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EHSAN Master of Architecture Faculty Of Fine Arts
GHOFLSAZ University of Tehran Selected works 2017-2021
EHSAN GHOFLSAZ Ghoflsaz.Ehsan@gmail.com
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Education University of Tehran
Master of architecture,Faculty arts,Tehran,IRAN
of
fine
2016-2019
Head of the Student Association of Architecture Jundi-Shapur University of Technology
2013-2014
01- Isfahan Civic Center
Designing a social space nearby the Zayanderud river Final Master Thesis- University of Tehran
Designer Jundi-shapur University of Technology
Bachelor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Dezful, IRAN
2011-2015
Honors National University Entrance Exam Ranked 8th in Master’s degree entrance exam among 27094 participants (Sketching
2016
& theory)
Published two Projects in the College of Fine
2018-2019
1st place in bending active gridshell workshop
2018
1st place in Karaj theatre hall competition
2019
2019
Honorable mention in “The facade is the identity of our city”campaign, municipality of Tehran
2019
2nd place in The third national biennial of
2020
architecture, urban planning, and interior design of Iran in health care category.(Group Work)
Member of iran’s National Elites Foundation
Designer Asistant P & B Engineering & Architecture Development Co, Zenderud Holding company, Collaborate in a residential project
Research Institute of Art and Culture, University of Tehran, participated in some projects as a designer and researcher such as Restoration of Lalehzar Street, Identification of Tehran Industrial Heritage, Documentation of Tehran Flour Factory, Preparation of a strategic plan of Tehran Flour Factory International Ideas Competition for Adaptive Reuse and Regeneration of Rey Cement Factory , Renovation Organization of Tehran, Renovation Organization of Tehran
A Monumental Bulding (Sky Fall) Architecture Studio 2 - University of Tehran 2019-2021
03-Nomad Products Distribution Center (platform) Vernacular Architecture Architecture Studio 3 - University of Tehran 2020
04-KARAJ Theatre Hall
Combination of garden and theatre hall First place-Competition - under construction
Publication Clarification of identity Factors in Architecture of Pahlavi Modern Houses in Isfahan, international conference on conservation of 20th-century heritage, IRAN, 24-23 April(in English)
Identification of Tehran Industrial Heritage, report, (prof, Fadaei Nezhad) Civic participation in the conservation of the historic urban landscape of Lalehzar Street using information technology, research report, Institute of Art and Culture, University of Tehran
02-After plasco
2019
05-Desert Bloom
Creation of life in the desert Competition - Evolo skyscraper competition 2018 2021
06-Reverse 2021
Bringing light in underground public spaces Competition- VELUX COMPETITION 2018
since 2016
Designing and writing of Ray Cement Factory competitions handbook (in english)
Professional Experience Senior Designer Naghsh Design office, Isfahan, Iran, Collaboration in several residential houses design)
2018-2019
Designer and Research assistant
Secretary
Arts Yearbook and its display at the annual exhibition
2nd place in facade design competition of Gorgan Hospital
Sharpey Architectural Group, designing and constructing several dental clinics and residential building
Published 2015-2016
two Projects and Final master thesis in the College of Fine Arts Yearbook and its display at the annual exhibition
Skills 2016-2017
Language English(Fluent), Persian(Native), Arabic(basic)
Teaching Assistant of Sketch Pardis Architecture Institute
2019-2017
Designer Asistant pa+d Architectural Design Department, Mashhad mall project, detail design
2019
Software Adobe cc(Ps, Id, Ai, Lr), Rhino, V-ray,Lumion, 3Ds Max, Auto Cad, Revit, Sketching, Grasshopper, M-Office
2020
2018,2019
07-Gorgan Hospital Facade Design
Designing an energy-efficient facade on an existing structure Second place-limited competition-Gorgan
08-[CON]Create
fabrication Workshop University of Tehran
09-Bending-Active Gridshells fabrication Workshop University of Tehran
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Isfahan Civic Center Academic project- Individual work Final Master Thesis- University of Tehran winter 2019 Supervisor: DR, Motalebi Email: motalebi@ut.ac.ir Site: IRAN, ISFAHAN
Isfahan is one of the most renowned cities of Iran, which has a great historical background. Isfahan has great multi-functional spaces in its history, such as Naghshe-Jahan square and Kohne square. The site is located near the Zayanderud river and alongside the historical urban development in the Chahar bagh abbasi street. Nowadays, citizens in Esfahan do not use the central place in Isfahan due to the drying up of the zayanderud river. They also they do not have other modern public spaces in the center of Isfahan except the zayande rud river. We think Isfahan needs a new modern civic center to provide an opportunity for citizens to participate in social activity easily.
