DEFINING IDENTITIES THROUGH ARCHITECTURE SELECTED WORKS 2014 | 2016 ANBAR (FERESHTEH) OREIZI-ESFAHANI
ANBAR (FERESHTEH) OREIZI Pursuing creativity to fullfill a higher purpose.
I believe that architecture is an ongoing design process through which simple ideas evolve into interactive living forms.It is upon the architect to take on the responsibility of discovering the various ways that an inanimate form can find the potential to connect with humans.
I look forward to being a part of an educational community which encourages me to constantly battle the unknown so that I can make impactful discoveries in the design field.
Education
Languages
2014 | 16 Morgan State University
English
BS Architecture and Environmental Design GPA: 4.00 2012 | 14 Azad University of Khorasgan
French Farsi
BS Architecture GPA: 4.00
Achievements
Arabic
Skills
2016 Summe Caum Laude
3D Printing
2016 Class Salutatorian
CNC
2016 AIA Research and Travel Scholarship
Grasshopper
2016 Third Year Best in Studio | The SA+P Awards
3D Max
2015 Second Year Best in Studio | The SA+P Awards
V-Ray
2015 BSAED Dean’s Award | The SA+P Awards
Rhino
2014 | 16 Dean’s List
Archicad
Research
Membership
2016 Defining Cultural Space in Parisian Markets
National Honors Society
2015 Health Design Research
Tau Sigma
2013 Decorative Patterns | Islamic Architecture
International Honors Society
2012 Traditional Persian Architecture
AIAS
Experience
Volunteerism
2016 | -- PI.KL Studio | Intern Architect
Doors Open Baltimore
2016 Gensler | Intern Architect
AIA Excellence in Design
2015 Design Collective | Intern Architect
Homeless Connect Baltimore City
2015 Artscape | Exhibitor
American Red Cross
| ARCHITECTURE USES CREATIVITY TO BREAK FREE FROM CONSTRAINTS, RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF SPACES THAT CONVEY THE IDEAS OF IDENTITY, LIBERTY AND SERENITY TO THE INHABITANTS.
CONTENTS
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MILLEFEUILLE
02
UPTURN
03
HAMLET
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DEFINING PARISIAN MARKETS
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UNIFYING DIVISION
MILLEFEUILLE DRUID HILL PARK | BALTIMORE Druid Hill park is a recreational destination located in northern Baltimore City. It is home to the Maryland Zoo, Druid Hill Reservoir and beautiful greenery.
7 1| Take black and
2| Use
3| Further explore
4|Visualize how
white photgraphs
photographs as
possible extractions
one 3D abstraction
of visual attractions
inspirations to
of the original
can function as a
within the park.
extract drawings.
photographs.
pavilion.
1| Photography
2| Symbolize
3 | Explore
1| Art
2| Linear
3| Stippled
5| Spatial Exploration
6| 3-D Planes
4| Spatialize
A|
B|
C|
4| Mass
7| Occupy
|Millefeuille is a gathering realm whose form is derived from a statue located in the park.
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UPTURN RESERVOIR HILL | BALTIMORE Reservoir Hill Mansion is a historic building located in Norhtern Baltimore. Currently it is mostly vacant with only the basement serving as the office for a local neighborhood improvement council.
11 | EVALUATE The site was evaluated and the existing opportunities and downfalls were identified.
| IMAGINE The existing structures were reused with the incorporation of new programs. A new massing, responsive to site features which accomodated community events, was proposed.
| UPTURN The addition allows for the display of art while encouraging community engagement in hopes of upturning the historic mansion.
| Upturn revitalizes an existing historic building in Baltimore and aims to create a defined cultural space for artists to gather and display their work.
| EVALUATE
Circulation
Connection with Immediate Surrounding
Arrival Points
Views
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| IMAGINE
Secondary Entrance Street View
Courtyard View
Primary Entrance Street View
Arrival Entrance View
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Ground Level
Second Level
Basement
| UPTURN
Community Space
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Connector : Gallery and artist
Existing Building : Adaptive
work space
Reuse
HAMLET TIVOLY AVENUE | BALTIMORE Tivoly Avenue, a street in a blighted Northeast Baltimore community, currently stands vacant because the ninety-eight townhomes that occupied the avenue have been demolished in efforts to trigger urban renewal.
