Sarah Moosavi Nasab - Portfolio 2023

Selected Works

Sarah Moosavi Nasab

2017-2022

SARA MOOSAVI NASAB

sara.moosavinasab@gmail.com

00989203714735

No.4 Leili St, Rastvan Ave

Darous, Tehran, Iran + SKILLS

Draft & Modeling

Rhinoceros / Advanced

Grasshopper / Advanced Ladybug

Kangaroo

Karamba

Revit / Intermediat

Python / Intermediat

Visualization & Presentation

Lumion / Advance

Adobe photoshop / Advanced

Adobe Illustrator / Advanced

Adobe Indesign / Advanced

Adobe After Effects / Intermediat

Procreat / Familiar

Fabrication Experiences

3D Printing

CNC Machinery

Other Experiences

Arduino

AgiSoft

Unity

+ MUSICAL SPECIALTIES

Advanced Piano Player / Since2006

Private Piano Tutor / Since 2017

Piano Recital / 2019-2017-2015

+ LANGUAGES

Farsi / Native

English / Fluent

French / Familiar

+ EDUCATION

Pars Higher Education Institute of Art and Architecture

-M.S, Architecture Technology / Digital Design / GPA:3.9

Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch/ Faculty of Art and Architecture May 2019

-Bs, Architecture Engineering / GPA: 3.5

+ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Tehran Platform Design Firm / Junior Architect /3D Modeling /Documentation and Presentation 2019-2020

-Dayhim Innovation Factory

-Dayhim Garden

-Apartment No. 494

-Apartment No.145

-SandStorm Exhibition-Almashoof

Daya Mode Shargh CO. and Giorgio Armani S.p.A / Assistant Architect/ Drafting/ Supervision

-Collaboration with the Italian Team “Essequattro” for the new branch of Emporio Armani, -Armani Exchange Stores and Armani Café in Tehran

-Studio 1(Dr. Shaliamini) / Islamic Azad University/ Software & Visualization Assitant

GSS Tehran / Lost gardens / Documentation & Presentation

Freelance Projects

-St Stephen›s Rd House / 2D Drafting

10012 Mayfield Dr.Bethesda House/ Interior Design & Rendering

King Carter Ct. House / Interior Design

+ WORKSHOPS

Contents

Community 2050 Competition

Page:6

#Urban_Planning #Architecture

ABANDONED SKYSCRAPER

Academic Page:16

#Speculation #Computational_Design

VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE HANDICRAFTS

Academic Page:20

#computer_Science #Visualization

Pars Sport Center

Academic Page:24

#Architectural_Design #Structural_Design #Natural_ Ventilation

02 04

Al-Mashoof

Professional/ Exhibition Page:34

#Media_Art #Heritage #Photogrametry

Apartment No.494

Professional/ constructed

Page:38

#Architectural_Design #spatial_Commpersiion

Iaac Global Summer SchoolTehran inside Out II

Professional/ Exhibition

Page:42

#Gamified_Design #Visualization # Health_Information

Iaac Global Summer SchoolTehran inside Out I

Professional/ Exhibition

Page:46

#Urban_Information #Visualization #Interactive_Design

03 05 06 07 08

Community 2050

*Fitter,Happier,More Productive

Januarry 2022

Location: Shenzhen, China

Competition: NonArchitecture

Collaborative: Mahta Aminali , Sarah Moosavi Nasab

Contributation: Urban Study, Conpect & Architecture Design, Rendering Captures

*Texts in the scenes and the name of the project were addapted from : Fitter, Happier a Song by Radiohead

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China

Shenzhen became China’s first special economic zone and the symbol of economic growth and innovation in the tech industry, within and beyond Asia after reforms in the early 1980s, attracting foreign direct investment and immigrants looking for opportunity.The character and ambition of Shenzhen are represented in thriving urban interactions between communities, start-ups, large corporate, service and mix-use which leads to accommodate new growth and generate further influence on major global trends to face challenges such as urban densification development due to population surges.

