Ehsan Dehghani Architectural Portfolio by Ehsan Dehghani

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

EHSAN DEHGHANI JANABADI

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

Birth: Aug. 14th, 1995 - Hamedan, Iran

Cell Number: +989358219572

Email: ehsandj95@gmail.com

LinkdIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ehsan-dehghani-27b9b1ba/

Address: No 4, “Lameh” Ave., “Kooy-eFaraz” St., “Saadat-Abad”, Tehran, Iran

Master’s degree in Architecture and Energy

University of Art, Tehran

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

University of Art, Tehran

Working Experience

HADI TEHERANI Architects

Role: Senior Architect - Concept designer

Freelance Architect and 3D Artist

KRDS - Kourosh Rafiey Design Studio

Role: BIM Coordinator - Concept Designer

AT.Group - Artitectonica Design Studio

Role: 3D Modeling Team Director - Concept Designer

IAADA - Ideahouse for Advanced Architecture and Design Associates

Role: Design Intern

Academic Background

Master’s degree in Architecture and Energy

University of Art, Tehran, Iran

Thesis:

-Surveying the potentiality of Building Information Modeling (BIM) towards carbon emission reduction in a high-rise residential building in Tehran

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

University of Art, Tehran, Iran

Thesis:

-Tehran automobile museum design

Teaching Experience

University of Art, Tehran

Role: Autodesk Revit Instructor

University of Art, Tehran

Role: Teacher assistant at 3rd Architectural Design for bachelor students

Honors & Awards

House of the future (UAE) - Finalist Mention

Issued by Buildner architecture competition

Dubai sea house competition - Finalist

Issued by Young architects competitions

Tehran Science Museum - Mentioned

Issued by Tehran University

Tajrish Hospital Facade Competition- 4th place

Issued by Shahid Beheshri University

Tarbiat modares entrance gate design competition - 2nd place

Issued by Tarbiat Modares University

International Velux Award - Mentioned

Issued by Velux group

Kish Island Seaside Bound - 1st place

Kish island municipality

Walk road design competition - 1st place

Issued by Iran Medical Science university

Publications & Certifications

Space-technological and architectural methodology and process towards design of long-term habitats for scientific human missions on mars

MethodsX vol. 11

Design of a set of habitat units and the corresponding surrounding cluster for long-term scientific missions in the pre-terraforming era on mars

Icarus vol. 385

Lighting and illumination investigation of long-term residence on Mars for the case of a set of designed Martian Habitat Units (MHUs)

Acta Astronautica vol. 192

Surveying building information modeling (BIM) potential at residential

building energy audit process - Case Study in Tehran

2nd International Conference on BIM

Vray for 3Dmax course from Iran Architecture Center

TUV NORD Group - ID: PM054-IR16/1109

Tehran Institute of Technology

Autodesk Revit course - ID: 393705

Software Skills

3D Modeling & Drafting

-Autodesk Revit

-Autodesk AutoCAD

-Rhinoceros

-Sketch up

Energy Simulation

-Autodesk Green Building Studio

-Autodesk Ecotect

-Autodesk Flow design

-Insight 360

-Energy +

-Pvsyst

-Climate Consultant

-Meteonorm

VR and Rendering

Parametric Design

-V-ray for 3Ds Max

-Lumion

-Enscape

-Grasshopper

Visual

-Adobe Photoshop

-Adobe Illustrator

-Adobe InDesign

-Adobe Premiere

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

COMPETITIONS

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

1- Plasco

2- ELITE One

3- Vault on Vault Villa

4- Negar Medical Factory

5- Reciprocal Nexorade Structure

6- Ferdows Villa

7- Other projects

Photo: Plasco Building Southern Entrance View

PLASCO

Associated with KRDS

Design year: 2019 - Area:20000 m2

Plasco was a 17-story building located at the heart of Tehran’s Downtown. This construction collapsed on 19 January 2017 during a high-rise fire. The building had a 15 stories tower in front and 5 stories separate building on the backside. The tower part burnt down completely during the fire and 16 firefighters and 6 others died during the fire, but the Backside building remained restored as it was. In Oct 2018, a design competition was held openly for designing a new Plasco building as a perdurable national monument. This design was awarded second place in the competition and after passing several assessments, it was selected for construction by the juries and client.

