Architecture Portfolio by Elnaz Heshmati

Architecture Portfolio Selected Academic and Professional Projects

Elnaz Heshmati 2015-2020

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Academic project Master Thesis

Project name:

A Modular Shared Home

Typology: Residential

Year:

2019-2020

Academic project

First year MA Design Project

Project name:

VĂ¤sterslĂ¤tt Training Community Path

Typology:

Urban Planning

Year:

2018-2019

Academic project

Bachelor Dissertation

Project name:

University of Art & Architecture

Typology: Educational

Year: 2016

Academic project Design Studio 5

Project name:

Shoosh Residential Complex

Typology: Residential

Year: 2016

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Academic project Design Studio 3

Project name: History Museum

Typology: Cultural

Year: 2015

Professional Project Competition- first prize

Project name:

Ali-Sadr Masterplan

Typology: Masterplan

Year: 2018

Professional project

Competition-Second prize

Project name: Jiroft Mosque

Typology:

New place for worship

Year: 2018

Professional project Completed

Project name:

Daneshmand Office Renovation

Typology: Office

Year:

2017-2018

A Modular Shared Home

Approaching affordable housing system through sharing and modularity

Master Thesis

Year: 2019-2020 School: UmeĂĽ University of Architecture Course: Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Architecture and Urban Design Tutor: Alejandro Haiek - Carl Johan Vesterlund Studio 12 : Tectonic Performance/ The Science and Craft of building Location: Worldwide

The world population is increasing rapidly, and the needs of people are changing constantly. Therefore, cities are facing challenges like providing affordable and high standard accommodations for all people based on their growing needs. However, due to the unadaptable housing system, the architecture can not meet the changing needs of inhabitants through long periods. Therefore, every day the housing market becomes more unaffordable because of the high demand for building new houses to respond to the growing demands of households, lands scarce, etc. Architecture needs to be flexible to adjust itself to the current market since most of the relocations and high demands for building new housing projects occur when built spaces fail to meet the growing needs of inhabitants. A modular shared home is a response to the unaffordable housing system from social, financial, and environmental perspectives. It is designed by the combination of shared living and modular construction principles for approaching affordable housing system with high-quality performance. As shared living is built upon the belief of increasing social interaction inside the community, the area of private spaces is reduced for shaping share spaces for socializing and sharing time, cost, spaces, and resources between residents. According to this definition, the design of minimum fully equipped private units for households, and several communal spaces for the community is considered as a basic design principle of a modular shared home. Therefore, this idea can provide social, economical and environmental benefits for residents. Furthermore, modular construction and prefabricated technology decrease the time and cost of housing developments and offer an easier construction process. Also, this practice provides adaptable options like removing, adding, and replacing modules whenever it is essential. Therefore, in this project, the modular construction principles are used for designing affordable and costeffective housing project that is flexible to meet residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; changing needs.

A Modular Shared Home

Private Units Design Process The design of private units follows flexible modular principles for allowing easy and permanent adjustments for meeting the needs of residents in a long period. Minimum L shape private units with all necessary living spaces such as bedroom, living room, and services are designed to accommodate a single person or a couple. A flexible and modular structure system is used to make minimum units expandable for housing more people or responding to the future needs of residents. This flexible design approach provides opportunities for residents to change their house based on the growing demands which decrease the needs for relocations. Therefore, by designing minimum expandable units with all the necessary spaces, the houses are more affordable and environmentally stable.

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1-Minimum L shape Unit (UNI

A module of 4*4 m is used as a base measure for shaping spaces

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Four minimum L shape Units are centralized around a circulation core and are replicated in 16 floors. All the units have the possibilities of expansion for private and shared uses. The expansion is possible from different directions by using a flexible and modular prefabricated design which allows plug-in extra modules to the units for meeting the needs through time.

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Shared Possibilities

L shape configuration of module and centralization of them around circulation

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units but also it provides two possibilities of terraces for each home that can be shared with the next-door neighbour. The shared spaces between each two units can be used for different purposes such as a shared dining room, living room, sport room, urban farming and vertical garden as well as a small office. Considering possible shared spaces between units adds social, economic and environmental advantages to the community.

