Zahra Mirzaei_ portfolio 2024

ARCHITECTURE RESUME 2024-2016

Zahra Mirzaei

Initiation

I am Zahra, an architect with seven years of experience and a degree in architecture.

in my career, I have worked on a variety of projects, always striving to bring fresh ideas and creativity while respecting the context of each project. I’m proud to say that some of my projects have been recognized in global competitions, with one winning the top prize in the House category.

Being from the Middle East and currently based in Dubai, I have a deep understanding of the region’s culture and architectural landscape. I am excited about the opportunity to work effectively within this dynamic city and contribute meaningfully to your projects.

zaaahra.mirzaei@gmail.com My Information

zahra.mirzaei@gmail.com

0971542377974

Bin shabib mall, albarsha soouth, block 1 unit 517

Qualifications

Master of Art, Interior and Architecture design

Azad University of Southern Branch-Faculty of Arts and Architecture

2018-2020

Course on history and theory of architecture

Zahra Mirzaei

Profile/ About me

Bachelor of Architecture

Azad University of Southern Branch-Faculty of Arts and Architecture

CAAI 2014-2018 2018

Technical skills

Rhinoceros (Advanced)

Autodesk AutoCAD (Advanced)

Autodesk Revit (Basic)

Autodesk 3ds Max (Intermediate)

3d max corona Rendering (Intermediate)

Sketchup (Advanced)

Adobe Photoshop (Advanced)

Adobe Illustrator (Advanced)

Adobe Indesign (Advanced)

Adobe After effects (Basic)

Adobe Premiere (Basic)

Lumion (Intermediate)

Professional Skills

Team Leadership

Project Management

Public Relations

Organization

Time Management

Fast Learning

Creativeness

Purposefulness

Responsibility

This portfolio is an overview of the architecture and interior design related to the Persian contemporary architect. Zahra offers her journey during the six vears of global and international experience in architecture and interior design with a focus on humanitarian crises and understanding of what must be adopted by the profession of architecture and its impact on the lives of nations. She has highlighted the most critical projects, which are rich in architecture form and design concept with response to user’s experience and requirements, focusing on suitability. Her primarily focused on analysis and implementation of architectural material methods, public/ community spaces, concept design and creative 3d visualizations, interior and architectural design, structural and urban design. Comfortable with working on complex projects in large teams.

Work Experience

FMZD - Farshad Mehdizade design Studio

https://fmzd.co

Project Architect

2019-2024

Actively context: Full-time project architect, responsible as the design leader of a team of approximately 10-15 employers. The scope of my response abilities was to supervise quantitative and qualitative aspects of deliverables, pre-concept and concept design management, architectural drawings, and architectural and graphic visual practices. I have worked on various projects, including hospitality, residential, educational, and urban design.

1- Iranzamin Villa

Concept Design, Design Development, Interior Design, Facade Design, MEP & Construction Details, Coordination, Presentation

2- Khezershar Villa

Concept Design, Design Development, Interior Design, Facade Design, MEP & Construction Details, Coordination, Presentation

3- Kuwait Business Incubator

Facade Design, Presentation, 3D Modeling

4- Carpet City

Concept Design, Design Development, Interior Design, Facade Design, Coordination, Presentation

5- Analysis of alternative solutions,Hamburge

Concept Design, Design Development, Interior Design, Facade Design, Coordination, Presentation

6- Yabakoo Residential

Concept Design, Design Development, Interior Design, Facade Design, MEP & Construction Details, Coordination, Presentation

7- Motel Qu Residential

Concept Design, Design Development, Interior Design, Facade Design, MEP & Construction Details, Coordination, Presentation

Awards

- WAF2022 Winner of the Future project- House & Villa Category, World Architecture Festival (Iranzamin Villa)

- WAF2021 finalist of the Future projectCommercial Mixed-Use, World Architecture Festival(Carpet City)

- WAF2022 finalist of the Future projectCommercial Mixed-Use, World Architecture Festival(Kuwait Business Incubator)

Ian studio

https://ianstudio.ir

Project Architect

2016-2019

Actively context: In charge of project management, working with a team of 2-3 employers, pre-concept and concept design, Phase 1 Planning, and interior and Exterior design aspects of primarily residential projects. The variety of the project I have worked on was included the most in residential and office spaces and architecture competition.

