentialism stripping away excess to reveal the raw elegance of material and form. By embracing material honesty, the design allows the wood to tell its own story, and to make a statement of refined simplicity and thoughtful craft. The word navân, itself a palindrome, represents the seamless connection between two different trees, preserving Nature’s individuality while utilizing contrast to create harmony and strength.
Navan Chair
How to regenerate in urban fields where the collision of old and new culture happens? This project tries to bring up an answer for how to grow an effective cultural landmark that links to the past at the same time functions well for the ever-shifting contemporary urban landscape.
this area in Tabriz is mainly mixed with functions such as urban villages, old houses and industrial areas. The urban buildings are aging and the spatial quality is not high, forming a large number of "urban blind spots". I created a space which is wide open and family oriented to solve this problem
VISUALIZATION
Community Park
In collaboration with Dheepth Isac
The Fire Beetles Cocoon is a dwelling designed for an artist couple. The design has been organically developed by studying how architecture reacts to the site. The concept is Architecture does not impose itself on the land: instead, it emerges from it, responding to the climate and embracing the natural elements that de ne its character. Natural materials like mud and wood are the primary materials and an interesting play of these materials with the light and shadow can be seen throughout the home. Concrete is added for structural stability and metal shades to provide enough shading. The openings are thoughtfully added to avoid any play of light and shadow that would create distractions from the everyday uses of spaces, instead they provide the right amount of light that would help the users perform activities better.
The sloped roof, is well suited for rainwater collecting system. Collected rainwater is usedfor lling the waterbodies in meditation area and irrigating the surrounding landscape. Openings are organized on di erent parts of South and North elevation to maximize natural ventilation in the house. Transitional spaces are provided between the habitable space to the openings on North and South so that the heat is mitigated yet the light is invited.
Graduate studio II
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All the prototype houses can be matched with several site conditions. Houses will get different orientations and forms to respond to the site requirements. The building takes advantage of the site by considering proper programing and design. Because of the diversity of forms, sizes, and slopes these can be combined in the optimal way to meet the requirements of the site, energy efficiency, and resident needs. Different levels will be created to prevent flooding. The form of the building contributes to keep the house warm during the winter and cool during the summer. Natural ventilation is included in design process. The houses will get enough daylight because of the windows and directions. The roof structure is sloped south towards the sun which makes the building suitable for adding solar panel systems. Both proper ventilation and solar energy collection will contribute for achieving net-zero and reducing energy consumptions.
Alternatives:
Consumed and generated electricity:
Annually, an average amount of 10,836 kwh of electricity is used in houses in New Mexico. In addition, if electricity is used for heating, 5,000 to 30,000 kwh od electricity is consumed. For cooling 2,000 kwh is used. In general, an approximate amount of 30,000 kwh is required to afford enough electricity for the houses annually.
By utilizing 52 solar panels, the building’s energy requirement is met and there is no need for an extra energy source.
This house is constructed of three different modules. First Model which is a medium size (module B) can be used as a studio. Remaining parts can be added later to expand the capacity of the house. When a second module (C) is added, complete privacy is provided for the house. Rooms will be located on the second part of the building (Module C). The kitchen, living, and dining rooms are located in the initial part of the building (module B).
Separate bathrooms are included for all the rooms. All the spaces get enough daylight because of the windows. Two parts of the building are connected to each other through the entrance. All the interior materials are fire-resistant. Incoming light on the western elevation is controlled by louvers.
The facade envelope is the main visual element with its vertical bands accentuating the structure. In addition to its aesthetic qualities, the façade is a sophisticated light regulator and classic sunshade. ”It covers the house like the bandages are protecting the patient,” added the architects.
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project, I developed acquired functions vertically in order to place all the services, diagnostics, practices and laboratories as requested.”
Personal Project