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Shared Dinning room

A Shared Living room

Shared Farmland

A Shared Sport room

Shared Vertical Garden

A Shared Office

A Modular Shared Home

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The composition of units in each level are different because of the various numbers of users in private units as well as different sharing interests between neighbours. This plan shows a possible configuration of units in one level which can be different in another level.

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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A Modular Shared Home

Design Process of Structure and Form Structure

The building is a hybrid wood-concrete structure including glulam columns, beams, CLT floor panels, and steel studs for framing the structure. A concrete core is used for circulation in the middle of the building. The floors in each level are attached to the concrete core by using metal c-brackets that transfer the loads to the concrete core. A timber structure framework is located around the circulation which allocates minimum L shape units in Modular shared home. The concrete core and timber structure around it hold the load of the whole building. Then a flexible boundary of 4 meters is considered around timber structure to provide possibilities of private and share expansion for minimum L shape units.

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4- Expansion Possibilities

5-Completed building after expansion of Units through time

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For creating more affordable houses in bigger urban plots and accommodating more people in high-quality living condition, the single modular shared tower is replicated. Also, for saving the notion of shared-living between separated tower blocks, the same modular and structural techniques are used to produce more shared spaces between these blocks. These intermediate shared spaces create a connection path between towers which is called a shared bridge full of social activities and human interactions. The shared bridge consists of many indoor and outdoor social spaces where people meet and share their space, time and resources. This shared bridge between towers provides social, economic and environmental advantages for the inhabitants.

1 Single Tower

4 A shared bridge full of social activities

A Modular Shared Home

Shared Bridge full of social activities between towers

A Modular Shared Home

Outdoor Shared space The shared bridge between two towers includes outdoor and indoor social spaces. The flexible design strategy helps to keep these spaces active in all year round and in different climates. Usually, outdoor spaces are out of use in cold climates. However, the flexibility of the structure provides opportunities like plug-in prefabricated walls and roofs for securing the spaces and keep them useful and active in all seasons and climates. Therefore the goal of socializing and sharing time, spaces and resources in the shared bridge will continue.

Prefabricated Retractable roof is plugged in

Active Outdoor spaces in warm seasons and climates

Active Outdoor spaces in cold seasons and climates Prefabricated Retractable roof is plugged in A Modular Shared Home

Indoor Shared space Indoor shared spaces are designed for increasing the resiliency of the design in different climates. They are considered to make secure and close areas near the living environment which can be active permanently regardless of the climate condition. Therefore, they provide a permanent and vibrant space for the community to do social activities and save the notion of sharing inside the community in all seasons. This indoor green garden is beneficial for summer time or tropical climate due to its potential of absorbing sunlight which creates a cooler and more pleasant climate for people presence. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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On the other hand, This indoor green garden will stay green in winter and cold climates where there is no greenery in the urban landscape. Therefore, in these conditions, tenants can enjoy the green area close to their private units all year round where they can do social activities together such as gardening. So the activities of sharing time, space and resources wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop.

Active indoor Garden in warm seasons and climates

Active indoor garden in cold seasons and climates A Modular Shared Home

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A Modular Shared Home

Västerslätt Training Community Path

First Year MA Design Project / Urban Planning

Year: 2018-2019 Tutor: Amalia Katopodis-Andrew Belfield-Tom Dobson Location: Västerslätt- Umeå- Sweden Area: 10 Hectare Studio: UMA Studio10 (Prototyping the Civic City)

The civic city concerns people’s presence and engagements in the built environment. This definition was the main agenda of studio 10 therefore, I used it as a main tool for revitalizing the dead city street named Industrivägen which is located between residential and industrial area at västerslätt. This street has many public places such as huge green land, restaurants, sports facilities, etc. Also, many companies have offices and workshops where they offer products and services to people like gardening company, Auto repair shops, chocolate factory, gaming company, etc. However, despite the existence of these facilities for people to present, this street Is only being used for transportation. Because there is no sense of invitation to the environment. As a matter of fact, nothing attracts people to use the space and spend time there. Thus, this street is acting as a border between inhabitants who live in the residential area and facilities that offer services to people in industrial area. So, this question comes to my mind that what kind of program within this condition and location of the site can wipe out this border and revitalize this dead city street to make it suitable for people to present and engage in the built environment and gain enjoyable experience after using this area?

