02 Main & Bellevue - Amanat Architect. Bosa Development
Mixed-Use: 3X27 storey.720,730sqf(25,150sqm)
Schematic Design to Permit - Bellevue, Washington
03 Tillie Square - Independent Project, Ontario Building Code Applied
Single-Family Dwelling: Two Story with Basement and Accessory Building
Building Permit. Markham, Ontario, Canada
04 Shrine Of Abdul-Baha - Amanat Architect
Bahai World Center
Under Construction - Akko, Israel
05 St. Marting De Porres High School - GibbsGage Architecture (GGA)
High School. Calgary Catholic School District.
Schematic Design to Permit. Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
06 Social Science Building Recladding - GibbsGage Architecture (GGA)
Eco-Conscious Re-Cladding
Schematic Design to Construction. Calgary, Alberta
3D Printing
Digital Fabrication
Cura, Grasshopper, Rhino
SELECTED ACADEMIC PROJECTS
07 Penumbra - University of Calgary, CA
SOLAR RESPONSIVE FACADE Ladybug, Grasshopper, Rhino
08 Inuvik Makerspace - University of Calgary, AB, CA
Kits Of Part Design. Insite Fabrication Maya, Rhino
09 Educational Art Center - University of Calgary, AB, CA
Agent Based Design. Addition To An Old Building Physarealm, Grasshopper, Rhino
SELECTED INSTALLATION PROJECTS
10 Winter Firefly - University of Calgary. Alberta, CA Integrated Acoustic And Fabrication Design Pachyderm, Grasshopper, Rhino. 3D Print, Robotic Hotwire Cutting, CNC
11 Parametric Surface To Brick Wall - University of Calgary, AB, CA
1st&Island is a 35 story residential tower with townhouses including 215 units. The project area is 273,129 sqf (25,735 sqm). The concept for design draws inspiration from the adjacent Downtown Park, characterized by its circular form. The design reflects organic movement and change, evident in elements like balconies. Enhanced public areas are proposed around the building, particularly on the north side, featuring an architectural roof that highlights the eastern pedestrian entry to the Downtown Park.
My contributions included creating the 3D model and renderings, designing vertical connections such as the core, and rationalizing the complex sloped roof shapes of both the tower and the pavilion at the deck level. I prepared technical drawings and coordinated with the structural consultant. Additionally, I tackled the challenge of various balcony edges across slab plans and three typical floor plans and penthouses, finding a method to represent the different edges without the need for separate drawings for each slab plan.
Balcony Edge Variation - Mid Typical Floor Plan
Main & Bellevue
Mixed-use. Bellevue, WA. Bosa Ddevelopment
Amanat Architect, Vancouver, Canada. 2022
Principle Role: 2D Drawings, 3D Modelling and Visualization
Software Tools: Rhino, Lumion, AutoCad
Featuring three residential towers, retail space, a pedestrian through-block connection, underground parking, and public plaza areas, Main & Bellevue creates a vibrant mixed-use development. Each tower is a 27 story, 720,730 sqf (25,150 sqm).
The design intent was to foster visual interest while promoting a more human-scale, residential environment. Incorporating sunlight and optimal views, resulting in strategic breaks in both plan and elevation. These breaks include tilted portions that enhance diversity and maximize exposure to the best views. Distinctive shards of glass are arranged rhythmically around the building, creating a visual landmark for the community. The angled lines offer design flexibility, reinforcing the theme across various urban elements, including landscaping, canopies, retail glazing, lighting, and residential entrances. Panels of glass are tilted and hinged to capture and reflect light, adding depth and interest to the elevation.
The urban design approach aims to minimize disruption to the ground plane. Positioned adjacent to a pedestrian through-block connection, the design seizes this rare opportunity to enhance public experience. Enhanced ground-level treatments are proposed at each tower entry, particularly at the southwestern corner, where an inviting architectural roof form will mark the gateway entrance to Downtown Bellevue.
Architectural Documentation
Analysis of the tower form regarding views and sunlight
Design Process - Optimizing Sunlight and View Exposure
Typical Floor Plan - Mullioning and Glazing Percentage
Rendered Elevation - Tower 1
Rendered Elevation - North Block Podium
Project Renders
Tower 2 Tower 1 & Tower2 Entrances
Block Connection
Tillie Square
Single-Family Dwelling Unit
Freelance Project. Building Permit.
