P O R T F O L I O KIANA MEMARANDADGAR Architectural Designer LEED Green Associate, AIA Assoc. Selected Works from 2015 - 2020
KIANA MEMARANDADGAR
WORK EXPERIENCE
LEED Green Associate
KieranTimberlake
Philadelphia, PA. Aug 2018 - Oct 2020, Architectural Designer I Worked on a university lab building project, with focus on envelope design. Previously worked on multiple academic innovation and lab projects in multiplet phases such as master planning, SD, DD and CD.
Kiana.mrn.dadgar@gmail.com 513.885.6701
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (BCJ)
EDUCATION Master of Architecture
University of Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning, Cincinnati, OH.
B.Sc in Architectural Engineering
University of Guilan Visiting student at Art University of Tehran, Iran
Diploma in Mathematics and Physics
National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents
SKILLS Rhinoceros Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk Revit Autodesk 3ds Max V-ray Lumion Enscape Adobe Creative Design Suite Grasshopper CATIA/Digital Project SketchUp Pro MicroStation Microsoft Office Wood Working Metal Fabrication Freehand Sketching and Rendering Photography Collage
San Francisco, CA. May - Aug 2017, Architectural Intern While interning at BCJ, I worked on site analysis and concept design for an education building at UC Davis campus, renovation of Dominican University library, and interior space for offices in two levels of Salesforce tower, San Francisco.
Lehman Smith McLeish (LSM)
Washington, DC. Aug - Dec 2016, Architectural Intern At LSM, I worked on an aviation headquarter office design, from facade and envelope studies and digital modeling to design development and construction documentation. Additionally, I prepared test fit documents for interior design, porduct submittals, material and fixture selection.
FRCH Design
Cincinnati, OH. Jan - April 2016, Architectural Intern During my four months of interning at FRCH, I prepared survey and construction documents for commercial design.
Haditarh Architecture
Babol, Iran. Jan - May 2015, Architectural Designer While working at Haditarh, I worked on multiple residential projects’ schematic design phases and construction drawings.
OTHER EXPERIENCES Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Cincinnati Jan -Dec 2017 For the visual communication course, I taught freshman architecture students the basic principals of architectural drawings
Scene Designer and Producer
Rasht, Iran. 2014 In collaboration with Anahita Tabatabaee, I worked on a scene design for a short film : ‘Hasti’, directed by Arash Baghipour.
HONORS AIA Ohio Student Award 2018
Thesis Projects selected as honorable mention
DAAPCares 2018
Projects selected and showcased for the humanitarian solution
Directors’ Choice Award 2017
Group project “the Cloud” selected for the best studio project
Graduate Assistantship Scholarship Award
University o Cincinnati, OH
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Project
Second place University of Guilan, 2014
Undergraduate Studio Top Project
Exhibited in the Gallery of Art University of Tehran, 2012
Visual Communication Top Project
University of Guilan, 2009
EXHIBITIONS ‘The Cloud’ Interactive Installation Reed Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. 2018
DAAPWORKS Show
2017 & 2018 End of the year student work exhibition at DAAP, Cincinnati, OH.
‘Architecture and Urbanism’ Group Photography Exhibition Photographies showcased at Gallery of Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran. 2012
‘Cyber World’ Installation
Interactive installation demonstrating the image of one’s self in the age of social media Art University of Tehran, Iran 2012
LANGUAGES Persian : Native English : Fluent French : Basic Arabic : Basic
LIST OF WORKS ACADEMIC
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A DISTURBANCE OF MEMORY ON SUTRO BATH THE COULD BEYOND THE BOX MONOCOQUE FINDLAY MARKET KIOSKS COLUMBUS ATHENAEUM INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ART
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THE NEW SCAIFE HALL DIGITAL FUTURES OFFICES ON SALESFORCE TOWER UC DAVIS CAMPUS INTERVIEW STUDY AND PROPOSAL
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a disturbance of memory on sutro bath: the uncanny of the ruins UC THESIS FALL & SPRING 2018
This thesis project studies the spatial uncanny in order to respond to the desire to exploit the intangible subconscious through architecture. The uncanny, the strange in the familiar, evokes these repressed forces and brings them to the forefront. The investigation goes further to look at the inherently present uncanny emotions in sites of ruins. The Thesis examines the ruins of Sutro Baths, on the northwest of San Francisco; in addition to containing the remnants of a historic bathhouse, this site also possesses unique landscape conditions. It seeks to recognize the condition of the site and accentuate the uncanny and dream-like emotions of this landscape by inserting new interventions on the site.