19 | INVESTIGATE The spatial possibilities of rowhomes and apartments on a conceptual site were investigated.
| GENERATE By combining the spatial qualities of rowhomes and apartments, a hypothetical urban hybrid housing was generated.
| REVITALIZE The urban hrybrid housing was fitted to a site located in Baltimore City to envision the revitalization of the neighborhood.
| Hamlet offers various living units linked together by unique outdoor spaces, encouraging diversity and social capital within the residential village.
| INVESTIGATE
Private program facing the alley and accessible from the back entrance Lightwell and program connector
Public program facing the street
Rowhouse – narrow dwelling, light, open space, flexibility, façade interface
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Connector
Live-Work unit
Communal
Parking with
circulation and
faces the street
Space
access to the
open communal space
Lowrise Apartment – vertical organization, modularity, shared social life
alley
| GENERATE
The successful attributes of the apartments and rowhomes were combined to create a hyrbid residential complex for Tivoly Avenue. By taking a singular unit and creating a more communal environment, this housing type allows for users to participate in an urban village experience.
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3
2
1 5
6
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Ground Level 1. Work Units 2. Public Outdoor Space 3. Housing Outdoor Space 4. Studio Unit Patio 5. Pedestrian Connection
Path (Street-Alley) 6. Housing Outdoor Space 7. Housing Outdoor Space
Second Level
Third Level
| REVITALIZE 3 Level Unit - Live Work
3 Level Unit- Family
Buffer Between Units Circulation
25 2 Level Unit - Couple
Studio Unit - Artist/Student
//Hamlet aggregates singular housing units in ways that create distinct outdoor spaces for various degrees of private and public interaction. The L-shaped divisions provide vertical circulation to all levels from the ground floor maintaining a sense of privacy and ownership.
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Research and Travel Scholarship
DEFINING PARISIAN MARKETS PARIS, FRANCE
29 | DOCUMENT Field documentations were conducted on three ethnically dominate markets from various time periods in Paris.
| ANALYZE Following the on-site research, the gathered information was further analyzed through analytical diagrams and photo analysis.
| IDENTIFY Major relationships between the market, culture and elements that contributed to their success were identified and presented to the community.
| Cultural markets are locations where communities can exert “ownership� of their built environment, express their identity and find common grounds with different cultures.
A
B
C
| DOCUMENT
A|
Marche des Enfants Rouge
B|
Marche d’aligre
C|
Les Olympaides
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Flexible exterior market
Modern retail surrounding
Circulation
Interaction
Permanent interior market
Goods
B|
Permanent stands
Local community shoppers
Modular linear stalls
Connected to neighborhood
Trade
Covered market
Cultural icon
Inflexible program
Underground market
Disconnected from neighborhood
Unused spaces
Transition point
C|
| ANALYZE A|
Location | 4th arrondissement of Paris | Marais
History | Oldest covered market in Paris
Program | Restaurant, Food
Parallel street: residential usage
Modular formal
Communal space:
structure
seating
Market circulation
Service circulation
Stall interior space: serves two vendors
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Concrete, wood, steel
Minimal store front
Formal sidewalk usage/
stalls
Well-defined sidewalk
arrangement
Temporary modular stalls
B|
Location | 12th arrondissement of Paris | Place d’Aligre
History | Old Neighborhood Market
Program | Vegetable, fruits, flea market, meat, bread, etc.