Software Tools: Rhino, AI Gen2 Rendering
This project is a two story single-family home with basement and detached accessory buidling with the gross floor area of 2408.1 sqf (223.73 sqm) . The challenge of this project was the narrow width of the lot. With some design consideration we applied for minor variance to reduce setbacks to optimize buildable area without impacting adjacent structures.
Architectural Documentation
North Elevation
Main Floor Framing Plan
Main Building Foundation Plan
Structural Detail
Building Section
Second Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan
Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Bahai World Center. Amanat Architect, Vancouver, Canada
Principle Role: Visualizations and Design Adjustments while project was under Construction. Akko, Israel
Software Tools: Rhino, Lumion, Photoshop
When I joined Amanat Architect this project was under construction and as the assistant of the architect I had the opportunity to get a deeper understanding of this unique project, materiality for interior and be involved in this project by working on 3D modeling adjustment and preparing a rendered image for coordination and coordination meeting. Here is a bit about the project: Considering the essence of words referring to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s attributes, one is hesitant to design an imposing structure for His resting place. His wishes must be taken into consideration, but not to such a literal extent that His station is not revered and recognized. His resting place must stand apart from the Shrines of the Manifestations of God, and be new and unique, unlike any other building. It must be modest, yet beautiful and radiant. It should manifest ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s humility, wisdom, openness, acceptance and kindness to all people. Specifically, it should embody His love and appreciation of the beauty of gardens and nature. It should also reflect His progressive and forwardlooking approach by being modern in its design.
This projects design process is centered around creating a unified design between the existing school and the addition. An additional mass has been added to either side of the existing school. At each of the additions, an important design element was to create corridors that allowed for natural light at each end, creating a focal point and connection to the exterior as users moved through the space. A larger feature volume runs through the school from NW to SE, this volume represents the social spine of the school where the large cafeteria gathering space and learning commons is located. To signify the entrances, a swooping canopy was added and a light feature, in the form of a cross, was designed to be visible from the street. The building materials have been carefully considered to create a high quality durable building and create visual interest at different moments in and around the school. The difference in volumes not only create visual interest but also differentiates the interior programming. St. Martin de Porres high school will be a facility that is accessible, equitable, and a positive learning environment that supports student and staff academic growth. The building will be in compliance with the 2019 National Building Code (AE) and guided by the Alberta BarrierFree design guide.
Schedule & Work Plan Programming and design work for St. Martin de Porres high school commenced in September 2021. Design meetings were held with CSSD on a bi-weekly, or as needed basis. The majority of the early work focused on resolving the school program, review of functional relationship, site layout and analysis. I workes with the team to ensure we have all of the necessary documentation to complete review and approval in a timely manner and Schematic Design report and Development Permit application was submitted.
Site Analysis
Architectural Documentation
Project Renders
Design Process Diagram
Social Science Building Recladding
Eco-concious Recladding. GGA
Architecture. Fall 2022
Principle Role: Design, Design and Fabrication Drawing of the art piece
The existing concrete panel on the building is replaced with BIPV (Building Integrated Photovoltaic) where applicable, Composite metal panel, and Fiber C for the reveals. I did the initial solar study to decide on the location and orientation of the solar panels for maximum efficiency. I designed the reveals between the columns of PV with depth and a gradual decrease in size to create a gradient effect on the facade which is dynamic throughout the day with the shadows it creates.
At the ground level where solar pannel were not applicable, I proposed an artistic engagement with UCalgary’s art and cultural lore, LEon The Frog. I worked on the design and further developed the art installation to the level of fabrication drawings.
Architectural Documentation
Isometric View Solar Analysis
Project Photo
3D Printing
Digital Fabrication
Cura, Grasshopper, Rhino
From making prototypes of architectural elements to buildings and contexts, my works of 3D printing bring designs from digital world to physical world.
Penumbra
Solar Responsive Facade. Academic Group
Project. Spring 2020
Principle Role: Collaboration in Design, Lighting Simulation
Modelling and Simulations: Ladybug, Grasshopper, Rhino
Using a parametric description for the rotation of the actuated facade apertures, this responsive façade system will be able to simulate its operation in response to sun exposure and changing incidence angles during the different days of the year. The parametric tools, Grasshopper and Ladybug plugin have been deployed to analyze sun-path, radiation, and weather data.