Design Approach

Shenzhen’s well-defined visions for 2035 were adjusted as project’s target. Decorative and appealing over-futuristic design was avoided and a more realistic and logical approach was adopted in the process as a practical tool of design for master planning by studying old city patterns and lifestyles years ago( utilizing ”Soft City” book written by David Sim (August 2019) with human beings and built enviroment approach) . This Study results in how the shape of cities played a major role on creating a social context for improving communication in society.Future cities are not the ones dominated by technology and dehumanizing people by transforming them into machines.Future communities are the one who overcome and regulate technology and use it as a tool to communicate, elevate life quality, improve and reform living spaces. Future cities are designed by human beings, to serve and emphasize their needs. The human footprint in future metropolis will be more prominent.

Design Principles

A design framework was created by defining set of rules.

1.Small scale: human scale 1:1

2.Enclosed blocks:

+ public spaces at the fronts and private space at the back

+ a common space in the middle of the block can be a point for local community

+ a protected and independent secure zone, a gated community in the middle + %100 vehicle access and %100 vehicle free + enclosed block is subdivided into independent buildings (different architecture, uses and ownership)

3.Layering: the more complex the spatial system, the more varied qualities, the greater the opportunities

4.Joined-up:

+ Subdivision of the land allows for construction by multiple developers and architects.

+ The independence of each building allows change, reuse, and renewal to happen in different levels over time:greater social and economic diversity can coexist.

5.Multifunctional

6.Concentrated and walkable

From Large Scale To Small Scale

From Open Space To Enclosure

From Stacking To Layering

From Stand-Alone to Joined-up

From Monofunctional To Multifunctional

From Spread-out and Drivable To Concentrate and Walkable

CURRENT ZONING SYSTEM AND STREET TYPOLOGY

MEGA SUPER BLOCK SYSTEM AND

AND ALTERED STREET TYPOLOGY STREET TYPOLOGIES

1. Defining and deviding enclosed yards boundary and hierarchy.

4. Adjusting building heights to its surroundings. Maintaing harmony with existing nature and local park so as to provide sight and proximity.

5. Maximising Building Mass by adding steeped height considering the matter of “Daylighting” as mentioned in the Desing Principles.

6. Acheiving “Proximity x Diversity” by enhancing accessibility and walkability throught different levels of the city blocks

2. Mass and Void: Massing buildings and enclosing yards.

3. Building heights follow Human Scale 1:1 Desing Principle, thus it is defined by the width of street types.

3.Official education centres: schools and university

Public learning spaces and workshops

3.Official education centres: schools and university

Public learning spaces and workshops

3.Official education centres: schools and university

Public learning spaces and workshops

BLOCK B4

BLOCK C1

BLOCK C1

1.Vertical accessibility: street galleries

1.Vertical accessibility: street galleries

1.Vertical accessibility: street galleries

1.Vertical accessibility: street galleries

2.Commercial

2.Commercial

2.Commercial Office

2.Commercial Office

3.Office

4.Commercial studios

4.Commercial studios

4.Residential supermarkets,hair

4.Residential:family accessibility

8.Underground

8.Underground

8.Underground

and the entrance

Decentralizing the zoning system has been an important target of this project. Therefore, by studying the curruent zoning system and anticipating the future needs in terms of function and occupancy level, a specific formula was designed for distribution functions and spaces. A mean to increase enclosure and diversity .

5.Office

.Commercial offices,workshop and

.Commercial offices,workshop and

5.Residential services:gyms, supermarkets,hair salons...

.Residential services:gyms, supermarkets,hair salons...

6.Residential services:gyms, supermarkets,hair salons...

6.Residential:family sized home with accessibility to yards

5.Residential:family sized home with accessibility to yards

.Residential:family sized home with accessibility to yards

5.Standard small sized residential: صfor medical students and small sized families seeking accommodation while taking care of a loved one staying in hospital

7.Homeoffice:for entrepreneurs and people willing to embark on their statups

7.Homeoffice:for entrepreneurs and people willing to embark on their statups

6..Homeoffice:for entrepreneurs and people willing to embark on their statups

7.Standard small sized residential:available for students and small sized families and refugees for short stays

linked commercial spaces: recycling bussinesses and repairing...