Zayandeh Rud River The names of Isfahan and Zayandehrud are intertwined with each other. The river has long been a cause of blessing and happiness in the city. Throughout history, whenever the Zayandeh River was full of water and blessings, Isfahan shone, and with the drying of the Zayandehrud River, people were no longer interested in spending time along with it. Over time, this causes collective memories of this place to fade. Iran is one of the world›s arid regions with unstable climatic conditions, and it has entered a period of drought for several years. As a result, the lack of management has led to water shortages and river drying, causing (Zayandehrud, Urmia Lake, Hamoon Lake, to name but a few.) regional conflicts in Iran. The drying up of these resources negatively affects people›s lives, culture, and society.
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Isfahan, Zayanderud river, 2001
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Isfahan, Zayanderud river, 2021
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important location nearby the site: Si-o-Se-Pol Bridge, Chahar bagh street, and Riverside road
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Permeability of the building from adjacent streets
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With respect to the Zayandehrud river and Si-o-Se-Pol Bridge and Emphasis on the extension of vision
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Create an arch to Zayandehrud river and Si-o-Se-Pol Bridge and Emphasis on the extension of vision
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Create yards in order to penetrate daylight and some environmental issues
Why Isfahan needs a civic center? According to the study of other cities' river morphology, I consider that the first and most significant weakness of the zayanderud river in the city during the drying up was the lack of public and urban spaces in the center of Isfahan. The lack of these urban recreation centers has caused the urban density to move out of the city and practically deactivate the central parts of the city. Research has shown that the Zayandeh River is a multi-functional and powerful space that can accommodate diverse communities and requires a place for celebrations, urban festivals, rituals, support rallies, and protests. In general, the city needs a civic center at the zayanderud river to participate in social activity. As a result, a civic center design is proposed for this part of the city.
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Naqsh-e Jahan Square as a historical multifunctional civic center - different colors represent different functions such as Governmental function, commercial, social space, and so on
Natural, historical, and modern axes of Isfahan city development
Environmental behavior
Program
Activity
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Selling books
Sell book in the contomprary local market
selling buying talking watching reading
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Taking picture
Taking selfie printing pictures
watching talking taking picture
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Bicycle station
Riding bicycle
doing sport transportation
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Carnavals and protest
Chanting
talking watching standing
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The gathering place
Entertainment
sitting preying talking standing
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some of the environmental behavior in the project location
Picture
What is the civic center? A civic space must provide social and democratic spaces for all members of society, a multi-functional complex, working during office hours, and also active at night, and this space practically becomes a -24hour place. Consequently, By The anthropological design approach, the city can provide an urban space where people can reap the benefits of participating in social activity. It should be noted that I try to use both rational and experimental design approaches in this project.
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In the past, people could not use the full potential of places
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By allocating the whole land and building to people, we could create a democratic space
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Old Persian garden
Old Persian garden pattern
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Ground Floor Plan
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programing the spaces with regard to the environmental behaviors
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Outdoor amphitheatre and cinema
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Contomeprary Local market
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Democratice space
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Public sports
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Outdoor Food court
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free tribune
New persian garden
New persian garden pattern
Outdoor amphitheater
Cinema
Gallery
City Council
Plaza
Commercial sector
Food court
Riverside park
Zayanderud River
Si-o-Se-Pol Bridge
Chaharbagh Street
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Site plan
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Section A-A
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Section B-B
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Cinema
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Retail center
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AFTER PELASCO A Monumental Bulding - Individual Work M-Arch 2017 Spring Architecture Studio 2 Professor: DR,MotalebiI Email: motalebi@ut.ac.ir Site:IRAN,Tehran
The site is located on the remnants of the Plasco building, which collapsed in 2016 due to a fire. The building was located on Jomhouri street in Tehran. It is worth mentioning that the aerial photographs taken from Tehran in 1956 This part of the city is full of greenery gardens and Iranian homes, which is very significant. Jomhouri Street is a main and bustling western-eastern street in Tehran, which has begun from Jomhouri Square to Baharestan Square. There are many main streets along Jomhouri street, some of which have been renamed. I considered that in this place must be built a memorial and cultural place for this tragedy and become a calm place for citizens to get relieved and unwind.