Architectural Concept. The “New Plasco Competition” requirements in addition to a 15-story tower and 5 basement levels with commercial use requested a floor of the building dedicated to a memorial for martyrs of firefighters. Following the restrictions and compact program in the building, the memorial part was the most flexible area to demonstrate the design concept.

The ground floor due to the direct access to the adjacent pedestrian walkways and the fifth floor with its connection to the remained building rooftop was the most vibrant location with proper potentials for housing the victim memorials. Therefore, in the proposed design the memorial space is showing up as a fluid stepped space connecting the first to the fifth floor. Moreover, there was a horizontal void in the 5-story existing building. We added a vertical void into the new tower and connected them together. Thus, the circulation diagram transforms from 2d to 3d status.

The plasco complex, including a tower and a paasage was built in 1962. In 2016 the tower part caught fire due to an accident and was completely ruined. However the passage part remained intact. an architectural competition was held to design the plasco tower in 2018 in which our design was selected to be built. Our design concept was the connection between the tower and the passage frome inside and outside. A vertical void in the tower and a horizontal in the passage make this conncetion.

ELITE ONE

Associated with HADI TEHERANI

Design year: 2023 - Area:17000 m2

Elite one is a residential building located in Freshteh region of Tehran which is one of the most expensive locations in the country. The client wanted to build a 11 floors residential building with each unit having at least 300 m2 area. The site contains 24 trees which 8 of them are at least 80 years old and 28 meters high. Also the height codes of the landscape has an 8 meter difference. Main concept of this design is to not harming any of the trees during the design and construction. Therefore the design started with different mass studies that in all of them the volume of the building not only do not touch the trees but also dance with them in an specific harmony. So the boundaries without touching any trees was drawn and repeated to all floors. Then in the floors higher than the trees, different types of green and wide terraces added to the boundaries to repeat the greenery of the landscape into the higher floors.

VAULT ON VAULT

Associated with KRDS

Design year: 2020 - Area:440 m2

The Vaulted Villa project is located at the end of a villa township in Royan city, which overlooks the Caspian Sea. Two goals have been pursued in the design of this project: one is an architectural aspect; an attempt to use the facilities of vaults, which the ancient architects of Iran have dealt with in abundance. The other is about harmony with the environment of this region. Regarding the first purpose, it seems that what was possible with the facilities of the materials and construction systems of the day was done in the design and construction of this kind of structure. Today, with the advent of advanced steel and concrete structures, new possibilities have been opened for new further experimentation, adding new and creative compositions to the collection of architectural works in the vaults and domes carried out in this complex.

Iranian architecture is formed in two forms vaults and domes, and double-shell domes can be considered the culmination of such structures. In this project, in following the work done on the structural compositions of this kind of dome, this time, we come up with new combinations of vaults, by cutting and rotating the vaults in perpendicular directions and placing them on top of each other so that a load of each is supported by the lower arch, we achieve new combinations of arches that are original in their kind.

Traditional Double-shell Domes Seperation Vault on top of the other

NEGAR MEDICAL FACTORY

Associated with KRDS

Design year: 2021 - Area:1600 m2

RECIPROCAL NEXORADE STRUCTURE

Associated with DCH Year: 2019

The Free Form Space Structure (FSS) workshop is an integral component of a long-term research endeavor focused on the advancement of computational design methodologies. One of the outcomes of this research is Nexorade, also known as Reciprocal Frame, which was explored through a design and fabrication workshop conducted at the University of Art, Tehran. The primary objective of this workshop was to construct a reciprocal Nexorade structure utilizing digital fabrication techniques. Initially, a surface was modeled in Rhino 6 to serve as a partition between two spaces within the workshop facility. Subsequently, an algorithm was developed using Launch Box and Grasshopper plugins to facilitate hexagonal paneling of the surface. The resulting parts were then arranged on the ground and prepared for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining. For this fabrication process, 10mm plywood was selected as the material, with each part designed to possess a width of 15cm. Following the cutting and numbering of all components, assembly commenced by securing two parts together using three 25mm nails. Once each triangular unit was completed, it exhibited a load-bearing capacity of approximately 1400 N. The fabrication process involved collaborative teamwork and required less than 30 hours to complete. By incorporating numerical markings on each part and adhering closely to the precise plan and model, this approach proved significantly faster and more accurate compared to conventional methods. Consequently, we successfully constructed a structure derived from a free form model utilizing Nexorade principles in conjunction with digital fabrication techniques.

