ARCHITECTURE P O R T F O L I O
MAHSA MASOUDI
Education 2013-Present 2012-2013 2008-2012
Master of Architecture at Pennsylvania State University, PA, U.S.A MFA Program in Scene Design at University of North Carolina School of the Arts, NC, U.S.A Bachelors of Architecture at Tehran Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Work Experiences Mahasa Masoudi General Information Address: 612 Holly CT, State College, PA, 16801 Phone: 949.491.2223 E-mail: mxm1145@psu.edu DOB: Sep. 05. 1989
References Bahram Shirdel
Principle Architect , Shirdel and Associates Architects Address: Shakhsar, Moghadas-e Ardebili St., Zaferanie, Tehran, Iran Phone: +98 21 22411060 E-mail: shirdel.partners@yahoo. com
2013-Present Penn State University, Department of Architecture. PA, U.S.A -Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, working with Prof.Hadighi, Prof. Willis, Prof. Staub and Prof.Porschke on different scale projects including typologies of high rises in global scale in 2015, leading an architectural field trip to Germany as an assistant leader in 2015 and being the graduate student member of facilities com mittee in 2014 for proposing new arrangement of Stuckeman Family Building Studio in 2014, being a graduate member of NAAB preparation document in 2013. 2014 Shirdel and Associates Architects. Tehran, Iran -Architectural Intern, worked at Sari Convention Center, assisted the team with researching and model making. 2012 A.J Fletcher Opera Institute of the UNCSA. NC, U.S.A -Scene Designer of Owen Wingrave Opera in the DeMille Theater. Directed by Steven LaCosse. -Designer Assistant for La-Rondine Opera in Steven Center. Scene Designer: John Coyne. Assisted the team with rendering the painted drops and model making. 2010-11 Rai Studio/ Pouya Khazaeli Parsa. Tehran, Iran -Architectural Intern, Part of design team for Mud structure and helped with model making, drafting with Auto CAD, preparing presentation boards using Adobe Photoshop and photographer in site 2010 Av Theatre Group. Tehran, Iran -Member of the group as an actor and writer.
Awards, Fellowships 2012 2012 2012
James Wines
2011
Professor, Tenured Department of Architecture Address: 218 Stuckeman Family Building, University Park, PA, 16802 Phone: 814.863.5410 E-mail: juw3@psu.edu
Fletcher Operah Fellowship for Owen Wingrave-Spring Opera. NC, U.S.A Honor Award in USITT for Architectural and Theatre Students “Ideal Theatre” Design Competition 2012 (Team leader of the group). CA, U.S.A Commissioner Award in USITT for Architectural and Theatre Students “Ideal Theatre” Design Competition. CA, U.S.A Participating in Mud Structure workshop as a collaborates and photographer in Rai Studio in which has been invited to participate in the festival Grains D’Isère in France.Tehran, Iran
Certificates and Conferences 2015
Katsuhiko Muramoto
Associate Professor, Tenured Department of Architecture Address: 325 Stuckeman Family Building, University Park, PA, 16802 Phone: 814.863.0793 E-mail: kxm15@psu.edu
2015
ICCCBE2016 Conference.” A Quantitative Way for Measuring the Building Use Design Feedback and Evaluation.” Osaka, Japan Korean studies and Architecture studio Diploma. Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Exhibitions and Performances 2011 2010
2009 2009 2005 2006 2003
Designer of Human and Pollution Installation for Av theatre group. Tehran, Iran Play and playwright in Aredvisoor Anahit Theater, Authors: Group writers, Directors: Soheyla, Ghodstinat, Babak Mohri. Tehran, Iran Perform in Ajax (Gathering performance) by Sophocles. Director: Babak Mohri. Tehran, Iran Perform in Divane teatral (the theatrical court) Theater, Author: Mahmood Ostad Mohamad, Director: Ehsan Hajipoor. Tehran, Iran Group paint exhibition in Niavaran Palace Gallery . Tehran, Iran Individual Piano Recital.Tehran, Iran Group Piano Recital. Tehran, Iran
Computer Software proficiency
Adobe Photoshop Autodesk AutoCAD Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Microsoft Office
Vray
Autodesk Revit 3D Studio Max Grasshopper Rhino
Contents 0 A Day as Theater 1 New Media Art Center 2 Extention Desigh of New Art Museum 3 Raystown Lake Resort Complex 4 Experimental Art Space 5 Mud Structure, Architecture for Humanity 6 Owen Wingrave Opera 7 Metamorphosis and Transformation 8 Jewelry Design
A DAY AS THEATER Location: Manhattan, NYC Instructor: Darla Lindberg Thesis | M.ARCH | Penn State University In Progress
“All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.” (William Shakespeare) What this thesis is going to propose is to bring theater and performances outside the buildings, and put it into streets, into cities, free from its old frames with the help of architecture and urban design. Performances are always related to “the act” while buildings are related to “activities” (functions/behaviors). The “act” is both in time and outside of time and generates its own internal architecture and external accessibilities.to “activities” (functions/behaviors). In late 19th century, Naturalists noted the fourth wall.