Parking and the entrance

linked commercial spaces: recycling bussinesses and repairing... Parking and the entrance

linked commercial spaces: recycling bussinesses and repairing... Parking

“Human environment is about relationships: relationships between Cities are not only densifying,

between people and planet, people and place, people and people.” densifying, but also diversifying.

放 棄された| ABANDONED SKYSCRAPER Reviving Hashima Island

Januarry 2022

Location: Hashima Island, Japan

Academic:Master Studio No.3

Competition: Evolo

Collaborative: Mahshid

Contributation:

About Hashima

Hashima island or in Japanese commonly called Gunkanjima(meaning Battleship Island), is one of the 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki within 15 kilometers distance.The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility which is known for its coal mines and their operation during the industrialization of Japan.

In 1890, Mitsubishi bought the island and began the undersea coal mining project. They build Japan’s first large concrete building( 9 stories high), a block of apartments in 1916 to accommodate their burgeoning ranks of workers(many of whom were forcibly recruited laborers from other parts of Asia), and to protect typhoon destruction. According to a South Korean Commission, the island housed Koreans who were forced to work during world war II. As petroleum replaced coal in Japan in the 1960s, coal mines began shutting down across the country. Hashima›s mines were no exception. Mitsubishi officially closed the mine in January 1974, and the island was cleared of inhabitants by April that year.The island was abandoned for 30 years until the 2000s. In 2009 Hashima Island was open to the public to explore, however, %95 of the island is off-limits due to health and safety concerns.

Hashima is -1.2sq.-km in length, roughly the size of 12 football pitches. At its peak, it is said the island›s population reached 259 ,5 in 1959 who lived in 50 small and cramped apartments. This meant that 835 people had to live in an area less than a single square meter.

Emami, Sarah Moosavinasab, Alireza Sadeghi, Hosna Teymouri, Nava Yazdi

Why Hashima?

Due to the unique characteristics of Hashima Island, this project aims to revive the island by having a futuristic look at the design process. Future users will be able to design and build their property by using robots in a free and democratic way (contrary to the labor system in the past). The printing robots and drones will use the recycled concrete of the buildings that are neither useable nor a heritage. This Project was done as an Academic Cours and then participated in the competition with emphasis on Architectural speculation and utilizing parametric design sofwares(Grasshopper)

Design Aproach

The design proposes the multi-layer main core as a place for facilities. Unlimited slabs are designed to be responsive to the required performance. These slabs are mediums for people to create their own space based on their needs, perceptions, and thoughts. The function of the slabshome, playground, farm, store, etc.- can be varied according to the user design. This freedom of action allows users to expand their structure based on their needs. Slabs are attached to the structural layer of the core along with structural supports that are designed for a given design space, set of loads, boundary conditions, and constraints to maximize the performance of the system-both for lightening the structure and decreasing the amount of using materials. There are two groups of printing robots in the project. The first group is located in the core and prints the main structure from the ground and other sub-cores. The second group is mobile ones such as drones that can fly from other islands and cities for bringing materials or just simply printing the details and moving among the floors.

Recycling Facility Location

recycling wmaterials (Concrete, Glass, Plastic & steel)

Printing Material Piping

After recycling reneable materials, the printing material is transfered to a material storage via piping and the main Robot can use these materials for printing.

Core Placement

The Central Robot will print itself and will define neighbouring towers cores placement for printing.

Core Printing

Central Robot and mobile robots ,printing the towers cores and the drones will carry material toward recycling facility.

Expanding

The main Robot, printing the multifunctional slabs,supports and cores based on users demands.

Final Result

The limtless outcome of users demands

VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE HANDICRAFTS

Find my fingers and begin

January2022

Location: Tehran,Iran

Academic: Advanced Application of Computer in Architecture Studio

Collaborative: Mahshid Emami, Sarah Moosavi Nasab, Alireza Sadeghi, Nava Yazdinejad

Contribution: Design The Visualization methods, Programming, Graphical Presentation

About VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE HANDICRAFTS

The main goal of this course was to practice new advancements in Architectural Technology. My teammates and I devised how to involve people in the art creation without concerns about technics. A simple virtual tool such as a hand could have been the answer. However, since using technology such as Kinect was expensive, we came up we the idea of combining image processing in our design. Therefore, for the hand detection part, we used python to locate our hand and then transferred the Data to Grasshopper for postprocessing and visualization.

