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SELECTED WORKS
2012-2015 1-8 9-14 15-18
despecto hotel
china town museum of modern arts
Abu Simbel visitors’ center
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photography/art works
west valley city community center
uptown exchange
salt lake city mediation center
ABU SIMBEL VISITORS' CENTER ASWAN, EGYPT PROJECT TYPE: Visitors' center/ Assembly LOCATION: Aswan, Egypt TOTAL AREA: 9146 ft2 COURSE: Energy Simulation For Design DATE: Fall 2014 Group Project/Tasks: energy simulations,design,drawings Designed with zero-energy aspirations, this visitors’ center is designed at the historic site of Abu Simbel temples, in the challenging climate of Aswan, Egypt. In order to respond to the hot and dry climate of site, a high performance building has been designed using simulation tools with deep analysis. Passive strategies played an important role in this project including evaporative cooling, natural ventilation, natural light, and also the use of local materials. The site is located under the Abu Simbel monuments shading after a deep shadow study
in order to reduce the cooling load of the building. Cooling is achieved using evaporative cooling screens (mashrabiya) that use Nile river water and cools down the building and also acts as the building shading. The water uses the natural slope of the site to flow that is about 3 meters from North west side of the side toward south. Also, berming strategy helps the building cool down to a considerable amount. The building orientation was a big concern from the beginning so that the building does not gain a lot of heat from its southern exposure, therefor the southern facade is minimized, and only a shebak (an opening) has been raised to look at the monument to provide a unique experience.Experience, comfort and space qualities play an important role alone with simulation result in decision makings of this project. Furthermore, local materials are used in order to reduce the embodied energy.
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zone division and circulation strategy
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courtyard
ramps, buffer and circulation
user experience
Ventilation
natural ventilation
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site shadow studies site location selected to use the monumnets' shadows to reduce cooling loads of the building
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aswan sun chart an extensive amount of sun exposure throughout the year making it important to avoid exposure to the sun, and the need for shading.
aswan wind chart as seen in the chart, the prevailing wind has a north west direction. In order to use the wind for natural ventilation, appropriate arrangement of building spaces and openings are needed and is considered as a key part of this project.
temperature comfort range
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TOP water network, water gets circulated from Nile and travels down channel by gravity. Sub channels carry water down mashrabiya screen for evaporative cooling. Water then circulates to the main channel with water fountain. Heated water is then expelled through main pipe to Nile.
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TOP massing studies, diffrent iterations have been simulated using Designbuilder and the bermed bars are selected with lowest energy consumption. fuel (kwh/m2)
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FINAL EUI total electricity after reducing evaporative cooling= 31,385 kwh Total normalized 42.34 kwh
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daylighting simulations first row, roof skylights simulation results. daylight availability=20% daylight factor=3.3% 2nd row, side skylights simulation results. selected as final design. daylight availability=77% daylight factor=4.6%
CHINATOWN MUSEUM OF MODERN ARt cmomA Chinatown, Chicago PROJECT TYPE: Museum LOCATION: Chicago,IL TOTAL AREA: 18664 SF COURSE: Final studio/UNIVERSITY OF UTAH DATE: SPRING 2014 The CMoMA is located in Ping Tom memorial Park site that is an important cultural asset for Chinatown.The proposed building is a center for the community to meet and have access to the modern arts and education. This musuem includes art galleries, gift shop and cafe space, lecture hall, art studios, administrative offices, and a central zen garden. As case studies, Buddhist Temples and Zen gardens have been studied, and their assets have been added to the design of this project. Zen garden as the major point of this project is the idealized
landscape, surrounded by the galleries and helps the visitors relax and enjoy the art inside. Buddhist temple, as the symbol of contemplation with its strong geometry has been the other focus in this project. Bringing assets of both Zen gardens and Buddhist temples, results in a journey that happens with entering PING TOM the building, and is a metaphorical journey that reminds of the journey ASIAN ARTS CENTER on the river of life, that is also reflected in Chicago CHINATOWN, CHICAGOriver. The journey finishes with entering the suspended cafĂŠ as a ELNAZ TAFRIHI reminder of tea houses and leads to the point that the journey started with a ramp that finishes the west edge of site. In energy perspective, berming the building volume in the ground helps in reducing with heating and cooling loads, also the use of natural light is one of strategies to reduce electrical lighting.
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Primary drawings that defines the boundries of building and site, located by chicago river in the historic Pint tom park.
Parts selected to get bermed inside the ground.
