FRESHTA
design portfolio
2012-2014
AMINI
experiences
education
- Assisted customers with product selection and queries - Investigated and resolved customer complaints - Set up store displays
Retail Associate - Ross Stores, Inc., Alameda Oct 2010 - April 2011
- Provide excellent customer service - Assist and support cook, owner - Interact and coordinate with hosts and service staff
Waitress – C’era Una Volta Restaurant, Alameda Dec 2010 - April 2011
San Francisco based firm - Review architectural documents for potential conflict with other disciplines - Prepare information regarding design, specifications, materials and equipment - Supported and assisted lead architect in all phases of a major project.
Intern – Christiani Johnson Architects June 2013 - August 2013
- Assign "Google My Business" accounts of 10+ locations (Chain Businesses) - Utilize CR/Categories, eliminating manual tracking, 10% time savings per case. - Become familiar with Google product, new features and processes. - Utilize Google internal tools to solve issues efficiently and professionally. - Assist business owners through the verification process in order to Map locations. - Educate users on Google's quality guidelines. - Identify account issues and spammy accounts. - Attend GMB, Whitelisting, and Vaco meetings.
Via Cognizant/ Vaco Working in the Global Business department of Google to assist users with Google Maps, Google My Business & Google+ Local support
Local Merchant Operations Associate - Google July 2014 - present
Encinal High School, Alameda CA May 2009
Bachelor of Arts | Architecture GPA: 3.5
University of California, Berkeley May 2014
honors
languages
skills
winning work on page 38
The fourth annual Berkeley Circus invited distinguished visitors, critics and alumni to celebrate the accomplishments of the CED community. At the conclusion of reviews, Visiting Fellows recognized outstanding student work with merit and honor at the Student Recognition Ceremony.
2014 STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENT- BERKELEY CIRCUS March 2014
hindi elementary proficiency
farsi professional working proficiency
english native proficiency
Rhino Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator AutoCAD Revit Technical Drawing Model making Grasshopper Vray
- Excellent team building and bookkeeping skills - Knowledge of information and communication management - Maintain filing and inventory procedures - Exhibited regular and punctual attendance
Secretary - Office of Financial Aid, Alameda Feb 2010 - May 2010
- Provided age-appropriate lessons, recreation and learning experiences for children - Communicated in a thorough and timely manner with parents regarding children’s progress, behavior and needs - Provided appropriate child supervision.
Daycare - Alameda Head Start May 2010 - June 2010
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contents
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fall 2014 / Professor Jean-Paul BOUDIER / ARCH 100C
DANCE STUDIO
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fall 2014 / Professor Jean-Paul BOUDIER / ARCH 100C
MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY CHAPEL
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spring 2014 / Professor Dana BUNTROCK / ARCH 160
CONSTRUCTION
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spring 2013 / Professor Roddy CREEDON / ARCH 100B
GOOD FOOD CENTER
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spring 2014 / Professor Rene DAVIDS / ARCH 100D
CHILEAN TRAIL
The concept for this Chilean trail is to create a visual path so that as the user reaches one pavilion, he sees the next, and from the next pavilion he sees the next, and so on and so forth. Since the path is not paved, the user is able to create his own trail.
Program - A new proposed infrastructure consisting of rest stops, nature viewing areas, bridges, stairs, exhibition facilities and shelters on a new system of trails along Chile’s rivers, will enhance conservation ef-f forts by raising public awareness of natural resources and encourage healthier lifestyles. The Hydro-Landscapes studio will be designing stations along the Rio Maipo trail.
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A set of guidelines customize each pavilion. The guidelines are determined by the factors of distance, history, program, and topography.
In order to achieve this, 43 pavilions are created; each different and unique from the other, but also similar enough that the user still knows he is on the right path and that he has not wandered off.
ARCH 100D spring 2014 / Professor Rene DAVIDS
CHILEAN TRAIL
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Chile is a long, thin country wedged between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean with an average width of only 109 miles and many rivers hurtling down mountain slopes with dramatic changes in altitude, climate, and vegetation compressed into very short distances. The RĂo Maipo supplies most water for the Santiago metro region and is the most important in the area, yet the journey from the headwaters in the Andes (7550 feet) to the Pacific Ocean takes only approximately three hours.
rio maipo, chile
SITE
site 2:
site 1: coastal
site 3: andes
site 2: cebtral
site 3: andes
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pavilion A, B
pavilion C
PLAN
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Section a
section b
section a
Section b
history: Longest continental mountain range in the world
Pavilion B- Accommodations. First Aid. Restroom.