At first, we began by detecting the two-dimensional coordinates of one finger, which led to simple line art sketching. Gradually, we added more fingers and three-dimensional coordinates that could determine the distance and apply force.

Stage 1: Detecting 1 Finger | Sketching

Stage 2: Detecting 1 Finger | Apply force & Form finding with Meta Balls

Populating points -Springs & point attractor associated with the finger

Stage 2: Detecting 1 Finger | Apply force & Form finding with Enclosed Bubbles

Stage 3: Detecting 2 Fingers 2- Hands | Single Geometry Deformation

Video Direct Link/ Youtube

Pars Sport Center A Center for Young Students

July 2021

Location: Tehran, Iran

Academic:Design Studio 2

Independent

Exterior Renders By Mahta Aminali

A Brief

The subject of Design Studio No .2 was a Sports Center for Pars Art and Architecture students. This sports center should have included an indoor multipurpose court and other outdoors based on the design. In addition, this center should have included recreational facilities such as libraries, an indoor gym, and a coffee shop for students. The site plan of this project already existed and had been bought for this purpose. Therefore, an optimal design for execution ability and structural calculation was considered.

Design Approach

Since the building is located in the neighborhood of industrial sheds, a less visually attractive form was suggested. Plus, this area is where the winds of Manjil blow. So it is beneficial to use this wind as a natural ventilation element inspired by traditional windcatchers in Yazd, Iran. By creating a retreat in the design of the plan, a difference in air pressure is made, which can enter the space and leave the roof after ventilation and cooling in the vicinity of water.

Due to the hot and dry climate and the importance of shading, part of the building has gone into the ground to be covered by the vegetation on the site to Prevent sunlight

Manjil wind enters the site from the southwest, so there are openings for wind entry in the southern part of the building. In the lower part of the building, a water pond and a place for plants have been created to moderate the air inside the building by entering the wind and minimize the need for equipment and energy

Because of the building’s function relating to physical activities (sports complex), the need for light is considered an important matter, so the openings in the ceiling have been taken to account for benefits in direct sunlight. The radiation of the south is desirable for athletics. However, flexible shading is designed to have better control over the sunlight.

Section A-A

Exterior Render

Exterior Render

Structural Analysis and Diagrams / Karamba3D

Legend across demonstrates the axial stress under certain forces applied to the structure, from Red to Blue.

FORCES

• Snow Weight

•Commercial Section Dead Load

•Structure Dead Load

•Seismic Force X-Axis

•Seismic Force Y-Axis

Wind load has been disregarded.

Exaggerated Deformation (10x) (For enhancing visualization)

KARAMBA LEGEND

Displacement

Axial Stress

Tension Stress

Compression Stress

Seating Area Structure

Tree Columns

1st Floor 2D Truss

2ndFloor 2D Truss

Retractable Shade

Retractable Shade

3D Truss Frame as the Main Structure

Entrance Frame

Al-Mashoof

Sandstorm: And Then There Was Dust

August 2020

Location: Istanbul,Turkey

Professional/ Exhibition

Collaborative: @Tehran Platform

Contribution: Methodology Research, Maqutte & Fabrication, photogrametry & 3D scanning

About Sandstorm

The interdisciplinary art project Sandstorm – And Then There was Dust examines the origins and consequences of sandstorms with a mixture of artistic and scientific means and thus aims at reaching, sensitizing, and activating the civilian population living in the affected regions of Mesopotamia and its offshoots (today’s Turkey, Iraq and Iran). It focuses on the ecological phenomenon of sandstorms and the related socio-political circumstances. It is also a social and activist (artivist) approach to connecting these countries’ human and nonhuman ecologies. The project was initiated in 2016, by the theater and film director Ayat Najafi and curator and scholar Sarah Maske. Combining artistic and scientific approaches, the projects aim to reach, sensitise, and support civilian populations living in the affected regions.