8- Dolcevita Villa

Concept Design, Design Development, Interior Design, Facade Design, MEP & Construction Details, Coordination, Render, Presentation

9- Open Space Museum

Concept Design, Design Development, Interior Design, Facade Design, MEP & Construction Details, Coordination, Render, Presentation

10- Parand cityhall cmp

Concept Design, Design Development, Interior Design, Facade Design, MEP & Construction Details, Coordination, Render, Presentation

Awards

Winner in Dolcevita competition (Dolcevita villa) finalist in parand City hall competition (parand)

- Thesis Winner, in 2016 by etoood.com

WAF2022 Winner

documentary

Story Line

What had happend to me and my life from the beginning What were my hobbies?

I was born in may 1996... !

I study architecure in Azad University of Tehran Southern Branch-Faculty of Arts and Architecture up to Master degree

Started university education

This course seeks to train architects who have a deeper undrstanding of their decipline and are familiar with the course of ideas

I have always loved traveling. We travel to unknown natures with my friends. I love adventure

2018 2018 2016 2014 2017 2018

Working

I started working since I was a student

Teaching architectural cake baking theory class, Philosophy Nature Traveling

I always wanted to teach others what I learn, I teached concept and alternative thinking to students

I sometimes bake cakes in my free time,, i like cake design

Start concret art studio edit_artstudio

I started product design like pot and furniture

I can dance Arabic and Salsa I have experience in office design and Rebuilding residential

Dancing

2022 Waf Winner 2020 2021 2019 Swimming

2019

One of my hobbies is swimming, swim twice a week

2020

Started Rebuilding Painting

I’m painting and now I am trying to combine architecture and painting

One of my projects I designed in the fmzd office won the waf competition

Project, Competition, Design

Residential Commercial Complex

01 02 04 03 05 06

Commercial & Ressidential Complex

Iranzamin Villa

Yabakoo

Motel Qu Open Space Museum

Dolcevita Villa Parand cityhall cmp

IRANZAMIN VILLA

Residential Year: 2020

Status: Under Construction

Location: Tehran, Iran

Scale: 2.000 sqm

Design Procces

Children

• Modern and traditional building materials

• Asymmetrical designs

• Walls of glass and large windows

• Clean, minimal lines

Parents

Existing Structure

• Embellishment

• Hardness

• Magnificence

• Immensity

Design Brief

The client need has abbreviated in two different sectors. The first part which is ground floor belongs to the older members of family and the first floor belongs to the daughter of this family and her husband. While the style of the building is completely different owing to their requirements. The client need has abbreviated in two different sectors.

Hemmat Expy.

Project Site

Iranzamin Blvd.

Chamran Expy.

S Golestan St.

Design Strategy

Classic style;

Design strategy has focused on the iconic items from classical roman architecture which refers to a specific meaning and inspiration. The most important icon that influenced the ground floor is flower boxes and greenery; although, it used the same materials, particularly Roman concrete, and symbols such as the arch and the dome to make buildings that were typically strong and well engineered. As classical orders now became largely decorative rather than struactural, the strategy has chosen magnificence stone walls with the design of flower boxes.

Modern style;

Design strategy of upper floor has focused on the iconic items from modern architecture, because it worked to reinvent ways of building that focused more on how humans lived versus what they found beautiful. This architecture is not sentimental, like revivalist styles. Instead, it is innovative, experimental, and minimal. We considered the style of building that emphasizes function and a streamlined form over ornamentation. This design aesthetic is a departure from more elaborate and decorated home.

• Existing Structure

• Inner Walls

• Outer Walls

• Upper Floor

Design Idea

Design idea has focused on the iconic items from classical roman architecture which refers to a specific meaning and inspiration. The most important icon that influenced the ground floor is flower boxes and greenery; although, it used the same materials, particularly Roman concrete, and symbols such as the arch and the dome to make buildings that were typically strong and well engineered. As classical orders now became largely decorative rather than structural, the strategy has chosen magnificence stone walls with the design of flower boxes.