They believed this invisible wall is separating the stage from the audience. So that behind this “wall” there are audience, which are invisible to the actors and cause the actors to play more naturally as if they cannot see the audience behind this wall. The fourth wall works the best in Proscenium Theater. In this thesis I am going to show the Alienation with the use of fourth wall. Alienation is a postmodern concern of human being. Humanity is under control of society, economy, and politics. Individuals are following media and fashion without their own decisions. They define their lives with the goals they “have to” set for themselves, therefore instead of living their real lives; they are living in their fantasies and in their dream life.
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Fall- Spring 2016
Architecture
Academic Project
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New Media Art Center Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Instructor: Ute Poerschke 2nd year | M.ARCH | Penn State University .Jan - April 2015
The studio project for this semester was to design a building for new media arts in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, PA. This included spaces for audio-visual art presented on screens and monitors but also an experimental theater that was equipped with multimedia. For my concept, I studied the definition of media. Media is plural form of medium. And the Medium is something in
between something that transforms data to each other. My building was a medium between the cliffs in the back of the building and the street. The parallel format of the strip district also inspired me to have a parallel theme. Moreover, since a medium directs people’s mind to some specific viewpoints, my building was a device which directed people’s views.
01 An Art Center for the Information Age
Spring 2015
Architecture
Academic Project
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NORTH ELEVATION
SECTION A-A
SECTION B-B
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SITE PLAN
GROUND FLOOR
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES Winter Solstice: 9 deg
SUN: There are movable louvers on the roof which will direct winter sun to the building. For the summer sun, they will be located in a way for indirect illuminating the spaces. As we need more sun to get into the building in winter, the building would have openings through the south west. Also the coffee shop is in the south west of the building so that it can get more sun in. In the summer we need shading system. So the small walls would be perfect for shading one of the alternatives is to have flexible panels so that each panel can turn around and let the sun shines inside or close it.
Summer Solstice: 66 deg
The building can have photovoltaic on the panels facing the south. It can proPV vide electricity for the galleries.
Sustainability Strategies:
-The building is oriented to the South-West. -Cafe is getting direct light from South-West. Offices, Libraries, Upper side of galleries are getting light from South West. -Buffer Zone is located in East-North of the building. And they are closed towers. -The building has thermal walls and floors. Building Material: Aluminum pannel and metal steel structure Aluminum is recyclable and it is a light weight material
Aluminum recycling also reduces energy consumption. To produce aluminum from recycled material, for example, requires only 5% of the energy required to produce aluminum from bauxite. In addition, every ton of recycled aluminum saves four tons of bauxite. (http://www.engineeringcivil.com/useof-aluminium-in-building-construction.html)
Summer Solstice: 66 deg
Winter Solstice: 9 deg Steel composed of 94% recycled steel products (Ohio) TRANSPORTATION: The building is location in a site which is only a few blocks of bus stops. So it will be more encouraging for the users to use public transportation rather than private cars. Also by providing bicycle racks, people will encourage more to use bicycles. 5 parking is also provided in the site.
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SOUTH ELEVATION 4. External Utility Grid
3. PV
2. Heat Recovery
1. Geothermal system
GEOTHERMAL: In Pittsburgh, the ground is warmer than air and in winter it is cooler that air. So it is perfect to use geothermal system vertically to cool the water and air inside the building in summer and warm it up in the winter.
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ACOUSTIC CONCEPT
NORTH ELEVATION
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SECTION B-B
Extention Design Of New Art Museum Location: Tehran, Iran Instructor: Kaveh Bazrafkan Third Year | B.ARCH | Tehran Islamic Azad University Aug - Dec 2010
Painting, sculpture and theater could not be copied and remain their values in classic ages. In digital age, there are thousands of copies of same image. For instance, in photography any image could be sold in mass-market sales. This mass production of art is a reward of virtual world which can distribute an art piece among the world and no one can recognize which piece is considered as the original piece. In the Contemporary art museum,there is a black oil pool. Which is representation of virtual world since it reflects the building inside it.
To Tehran Contemporary Art Museum
This oily black pool located in the central ramp at the end of the journey of the museum which reflects columns, ceiling and the whole space of the museum inside it. This pool is a representation of virtual world. The entrance of the extension building starts from this pool. The black oil will mass produces all over the new extension. More over, inside the galleries audience is always in doubt of recognizing the original art piece and the image of it through shadows, penumbra and images.
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Fall 2010
Architecture
Academic Project
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Raystown Lake Resort Complex Location: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA Instructor: Rebecca Henn 2nd year | M.ARCH | Penn State University Aug-Dec 2015
Dramatic/ Comoflodge/ Panaromic
The site was located on the south side of Raystown Lake in Penn Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Raystown Lake, a man-made lake, was created in 1975 by the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control. The topography of the site was quite hilly, with steep slopes in places and with gentler topography near the ridge tops. Views of the lake would be available from numerous points on the resort site.