Section c
history: Longest continental mountain range in the world program: viewing station
PAVILION C
Pavilion A- Research Center. To educate the user on the nearby city, port, estuary, and as well the trail that is to come, since this is the first of the 43 pavilions.
west
section a
SOUTH
East
section b
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pavilion D, E
LIGHTING THE WAY The openings on the pavilion emit light, resulting in a pavilion that glows at night, showing the way and connecting the pavilions to one another at night. The users of the trail are able to determine which pavilions are occupied based on lighting. A pavilion unoccupied is dark, and a pavilion in use is lit.
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b
whine tasting
Section a
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wine storage
plan
section b
Pavilion E- Wine tasting. To promote the region's popular wines.
section a
Section b
NORTH
East
Pavilion D: san antonio bridge history: 2010 8.8 Magnitude earthquake program: media space A public space that combines history (through its location on a destroyed fallen bridge) with art (through cinema), creating a unique and exciting experience for the moviegoer.
plans.
scale- 1’-0” = 1/8”
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section A
pavilion I
section A
pavilion H
section A
pavilion G
section A scale: 1’= 1/4”
pavilion F
section B
section B
section B
section B
plan /8” scale 1’=1/8”
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pavilion F pavilion G pavilion H pavilion I
pavilion J
section A
pavilion M
section A
pavilion L
section A
pavilion K
section A
section B
section B
section B
section B
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pavilion J pavilion K pavilion L pavilion M
spring 2013 / Professor Roddy CREEDON
Good Food is a center located in San Francisco’s SOMA district, and is a celebration of the local food culture. This course has emphasized incorporating building climatic performative strategies in our designs. This design of a hypothetical building we are calling GOOD FOOD is in response to the local good food movement documented in the film “Edible City”. The Good Food center focuses on food awareness and education, challenging the norms of mass food production, advancing food research, and promoting and supporting urban farming and food production.
My proposal is to have the sidewalk, one of the most public spaces, continue onto the building, creating outer public areas from which one can view the various programs occurring within. The sidewalk would literally peel up off the ground and continue into the building taking the user to three open spaces which are surrounded by program that will promote education through the visual, the smell and the hearing. Education is obtained through adjacency, interaction, and transparency, resulting in a space where people share, consume and learn about food.
A Urban Conjunction of Food Awareness and Education
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GOOD FOOD CENTER ARCH 100B
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public space #2
public space #3
Folded out elevations for each of the 3 outer public space plans in order to get a sense of the programs that can be viewed at the space
public space #1
public space #1
food warehouse
foodbank
utility
LEVEL 1
public space #2
gallery
entrance
lobby
LEVEL 2 gallery
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 4
LEVEL 5
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program diagram
food bank/ food warehouse
loading
southwest
food hall
lobby
gallery
kitchens
southeast
education/ good food
research/ greenhouse
auditorium
northeast
research garden
SECT TION B
public space #3
The classic religious form of the dome is utilized then manipulated, creating a compelling space underneath the curvilinear roof. Light and shadow highlight and enhance the forms
curves. The composition of the space provides centrality at the alter. Its form is original, sculptural and unrecognizable allowing for the deinstitutionalization of the chapel and resulting in a broader use of the building with a more expanded user base. The architecture keeps the visual characteristics of the dome, and yet as a result of the maipulation there is the added benefit of originality in form which broadens the use of the space.
fall 2014 / Professor Jean-Paul BOUDIER / ARCH 100C
Located atop a hill at the end of the Oakland cemetery, visitors in this chapel are likely realizing the fragility and balance between life and death. No matter the religion or background of the user, this chapel speaks to the very essence of humanity and our emotions.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY CHAPEL
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classic religious form
start with dome
manipulation of dome
push in the bottom
create a shaded zone for outside users
further manipulate
push in the top higher ceiling
pull up
twist
further manipulate
result
bring in light
cut opening bring openingg down,, view of bayy at eye level
tip over create entrance
cut 2nd opening
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interior renders of chapel
some iterations
The concept is to showcase dance at every level, both inside and outside. An atrium allows the occupants of the building to view into the dance studios from each floor. The openings on the envelope engage the passerby to look inside. The promotion of dance contributes to the growth of the dancer who is learning to entertain an audience. This dance studio is going to revitalize bancroft street and give it new life creating an attraction that will bring both students of dance and admirers to its doors.