Neighborhood connection:
Wood column and beam
Aligre Avenue : Multi-u
corner cafe
structure
organization
Vehicular and pedestrian cirulation
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use, materiality, access,
Informal arrangement
Local retail neighborhood
Stall service area
C|
Location | 13th arrondissement of Paris | Place d’Italie
History | Second large-scale urbanism project inside the city
Program | Food, Cafe, Medical, Restaurant, etc.
Neighborhood : Educational usage
Residential Buffer: Circulation Circulation path: path
back of markets
Market circulat
to underground
Permanent sta
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tion: transition Underground cultural
d market
market; destination
ands : seatnig
point
Abandoned lot,
Neighborhood: Asian
storage, no access
cafe
School of business
39 | DEFINE 5 Constituents of an Impactful and Long-Lasting Public Market 1 | Program Well-organized and coordinated programs that are diverse, responsive to the cultural needs of the users, and encourage social interaction
2 | Identity Distinct organization, spacing, and character that accurately represents the identity of the space
3 | Functionality Establish a schedule, ambience, ownership and organization that is flexible and responsive to the users’ necessities
4 | Modulation Structure should be flexible, expandable and systemized in order to create well-defined spaces that correspond to the program and user
5 | Context Open, integrated, identifiable building situated in a dense, mixed-use neighborhood
UNIFYING DIVISION PARK HEIGHTS | BALTIMORE GROUP PROJECT: ANBAR OREIZI, ANDREW NGURE, ROY BORGES Park Heights, a community located in Northwest Baltimore, is undergoing significant transformation via the acquisition and demolition of a 62-acre area centered on Park Heights and Woodland Avenues.
Rowhomes
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Commercial
| IDENTIFY
es
lex + Rowh Dup om es
A site visit was conducted
gle Family Ho m Sin
From
and negative elements of the
View
helped to identify the positive
Homes
followed by site analyses which
om Rowh es
Commer cia l
neighborhood. rH Senio ousing
me Apart nts
| DIVIDE Parks Heights avenue was split to lessen the impact on it’s immediate surrounding while creating an area for storm water management and communal gatherings.
| ENVISION Design possibilities for the generation of a socially vibrant urban community was proposed.
| Unifying division revitalizes Park Heights to create an economically viable, environmentally sustainable, and socially vibrant neighborhood.
| IDENTIFY
Urban Edge, Block Type
Dense Residential Areas, Heirarchical Buildings
Road Heirarchy, Residential Grids, Green Space
Neighborhoods, Public Transportation
43 | Divide
// Diagram overlay courtesy of group member: Andrew Ngure
1| CC Recreation Welcome Center
3| Clinic/Pharmacy
5| Early Childhood
Parking space and welcome center
Is located off of a major road which
In close proximity o
for the newly built recreation center.
allows for easy entrance.
Elementary/Middle
Makes the entrance noticeable and
the market which g
inviting.
opportunity to do so
2| Senior Housing
4| Urban Market
6| Urban Farm
The housing is located near major
Market that provides fresh produce and
Urban farm provide
nodes which allows for elders to have
other products to the community which
source for the farm
easy access to places they need to
helps solve the food desert problem in
go to.
the area.
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Development
of Pimlico School. Close to
gives parents the
ome shopping.
es jobs and is a
mers market.
7| Visual Connection
9| Community Center/Pool
Mantains a visual connection from the
One of the destinations of the
commercial center to the single family
pedestrian boardwalk. Attracts
homes, connection between east and
members from the surronding
west of Park Heights.
community into Central Park Heights.
8| Exercise Field/ Park Continuation of the Jack Paulsen Park. Dedicated green space for existing rowhomes.
| ENVISION
Socially Vibrant By dividing Park Heights Avenue, the prospect of unifying the community becomes within reach. The proposal offers numerous housing types appropriate for students, couples, families and even seniors. It also pushes forward the creation of a public communal space and storm water management.
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// Section courtesy of group member: Andrew Ngure
Economically Viable All the streets are designed to accommodate bikers and pedestrian in a safe and friendly environment.
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// Section courtesy of group member: Andrew Ngure
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