Surface Modeling

Hexagonal Paneling

Panel Rotation

Grid Extension

Extrusion

FERDOWS VILLA

Associated with KRDS

Design year: 2019 - Area:380 m2

Ferdows villa is located in the coastal town of Ferdows near Royan city at Mazandaran province. The Caspian Sea on the north and the Royan Forest on the south surround this small town. Moreover, a local park on the northeast side and lush mountains in distance provide good views and green perspectives for this property. At some certain heights, there are remarkable scenery and mastery over the pleasant spaces of the adjacent park.

Following the existing potentials of the land, we changed the initial scheme of the project. Instead of building a four-bedroom villa on two floors, we distributed the program in different levels. As a result, the two floors broke into several slabs, which each positioned based on the spatial conditions, the view and perspective. A vertical void with a staircase in between stiches all these slabs together as a whole. Moreover, this transparent vertical opening creates the seaforest connection of the Ferdows town symbolically by connecting an old tree in the southern courtyard with a longitudinal pool in the northern courtyard.

The ground level is dedicated to parking and service areas such as storage and mechanical room. The second floor, which is slightly elevated, houses the main entrance and public areas such as the lounge and kitchen that overlook the northern and southern courtyards on both sides. On the third level, right above the parking, there is a room that can be used for either guests’ room or workspace. This space has a good scenery to the residential town.

OTHER PROJECTS

Design year: 2023 Client:

Khazartire Villa

Caspian Villa

Dozdak Villa

COMPETITIONS

1- Dubai Sea House

2- Tehran Science Museum

3- Tarbiat Modares University Enterance Gate

3- Kish Island Seaside Bound

Photo: Dubai Sea House, Perspective from the Sea

DUBAI SEA HOUSE

Held by Young Architects

Competition year: 2022 - Area:1300 m2 FINALIST

The perception of our surroundings is formed by different senses including vision, smell, touch and hearing. Intensifying or weakening these senses plays one of the most important roles in architecture. In such special site of this project where sand, sky, water and salty sea are gathering together; the main concept of the design is to strength senses toward interacting with these wonderful natural elements. So to achieve that goal and based on the native architecture and culture of the region, initially a shelter is designed to protect the house from the large amount of radiation in Dubai and also provide a situation in which a pleasant passive air conditioning could be possible. In addition to, the north-west side of the shelter is rotated to face the path of the wind direction. This direction is a key element which affects the shape of 1st floor spaces. On the other hand, mentioned shelter is used as a Mega-structure to contain the stability of the whole building. All spaces from the 1st floor are designed to be suspended from the structure. This synthesis between environment and architecture makes a kind of spatial organization which changes the mass and earth connection. Plus, this organization creates a sense of floating inside space and let the landscape remain connected to the sea which makes a sense of living at the edge of infinity.

TEHRAN SCIENCE MUSEUM

Associated with KRDS

Competition year: 2020 MENTIONED

Science, in the pursuit of discovering the mechanisms and workings of the world, reveals the existing systems in nature through logical and mathematical methods. In this project, a box with Cartesian divisions is used to encounter hills present on the site, and its inner spaces are displayed with various shapes and colors. These colorful gaps showcase different sequences of mechanisms present in the internal structure of the box in a general scenario. The box remains suspended in space and creates two urban plazas for maximum use of open spaces during pandemic conditions: one on the roof, a flat area existing for viewing the city sky, and the other below, a flat area with no trees designed for viewing the aquarium space and other split spaces below the box. The two plazas are connected by an elevator and a long staircase that leads to access to the top slope and bottom slope. The movement path in the museum starts from the entrance lobby. The galleries are experienced in a sequence with different themes and spaces. The interior spaces have been designed with a variety of spatial diversity to adapt to various museum programs. Among them, there are also large empty spaces for unforeseen future activities. The spaces are placed in a series, creating a thousand-step movement path that provides a fluid and dynamic space for mental games, exploration, and perception. In the middle section of the museum, there are a spherical volume-shaped aquarium and a sky-viewing hall. The galleries and ancillary spaces, including a dedicated children’s gallery, library, and meeting hall, are designed among the main galleries. The shop and restaurant are located at the end of the main path near the main lobby.