Architectural
Documentation
Exploded Perspective
Photo Of The Existing Building Dynamic Facade Patterns
Solar Analysis
Educational Art Center
Agent Based Design. Addition to an Existing Building.
Academic Project. Fall 2019
Modelling: Physarealm, Grasshopper, Rhino, Lumion
The concept of this project is Contradiction and it aims to turn the contrast between industrial and social activities into coexistence. According to the site study industrial area around the site is influenced by the residential area. To make the coexistence possible this project was inspired by how it happens in nature like a parasite which is beneficial for its host and they make a symbiosis. This proposal is an Educational Art Center that is designed to be attached to an existing commercial heritage building, CC Snowdon in Inglewood, Calgary, improving the social, environmental, and art scene of the neighborhood while making use of structure, mechanical installation, vertical access and programs of the existing.
To make a contrast between the old building and the new design I used agent-based modeling to achieve an organic shape. Using Physarealm, a bioinspired algorithm similar to ant colony algorithm I simulate the movement of defined emitters to the defined food in a defined environment with the obstacles that were all defied based on the spatial requirements of the program.
Architectural Documentation
Inuvik Makerspace
In-site Fabrication Aware Design. Building as a Kits Of Part. Academic Project. Winter 2021 Modelling and Simulations: Maya, Rhino
Located on a remote location in the Northwest Territory of Canada, Ice Makerspace is a temporary facility made out of local material, ice and brings the opportunity of education on digital fabrication, innovation, and tool access to area while making a profit. Design for a remote location makes the application of an insite microfactory for fabrication even more practical and efficient so the design is a fabrication-aware form-finding. The principal digital fabrication technique that is used is abrasive wire cutting which is inspired by the art and science of Stereotomy, cutting three-dimensional solids into particular shapes. A specific fabrication set-up is designed to efficiently produce kits of part for assembly of the maker space. Taking advantage of the legacy mode, the microfactory that is moved to the site by trailer stay in the site during the life of the makerspace and work as the robotic part of the maker space after fabrication and assembly of the building itself around it.
Architectural Documentation
Interior Perspectives
Photo Of The Existing Building
Spatial Design
Interior Perspectives
Project Renders
Winter Firefly
Integrated Acoustic and Digital Fabrication. Installation, Group Project. Laboratory for Integrative Design, University of Calgary
Principle Role: Design and Fabrication of Centeral Node,RobotProgramming,
Snowflake joined by a crystal-like glowing core, respond to acoustic with programed lighting LED embedded in them, exhibited In Chinook Blast Hub, Stephen Ave, Downtown, Calgary.
My principle role in this project was figuring out how the whole component get assembled. After some prototyping I designed and digitally fabricated the central node which was 3D printed using large scale WASP 3D printer.
I also contributed in robotic hot wire cutting of foam panels that were designed to absorb and kill the sound being placed in pyramidal frustum.
The central node is designed to aggregate 6 pyramid with 3 different sizes, embed lighting LEDs and arduino for programming the lights, and it is also where the whole unit will be hung to the ceiling.
The intent was mitigation of acoustics to reduce echo and reverb, while creating a sense of curiosity and wonder in our design, through the use of exploratory fabrication techniques such as robotic fabrication, 3D printing, and laser cutters.
Acoustic Test
The physical actual acoustic test revealed that the sound decay in the test space seems to be positively impacted by the intervention. Lower frequencies appear to be more impacted than higher frequencies. The prototype dropped the reverberation by 0.4-0.5s in the mid-range with an overall drop of 0.2s, if the installation is arrayed across space it will have a more profound impact.
Acoustic Visual Simulation and Physical Test
According to the visual simulations, the pyramids with jagged patterns kill the sound rays by 85%.
The physical actual acoustic test revealed that the sound decay in the test space seems to be positively impacted by the intervention. Lower frequencies appear to be more impacted than higher frequencies. The prototype dropped the reverberation by 0.4-0.5s in the mid-range with an overall drop of 0.2s, if the installation is arrayed across space it will have a more profound impact.