Introduction
Sky fall, we know sky as the manifestation of infinity, the place where God is supposed to be there, and the desire to ascend to heaven and above. What happens if the sky fall once fell, if this fall could be the beginning for ascension. Humankind fell from heaven and came to Earth to ascend again. It is a metaphor to be hopeful about the future, and people and buildings must arise again after each failure.
Reflection
Reflection has big of a role in the Iranian arts, and
Iranian architects complete the buildings with their reflection. It should be noted that The main concept of the new Plasco building design is based on reflection. Inverted arcs become complete with their reflection, and people can see themselves in the pool, and above all is the reflection of the sky in the ground. As a result, we bring sky greatness into the ground with a reflection of the sky. this place is an open public space for people to get relieved and think. Also, it could reflect the absence of the Plasco building and other firefighters and people who died in this tragedy.
1- Select the main part of the Plasco site to the memorial place and cultural building for public use and allocate the rest to the commercial complex and the parking lot.
2- The main focus is on the center of the site, retreating from Jomhouri Street and creating a plaza and open spaces at Jomhouri St.
3- Design the center point according to the theoretical argument and maintain the relationship between Jomhouri street and Taheri alley.
4- A- Ascension at the end of the site and upward movement -B- Design of the sidewalls of the site for emphasizing the main building-C- strengthen the perspective and create an Iranian Garden.
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Garden Sidewalls Water (Reflection) Sky fall(Poly Carbonate) Reverse arc Enterance for cultural section Inscription Enterance Comercial
• different parts of new Plasco building
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Nomad Products Distribution Center Vernacular Architecture-Individual Work M-Arch 2016 Autumn Architecture Studio1 Professor:DR, Einifar, Dr. Mahmoudi, Dr. Gharib Email: aeinifar@ut.ac.ir Site:IRAN,Ilam
Throughout history, nomadic life has been an important lifestyle in Iran. They had great military and economic power. Basically, the shah of Iran has been selected from the most powerful tribes. The chief of the tribe ruled the people, and because of their military power, they actually protected the country. At the beginning of the 20th century, the government tried to collapse the hierarchy of tribes and force them to become sedentary in the cities. Nevertheless, some tribes still live nomadically, and because of the urban development, they do not have good economic conditions. As a result, by designing an intelligent network platform, we can create the center of distribution and procurement for them. It provides a golden opportunity for the country and people to reap the benefits of organic products, and also nomadic people can access the new technology and facility easily and improve their economic condition.
Service Center for Nomadic Procurement and Distribution (Platform)
The designed platform is centrally located in Tehran then in the provincial capital, and finally in the vicinity of nomadic sites. The unit is designed as a specific prototype and the smallest unit of the platform. The center is a prototype designed for a part of the nomadic people of the country that can be designed in the form of codified programs in other parts of the country and different tribes concerning their specific climate and architectural needs. In essence, this program is merely an example designed for Research on
Native Life, Nomadic Facilities, Special Events and Events for the Introduction of Ashayer Brand and Native Products. Moreover, the platform could supply the Sales Promotion and Sales Planning, and also Social Services, Economic Services, and Gps services for Nomads. The platform has some Drone services by which they could provide nomad services and Education services.