Material Mood board Strategy

The most important icon that influenced the ground floor is flower boxes and greenery; although, it used the same materials, particularly Roman concrete, and symbols such as the arch and the dome to make buildings that were typically strong and well engineered. As classical orders now became largely decorative rather than structural, the strategy has chosen magnificence stone walls with the design of flower boxes.

Steel

Concrete

Glass

Natural Stone

Lime stone

Wood

Modern style

Classic style

Ground Floor

First Floor

The fundamental factors which is effective in Classic interior design is rigid spaces which would be divided into various functional spaces with the aesthetic features. In fact, flower boxes are designed for this purpose with the beauty of sun rays during the day.

Divided spaces

Divided living room

The fundamental factors which is effective in modern interior design is simplicity, floating spaces which would be decorative by members and interactive atmosphere by large windows. All of these factors have been considered in this floor to make a modern interior design,

Large living room

Rational room space

SUSPENDED VILLA

Residential Year: 2023

Status: Under Construction

Location: Khezershahr, Iran

Scale: 1.500 sqm

The location of the site shows the most important issues in the design. Designing the project in such a way that it uses the lines of nature to shape the landscape. In addition, the natural forms of nature with their ups and downs create a habitable nature. When nature creates special places, the roof with private places hangs on the building.

Landscape and Public zone

Suspended villa and Privat zone

The architecture of ancient Iranian houses is closely tied with the public culture ad climate of the region. Even the religion and beliefs of people contributed to how buildings were designed. Similarly, weather conditions left a direct impact on the architectural style of monuments in Iran. The Iranian buildings were designed in such a way that facilitated maximum utilization of natural regional advantages such as light, wind and water, and at the same time resisted against natural factors like heat and cold. This paper attempted to briefly explore how roofs of ancient Iranian houses were designed

The identity of context shows the importance of nature and green areas. The site analysis leads the design path to respect the land identity. we can see the slopes in paddy fields and the ridges between them create a novel experience in the nature

The paddy fields with their ups and downs can create habitable places, which provide opportunities for people to experience the active landscape.

The paddy fields with their ups and downs can create habitable places, which provide opportunities for people to experience the active landscape.

KUWAIT BUSINESS INCUBATOR

Commercial Complex

Year: 2020

Status: Under construction

Location: Tehran, Iran

Scale: 20.000 sqm

Site Analysis

Kuwait is a constitutional sovereign state with a semi-democratic political system. Kuwait has a high-income economy backed by the world’s sixth largest oil reserves. The Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued currency in the world. According to the World Bank, the country has the fourth highest per capita income. The Constitution was promulgated in 1962.Kuwait is home to the largest opera house in the Middle East. The Kuwait National Cultural District is a member of the Global Cultural Districts Network.

Kuwait Bay

Kuwait Chamber of commerce and Industry

Abdulla Al Mubarak St. Alzomorodah Tower

Kuwait Minicipality

Ahmad Al Jaber St.

Fahas Al Salem St.

Abdulaziz Hamed Al Saqer St.

Project Brief

The design strategy in this project is to transform the office and commercial building from an enclosed box into open spaces and interact with the urban body and establish a kind of dialogue with the city and people, which leads to strengthening the iconic nature of the city. This interaction has taken place in two scales in this project.

On the ground, Everything is shared. Even the body of people is a part of it. Different members, functions, and businesses supporting each other. Sharing functions like Outdoor parking and public plaza work for the whole block. At the ground level The circulation is floating and continuing. You can pass every building.

This is what I supposed to be… An Office tower in 10 floor with two retails as podium. In this culture its not polite to stand when people are sitting. An outdoor bazar with touchable shopfront are connected by a sheltered walking path in front, the people flow and activities is absorbed from the plaza in front.

Easy and welcoming...

The vertical market make the height habitable and touchable with a green, friendly and democratic character in human scale.

How does the box sit in the city?

Providing that connection needs a new idea and organization which changes the performance of the structure from a packed shopping mall to a vertical street. To reach that idea, the main facade of the building is open to the public space, and provides the walkway to grow up and pass the structures for bringing interactions and public activities to the whole level of the structure. Now the structure not only performs as a separate large scale unit which is injected to the context but it is responsive to the city interactions and works as a part of the street circulation and walkway vertical growth with the small scale shops and retails.

