Abouzar Movahedi Architecture portfolio.june. 2018
Abouzar Movahedi co-founder of pars university laboratory-Pars.IoCAD tell: +989356616820 Email: abozar.movahedi@gmail.com Address: No.6,Toos St,Jeyhoon St,Azadi St,Tehran,Tehran,Iran
fabrication lab experience
Pars.IoCAD lab Folded Metal Panels Bended Wood Panels Eggcrate Surfaces Hexadome Pavilion international competition
Multi Dimensional Pavilion educational experience
Dynamic Formwork Pendar Commercial Tower Spatial Game of Angles Iran’s Pavilion in Expo 2020 professional experience
Seyf-Office Builing
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Pars.IoCAD lab Pars institute of computer-aided design laboratory Since October 2017
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Pars-IoCAD Pars.IoCAD is a fabrication laboratory that, officially, has started since Oct.2017. The lab was first built by three curious students who have a great enthusiasm to learn more and more. It is located in Pars Institute of Architecture and Art in Tehran. The Institute supports the lab and facilitates the activities of this laboratory. Pars-IoCAD is looking for the new methods of fabrication. This organization is eager to support the students who have new ideas. It would be feasible with the proper facilities that the lab has. Pars.IoCAD is a platform for discovering the boundaries of knowledge and also It has covered so many fields of studies such as architecture, industrial design, computational design, scripting, graphics and art, cloth design and other fields. This is our goal:
Here is the deal in Pars IoCAD, designs will not stay on the paper or in the screen's of computers any more, they will be FABRICATED Stop imagining, stop overthinking, LETs DO IT
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KINECT
Equipments The lab has various types of equipment such as non-metal laser cutter, 3D printer-FDM technology of printing, Kinect, Arduino chipsets and kinds of sensors which build an atmosphere for students who love to use them and enjoy from creating new things.
Activities Pars.IoCAD is a place for a variety of educational and practical porpuses. the following parts explain the main activities : DIY - Workshops that want to share fabrication experiences with curious students. DIY stands for “Design/Do It Yourself �. Software course - There are various kinds of courses that teach the students how to work with software and how to work with parametric software. Support new Ideas - Since the lab has a wide range of equipment, It can support the students who have new things to practice or fabricate. Give Consultation to students who want to construct something or need to know the new field of architecture. 5
Folded Metal Panels Pars IoCAD Experimental Workshop
Mentorship DIY02
March 2018
In Collaboration With: Vahid Azizi and Ehsan Ghaderi
PARTICIPANTS: Hedie Bakhtiari-Khatere Hasanzadeh-Nazli Hoseini-Asra Khalesro-Amir Khodapanahi-Reyhane Khojasteh-Maryam Damanafshan-Dorsa Shapoori-Masoe Shasti-Mohaddeseh Taheri-Parvane Farshchi 6
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An Expriment
To Change The Indoor Light Quality
This production builds from a group of frames which could affect the entrance light. Basically, it originated from the Voronoi pattern and each of the frames has a specific shape that can distort the sunlight. There are some parameters that made it feasible: The depth of frames, amount of frame’s scale and also the congestion of frames. The more depth of the frame, the more distortion of straight light.
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3 Day Exprimental Workshop From Design to Fabrication
Day 01 This workshop (DIY02) took place in Pars-IoCAD lab with 12 curious students. It was a 3day long event which had different parts. In the first day of the workshop, the students learned how to create an algorithm by the software( Grasshopper and Rhino). Then they started to design their panels with their partner. After that, the groups prepared the files which had the standard characteristics for cutting by the laser cutter. Finally, they began to assemble the parts. The final products were really outstanding. We had 6 group and obviously, 6 products were provided.
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Day 02 In the second day, we went to a metal laser cutter laboratory in order to visit the metal sheet store and got to know the characteristic of metal sheets and also understand what the metal CNC laser cutter machine is and got to know how it works.