The difficult realities of altered regions are central to the VR and digital piece Al-Mashoof (2020) by the Tehran Platform collective. Al-Mashoof examines the changes in the Khuzestan wetlands in southwestern Iran, caused in the past few decades by drainage, and the disappearance of the connected human culture.

Al-Mashoof

Establishing borders and boundaries is always both a political and legal process. In most cases, the land through which these arbitrary lines are drawn is itself neglected. The consequences of such blatant disregard for natural habitats can be seen starkly in Mesopotamian Marshes, which was once the largest wetland ecosystem of Western Eurasia. The Marshes are divided into three major areas: Central marshes and Hammar marshes lying in Iraq and Hawizeh marshes, also called Hoor al-azim, straddling IranIraq border.Being torn apart by the border, Hoor al-Azim and its nearby settlements were always the victims of international conflicts. Building dams on three main rivers including Karkheh, Euphrates, and Tigris, planning tributaries to divert the water flow, as well as political conflicts among the aforementioned countries, accelerated the desertification process.

Due to its border status, Hoor al-Azim and its nearby settlements have often been victims of international conflicts. Hoor al-Azim had an area of 750,000 hectares in 1972. Today that figure is down to 100,000. As the Hoor vanishes, so too does its local economy, which is based on fishing, hunting, and planting. As the marshes turn into a closed saline basin, sandstorms wreak havoc and settlements are abandoned

Wetlands play a crucial role in modifying air quality, controlling floods, storing sediment and maintaining the local ecosystems. For over 5,000 years, the Hoor determined the region’s ecosystem in ways that defined the unique lifestyle of the Mesopotamian people. They built their settlements on water, made their houses out of water reeds and developed a transportation system with narrow boats called Al-Mashoof. Floating through the marshes, they were free to travel; international borders held no meaning for them and people crossed back and forth as they desired.

Thinking of these dramatic changes Hoor al-Azim and its surrounding has undergone, we propose to save the wetland through the concept of digital heritage, to ultimately pass the stories and experiences from generation to generation

Using 3d scanning techniques and virtual reality, we can record personal stories and local histories, which will be lost otherwise, layer them over the region and emerge some kind of virtual collective memory. We’ll highlight stories of local residents, merge them and look for visual storytelling techniques to share them with the younger generation.To store and share this layer of intangible heritage, we propose an online platform based on the idea of collective memories through which all the gathered narrations are visualized based on the location they are describing.To engage the audience in a deeper layer we contribute a virtual realitybased installation through which we can digitally represent diverse parts of the region including abandoned settlements, most preserved parts of the wetland and even Southeastern dried up areas..

Apartment No.494

A practice to reread The Urban Image of contemporary Tehran

2020-2021

Location: Tehran,Iran

Professional

Collaborative: @Tehran Platform

Contribution: Architectural Assistant / Drafting / 3D Modeling / Documentation

Building No. 494 is built on a plot of 65 square meters with north access in 2 floors on the ground floor. The request of the employer was to improve the condition of the building at the lowest possible cost for re-renting the building.

The first encounter

We were faced with a building with a residential function on the top and a commercial one on the bottom with a composite facade and an area of about 45 meters for each floor. The first challenge of this project, from the urban point of view, was to create an image that matched the originality of Region 8 and the effort to get rid of the visual confusion created by the far and near neighbors of the project.

The second encounter

Considering the size of the open space, it seemed necessary to redefine the lifestyle in this building.The condition of the building at the time indicated the imposition of the one-bedroom unit which is due to spatial compression.

The third encounter

The units and common areas were not light reflective in any way. Spaces were generally covered along with no visual communication with outside. The second floor was built without obtaining permission from relevant institutions .Therefore, the structure of the project was not able to bear the current weight of the building.

Design Approach

The design of this building was formed in response to numerous encounters with the existing building.