Current Situ

Section Throuugh the Industrivägen, the street between residential and industrial area + In

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nformation Center Västerslätt Training Community Path

Site Observation

Residential Typologies and Materials

No border between pedestrian road and car road

Residential City Street View

Out of use

Gardening company Game House Chocolate Factory

Companies Typologies

VĂ¤sterslĂ¤tt Training Community Path

Site Position Within UmeĂĽ Present and Future Urban Plann

The position of the site within the city is as important as within its neighbourhood. Therefore, I looked at the site from a bigger perspective to understand its position. According to UmeĂĽ kommun detail plan, this street is surrounded by educational and sport

facilities. Furthermore, the f such as a recreational area and preschools around the area.

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future plans for the area are new buildings a at the end of the street, multiple schools e site, more public places and greenery

Västerslätt in Umeå / Industrial land

Part of Västerslätt including residential and industrial area

Industrial Area

Residential Area

Industrivägen

Västerslätt Training Community Path

Proposal

Daily Activitie Daily Activities

People

Companies

Based on the situation of the site within educational and public spaces and because of the existence of companies that provide services for people, this street can act as a connection path between all educational and recreational part of the district and offer more opportunities for people to meet, communicate, gain and share knowledge as well as using current public amenities inside the site. Therefore, I proposed a training path alongside the street which uses companies’ potentials in bringing the notion of sharing and gaining knowledge to the environment. This training path has many workshops for companies in order to perform their knowledge and products to people. Thus, Industrivägen becomes an attractive and alive street that invites people to spend time there in order to rest, communicate, gain knowledge and meet new people. Also, it provides extra spaces for companies in order to advertise their products, meet new clients, train future employees, etc. As a result, this training path causes an increase of social sustainability between users as well as a residential and industrial area and instead of acting as a border, it becomes a connection point of the area.

People

Companies

Industrial area

Industrivägen

Residential area

Västerslätt Training Community Path

Design Process Diagram

In the design process, I divided the path into three main zones based on the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professions and capability of sharing their knowledge. These parts are visual, physical and educational zones. The visual zone is located at the entrance part of the training path which includes the data center that provides live information about every company. The physical zone consists of workshops for companies in order to train people about their professions and products. The last zone is the educational zone which provides opportunities for collective innovation between companies and interested people.

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2-Site area

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6-Defining companies for expansion

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Common sharing knowledge area VĂ¤sterslĂ¤tt Training Community Path

Site plan

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Västerslätt Training Community Path

Detail Section of Information Center

After defining the path, specifically which is attached to the advertisin Close to the entrance of the site. companies collaborate for provid knowledge about the companies vis structure is used to transfer loads the ground which prevents from th the existing building. Details of this existing building, timber curtain w curtain wall and roof are illustrated

Curtain roof detail Glulam Beam Insulation between curtain wall and curtain roof

Curtain wall

1.The junction of curtain wall and curtain roof

Steel Frame

Laminated Glass Glulam Beam

Steel Panel Screw Steel Panel Branching Structure

2.The joint between branching structure to glulam beam of the roof

Glulam Column Mild Steel

Resin Anchor

Concrete Grave

3.Foundation detail of glulam column

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Curtain Roof detail Insulation between curtain wall and curtain roof Glulam beam

Masonry wall

4.The joinery detail of the glass roof to existing building`s roof

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5.Curtain wall with glulam construction detail

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Art & Architecture University

Bachelor Dissertation

Year: 2016 Tutor: Roosbeh Naghshineh Location: Tehran-Iran Area: 9000 Sqm Award: Second Place in First Architecture Talent Competition among all Students from all universities in Iran

The function of this project is based on the Tehran-22 district municipality request for designing one art and architecture university at the south side of this city. My challenge for designing this university was providing an educational space for inspiration and innovation as well as exchanging knowledge and ideas among all yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students. Besides, due to the location of the site which is one of the most crowded areas in Tehran, thousands of people commute daily. Therefore, the other challenge for me was designing a building that not only is suitable for users of the building but also it gives good perspective to the passengers who walk around this building every day and provide public areas for strengthening the connection between inside and outside users. In fact, in my design process, I considered both outside users and inside ones in order to make part of the city unique and suitable for everyone.