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Ground level formation
Cafe and landscape connetion
Parts selected to stay on the ground, making the exhibition spaces in 2 diffrenet stories with different view and light qualities.
Formation of the cafe accessible from the park and the galleries at the bottom. The ramp finishes the circulation at the end of the exhibitions.
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Assumed client: City of Chicago Project Use Type: Art center (A-3 Assembly: Art gallery) Location: Ping Tom Memorial Park, south development, Chicago, IL 60616 Net Square footage: 18664 sf Planning code zoning group: Manufacturing Building code construction type: Type A-III
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The Asian arts center in Chicago is located in Ping Tom memorial Park. Ping Tom memorial park, is a public park in Chinatown Chicago that was built in 1999 in the memory of the powerful businessman of Chinatown, Ping Tom. The park construction had two phases, first phase included the 4 half of the park. construction of southern part, and is the place where the arts center is going to be locates at and the second phase is the northern There will be expansions to the northern half which will include construction of a cultural arts and recreational facility and a boathouse. Ping Tom Park is the major park for Chinatown residents and has the potential to be an attraction point for people across Chicago. Asian art center, is a community center where Asian arts, including sculpture, paintings and fashion designs are produced to public audience. A successful Arts center should create an environment which attracts different parts of a community; not only the artists but also ordinary people and 5 even young students especially with the context of Chinatown. To reach this goal some different functions are proposed to put together in an art center: a public Library, Lecture hall, Art Studios and at the central point the Art Galleries and martial arts spaces. As case studies, Buddhist Temples and Zen gardens have been studied, and their assets have been added to this design. Zen garden as the major point of this project is the idealized landscape, surrounded by the galleries and helps the visitors relax and enjoy the art inside. Buddhist temple, as the symbol of contemplation with their strong geometry have been the other focus in this project. Bringing assets of both Zen gardens and Buddhist temples, results in a journey that happens with entering the building, and is a metaphorical journey that reminds of the journey on the river of life. Chicago River, on the west side of ping Tom Park, is the reminder of the journey, and is6in great harmony with the building. The journey finishes with entering the suspended cafĂŠ as a reminder of tea houses and leads to the point that the journey started with a ramp that finishes the west edge of site.
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SECTION B-B sustainble strategies, collected rain water and the water from river get stored for radiant floor and toilet flushing usage; heat exchanger saves the produced energy for further use.
DESPECTO HOTEL MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH PROJECT TYPE: HOTEL LOCATION: MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH TOTAL AREA: 22000 ft2 COURSE: OPTION STUDIO/UNIVERSITY OF UTAH DATE: SPRING 2013 Despecto means overlook. Designed as a luxyrious hotel high above the valleys of monument valley, Despecto hotel creates an exceptional experience of space and view toward the mesas and buttes of Tse Bii' Ndzisgaii for the visitors. The poetic views toward the buttes and the sky and bringing nature inside and outside the project are the main concepts of this project. Moreover, to reach a sustainble design, the dialogue between the building and its context has been explored. In order to reach a monolithic appearance of concrete, the entire project is
made of one homogeneous layer, insulated conrete with a U value of 0.4 W/m2k. There are only a few materials used in the entire project such as larch wood, glass and concrete.The water used in the courtyard comes from the ground water that is provided by Oljato alluvial aquifer. The other resource for water is the rain water collection system, and the grey water produced in the building itself. Water is further filtered and used in the fountains and for tiolet use. In order to use the excessive solar energy availble on the site, solar thermal panels are placed on the roofs of each unit, and use the stored water resource and heats it up for radiant floor and hot water use in units. Also, to use the prevailing winds coming from west, openings are placed on western walls toward the courtyard, and the exhaust air uses the opening on glazed double skin facade facing the east side of the units.
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VIEW FROM THE SITE
Perimeters formation
UNITS ARRANGEMENT
Site lines as a defining element in formation of building permimeters.
Units organized in a stepped manner based on the site lines.
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EAST ELEVATION FORMATION
COURTYARD CREATION
east elevation, as the major side approached by the pedestrian follows the arrangements on the west elevation based on site lines.
Courtyards created by removing masses from the spaces between units, making public/semi private spaces.