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EVENT CENTER
ENTERANCE
Ecotourist
• ritual performances Amphitheater
• different parts of Nomad Products Distribution Center
• local market plan
Retail market
R&D CENTER
Nomadic event
Aggregation & distribution
ENTERANCE
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KARAJ Theatre Hall First Prize Winner Competition- Group Work( under construction) summer 2019 Team: Dr. Saeed haghir, Mahsa masalegoo, Leila Tashakori, Amir motevaselian, Alireza salmanzadeh Site: Iran, Karaj
The project site is located in Karaj, which is the capital of Alborz Province, Iran, and effectively a suburb of Tehran. In fact, the city does not have an independent identity which makes it a high crime area. Therefore, the main question is what the concept of a cultural building is in order to make an identity for a city. Hence, The project’s idea should be considered not just as a single building but beyond it and as an urban project. Karaj was known for its fair and fine weather and had numerous private and public gardens in its history. Thus, the idea for developing the aforementioned project inevitably should be compatible with the land and the city’s gardens and respect. Contribution To The project: Initial Idea Development, 3D Modeling, Scripting, Diagram Design, Postproduction, Presentation, Graphic Design, Physical Modeling
IDEA The main concept for this project was extending the natural scenery of the surrounding gardens and parks into the project and connecting the project to the land; thus, we can consider it as an object growing from the project’s site. Hence, people can go up and observe the city events.
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The site of the project
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Raising the land in order to face to the city
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Making terraces for people to walk up and use the roof to observe the city
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Adding outdoor amphitheaters on the roof
Seperation of the City, Park and theater
Integration of the City, Park and theater
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Open amphitheater
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Space for performing outdoor theater, street music performance and open air cinema
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Holding national and religious ceremonies
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Holding art galleries in open spaces
View from Gallery, and lobby
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The Main theater hall
Urban Plaza • A recreational space for holding festivals
Theater & Gardens • Using traces to observe the city events
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Desert Bloom Evolo skyscraper competition 2018 Group work Winter 2018 Designer Team: Amir Motevaselian, Alireza Salmanzadeh, Mahsa Masaalego Site: Kerman- Iran
ach year thousands of people emigrate from dry areas due to freshwater scarcity. This migration will increase the population density of some urban areas, which may cause irreversible consequences. The project’s main idea is to make a habitable place for humans by producing water naturally in dry regions by absorbing water vapor in the atmosphere. By, Producing water, the project can not only stop desertification but also can supply food resources and renewable energy for human settlement. Contribution To The project: Initial Idea Development, Modeling, Scripting, Rendering, Postproduction, Presentation, Graphic Design
Water production The skyscraper’s structure consists of two separate layers; a spiral structure that navigates airflow inside of the structure and Coils carrying nitrogen located on the interior facade of the spiral. In other words, the nitrogen flowing inside of the coil makes the coil’s surface temperature lower than its surroundings. Therefore, as airflow comes into contact with the coils, the process of moisture condensation happens, and thus, the structure can harvest water from the upper layers of the atmosphere. Food Production and Public Gardens Inside the building, food production units have been established where there are different environmental sections. The lower level is allocated to grazing livestock to supply different types of organic foods where can also be used as public parks for general people. The middle level is for pisciculture, and the upper level is for hydroponic agriculture.
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Migration due to the lack of water resources
Energy production This energy tower (downdrafts) is located in the central part of the skyscraper. The entered wind in the tower becomes cold and humid by the water spray. As a result, it drifts down and generates energy in the lower parts of the skyscraper by means of turbines. In addition, the exterior crust’s construction from transparent photovoltaic cells causes solar energy production. •
Water production cycle
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life cycle in the city
Food Production and public Gardens
Linear city Throughout history, cities were built along the watercourse by means of water, food resources, and energy apposition. Water resources dispose of humans’ inhabitance and new cities’ formation. Our total concept in this project is linear city formation along the Qanat route; although the transfer system forms linear cities, our linear cities are placed under the ground and along the current water canals to exploit the earth’s geothermal energy.
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By Building the city upon the qanat, we could take advantage of the ancient qanat system for the distribution and reservoir of water.