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Day 03
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In the day, we started to fabricate the main panels. First of all, we folded the panels according to the pattern sheet and adjust them beside each other. The parts joined with bolts and nuts. Then, we attach the panels to a metal frame. We made holes in the frame with drailing, before that there was a guide which helps us to know the accurate point to make holes. Finally, the panels attached to the frame and the outstanding fabrication with excessive light reflection were remarkable
Material Charectarictic : steel with 0.33 mm thicknesss 70 pieces
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Bended Wood Panels Pars IoCAD Experimental Workshop
Mentorship DIY03
August 2018
In Collaboration With: Vahid Azizi and Ehsan Ghaderi
PARTICIPANTS: Amir Khodapanahi-Maryam Anousha-Ayoub HashemiParisa Rasouli- Ghasem Tavakoli- Nima Alinejad- Hedie Bakhtiari- Ali Khani- Ahmad Reza Bamesi
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ature hates straight lines, and as fabricators, we spend a huge amount of time and efforts in order to make things flexible. Thus, curves can and should be a large part of your works. There are kinds of methods to bend a piece of wood such as Bending Wood with the Steam Box, Bending Lamination Method and Bending Wood with the Kerf-cutting Method. In terms of bending with kerf-cutting, we accomplished an experimental workshop to decipher the mystery of this method.
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There are many factors which influence the flexibility. Such factors are thickness, wood trait, natural or artificial kinds of wood, depth of cut, cutting temperature, cutting pattern and some mathematical aspects like length of spring connection and also the number of them. Actually, in this method, we use some geometrical patterns in order to change some characteristics of hard materials. As the laser cutter engrave the wood with the proper pattern, it gains some flexibility features. There is two different procedure to face this experiment to understand how the kerf-bending works: try & error and following the physical rules. we want to figure out what is the influence of parameters in the flexibility. Therefore, to support this studies we designed a test to show us how it works.
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Bending Test
The goal of this test was to measure the impact of different patterns and congestion of pattern on a piece of wood and check the flexibility. Therefore, other parameters are stable through the test. Those parameters are: dimensions of pieces, wood thickness, cut temperature, cut thickness and type of wood. We designed a device for this purpose. The device had a place to put the pieces on it and also had a handle to exert steady pressure through the piece of wood. The device had two rulers in order to measure the angles that the bended pieces could cover.
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3DAY Experimental Workshop Through The Bending Woods
In order to understand the real potential of this method, we organized an experimental workshop to not only share our knowledge with other curious students but also get some new experiences through this remarkable method. Thus, we decided to fabricate a panel which had bended pieces. Through this purpose, first, we taught the students how to design a panel with special software like grasshopper and rhinoceros. Then the students started to fabricate their designs and create some prototypes with light cardboard. We judge the prototypes as to choose one of them for the real size project. Furthermore, the students had to fabricate a single 20 by 20 panel with this method in order to practice the bended pieces behaviour and get ready for the final project.
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1- The structure of the panel cut by a laser cutter. It was in two separate pieces. 2- There were about 120 bended pieces that took two days to be prepared. 3- The fabrication proucdure took about half a day with 8 person
4- the pieces have special tags which guide the team to assemble it easily 5- The bending value depended on the congestion of the patterns. Besides the fragileness was checked. 6- Joins designed by the Tongue and groove method and remarkably hid. They lock in each other. 7- It all created by wood parts even the joins part
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Eggcrate Surfaces Pars IoCAD Experimental Workshop.
Mentorship DIY01
December 2017
In Collaboration With:
Vahid Azizi and Ehsan Ghaderi
PARTICIPANTS: Hedie Bakhtiari-Reyhane Khojasteh-Dorsa Shapoori-Mohaddeseh Taheri-Parvane Farshchi- Shahab Vafi- Amir Sattari- Zahra zakaria- Sahar Asgari- Zahra TarashiunAmir arsalan Torani 18
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Experimental Workshop Through The egg crate system
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hat seems to be particularly interesting regarding the egg crate construction method is the possibility of finding some assembly or joinery technique that could be applied to projects in different scales. Another benefit of this system is the ability to fabricate mass and low-cost custom made parts for projects with sophisticated forms in a small time period due to the prototype fabrication techniques, like laser cutting or CNC milling. As Pars.IoCAD has a practical approach through the new systems of fabrication, we organized a workshop about this field of fabrication which also has a great history in structure fields. DIY01 examined egg crate system. In this event the mentorships through the algorithm by some popular software ( grasshopper and Rhinoceros). Then the students started to design some free surfaces in order to test the system. The point in this workshop was the cohesion of the grasshopper algorithm which was able to control many parameters of the project. As such, the join gap dimension or the number of pieces.
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Hexadome Pavilion Pars IoCAD Experimental event.