As the site of the project had a great slope, my main point in this site was the incredible view. People rather see panoramic view of site from my building as opposed to anywhere else. The approach to my building was you first saw a rectangular elevated block, and as you went underneath each floor, it was opening up to landscape. So the shape recognized the view to the lake.
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Fall 2015
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Site Plan
Roof Plan Roof Plan
Ground Floor Ground Floor
SITE PLAN Roof Roof Plan Plan
2nd Floor 2nd Floor
Roof Plan
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PRECEDENT. CONCEPT .WALL SECTION Scale: 1.00”= 1.00’
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Experimental Art Space Location: Tehran, Iran Instructor: Kaveh Bazrafkan Thesis | B.ARCH | Tehran Islamic Azad University Jan - April 2012
Experiment this art space with your new and fresh imagination It filters your previous view and resets your mind
Space: an element of art, space refers to distances or areas around, between or within components of a piece. Space can be positive (white or light) or negative (black or dark), open or closed, shallow or deep and two dimensional or three dimensional. Sometimes space is not actually within a piece, but the illusion of it is. Frank Lloyd Wright: Space is the breath of art.
A similar activity happens when the elements of art are combined. Instead of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, etc., in art you have got line, shape, form, space, texture, value and color. Artists manipulate these elements, mix them in with principles of design and compose a pie ce of art. Not every work has every last one of these elements contained within it, but th ere are always at least two present.
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Spring 2012
Architecture
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Conceptual Model- Site Plan
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Ground Plan
Section A-A FINAL MODELS
GROUND FLOOR
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Mud Structure, Architecture for Humanity Location: Kermanshah, Iran Project by: Architectur for Humanity Tehran( Rai Studio), Tehran, Iran. Supervisor: Pouya Khazaeli Parsa Construction: Feb- March
The Mud Structure was built over the course of a -25day workshop, with a team of designers and university students. The Mud Structure prototype dwelling consists of a bamboo structure, tree branches and walls made out of mud. The tree branches came from a number of trees that the mayor of Kermanshah had removed for a transit project. As a result of the project in Kermanshah, the team has been invited to participate in the festival Grains D›Isère 2012 in France. In this Project, I had multiple tasks. In the
design phase, my task was making different alternative models of the prototype with earth. I collaborated directly with the head designers while I was making models and the design developed by different types of models. Moreover I Prepare presentation boards using Photoshop software. In the construction phase, I took and edited all the photos of the project which has been published. I also helped on making the Video of the Project which could be fin in following link. https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Rp48Cnq04.
05 Earth Project
Fall-Winter 2011-12
Architecture
Working Experience
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Interior Space
Plan- Section
Study Models
Student pavilion at the University of Razi. Materials: Mud, Branche, Bamboo
Interior Space
Owen Wingrave Opera
Location: UNCSA Demille Theatre Director: Steven LaCosse First Year | MFA | University of North Carolina School of the Arts Jan - Dec 2012
I had fabulous experiences in this school in both scenic and lighting design. My very best experience was designing for Fletcher opera for Owen Wingrave which was my very first set design in my whole artistic life. This Opera was in two act. A piece from Benjamin Britten that was performed in television. Thus it has a lot of places and sometimes combination of very different places which was held at the same time. The story was aboutÂť a committed pacifist born into a renowned military family, Owen Wingrave met with a torrent of
disapproval over his beliefs. Desperate to keep the love of his would be bride, he is determined to prove his inner strength-even if it leads to a mysterious endÂť. This design gave me a great opportunity to collaborate with other designers and the director. It also gave me strong confident about my potency. I did this opera in my first year of MFA program. Owen Wingrave design was a combination of art and technology. I started the show with some moving screens with projection. I also had some motion control features in my design.
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Spring 2012
Scene Design
Professional Project
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Metamorphosis and Transformation
Instructor: James Wines Second Year | M.ARCH | Pennsylvania State University Jan - Dec 2015`
The Seminar focused on conceptual thinking and the value of hand drawing as part of the creative process. In my drawing-from-model sessions I was required to select one figure study that can be utilized as the subject matter for a transformative or metamorphic creation. As how the human body has become a
using the Human Body
receptacle for the absorption of social, political, contextual, psychological, material and anthropomorphic elements. My final imagery reinforces the main conceptual intentions of how languages and words are creating each person’s life, space and environment.
07 A line Around an Idea Seminar
Fall-Winter 2011-12
Art Work
Academic Project
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Jewelry Design Instructor: Pouya Khazaeli Parsa First Year | B.ARCH | Rai Studio Jan 2008
This was my very first design in Architecture. In my first year of architecture school, I felt the need of exploring beyond the school. So I took an extra individual class in Pouya Khazaeli’s firm which I continued working in his firm after that class. Firstly, I started researching on void and mass spaces. I not only studied those space values in architectural plans and master plans, but also researched on some art pieces like Hossein Zenderoodi’s paintings.
Then I tried to bold void and mass spaces in between his paintings. This Jewelry design is made from two layers of foam core boards that I cut them by hand and glued them to get three categories of spaces in three dimensions: voids, masses and in between the two spaces
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Winter 2008
Art Work
Experimental Project
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