North Elevation

Perspective from Open environment of the University

Art & Architecture University

For this purpose, I analysed the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movements and views from outside through the university as well as city streets orientations around the area in order to define the baselines for designing the building. Consequently, an intersection between the group of horizontal and vertical surfaces which follow those baselines, shape the form of the University. This form provides visual effects and breath-taking views for both inside and outside users. The other design idea was providing a flexible environment by using an open floor layout in order to apply various innovative programs to the spaces through the time based on the needs of students. For example, public spaces for meeting, communicating and sharing knowledge, gallery and exhibitions for projects presentations, etc. Based on this idea, the diversity of activities within spaces would increase which raise the potential of creativity and innovation inside the environment. Additionally, the link between levels through balconies, voids and circulations enhance the connections and perspectives for students and staffs and provides a welcoming environment for them to get encouraged in participating in different activities that is happening on various levels. As a result, by combining these ideas, I designed an appropriate and attractive environment for exchanging of knowledge which invites people to get inspired and gain more knowledge.

Section

Site Analysis

1. Site Satellite

5. Surfaces that follow the north and south street baselines

2. Site area

6. Surfaces that follow the west and east street baselines

3. Places where push population toward the site

7. Connection and circulation between intersected surfaces

4.Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movements and views around the site

8. Context effect on form and surfaces orientations

Art & Architecture University

Form Design Process 1.Surfaces that follow the north and south street baselines are used as a basic tool of form design

2.The effect of peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s view path on form for providing perspectives through the form

3.Increasing visual effects and views to the city

4.Surfaces that follow the west and east street baselines are used as a basic tool for form design and circulation

5. Final Form combined with public spaces for everyone

Office Perspective

Atelier Corridor Perspective

Art & Architecture University

East Elevation

Physical Model

Render/ Bird Eyes View

Physical Model

Art & Architecture University

Shoosh Residential Complex

Design Studio 5

Year: 2016 Tutor: Roosbeh Naghshineh Location: South Tehran-Iran Area: 8000 Sqm

The site is located at the south part of Tehran which has a dense and compact architecture. Due to the necessity for having many housing developments in this area, most of the buildings are residential. However, they are designed without considering the quality of life for residents. For instance, the levels of buildings are not in the same line therefore, inhabitants suffer from the lack of privacy. Moreover, because of the dense context, there are no public spaces close to neighbourhoods for people to communicate with other residents and socialize with them. Thus, the area is converted to an isolated part of the city with less quality of good life. My suggestion for solving these problems in this area was defining an algorithm with the help of Grasshopper Rhino plug-in which aligns the levels of new residential building with the existing residential blocks for increasing the privacy of residents. Also, for enhancing public and green areas close to the neighbourhood, I designed buildings linearly with linear spaces in between that would be used for public meetings, communicating and spending time among residents. For having semi-public spaces inside the buildings I considered some spaces on each level specifically for inhabitants. To add more, one of the key objectives in design process was to be sure that each of these linear blocks doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t limit the view of the block in front of them. Therefore, all the house units would have a good view of the city.

Shoosh Residential Complex

The residential units are designed in three different categories which differ based on the area and the number of views to the city. The biggest units are located at the end of each corridor in each level which provide three perspectives through the city. The middle size apartments and the smallest ones are located in the middle of each level with having two and one outside views respectively. Therefore, users have a variety of options to choose from based on their needs and interests.

As a result, this housing design model provides a good quality of life for residents by securing their privacy, providing public and green spaces close to their living environments and connections and view through the city. Therefore, instead of mass production of poor-quality housing developments with no amenity spaces in this compact region, we can use this design strategy to offer a higher standard living environment with enough living units and more facilities to people.