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Historical Sutro baths house (1896-1964)
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Location of the Sutro bath on the Northwest of San Francisco.
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Analysis of the features and elements of uncanny on the site
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Reflection, Doubling
Disjoint, Ruins
Stairs, Remains
Water, the primary element on the site, becomes the main design generator to create new and different experiences that accentuate the sense of the uncanny on the site. These experiences arise due to the disjoint between various conditions of water on the site.
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Springs
The journey begins from the spring, where the streams start descending the landscape toward the pond which represents the static phase. These two states of water are in juxtaposition with the wild waves of the ocean, where the last intervention happens. The strong contradiction between these conditions of the water is celebrated and connected through the design.
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Different rhythms on the staircases have been designed to create a meandering experience to visit the site with controlling the speed and the attention to the movement.
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Start and end of the dynamic water along with the stairs is shown above.
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Starting from the springs and ending before reaching the pond.
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The bridge starts over where the steps end, and where the spring water pours down to the pond, which is extended from the axis of the spring.
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The new bridge through the pond is situated at low altitude to put the visitor in more contact with water. As visitors pass through the bridge, the water is now fully revealed. At this stage, the reflection in the water is used as the element of the estrangement to conceal what lies beneath and to distract with the reflection of the surroundings. The perception of the water is altered as visitors have a closer interaction with water as one can touch and feel the water beyond the railing of the bridge
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The longitude section of the entire site, staring from the top of the Sutro baths site down to the ocean.
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the cloud
UC STUDIO SPRING 2017
The project, moving cloud, began as an exploration into the dichotomy of digital and analog processes and their ability to be used together to influence and augment the outcome of a design process. As design iteration progressed our team sought to explore the possibility of an architecture that directly and autonomously responds to human needs and interactions through its own purposefully designed characteristics. Through the prompt of designing a space for a child in the form of an architectural intervention for an existing space, a spatial canopy was constructed which responds to multi dimensional user interaction and provides situational and specific environments for inhabitants. The installation is able to provide these situational environments by utilizing sound sampling technology to drive a kinetic sequence, which in turn transforms the space in reaction to the amount of activity occurring within the space. In collaboration with: Matt Brubaker, Han Shen, Yasamin Enshaeian
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Cell Assembly. Polypropylene Cell with ring connectors being stitched together with mono-filament line.
Input Mesh
Catmull-Clark Subdivision Aggregation Determination Process
Computer Board Housing Assembly
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Motor Housing Assembly
Cell Aggregation
Standard Primary Cell
Aggregation Form
Installation in plan, relaxed (equilibrium) state.
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Sectional Movement Diagram. Each response state is represented in a separate color.
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Experiential Stages Activity States. The installation re-acts to accommodate various states of activity.
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The Cloud was installed in the entrance lobby at the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning of University of Cincinnati. With different stages of the cloud, the lighting would vary and respond to the movement of the arms.
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monocoque: an optical illusion of volume UC STUDIO SPRING 2017
This two-staged studio project, started with an exhaustive research on the patterns and delineation, working parametrically in Digital Project/CATIA to understand the constraint driven design. Moving to the three dimensional phase by creating paper models of the chosen geometric cell. The paper cells were aggregated to fill a cubic feet of space as it represents the digital aggregation. In the next stage, the program and site will be implemented in the design. The mix of the residential and Studio and work spaces were to be inhabited inside the modified new aggregation of the cell units.
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Base Unit Speculation
Aggregation of the Digital Cell Unit
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Physical three Dimensionalization
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The aggregation of the cells was modified to be able to inhabitable as a residental unit.