On a micro and regional scale, the lower three floors of the building include two commercial floors that are open to the city and have a relatively favorable temperature in the hot seasons of Kuwait due to shading, leading to an urban plaza floor in The height of the ground is about ten meters, located on the third floor. This space leads to the redefinition of commercial spaces from shops to markets, which is a kind of temporary interaction of commercial spaces in relation to the body of the city. And on a large and urban scale, the definition of an office roof to a vertical garden above the building by placing public spaces such as restaurants and cafes, which leads to more communication between the building and the city and its users. Client’s schedule and brief plan is a twelve-story tower with commercial and office spaces, with an iconic appearance in the commercial context of Kuwait City.

CARPET CITY

Commercial Complex

Year: 2017

Status: Concept Design

Location: Tehran, Iran

Scale: 110.000 sqm

Site Analysis

This complex is located in an industrial zone between Tehran and Karaj, near a highway which connects these two cities.

Tehran is the capital and Karaj is a small town in which its residents commute for work to Tehran in the morning and return home at night.

Karaj City

Design Brief

The brief included eliminating the old structure and replacing it with a large warehouse which has retail, office, conventional, entertainment functionalities within it. The brief specifically included designing this warehouse as this was because of a limit which was caused by The economical constraints of the industrial zone and the municipality laws of that area.

Typically a traditional warehouse does not have any interactions with its context, and has limited functionalities with no spatial organization.

Design

Design Proposal

4- Adding the Shopping Zone Shopping 3 4 1 2

1- Eliminating Existing Building

2- Building a Big Warehouse (Shopping + Entertainment Complex)

3- Renewing Existing Structure (Convention Garden)

• Existing building

• Design Brief

• Design Programme

• Our Proposal 1

• Our Proposal 2

• Our Proposal 3

According to the design program, the complex functionality is divided into three zones: Retail zone, convention zone and a larger area devoted to the entertainment zone which includes cafes and restaurants.

The history and the transparency of the area were two valuable factors noticed in the existing old structure to be remained and kept as the convention area.

Design Strategy

In the following steps, the green space was added to the existing structure to convert the convention hall to convention garden. Finally the shopping zone (carpet market) which is an addition to the front of the convention garden is placed in another warehouse structure with a space in between; This space acts and performs as an internal plaza, in which cafes and restaurants are located.This strategy helped the complex to be organized and perform in the shape of different characters for its different zones and functions.

Garden Shopping Zone

Convention

Exterior Renders

Phisical Model With Vegetation

Phisical Model Without Vegetation

Main Idea

The main idea of the proposal entailed increasing the interactions and eliminating the solid border between the inside and the outside of the complex.The complex which has a dialogue with its context, addresses the highway that is in front of it with welcoming character which is causedby redefining the solid structure of the warehouse. The design diagram of our proposal is in fact a traditional warehouse structure which is divided from the middle and embodies the front plaza. This segments the retail zone into two parts with two different characteristics and functionalities, an internal shopping space which acts as a department store and outdoor linear retail stores, which are inspired by a Persian traditional bazaar. Positioning, dividing, joining and combination of unfamiliar heterogenous functions in order to follow the context, became the main idea of our mixeduse.

There are two different characters:

One part has rules and standards like sharp character of Persian carpet and the other part is more flexible and will be occupied by events, exhibitions and galleries which has more cultural, eventual activities and coworking spaces and that’s convention garden. Back of the truck doesn’t have any rule.It’s a platform for events and it is flexible to get the shape of the context. There is a gap between the Carpet market and convention hall which defined as food plaza act as transition, full of café and restaurants.

Hyper Market

Ground Floor Plan 1- Department Store

Retail

Hyper Market

Cafe

Entrance Hall

Outdoor Restaurant

Office

Co-Working

Amphitheater

Convention Hall

Professional

ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS,HAMBURGE

commercial & Residential complex

Year: 2021

Status: Concept Design

Location: Hamburge, Germany

Scale: 100,000 sqm

Design idea

mass and void is founded by our study according to the sunlight and site analysis . the modular grid is adapted from neighborhood. this modular grid is shaping the face of the building which is exploded from inside . the intraction is strated from exterioir facde to the inside of the project .

of the building cause of the sunlight direction

Same character of spaces in different zones of building

Creat different spaces with different character , senario and functionality

Massing

Site massing Finding the best massing based on sunlight

Form generation strategy

Form generation divide to 6 steps . mass and void is founded by our study according to the sunlight and site analysis . modular grid is applied to the exterior facade then each slab is divided from levels . the slabs are gliding to the street to make plaza and conecct the project to the city .