First

Utilizing architecture to explain the new lifestyle

Second

Refering to the identity of the smallscale buildings related to the first and second Pahlavi period of Tehran which is the main identity reference of Modern Tehran Architecture

Third Strengthening the structure and trying to maximize the use of natural light in the building.

The project is located in Zhanbazan Street, District 8, Tehran. A street with a length of about 2 kilometers with a generally commercial activity and a very chaotic cityscape

Use of knotting for transfer Maximum light to enter and create Rigidity in the facade

Use of drawn elements for common ares' illumination

Creating an opening in the facade of the building to increase the depth of illumination

First and Second Pahlavi Architecture

Firs Floor

Second Floor

Iaac Global Summer School

Tehran inside Out II- Save The Island

July 2018

Location: Tehran, Iran / Ab-Anbar Gallery

Workshop / Exhibition

Collaborative: Ava Aghaali Tari, Arefeh Biabanpour,Niloufar Dalalabdollahi, Sepideh

Farmahini, Sepehr Fathi, Tahmoures Ghiyasi, Amirhossein Gholibeigi, Amin Maleki, Fatemeh

Mazloomferezghi, Mohammad Mohseni, Sarah Moosavi, Mohammad Nasiriani, Mahtab

Nazemi, Armeti Rahmani, Farhad Rayati, soroush Reasi, Roja Sadegh

Contribution: Design /Data visualization/ Documentation

Tehran Inside-Out II

Urban environments and architectural spaces are getting “smarter” as they are collecting and then responding to the data which comes out of the life and acts of citizens. In fact, this connected network of people and information, supported by data clouds and further on data mining, provides infrastructure to prepare better services and make our cities better places.

In the previous workshop, we investigated this phenomenon, through an approach, influenced by the Disney-Pixar animation movie, Inside-Out, with focus on people’s feelings. In this workshop we aimed to push it one step further and looked at some other human factors which are important for the life of happy and healthy citizens.

We were eager to collect and analyse data regarding people’s health as well as happiness. To ‘digitise’ health related factors, using different types of sensors and instruments which could be embedded into IoT devices. There are various ways that one can collect data in this field, our idea was through «games».

We aimed to design a complicated process of playing, interacting, discovering, hiding, acting and reacting, in order to engage people in activities for further observations. Through designing games embedded in architectural and urban spaces, we wanted to increase the engagement of people in data-collecting processes that eventually would provide analysed data for their own good.

The Buzz Game Data Gathering

This indoor Buzz Game was designed to collect users’ health data. The user’s finger will touch a specific sensor automatically by holding the designed game controller, and their health parameters will be collected.

Bringing Alive Visualization

The aim of this project is to illustrate how technology can provide us the opportunity of giving life to an installation. people will experience giving life in a new way by producing sound and light through their heartbeat just by touching.

Game Strategy

This game is a Combination of Buzzwire & Maze Games. Winning on this game needs cooperation between both players. Neither of them would b the winner if they both do not finish their ways. If any of the players make a mistake, their photograph will be taken and theymust follow a new path.

Buzz Game

Technical Design

The boards that are used in the controllers are Arduino Uno. The sensors for measuring heart beat, humidity and the temprature are all connected to the arduino board.

General Health/Data Collecting

People’s general health can be measured by 3 factors.Humidity, temprature and heart beat.For us, the results of this gamified examination will be collected as a data which can be analyzed for further information.

Data Storage/Blynk application

The wifi board is attached to the both controllers in order to send all thedata to Blynk application. The Blynk application is used as a Data storage and it also can be used tovisualize the collected data.

People will Participate in this game by holding a Controller which the sensors for collecting the data are attached to it. During the game,each player must follow the path that is shown by a specific glowing lamp.The Controller and the Buzz Structure must not have a clash.

Bringing Alive

The aim of this project is to illustrate how technology can provide us the opportunity of giving life to an installation. people will experience giving life in a new way by producing sound and light through their heartbeat.Eventually, they will have a playful experience by the effect of their heart beat on both sound and light.

Technical Design

This Social Instrument, consists of two types of boards working simultaneously. Arduino Uno which operates the blinking & Bare conductive touch board. The bare conductive touch board can turn touch into sound and make your project interactive.