October 2017
Computer Aided Manufacture (CAD) : Pars.IoCAD
Designer : Amid Mortazavi Detail : Mehrboud Pakbaz
PARTICIPANTS: Sahar Asgari, Zahra zakaria, Ramin Ghaemi, Negar Shaghae Fallah, Khatere Hasanzade, Mohaddese Taheri, Nilofar Shabani, Farhad Barahimi
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Hexadome - All Planar
Voluntary Event Supported By Pars.IoCAD Hexadome is a shelter which built by some especial reusable cardboard. We faced many problems through the fabrication process. The most important one was the planarity of the surfaces. We build many prototypes to overcome that problem. The code of the design capable us to understand if there are planar or not. As All the pieces are planar, they could be cut with a laser cutter. Therefore, the result was very interesting because we can build something 3D just with 2D types of equipment. The other point in this event was the efficient amount of time and energy that the dome consume. Hexadome needs only 4 hours and 12 people to come up.
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Multi Dimensional Pavilion fab fest 2018 Westminster Univercity (UK)
3rd place in Fabrication June 2018
In Collaboration With:
Vahid Azizi, Ehsan Ghaderi, Farhad barahimi, Amid Mortazavi, Jina Rashidzadeh, Nilofar rafinia, Ramin Ghaemi
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The only one module
3rd festival of fabrication in Westminster University - UK Multi-dimension pavilion builds from just and just one module which connect to each other by tongue and groove. This pavilion comes from a kind of aggregation system that combines modules in order to cover the shape. The pill up of the modules finally create the pavilion. One module is the representative of the 2D aspect of the project. They gather with each other and create the 3rd dimension of the project. Finally, if the light and also sounds add to the project, it will become the Multi-dimension pavilion. We couldn’t attend the festival for the final assembly and presentation, because of some problems with Visa things, but a lovely voluntary group of students from Westminster University built that pavilion for us. In this event, we got the 3rd place in fabrication theory category.
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Dynamic Formwork Digital application 02 - Master
February 2017
In Collaboration With: Mojtaba Zaree, Zahra Karimi, Nilofar Rafinia, Hamed Nourozi
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In order to fabricate a free surface, one way is to devide the surface to piceses and then fabricate each part. In this way, the pieces build with a machine that accesses to the location of each corner of the piece and provides a platform that can create the pieces by casting.
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In the beginning, we design a simple prototype which works manually. The most important thing is the platform which works as the cast and should be flexible due to the free surface form of each piece. Thus, the cast is built from a specific kind of material. The material is Silicon RTV 2. The cast is built by casting as well. Therefore, the platform can support the various kinds of free surfaces.
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Challenges One of the challenges is design something that can alter the cycle motion of the motor to vertical movement. We designed a piston that had a long bolt inside. This bolt has been harnessed by a nut and the movement of the nut has been limited by the piston. In this condition, if the bolt twists inside the piston, the bolt will vertically move. The dimension of the piston is very important, so the piston is made by some hard material and joined together with precise bolts and nuts. On the other hand, the power of the motor was one of the other challenges. We decided to use servo motor continues in order to not only have the proper power to twist the bolt but also have the twisting movement consecutively.
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Drawing surface by Grasshopper
Adjusting control points
Connecting to formwork via Arduino
Moving end point height by Servo motor
Casting amorphous material
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Pendar Commercial Tower Design Studio 01 - Master
June 2017
In Collaboration With: Vahid Azizi
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Concept
Traditional pattern of Iran’s architecture The tower is located in Tehran - the capital of Iran. Following the Iranian architecture that has various innovative patterns, they can be used not only the interior design but also in the structural aspects. Therefore, the pattern cause that the tower has a proper coalition with Iran’s context. In order to respect the human in the base level of the building, we design a space in the entrance of the tower that follows the human’s proportion and company with ramps that create a proper circulation. In addition, there are kinds of green parts that are covered by a free wood surface. Area of Commertial Zone : 18600 m2 Area of Office type 07 : 18400 m2 Area of Office type 08 : 49500 m2 Area of Office type 09 : 33600 m2 Area of Office type 10 : 20100 m2 Area of Office Over type 10 : 7500 m2 Estimated number of people : 8100 Parking Place : 2400 car
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Schedules
the population of floors - number of lifts Since the capacity of each floor is clear, we can discern the population of the floors due to the criteria. The criteria explain the characteristic of each type of offices and also mentions the space that each person need. Therefore, the population of the floors are measurable. In this situation, we can schedule other parts due to the population of each floor. For example, the number of lifts and also the floors that the lifts have to stop will discriminate. The most important part is the evacuation elevators and the quantity of them.