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REVERSE VELUX COMPETITION2018-Group work SPRING 2018 Designer Team: Amir Motevaselian, AlirezaSalmanzadeh, Mahsa Masaalego Supervisor: DR, Motalebi Email: motalebi@ut.ac.ir Site: England, London
One of the lowest quality city spaces is underground walkways. These places face numerous problems such as lack of natural light, exorbitance of humidity, lack of safety, and so forth. This project attempts to Think about the presence of natural light all day long in these types of places. By entering nature elements such as light and green spaces, liveliness will be felt in the space. Contribution To The project: Initial Idea Development, 3D Modeling, Scripting, Diagram Design, Postproduction, Presentation, Graphic Design, Physical Modeling
Simulation
During the day, the glassy column descents by the lapse of time in order to transfer the maximum light to the tunnel. On the other hand, the sky’s darkening ascends gradually, and like unnatural light, it lightens the urban space, upper the ground. This liquid increases the strength of the light which has entered the glassy column. We simulate detail in these three positions.
REVERSE One of the lowest quality city spaces is underground pavements. These city routes are seen in most of the countries. These Spaces are most people’s traffic and pause places day and night. These places face numerous problems such as lack of natural light, exorbitance of humidity, lack of sense of security. This project attempts to speak about the presence of natural light all day long in these types of places. In a way, each person has the right to use natural light in urban spaces, whether on the ground or under the ground. By entering nature elements such as light and green spaces, liveliness would be more noticeable in the space. Underground pavement in Kensington region The project’s location is located in the Kensington region in London. A pavement which is located under the main street and is the place to light in this underground a considerable volume of crowd’s daily traffic; but the absence of enough natural path during the day and the reduction of connection between upper and lower spaces, has caused an unpleasant feeling among users.
• The glass box come down in the daytime in order to bring light in the underground space and move up at night to bring the light from the underground space to the Kensington High Street
• Providing light in the old bazaar of Isfahan
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• Extension of visibility in the underground space
detail section
• view from the high Kensington street in the night and reflection of light from the underground walkway
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Gorgan Hospital Facade Design Second Place Competition- Group Work Winter 2021 Team: Mahsa Mousavi Site: Iran, Gorgan
The project is a limited competition that participants must propose a facade design for Gorgan Hospital. The facade must be proposed on the existing structure, and the designers should design a facade for this particular structure. It should be noted that Gorgan has a harsh climate with cold winter and hot summer, and these years, it got worse. As a result, we decided to design an energyefficient facade by which we could mitigate the repercussion of the climatic problems and also reduce energy consumption in this huge building. Contribution To The project: Initial Idea Development, 3D Modeling, Diagram Design, Postproduction, Presentation, Graphic Design,
Designing particular louvers After analyzing the amount of radiant energy received by each facade, the plan was divided into three separate sections in terms of energy reception. The northern part is a shallow view with fixed louvers. The southern part is a facade with great depth and moving louvers. Finally, the eastern-western parts are installed shaders above the windows to prevent glare and the entry of disturbing light from the west. Why energy-efficient approach? The hospitals are one of the most energyintensive urban buildings with regard to their function and scale. Therefore, any method conducive to Optimal energy consumption is worthwhile. In their earlier design and their existing structure, Gorgan hospital does not have a correct building orientation based on the climatology of Gorgan. As a result, in the first step, the hospital›s existing structure is analyzed in software such as Honey bee and ladybug to evaluate the portion of daylight it received. After evaluating daylight, we proposed the size of the windows in every facade due to the orientation of the building and the needs of the particular spaces in the hospital.
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Dominant wind speed in the hospital location
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Orientation of the building against the radiant energy of the sun
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Dry air temperature on the wall of the building
We choose terracotta material for designing the hospital facade for several reasons. First, Not only is the color of the terracotta similar to other buildings in the Gorgan, but also familiar for the people. Second, terracotta is a fast construction material. Third, the material is matched with the environment of the Gorgan.