Photo: Science Museum Competition, Entrance Interior View

TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY

ENTRANCE GATE

Competition year: 2017

2ND PLACE

The Faculty of Agriculture at Tarbiat Modares University, located on Pazhouhesh Boulevard, is situated in an educational zone and is adjacent to important scientific and research centers such as the Polymer Research Institute, Biotechnology Research Center, Meteorology Research Center, and Veterinary Research Institute. On the other side, it faces the National Botanical Garden of Iran. Designing a suitable entrance that aligns with the university’s identity and the surrounding area is very important. Therefore, multiple visits to the site were made and existing conditions, neighbors, and perspectives were examined in order to carry out the design. The proximity of the Faculty of Agriculture to the Botanical Garden was considered an important factor that inspired us to learn from plant growth processes. Additionally, considering the presence of modern research institutes in the area, efforts were made to use innovative structures and forms that do not compete with the main university entrance in terms of stature and are cost-effective. The use of elements used in the main university entrance such as Sasanian arches, triangular gateways, and warm brick colors (which we achieved in the design using thermo-wood) are some of the factors that establish a connection between the Faculty’s entrance and the main entrance. Also saffron is one of the agricultural products unique to Iran. An attempt was made to design patterns by contemplating the formal characteristics of this plant.

The Faculty of Agriculture is above all a reminder of plants and agricultural products. In this process, “growth” is one of the most important characteristics of plants. By examining the growth characteristics of plants, we have reached patterns for designing expression of growth and upward movement.

Sffron Concept Process

Agriculture Concept Process

KISH ISLAND SEASIDE BOUND

The design tries to create a space network that connects all the public spaces and city destinations with pedestrian friendly routes to create attractive and varied sequences of space in the site. As an attractive pedestrian network which offers good climatic conditions and interesting things to look at inviting people to walk. The design proposal provides three different paths that wrap and cover the whole site project. The first path which is next to the bike path is the northern border of the site and neighboured to the sea. it is our Dynamic path that because of being next to the bike path and the sea is for jogging and running and it’s called the “Dynamic path”. Second path is called “Experimental path” which is a zig zag path that goes through the most crowded parts of the site and suggests the user to experience all provided activities from “open public spaces and parks”, “open amphitheatres”, “bookshops”, “retails, “playgrounds”, “sport courts”, “artist studios”, to many other activities that more in detail are illustrated. This is an attractive fine grained path that offers several choices of direct attractive routs between different functions. Finally, the third path is “Tranquil path”, which is located at the southern border of the site and is seperated from the city with a larger scaled trees. This path goes through all gardens and with micro-climate zones provided through it is a very great option for users to experience a more relaxing and calmer walking experience of the site. Through the “Tranquil Path” users can benefit from three different types of gardens located along this path. Firts is “Botanical Garden” in which vast different types of plants and vegetations are exhibited. Next garden is “Women’s Garden”. It is located next to women’s beach to make sure women have a private and secure green space to enjoy. The third garden resided along the “Tranquil Path” is “Theme Garden” in which different events and ceremonies are held. The last and fourth garden is “Sculpture Garden” that will be a heaven for all artists.

Sculpture garden

To the secondary buke route

Women’s Garden

Thematic Garden

Nodes, Hobs, Micro climates

3D section of part of the sea illustrating various greens, different slabs and furnittures

Green Landscape through the Built-Form THE PUBLIC SPACE NETWORK

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

1- Tehran Automobile Museum

2- Martian Habitat Units

3- Low-Carbon BIM

4- Yazd Sustainable Residential Complex

5- Transformative Modular Structure

6- Pardis Dynamic City

Photo: Tehran Automobile Museum, Southern Entrance View

TEHRAN AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM

Bachelor Thesis Year: 2018

The purpose of this Bachelor’s degree thesis in Architecture is to design a automobile museum in Tehran that showcases the complete process of car development in Iran, from its inception to the latest models. The design concepts encompass various factors, including the interplay between humans, roads, and cars, forming an essential triangle that guides the project’s development. The following pages present the design process and criteria that influenced the final outcome.

The diagram illustrates the concept employed for formulating the museum’s design, which highlights three distinct stages in car evolution. Consequently, the museum’s final form aims to portray the historical progression of cars. Within the museum’s showcases, vehicles from each era will be displayed to represent these three stages. Presented in the next page are the 3D printed maquete and exploded diagram of the museum for reference.