Shoosh Residential Complex

History Museum

Design Studio 3

Year: 2015 Tutor: Kaveh Rashidzadeh Location: Shahr-e-Aftab, Tehran- Iran

Area: 36 Hectare landscape/ 25000 sqm history museum Team Work: Collaboration of three members. My specific involvement was producing diagrams, rendering, post production, 3D and physical modelling of the building

The memorial museum of Iran is designed based on an international competition brief in Iran. The requirements for this competition were specifically designing a proper space for the illustration of Iran’s history within a landscape that offers other recreational and entertaining services to the public. Therefore, the focus of the competition was on designing Iran’s history museum and suggestion of other services placement within the site. We as a group tried to show the sequence of Iran’s historical evolution from the past until now through eight buildings. Thus, visitors gain the entire knowledge and memorial moments about Iran by moving from the first building toward the last one. Moreover, through time, part of history is always forgotten. We tried to recover these forgotten moments for the public. Therefore, we designed the first building which belongs to the further past history, underground for illustrating the buried part of history and we increased the height of the buildings repeatedly as the history becomes brighter.

Section

Interior Perspective

History Museum

Site plan

Entrance

History Museum

Recreational Services Placement

The museum is placed at the end of the site for visualizing passing of time from present to the past

As a result of this design, the museum offers individual spaces related to each specific time of history for giving clear knowledge about Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history to visitors. People gain information step by step by moving from the first building toward the last one. Therefore, at the end of their journey in this museum, they would know the overall historical and cultural facts about the country which was the main goal of this competition.

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Perspective

History Museum

Alisadr Masterplan

Work Experience /Competition

Team: KARAND Architecture Group Type of competition: Private Year: 2018 Area:140 Hectare Location: Hamadan - Iran Award: First Place among eight teams My Specific Role: Research / post produc-

tion/ Diagram Production/ Presentation Materials Preparation/ Space Planning/ Space allocation Management Ali-Sadr is the name of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest water cave which attracts thousands of visitors every year. It is in Ali Sadr Kabudarahang County about 100 kilometers north of Hamadan, western Iran. We supposed to suggest a strategic plan for building new recreation and tourism center next to Ali-Sadr cave. Based on the environmental problem in this county, we based the initial idea of designing the AliSadr Tourism and recreational Complex on a sustainable development model with all its aspects in mind. Moreover, the region has good agricultural potential. However, because of the wrong farming methods, there were a lot of serious damages to groundwater storage which caused caverns in the county. Therefore, we defined another design strategy that presented a new and modern agricultural system In order to educate people about new and innovative farming techniques for reducing environmental damage in the region. As a result, we proposed a recreational center with an approach to agriculture, nature, food, health, educational and sustainable tourism.

Post Production by me

Alisadr Masterplan

Diagrams

Designed collectively by one of my colleague and I

Sustainable Design Strategies

Food City

Local Material Use

Rainwater Collection

Education

Medical plants Cultivation

Local Economy

Main Design Idea

Solar Cells in Farm Land Use of Roof Solar

Agricultural Tourism

Social Space

Design Process Diagram

1.Grid Cells

2. Main points of the site

Wind Turbine Energy Use in Farm

Recyclable City 3. Circulation of Complex

Side track Recreational area Sport land

Main path Plaza Car road

5. Circulation between Residential Units and Bazaar Hotel Villa

Bazaar

VIP Villas Agriculture Land Path way

4. Distribution of Programs

Residential Area Greenhouse Agriculture land

Sport land Nature school Botanical Garden &Health Center

Plaza Sport land Bazaar

6. Categorizing Residential Buildings

Hotel Agriculture Villa Villa

VIP Villas Camp

Alisadr Masterplan

Jiroft Mosque

Work Experience /Competition

Team: KARAND Architecture Group Type of competition: Private Year: 2018 Area:700 Sqm Location: Jiroft - Iran Award: Second Place among ten teams My Specific Role: Research / Diagram Production/ Presentation Materials Preparation/ Section Design/ Site analysis