Acoustic Visual Simulation
According to the visual simulations, jagged patterns kill the sound rays The physical actual acoustic test decay in the test space seems to by the intervention. Lower frequencies impacted than higher frequencies. the reverberation by 0.4-0.5s in overall drop of 0.2s, if the installation it will have a more profound impact.
Stephen Ave, Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada, https://www.chinookblast.ca/the-hub/panaudicon
Acoustic Test
Architectural Documentation
Form Finding
Acoustic Test
Acoustic Test
Form Finding
Acoustic Visual Simulation and Physical Test
According to the visual simulations, the pyramids with jagged patterns kill the sound rays by 85%.
Acoustic Visual Simulation and Physical Test
According to the visual simulations, the pyramids with jagged patterns kill the sound rays by 85%.
The physical actual acoustic test revealed that the sound decay in the test space seems to be positively impacted by the intervention. Lower frequencies appear to be more impacted than higher frequencies. The prototype dropped the reverberation by 0.4-0.5s in the mid-range with an overall drop of 0.2s, if the installation is arrayed across space it will have a more profound impact.
The physical actual acoustic test revealed that the sound decay in the test space seems to be positively impacted by the intervention. Lower frequencies appear to be more impacted than higher frequencies. The prototype dropped the reverberation by 0.4-0.5s in the mid-range with an overall drop of 0.2s, if the installation is arrayed across space it will have a more profound impact.
This project was about the exploration of parametric design in making a brick wall assembled by a robot. The final product was a brick wall automatedly stacked in 3 pallets using a UR10 robot, and a grasshopper script that takes robot path out of a parametric surface for pick and placement of bricks with live physic simulation simulating the stability of the wall. The dimension of the pallets was based on the reach of the robot on track as the external axis, room set up, consideration of transportation of the pallets, and the number of bricks we had. The end bricks in each row are the pivoting bricks that make the whole wall continue when the pallets are placed next to each other. Manual gluing was added to the process and for that purpose the robot would pause in placement targets for five seconds so a person has enough time to add glue, making the process a collaboration between human and robot.
the pallets, and the number of bricks we had. The end bricks in each the pivoting bricks that make the whole wall continue when the pallets placed next to each other. Manual gluing was added to the process that purpose the robot would pause in placement targets for five seconds a person has enough time to add glue, making the process a collaboration between human and robot.
Structural Analysis Place
Robotic Assembly - Pick and Place
Robotic Assembly - Pick and Place
Robotic Assembly - Pick and Place
Robotic Assembly - Pick and Place
Structural Analysis
Structural Analysis
Robotic Assembly - Pick and Place
Assembly - Pick and Place
Robotic Assembly - Pick and Place
Structural Analysis
Robotic Assembly - Pick and Place
Pantograph Dome
Kinetic Architecture. Workshop, Group
Project
Principle Role: Kinetic Mechanism Coding
Software Tools: Grasshopper, Rhino
In collaboration with IArtech we designed and made the dome structure based on half of a polyhedron with 20faces. The number (in each edge and layer) and the size of the angular-shaped elements are varying in spheres with different radios. Although With an increasing number of elements in each edge the structure takes up less space, the number of joints increases and the stability of the structure against the lateral and weighted forces decreases. By contrast with an increasing number of layers, the weight and facial strength of the structure increases. In this structure, due to the limitations of the material, preventing buckling of members independently, and the area(28 square meters), each edge consists of 3 scissor-like elements and has 3layeres to rise lateral structure’s strength.
In this structure, due to the limitations of the material, preventing buckling of members independently, and the area(28 square meters), each edge consists of 3 scissor-like elements and has 3layeres to rise lateral structure’s strength.
Apparatus
Installation Art. Hedayat Art Gallery, Tehran
Artist: Behdad Lahooti.
My Role:Fabrication and Installation
Fabrication: Moudling Plaster, 3D
Scanning, 3D Print
This installation artwork presents a carpet that is made out of 1397 pieces of 3D print hands and feet of women and children, as the main sacrifices in wars worldwide. Regarding the existence of violence in humans, Behdad Lahooti believes that the carpet of the wall is likely to lay all over the world.
I contributed in molding real hands and feet of volunteers, 3D scaning the casted plaster, and 3D print them in 1397 pieces.