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The building ori entati on
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Radiation energy received by the north and east facade
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Radiation energy received by the south and west facade
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Determine the amount of opening in the building according to the desired function and light
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designing particular louver for each part
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the plan was divided into three separate sections due to radiant energy received by each facade
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Fixed shallow Louvre
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Eastern and western facades with minimum opening and movable louver and shader
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Gorgan hospital in the winter
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moveable louver with high depth
Southern facades of the building with the controlled opening and movable louver
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moveable louver with high depth and shader
Northern facades with the maximum opening and fixed shallow louver
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facade of the existing building
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[CON]Create Workshop- Group work Winter 2019 Supervisors: Arman KhalilBeigi, Esmaeil Mottaghi, Saeedeh Kalantari, Sina Salimzadeh
Position: Participant
Location:Science and Technology Park of University of Tehran,Tehran, Iran
This research project emphasizes re-thinking and re-designing common construction methods of concrete structures using the benefits of ‘Computational Design’ tools and ‘Digital Fabrication’ potentials. The primary issue in this project is to propose a method to fabricate these elements numerically. Any proposal should have these properties: 1. Precision to make sure minimum deviation occurs in concrete molding and assembly 2. Efficiency, in terms of minimizing waste of material on molds, minimizing cost and time of 3D CNC machinery.
Design process
The project was located in an uneventful site, in contrast to functionality of the space, which required users to participate actively and engage from different working groups; hence one of the main objectives was to create a monument to act as a social hub or attraction point to encourage interaction among different social groups. Running a computer simulation, suitable areas where marked, and based on this heatmap, representing the presence of users, Base-Nodes for geometry were selected. An interconnecting network on this set of points was created, and later this network was modified in terms of node-valance, connecting topology, and architectural needs. After that, through an ‘Incremental loading process, a 3D network was generated. This form-finding process ensures that the resulting form will undergo Compression forces only (in case of applying dead loads) and also improve this process, a ‘Dynamic relaxation’ method was also combined with that, in which firstly relaxes nodes and moderates the angels and secondly using different masses for each node, enables to control the geometry intuitively to comply to architectural requirements.
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Form finding based on structural analyses Primary line network
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Fattening base elements based on material properties
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Subdividing the base form in order to preparation for prefabrication method
Technical study These basic 3D networks create a variable Mesh. Different radius in this mesh corresponds to a) Forces in each element b) the Construction limit of concrete. In order to make the structure able to be disassembled and assembled again, this basic mesh was subdivided accordingly. This subdivision process was done recursively because any state of the subdivision is closely related to the position and orientation of other connecting [steel] elements, and therefore not all possible subdivisions were practically valid. These steel members, a) are designed to be fabricated using common 2D laser cutting CNCs. b) perform as arming bars in ordinary concrete elements to bear tension forces, and c) orientation of these members ensure that the outer shell is fabricated correctly, thus rectifying any outer mesh inaccuracy.
Material Study Material study in this research focused on proposing a concrete which is, a) light so that each part can be maneuvered by hand, b) has Mechanical durability and, c) has adequate strength. By using expanded light aggregations, weight was reduced significantly but by nature weakened the concrete, this problem compensated by adding steel and glass microfibers and mineral admixtures. Plasticizers were also added to increase workability with the material.
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Bending-Active Gridshells workshop-Group work autumn , 2017 Designer Team: Amir Motevaselian, Mahsa Masaalego ,bahareh arjomandi,,mehdi askari, saeedeh kalantary, elahe moradi Supervisors: Ramtin Haghnazar, Mohamadreza Matini Email: m.matini@art.ac.ir location: University Of Tehran
Process At first, we found the form by simulating our structure with some materials like PVC and plexiglass. Finally, we found our form containing a net with three directions, weaved panels like the picture, and made a basket with three legs. This geometry has much flexibility to turn the many forms. Then we turned each side of each leg into the center and made a final alternative. Our teamwork won, and we made a plan to build it on the third day. We calculated the length of each element and how long they had to distance from each other in order to have the most similarity to our maquette and reduce our mistakes. We could assemble the pavilion in a day, but it did not become exactly like our maquette because we used pannels in a smaller length than what we expected, so we could not anchor the legs of our pavilion into the center because by weaving the pannels, we increased the rigidity of pavilion and eventually we had to change the shape.W