The history of Iranian Mosque in terms of design and characteristics is so diverse. One of the old and popular criteria used by Iranian architects for designing mosques was providing maximum connection to the surroundings. So, people would be able to use spaces for several activities like socializing with other people, holding some events, communicating, etc. Based on this design criteria, we combined the Iranian garden concept and Mosque together in order to provide a green space that not only is useful for prayers but is a place for gathering, communicating, spending time, etc. In process of design, we decided to construct the pray rooms underground for creating calm and spiritual environments for prayers, while allocating the entire ground floor to the public garden that connects surroundings together by providing opportunities of social activities, beautiful pathway and green scenery.

Mosque

Iranian Garden

Perspective of Mosq

Main Concept: Mosque-Garden

Perspective From Ou

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utdoor Pray room through the yard and public garden

Credits: Karand Group

Jiroft Mosque

The mosque area is divided into three main parts including the courtyard, outdoor pray room and indoor pray room based on seasonal use. The climate of Jiroft, one of the cities in Iran, is a desert one. Based on this fact, the outdoor environment temperature is suitable for peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence in fall, winter and spring. Therefore, we designed an open pray room with lightweight transparent roof which provides comfortable environment with enough shadows and natural ventilation for people inside the space. On the other hand, in summer, due to the high tempered climate, people canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand for a long time in an outdoor environment. Thus, we designed a close space for prayers in order to be protected from hot weather. This space also can be used if the weather gets colder than usual. Additionally, we designed a water pool in the middle of the yard which is located in front of the outdoor pray room. It balances the temperature of the environment as well as bringing the fresh and high air quality into the space. As a result, we redefined the fundamental design approach of Iranian mosque, distancing from discourse based on form and focusing solely on the essence of the space. We named this new contemporary design approach Mosque-Garden which not only provides suitable space for praying but also it increases the social sustainability within the environment and merge the surrounding activities and areas together. Thus, it satisfies both prayers and people who live and work around this area by offering appropriate spaces for different activities. Yard

Open Pray room

Perspective of the

Close Pray room

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Summer Usage/ Floor Cooling System

Perspective of Ind Winter Usage/ Floor Heating System

e Yard and Outdoor Pray room

Credits: Karand Group

door Pray room

Credits: Karand Group

Jiroft Mosque

Design Process Diagram Designed collectively by one of my colleague and I

1.Expansion of site

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14.Memorial Monument placement

5.the connection of Green Space and memorial monument

10.Design of green garden

15.Fountain

Section Design by me

Jiroft Mosque

Daneshmand Office Renovation Work Experience

Team: KARAND Architecture Group Year: 2017-2018 Area:1782 Sqm Location: Tehran - Iran My Specific Role: Detail Drafting / Technical Drawing / Responsible for ordering and selecting new furnitures and interior materials Software used for technical drawing: AutoCAD

Daneshmand is a research based institution of knowledge and creativity. We at Karand Architecture Group were responsible for renovation and interior design of this office. For design process, we looked at tactics that give the office remarkable ambience suitable for researching and developing knowledge. For instance, we considered different colour walls for various parts of the office to liven the workplace and freshen the atmosphere. Also, we used free plan manifesto in order to increase the flexibility within the office environment as well as providing a united platform for developing knowledge. Although, for providing some private spaces within the office, like meeting rooms, conference hall and managing room, we used transparent partitions that not only provide privacy but also, it saves the connection and perspectives through the whole office environment. This project was completed in 2018 and because of the open design strategy and colourful environment, the space met the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s requirement which was having a platform suitable for collaboration and share of knowledge. I specifically worked on technical drawings and detail planning for construction phase. Also, ordering furniture and interior materials for renovation was one of my duties during the design and construction of this project.

Credits: Karand Group

Daneshmand Office Renovation

Credits: Karand Group

Daneshmand Office Renovation

Technical Drawing Sample Daneshmand Office Renovation Zoom in Detail Plan Produced by me

Daneshmand Office Renovation

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