Modolar Facade and sloping roof retrieved from stie

Inside facade is removed and each slab have same character

Slabs slide to the street and plaza, each slab have specific character

Modolar facade become colums

of building masses and voids are in a way that all the surfaces of the building get good day light.

According to the direction of sun light fromsouth-east to south-west, the design of building masses and voids are in a way that all the surfaces of the building get suddicient daylight.

SUN PATH

BORDER

Transition From Solidity To Intractivity

The outer facade of the building has got the idea of rigidity from its surounding existing buildings and as it goes from edges to the center close to central public plaza, it gets more itractive. so there is a transition from solidity to intractivity in the facade and it becomes the central plaza.

The outer facade of the building has got the idea of rigidity from its surounding existing buildings and as it goes from edges to the center close to central public plaza, it gets more itractive. So there is a transition from solidity to intractivity in the facade and it becomes the central plaza.

Program Organization: Commercial And Residential Zoning

Residential

Commercial

The private spaces of the building are 96 residential unites in three building blocks and each building block has its own individual core and installation system.

Public spaces of the building including coffee shops, restaurants and retail spaces are all connected and have access from the city. retail spaces functions can be according to the need of the district and the project client but the accesses and plans have been already considered.

Groundfloor Program Diagram

Type A: 60-85

Type B: 90-120

Type C: 120-150

Connection Between Roof-top Of The Old Building With Plaza

The roof of the old existing building is connected to our public plaza and they can use our public plaza. we connect this non-functional old roof to our plaza and give it another life.

The roof of the old existing building is connected to our public plaza and they can use our public plaza. We connect this non-functional old roof to our plaza and give it another life.

Publicplazaconnectedwithroofofneighborbuilding

Professional

YABAKOO RESIDENCE

Residential Year: 2020

Status: Under Construction

Location: Shiraz, Iran

Scale: 6000 sqm

Yabakoo

Design Brief

Located in Shiraz - Jomhuri, this project is accompanied with a spectacular potential of a picturesque view to the mountains and an endless view to the city. For the design of such a building the architect has decided to give it a unique and dynamic look.

Project Site

Jomhuri Eslami Blvd.

Koohsar St.

Narvan St

Narvan 9 St

Jahad Sazandegi St.

Design Strategy

The main view of this project is its south facade which is facing the city, and north facade of that is facing the mountain. The main proposal of this project is derived from the connection between the north and south facade. Hence in this direction, some voids have been created in-depth of the building. These vast voids are open in two directions of the living room and tv room. In addition, the south facade boxes created openings on the other parts of the plan.

• Dividing • Gaps • Penetrating

Gap Gap

Penetrating

• Spliting

• Terraces

Design Idea

Buildings are like human bodies and if they get the dynamic of a body, they will act like one and will interact with their residents and environment through their elements just like we, humans, interact with our environment through our senses and body parts. In this project the designer does not see the building as a whole, but sees it as two separate bodies interacting with and through a third smaller body which is the intermediary space of this project.

First Floor - Type A

Second Floor - Type A

Third Floor - Type B

Fourth Floor - Type C

Sixth Floor - Type C

Eighth Floor - Type C

Seventh Floor - Type B

Fifth Floor - Type B

Living Room

TV Room

Master Bedroom

Bathroom

Elevators

Terrace

Dining Room

Entrance

MOTEL QU

Residential Year: 2022

Status: Under Construction

Location: Salman shahr, Iran

Scale: 3000 sqm

The project designed infill. we designed pots and trees inside the infill shape the greenery of the project. On two sides of the project, there is a national terrace.the southern terraces are deeper and open to the sitting room area. sitting area, barbecue and jacuzzi are designed inside the southern terraces.