Bringing Alive

Data Collecting/ General Health

By touching the sensors,after the lights stop fading, the connected lights to your sensor will start blinking.The blinking pattern is similar to the pattern of your heart beat.(visualizing heart beat) Plus,the pulse sensor will affect the rythm of sound you hear by changing it.

The Cloud as a Social Instrument

The selected proposal is the cloud as a social instrument. This installaion includes several suspended circle that can glow. There are 4 stands with the sensors upon them.Each of the stands relates to several circle

On the other hand,while people are playing with the social instruments the sensor will record people’s heart beats and will store it for further analyse.

Iaac Global Summer School

Tehran inside0out

July 2017

Location: Tehran, Iran / Ab-Anbar Gallery

Workshop Project

Collaborative: Aida Eghbali- Hanif Haghtalab-Amin Maleki- Sarah Moosavinasab-Arezou

Rajaie-Zhina Rashidzadeh

Contribution: Design / Data Gathering / visualization/ Documentation

Area of Concentration: Sound Installation

Space Dynamics

Over the last decades a new generation of cities and urban planning paradigms have emerged. Technology has risen as a driving force defining new urban developments and government’s decisions. Cities have started to implement technology at different scales, providing more accurate models describing its functions, organization and relationships. Within this context, Public Spaces are being redefined in their consistency. The public space is the soul of the City. It is the area of overlap and interconnection: the place where the character of a Society is materialized and where all infrastructure networks that connect the City functional nodes come together.

Tehran, Inside Out

What defines a smart city? The fluent transmission of information? The level of awareness of what happens in its multiple layers of life/data? The way such data is being analyzed and makes feedback? An online correlation between goods, services, energies and people? These are all valid phenomena for a smart city but how such city would interact with its citizens in their day-to-day lives, for their feelings and emotions? How such city would communicate with people’s “Joy” or “Sadness”? How “Anger”, “Fear” or even “Disgust” is going to be observed and reflected back? What if our future smart cities could feel us, and reflect our collective emotions?

Urban

Installation Data Gathering Light

1-The gathering and transforming data, utilizing techniques and technologies, the output devices are also equally important and are going to be digitally designed and fabricated for public spaces.

2- visualizing the post processed result from the analyzed data sending from the device, reflecting 5 emotion status-Joy, Sadness, Anger,Fear and Disgust.

3-Design an interactive Instalation to enhance one’s state of euforia and joy that can be measured by the device.

UrbanSense concept is providing a platform in which people can make a pause, interact and express their emotions during their daily life.

UrbanSense is a location based installation, we specified different nodes in Tehran including parks, stations, cultural centers, etc which are more crowded and let the UrbanSense have more interaction with citizens.

lightSideOut installation, which is directly reflecting Tehran’s emotion data , gatheres from urban sense device.light was chosen as an interactive tool to make the city more understandable for people because a city without light/ emotion is a dead city.

1) Text Message a local texting platform to server. The message is going to the database, displayed on the LED board in a row. remaining for 5 minutes

2) Camera a webcam placed in the middle of installation taking pictures and collecting visitor’s mood, then the emotion of people inside pictures would be detecte and the facial expression would be processed as the Input data for the light installation.

Aqua Pan: This is an audible tour through Tehran.

The Instrument was called Aqua Pan that produced Urban sounds that are surrounding us and we do not hear them in our daily life. However, this instrument provided people the opportunity to mix these sounds together and hear them in a specific way that consequently could open a new layer of Urban sounds in their memories.

Since we insisted on what people may hear, the design of the instrument was quite simple in order not to distract people from what they are hearing.

he Idea of designing a sound installation was based on the impact of people interactions on a deactivate space which by the presence of them it could be activated.

The Bare conductive Touch Board was used as a touching sensor that through touching the conductive material (water), it gave us an audio output which in this case we used urban sounds as our output

The Aqua Pan Was fabricated by assembling different Objects Including Steel Bowl, Copper Pipes, and Plywood Base Plates