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Section Through the Residential wing
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Solution for life in the container city
UC “DENCITY” COMPETITION SPRING 2017
Oncupinar camp in Turkey is known as “The Container City” because of the flood of refugees from the Syrian war. The Container City is anything but temporary. The increasing level of permanence has led to the overcrowding and decaying conditions in this Refugee camp. Personal space is scarce, yet feelings of loneliness have paralyzed the dwellers. The refugees need a way to expand their containers for personal and communal use to ensure mental and physical health. The utilitarian rows that organize the city give the city a stale, depressing mood. By referring to concepts of Deleuze and Guattari’s smooth and striated spaces we hope to provide a sustainable and affordable way to improve the living conditions at the camp. With designing a shading system, flexible enough to create layered canopies to promote a variety of spatial spaces and by using the process of deterritorialization of the striated container spaces we hope to smooth the container city and make it a place for everyday life to happen. In collaboration with: Ashley Griffith, Bahareh Rezaee, Yasamin Enshaeian
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GAZIANTEP
Largest organized industrial area in Turkey
TURKEY 8th largest cotton production 4th largest in cotton consumption
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KILIS CAMP
SYRIA Six years of civil war caused the most concerning refugee crisis
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This is only one of 12 container refugee camps in Turkey, and close to the border of Syria.
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Need for proper shading
Inadequate Community Space
Overheated interior space
Lack of diversity and identity
Lack of proper outdoor spaces
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Overcrowded indoor spaces
Chaotic expansion of the space
Collective Space
Collective Space
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Collective Space
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Fabric Industry
Fabric Waste
Turkey Textile Industry
Cotton and Silk Waste
Cotton and Silk Industry
Up-Cycling the material for the design
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Rod Container Condition
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Fabrics
Fisherman’s Knot Condition to Attach Cable to Rod
Half Hitch Knot Condition to Attach Fabric to Cable
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Galvanized poles are attached to the existing structure of the container. By installing the fabrics by the citizens of the camp, they can create their own unique canopies.
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Section, From Rigidness to Liveliness
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metrolab: findlay market kiosks UC + FINDLAY MARKET + YOUTH HOPE STUDIO / METROLAB DESIGN BUILD SUMMER 2016
Findlay Market is the only surviving municipal market house of the nine public markets operating in Cincinnati in the 19th century and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It was an old tradition in this market that local kids would sell bags in the market. It was considered as a way of helping them with school expenses. Our clients, Findlay Market and Hope Youth Inc. were looking to find a new way to engage the kids from the neighborhood to this activity and start it as a way of donation. We tried to reinforce this old tradition by designing kiosks for two kids to share and being able to use for transaction. In collaboration with: Caroline Bozzi, Jamie Farello, Jordan Fitch, Kris Hemeyer , Brent Nichols, Lee Mayor, Sho Sugimito, Sachini Kumari Wickramanayaka
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The choice of the material of the project was along with the idea of designing a piece for the market and for the people. For this outdoor piece we faced a lot of challenges, such as the maintenance issues, water effects on the material, as well as security and urban context along with affordability.
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To implicate more sense of ownership for the kiosks, we considered mobility and multi-functionality.
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For security reasons, the kiosks need to be locked during the time that they are not used. We considered designing a park area for the kiosks that when they are locked up it would act as a urban furniture and the kiosk garage would also be a gathering place.
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comprehensive design: columbus athenaeum UC STUDIO FALL 2015
Columbus Athenaeum, is a 3700 Sq.ft facility consists of archives, exhibition spaces, a visitor’s center, auditorium, workspaces, visiting scholars housing, located in downtown Columbus Indiana. The goal of this comprehensive design studio was to develop architectural details and construction ethics that integrate systems, infrastructure, program, urban block and user experience together.
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The diversity of the program leads to a hierarchy of the programs from public to private, creating three main programmatic zones in the building.
Three programmatic divisions continues to the upper level
Mass strategies to enhance passive solutions for light and ventilation
Set backs to create an street scape as well as a courtyard for the center of teh building
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Ground Floor
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Private Zone Semi-Public Zone Public Zone Circulation
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Strategies for daylighting, heating and cooling were examined in this project through different iterations and models. Ceiling mesh system in the permanent gallery lets the daylight in for the exhibition space. And the middle courtyard helps the air ventilation in different programs around it
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interactive digital art the lighting project UC DIGITAL ART SEMINAR FALL 2017
This interactive artwork is designed to use the distance as an environmental stimulus to respond to. There are eighteen paper-made flowers mounted on the wood housing box, each including a LED hidden in them. The motion sensor that exists in the piece detects the motion in 6 different phases. Each distance will light up 3 of the lights. The variety of the movement and range of distance from the piece creates a rhythm with the lighting and blinking the flowers. This interactive art project is an attempt of the designer to work with the sensor and the Arduino boards to create engaging moments when interacting with the piece.