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SALT LAKE CITY MEDIATION CENTER SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH North
PROJECT type: office LOCATION: Salt lake city, Utah TOTAL AREA: 20091 SF COURSE: option studio/UNIVERSITY OF UTAH DATE: Fall 2013 W400N
entrance of the building, a courtyard at the entrance with desirable shading, and a 3 story mediation space located at the back corner of the site. This mediation center can become a new icon for the neighborhood, while respecting the holistic image of the neighborhood. The transitional open space between the cafe and the mediation space prepares the visiotrs for their next spatial 3 experience. There is a significant contrast between the spatial qualities of these two parts of the project. The mediation rooms are located in a 3 story, double-skin glazed space.The rooms are designed in 2 different sizes as volumes that are shifted from this double-skin form. There is a roof garden acting as a courtyard that is accessible from the mediation rooms on the 2nd floor, providing a more relaxing and inspirational space for the visitors.
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Mediation center is a place where communication and problem solving happens in a more informal setting. This informality needs to be reflected in spaces, with variability in bringing open and closed spaces and different qualities of lighting. Mediation needs preparation. In this project there is a journey happening before, during and after the mediation process. People start a W300N different experience the moment they walk into building and start getting more curious, and more relaxed. This building includes different parts: a one story cafe located at the main
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Perimeters formation
height contrast
Site lines help defining the main lines of building perimeters.
based on the program, the main volume gets split into two parts with different heights.
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BIRD’S EYE VIEW
removed/ shifted volumes and space
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open and closed spaces continue forming by removing and shifting
mediation room formation as final step
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UPTOWN EXCHANGE uptown, Chicago
PROJECT TYPE: Transportation LOCATION: Chicago,IL COURSE: Summer workshop/ CANNON DESIGN DATE: Summer 2013 Group Project/ Tasks: design, drawing, illustrative maps, night rendering
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The Uptown Exchange was result of an interdisciplinary studio made up of a diverse range of students, from urban planning and architecture from University of Utah. Partnered with CannonDesign, the 6-week project was focused on the development of a future sustainable Uptown in Chicago. In order to achieve that, transformation of train stations have been the major foucs of this project. Wilson station, located at uptwon is an example of these places that have a great
potential to become a green hub for the future uptown, and a safe and desirable place for the people throughout the day that can be repeated in other stations in city of Chicago. In order to reach efficiency purposes, using a bio-digester and a rain water collector has been proposed. Also creating loops within the systems to use and produce its own resouces have been part of our goals. A new tensile structure along with permeable pavements that further store the water are desgined under the station, and biking routes that make the station accessible and bringing more social activities such as farmers' markets are all parts of the re-imagined Wilson station. As proposed by the city of Chicago, a new residential tower is designed to bring more density into the site and also help with the overall inputs and outputs of the system.
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WEST VALLEY VALLEY CITY CITY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CENTER WEST CENTER WESTVALLEY VALLEY CITY, CITY, UTAH UTAH WEST PROJECTTYPE: TYPE:ASSEMBLY/COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY/COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT CENTER LOCATION: west valley CITY, city, UTAH Utah LOCATION: WEST VALLEY TOTALAREA: AREA:25000 25000 FT2 ft2 TOTAL COURSE: core studio COURSE: CORE STUDIO DATE:FALL Fall2013 2013 DATE: This community center is designed to provide a unique cultural This center is designed a unique environment and art social environment for to thecreate diverse community of West for the diverse community of West Valley City. To reach Valley City. To reach this diversity in both experience andthis diversity in both experience and design, different functions design, different programs are proposed to put together in are proposed to library, put together this art artstudios center:and library, lecture hall, this center: lectureinhall, at the central art studios and at the central point the art galleries. Unique point the art galleries. Unique quality of space, light and other quality of space, light and other comfort factors are other comfort factors are other important values of this project. important values of this project. Furthermore, the art galleries Furthermore, the art galleries and the art studios are designed and the art studios will improve the situation of community in
to thisbring area.in more art education to this neighborhood.The main lobby is designed as a translucent double-skin structure, using natural ventilation with operable opennings on the north-end sides of the building. The skylights are designed to control the lights coming into the space, making this part of the building a light box, while the galleries that wrap around the garden are kept solid, with more indirect light coming from the shaded garden itself. The courtyard is the only open space within the building, and acts as a focal point. It provides inspirational impact on the visitors and students doing art classes, with the greenery and the effects of light within it and is accessible from the lower level. The gift shop, located at the main entrance, is sorrounded by a reflective pool, giving the experience of an island to the visitors.
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PHOTOGRAPHY (DSLR camera) course: Architectural photography
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ELNAZ TAFRIHI- JANUARY 2015