The project is located between two buildings the walls around the project are infill and meet at the roof. by creating a hole in the roof, we established the buildings connection with the sky

DOLCEVITA

Villa Year: 2017

Status: Concept Design

Location: Tehran, Iran

Scale: 120 sqm

Mayumi Miyawaki:

“I Like being able to live freely”

To lie whenever I want, to wander in spaces that are brightly colored outside, to hear sounds from distant worlds, and also be able to see the distant sky while always being aware of my family’s daily activities. I am completely in love with life in an affectionate way.

Design Idea

Anyone, anywhere in the house can shape their environment, despite of functional restrictions.

Openings Types

Dolce Vita

West Interior Elavation

Sec A-A

North Interior Elavation

South Interior Elavation

Dolce Vita

Semi-Open Partitions

Open Partitions

Vegetation

Furniture

Glass Wall

Openings

Closed Partitions

OPEN SPACE MUSEUM

Civic and Public Buildings

Year: 2018

Status: Concept Design

Location: Bijar, Iran

Scale: 2693 sqm

Client: Tehran Urban Innovation Center [TUIC]

to mass and concrete placement inside the site

Approaches

Floor Plan

Diagram of mass and space communication layers

PARAND CITYHALL CMP

Open Space Museum

Year: 2017

Status: Concept Design

Location: Parand, Iran

Parand Cityhall

The main Strategy of the design is to reach a human-sentered and inclusive city and create an interactive platform for citizens. The space of the project will be democratic and its defenitive border with the city will be caceled. Following the reading of the forum as one of the main outdoor communal spaces and the center of daily life of the citizens and the atrium as a communal space inside the building to a common identity of independence on the surrounding volumetric masses with we reach two different natures, external and internal. By combining these two spaces, another space called (Ferarium) has been created, a fluid space that has the potential to be present in all project sequences, both in plan and section, both outside and inside. By defining the future in the structure of the project, we achieve a spatial qualities and in the form of a container within a container. In other words, each level of this spatial chain includes the next spatial level like a container.

Night Exterior Renders

Design Procces

Day Exterior Renders

Sections

THESIS

Liberty Museum

Year: 2018

Status: Concept Design

Location: Tehran, Iran

Project Site

Yadegar Emam EXPY.

Chamran EXPY.

Evin Prison

Project Site

Site Analysis

We Should all do something for liberty... we have a choice, liberty or constrants

I chose the site near Evin prison, which is known for holding political prisoners, Because I wanted to show the contrast between prison and freedom

About Liberty

Boethius;

If god is aware of everything then I have no choice and the details of my life are pre-planned.

Jean-Jacques-Rousseau;

Human Beings are born free but are in bondage everywhere. The real freedom is equality and brotherhood. The first human beings were the freest, destroying human civilization. Being together can unite and benefit the whole community, not the individual.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel;

The care of history is the soul’s perception of freedom. Human freedom moves from one individual to a world in which everyone uses their political freedom to play a role in society. Human freedom is not just a specific class. A regular society is formed.

John Stuart Mill;

The best way to organize a community is to give enough room for growth in that community. All adults in the community are free to live as they wish, without harming anyone.

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre;

God has no purpose for man. Man can do what he wants and choose his purpose and is responsible for his own choices. Man is doomed to liberty.

Project brief

This project deals with the theme of container stack in architecture and specifically deals with what happens if this relationship breaks down. It focuses on heterogeneous space shapes that are heterogeneous and even infiltrate into the container. Half of this form gets inside and half comes out, which makes the concept of self-containment generally disruptive. Can one thing be seperate and yet be part of something else? How is the interior that infiltrated an exterior?

CONSTRANTS

We Have the right to choose and we can choose to be free or confined.

In this project, the cube represents the government(outer) and the crystals represent the (inner) people. People can break the drowning space and get out of bounds (overcome inward).

This project wants to break the boundaries inside and outside because there is no freedom. That’s why this project has no geometry.

LIBERTY

Structure Vertical

Contained Silhouette Vericall

Contained

Interior liner Nested Crystals Vericall

Container Horizantal

Painting

During my time working in architecture, I had a great interest in materials and model making. I was also very passionate about painting. While I painted, I tried to blend elements of architecture and painting together, and I continue to strive for that

ARC House Oil on canvas

Size: 160*160

ARCHITECTURE RESUME 2024-2016

Zahra Mirzaei