ARCH 100C 2014 / Professor Jean-Paul BOUDIER
DANCE STUDIO
Located in the UC Berkeley campus, the site is wedged into a dense context between the dominating architectures of Zellerbach Hall and Haas Pavilion. Placed among the most cultural buildings of campus, this studio becomes an addition to the existing network of active areas. The site acts as the emblematic entrance for the SW-corner of campus and performance quad. Designed for dancing, the building creates an atmosphere of entertaining for the participants and watchers.
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BANCROFT AVE
opening showcases the ground floor :students, pedestrians, PUBLICITY
UC BERKELEY PLAZA
dancers in the first floor Dance Hall to and drivers on the campus and Bancroft Ave
BANCROFT AVE
open all along Bancroft to give the buildings occupants and staff a pleasant view
BANCROFT AVE
angle and positioning of opening results in less visibility of the Dance Hall for pedestrians located nearby, opening is meant for pedestrians at a greater distance from the building (making the individual dancer less clear and her silouhette more prominent, thereby emphasizing dance over the individual dancer)
second floor:
PRIVACY
top floor:
UC BERKELEY PLAZA
see dance at every floor
ZELLERBACH
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from dance studio 1, one can look up intoo the services and onto dance studioo 2
opeening on bottom floor allow passerbbys to look into dance studio 1, com mplete transparency, a free show forr the public
dance studio 1- 1st floor is much moore open for advanced or eager dancers, a showcase for the public
level 1
JANITORIAL/ STORAGE
BALCONY
BANCROFT
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DANCE HALL
LOOKING UP
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from servicces one may l into studio 1 and up into
2nd and 3rrd floor encas to provide ssound barrier and speechh
level 2
ok down studio 2
d in glass, from music BALCONY
DANCE HALL
LOOKING LO DOWN
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opennings on third floor dance studio 2 are limited l
from m dance studio 2 one can look into the services s and onto dance studio 1
dancce studio 2- 3rd floor is a bit more privaate for begginner or shy dancers, not much m public access to dance
level 3
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VOLUME
VOID/ ATRIUM SPACE
PROGRAM
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STRUCTURE
CIRCULATION
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8. tensioning spring for textile
steel frame, 3-dimensionally adjustable
1.2" steel tube
4. silicone-coated fiberglass textile 5. Aluminum profile with adhesive strip 6. Mero spacerame Node,
member 3.5-4.5 IN steel tube
3. spaceframe
thermally inulated
1. steel T-section 2. Powder-coated aluminum panel.
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL
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This course was an introduction to the materials and processes of construction taking architecture from design to realization. We covered four material groups commonly used in two areas of the building assembly (structure and envelope): wood, concrete, steel, and glass. Through observing construction, I learned how our decisions affect the size of materials, connections, and where they are assembled. Architects must understand not only conventions, but also the potential in materials.
ARCH 160 spring 2014 / Professor Dana BUNTROCK
CONSTRUCTION
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Plan
Elevations
PROJECT 1
41” 19”
aluminum
right
66”
27”
54” front
structural logic to form-narrow at the top. wider at the bottom.
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UNOCCUPIED
MOUNTING
SITTING
CARRYING
steel cable
crimps
tighteners
bolts
connections
1.5”x 1” aluminum bars
aluminum seat components
1/2” diameter steel rods
1/2” diameter bolts
continuous steel cable
cable tightener
PROJECT 2
concrete
void in legs to decrease weight arch repeated in voids
Form: arch used for strength common form found through history in brigdes
fiberglass
fine to med aggregate
plasticising additive
water
portland cement
mix:
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Team Memebers: Cindy .Greicko .Malin
placement at bottom of top slab, continuous through legs
19 gouge hardware cloth
2 rebar at 1/4” diameter
3 rebar at 1/8” diameter
PROJECT 3
wood
Rube Goldberg Device
Team Memebers: Christopher R. Diana R. Manal A.
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