Roof Surface

Floors and Circulation

Outer Envelope

Double 3D Truss

MARTIAN HABITAT UNITS

1- Design of a set of habitat units and the corresponding surrounding cluster for long-term scientific missions in the pre-terraforming era on mars- Icarus 385 (2022) 115119- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115119

2- Lighting and illumination investigation of long-term residence on Mars for the case of a set of designed Martian Habitat Units (MHUs)- Acta Astronautica 192 (2022) 210–232- https://doi.org/10.1016/j. actaastro.2021.12.021

3- Space-technological and architectural methodology and process towards design of long-term habitats for scientific human missions on mars- MethodsX 11 (2023) 102270- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102270

Martian Habitat units (MHUs) is a project which is started in 2020 with the goal of eventually colonize Mars and inhabit it for long-term research-based missions; let it be for terraforming, or other agenda to be defined by the research strategists, then. And as mentioned earlier, the current step; being setting foot on Mars, is well-deservedly taken for granted, as is to come forth undoubtedly. Having that realized, we might find ourselves faced by the engineering complexities of surviving and thriving on Mars, which is the subject matter of the current research, from the aspect point of space technological and architectural design. The design procedure beginning from setting the philosophy of design upon the concerns of sustaining in the hostile environment of Mars, to the stepwise emergence of the final design of a cluster of Martian Habitat Units (MHUs) considering the high-criteria of the case, is the subject matter covered in this manuscript.

Photo: A Cluster of Martian Habitat Units

Bachelor

TRANSFORMATIVE MODULAR STRUCTURE

Technical Design Year: 2017

The project was carried out in technical design studio that led to the construction scaled in 1:1. The aim of the course was using modern construction technologies and getting involved with technical details in order to build the project in real size. The final solution was the use of modular and tensile structure. A report of the project’s design and fabrication process is published in Mehraz magazine at the University of Art, 2017. When it comes to building a model in 1:1 scale, we have to consider various kinds of different issues from the exact size of a screw to funding strategies like finding a sponsor. Starting from structural aspects, we intended to use 25cm*25cm modules to form a fluid surface. After testing numerous prototypes we finally came up with the idea of using an origami star-shape module, which opens and closes in different pressures in a tensile system. To supply this force we have connected all of the modules by a grid of cables, passing in each module. This will enable the structure not only to act as a cantilever structure, but also to provide us different forms in different tensions.

After finalizing the initial idea, we did a quick research on materials to find the best one. The main factors in choosing it was firstly, its ability to be folded, since the module form was based on a folding process. Second, it had to have high shear stress, because every module had to connect with others via a small screw. And third, its cost might be low so that we could afford it.

Lastly, we chose to use 0.5mm galvanized steel and CNC method to cut it in pre-designed shape. Although it costed too much, fortunately we found a sponsor named, NarinTechFartak. Cooperation with a company which is active in the field of design and construction of industrial machinery and ATM machines was an incredible chance to achieve great experiences.

PARDIS DYNAMIC CITY

Bachelor’s 5th Design Course

Year: 2017

Pardis is a city, located east of Tehran. It’s a new city, built under the main idea of social housing for all groups society including poor people.

Mehr social housing is a defeated social housing plan that couldn’t answer the first step design policies. In this project, I tried to optimize phase 11 of mehr residential complexes from architecture and energy aspects.

There is 13 towers in this area and each tower contains 15 floors. Following, I excavate current situation of project by dynamic grid, sun light grid and add open space for each residential unit.

The main problem of Mehr residential complexes design, is homogen buildings that every building around the site and further, all around Iran, have same plans. so the concept is breaking that will. With adding two dynamic grids, named Tech dynamic grid and Human dynamic grid that you can see them in diagrams above. In addition to landscape grids, each building is redesigned so that each residential unit could have it’s own open space. The technique is double height yards.

LAYOUT PLAN

ACCESS PLAN

13th tower is the main idea of the project that is a tower connected to i4 other towers.

There is an energy investigations center at first 5 floors of the 13th tower and one lab in each one of 4 other buildings that are connected to the main tower.

This center gets the whole neighbor together and also can control energy and dynamism distribution all over the neighbor. So after that Pardis phase 11 is not just a residential complex and can go more alive than the thing it was before.