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the new scaife hall mechanical engineering labs CLIENT: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ARCHITECT: KIERANTIMBERLAKE PHILADELPHIA SUMMER 2019
A new 85,000 gsf building for Mechanical Engineering (MechE) which is comprised of offices, classrooms, wet & dry labs, high-bay drone arena, lecture hall, café, and collaboration space. The new building will replace an existing building, built in 1962, and is located at the corner of campus. Through schematic to construction documentation, my role included of building envelope studies and design, detailing and documentation. I prepared client rendering, worked on zoning and planning presentation.
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Rendering by Alex Olevitch, Kiana Memarandadgar
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Green roof mitigates storm water runoff, reduces heat island effect, and promotes biodiversity.
Storm water runoff is retained by the Courtyard planters
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Narrow north/south facing massing allows for ample daylight, solar control, and natural ventilation.
Glare Control Via shading Fins
Below grade labs take advantage of ground coupling to reduce heating and cooling demand
Glare and daylight studies for offices to optimize the location and size of the window and the shading fins. studies by Kit Elsworth
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Offices and classrooms are located on levels two to four.
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Revit+ Vray + Adobe Illustrator + Adobe Photoshop Rendering by Alex Olevitch and Kiana Memarandadgar
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digital futures off-campus innovation center CLIENT: UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ARCHITECT: KIERANTIMBERLAKE PHILADELPHIA SUMMER 2019
“Digital Futures� is a 180,000 Sq. Ft. engineering lab building off the main university campus and located in the ongoing development of Innovation Corridor. Digital Futures will become a place for collaboration between various engineering and nonengineering research teams and where students and researchers can directly work with industry partners who have outposts in the Innovation Corridor. Thus, the design prioritizes interactive, collaborative, and trans-disciplinary work with consideration for growth, expansion, and evolution of spaces. The project was a collaboration between KT and GBBN Architects. As a member of the architecture team, I was actively involved in the initial concept phases, planning and schematic. my role consisted of programming and planning for the four lab levels, studies for the envelope perforation and facade color studies as well as producing the project renderings.
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Shading fin system, drawn by Jeremy Leman, Alex Olevitch, Kiana Memarandadgar
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To aid our goal of supporting the University Climate Action plan of energy use reduction of 30%-50% below current value, as well as endeavoring to exceed Architecture 2030 goal of 70% pEUI reduction (47 kBtu/ft²), the building envelope was designed to reduce peak and cumulative solar gains during cooling season and maintain passive solar gains in heating season where possible. The harmonious strategy for shading and aperture size distributes daylight while managing glare and is adapted to different solar orientations.
Section Perspective through the lowesr level Highbay lab.
Shading device impact on the west facade, Studies by Ryan Welch
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offices on salesforce tower, san francisco BOHLIN CYWINSKI JACKSON SAN FRANCISCO SUMMER 2017
During my Internship at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, I was a part of the team working on the interiors of the two floors for a business unit on the salesforce tower, while the tower was under construction. Located in the South of Market district of downtown San Francisco, this tower is a 1000 ft office skyscraper that finished in January of 2018. My responsibilities included working on the interior renderings of each area and coordinating with the material pallet chosen for the project.
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uc davis campus study and proposal BOHLIN CYWINSKI JACKSON SAN FRANCISCO SUMMER 2017
During this internship I had the opportunity to be a part of a team working on UC Davis campus study and proposal for the interview with the university to work on designing and building a new class room building. Primarily, we did a focused study of the campus based on the existing situation and the master plan to study the campus and be able to propose the new facility. I worked on laying out different zoning maps and study the different elements on the campus such as; different means of circulation and parking, student amenities, climate studies, academic facilities and the overall context of the campus.
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Study maps of the UC davis campus Rhino + AutoCAD +Adobe Illustrator
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