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Structural Aspects
Resistance to Lateral load - Mega columns - structural cores The strategy through to resist the various kind of loads in this project is very different. As to resist lateral load, there is a semi-diagonal pattern which is cover the whole tower and it is inspired from the traditional geometry patterns of Iran’s architecture. Great Iran’s traditional patterns have interesting characteristics which contain from various layers that combine together in order to picture either a complex or simple geometry. Therefore, there are three separate layers which complete each other patterns and provide a unite combination that resists lateral load only. These layers have various thickness. Considering the loads and the entrance light the thickness will different. On the other hand, there are one main core and three secondary cores which resist not only the gravity loads but the laterals as well. Since the tower has three sides and also the whole shape is semi-pyramid, the secondary cores do not continue to the last floors. The main core follows the triangular form and cover kinds of facilities such as elevators, electrical and mechanical ducts. Moreover, there are six mega columns that are located in critical points due to the complexity of the tower’s form.
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structural plan
Load transfer to the ground
Evacuation scenario There are two individual evacuation floor for the tower and also three evacuation staircase. Moreover, there are three evacuation elevators that travel the whole tower and three separate elevators that cover the side part of the tower. In the scenario of the evacuation, people above the refuge floor evacuate to the beneath evacuation floor and wait until the lifts and firefighters come for the aides.
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Spatial Game of Angles Digital Application 01 - Master
June 2017
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2D parametres make Angles The approach in this project is to make various angles in space with simple objects in order to cover a space. The objects which are 2D components and also cheap enough that can be affordable for the variety of constructions. Therefore, the component should be planar and join in order to build a surface. This project is a prototype of a extensive free surface. Thus, a small part of the main surface is built as a sample. It has various layers which create the whole surface. First, the main structure which is built by 3D space frame. Second. the 2D components that cover the space. These components follow the form of the free surface’s angle in every part of the surface. These components comprise some plates which are joined to the points in 3D space frame structure, two kinds of handles that control the angles and are held by the plats and finally the surfaces that join to the holders.
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Iran’s Pavilion in Expo 2020 Design Studio 02 - Master
February 2017
In Collaboration With: Vahid Azizi, Mojtaba Zaree, Farhad Barahimi
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Concept
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Connecting Minds - Creating the Future UAE selected the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”, sub-themes being Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity. “In today’s highly interconnected world, a renewed vision of progress and development based on shared purpose and commitment is key. While a married human mind, an individual country, or a specific community is both unique and remarkable, it is by working collaboratively that we truly advance.” Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said in support of the bid. The World Expo in Dubai in 2020 will be the first to be held in the MENA & SA (Middle East and North Africa & South Asia) region. The main site of Expo Dubai 2020 will be a 438-hectare area (1083 acres) located midway between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The master plan, designed by the American firm HOK, is organized around a central plaza, entitled Al Wasl (meaning the connection in Arabic language), enclosed by three large pavilions, each one dedicated to a sub-theme.
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Seyf-Office Builing Construction Supervisor / detail designer
February - July 2017
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Exposed concrete In this project, the architecture design is based on exposed concrete. Therefore, the process of constructing is very sensitive due to every step of the construction is the final step and there is not any room for errors. Thus, the walls that are built by concrete shout be very clean and smooth. For this purpose, the casts are very large and have the hight of the levels. In order to instal the casts, we needed to have a huge crane that can carry the bulky casts. In this project, the accuracy of details are very essential and need to precisely exert. The walls are not only the interior walls but also the structural. The approach in this project is the symbiotic of architecture, structure and other parts of the building as a coherent unite.
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Post-Tensioned concrete The building has wide spans and also there were suppose to be an open office which needs to have an open floor without columns. Therefore, the post-tensioned concrete is the solution to have wide spans. There are no beams in this project. On the other hand, the walls and floors are the only structure parameters. Thus, the thickness of the floors is 30 cm. There is a cabal net that covers both X and Y side. The cables are in special covers which protect the cables from the concrete. the covers burry in the concrete. One end of the cables lock in the concrete and the other end is intact and is available for the tension operation. After the concrete of the floor is strong enough, the operator of the cable drags the intact end of the cable until the cable reaches the proper tension. After that, this end of the cable will lock by concrete.
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