2021 - 2022
Mahsa Sadat Masalegoo
CV Info
Academic Education 2016 - 2018
University of Tehran. Faculty of Fine Arts. Tehran. Iran MA. Architecture Engineering
GPA: 4/4
18.19/20
2011 - 2016
University of Science and Culture. Tehran. Iran BA. Architecture Engineering
GPA: 4/4
19.14/20
Honors/Awards 2019 - 2021
Designer and Manager of one of the most Important National Architecture Projects - Karaj Main Theatre Hall
Country: Iran Birth: 1992/01/23
2019 - Aug
Winner of the national architecture competition among 6 most famous Iranian architectural companies - Karaj Main Theatre Hall
Email: masalegoo.m@gmail.com m.masalegoo@ut.ac.ir Tel: +98-----------------------
2016 - Sep
Accepted into the University of Tehran - The most prestigious university in Iran
2017 - 2020
Three years assistant teacher experience in the University of Tehran in 6 architectural studios
Address: Tehrapars-Tehran - Iran
2016 - Sep
Ranked 6th among 26094 participants in Architectural Engineering major
2016 - Sep
Ranked 2nd Sketching among top 10 per cent in Architecture master entrance exam between 7749 participants
2018 - Sep
Top 3 M.A. student based on GPA and Research result among graduates
2018 - Sep
Iran’s National Elites Foundation membership
2016 - Feb
Top B.A. student based on GPA among graduates
Assistantship
Publications Journal article The Impact of Modern Architecture on Expanding the Domain of Audience Consciousness and Its Derivation from the Merleau-Ponty’s Theory of “Body-Subject”, Baghe-Nazar, Volum17, Issue87, Pages19-28 - DOI: 10.22034/BAGH.2020.186937.4128
Research Assistant, University of Tehran, Faculty of Fine Arts. Tehran. Iran - 3 years
2020 - Sep
Teaching Assistant, University of Tehran, Faculty of Fine Arts. Tehran. Iran - 3 yaers
2019 - Jan
Conference proceeding Analytical study of Movement as the Fourth Dimension, in the Formation of the Form of Artworks
2021 - Jan 2019 - Sep
Book Title: Hidden Aperture in Architecture, About Plan and Section Design - Role: Author Title: Theory of Modernity in Architecture - Role: Editing - Second edition - Fourth volume
2021 - ...
Under Preparation Papers How does computational design change the knowledge of architectural Form
Architectural Adviser, Iranian Architecture Centre Tehran. Iran - 3 years
fields of research: Computational design-Parametric design-Geometry vs Topology-the Design Process and Design Thinking- Architecture Education
Interests Philosophy Sculpturing Fabrication Working with different material The state-of-art technology Movie - artistic analyse and criticise Travelling and Photography Sketching and Collage Dancing History of art: contemporary Swimming and Basketball
Professional Competition 2019 - Aug
Karaj Theatre Hall*
2019 - Jan
Common Ruins
2018 - Apr 2018 - Jan 2017 - May 2016 - Dec
Designing a main theatre hall in Karaj City - Limited competition Role: Designer and coordinator - Winner
Iran France
Renovation, a new life into ancient castle in France Role: Designer and coordinator To explore the role of daylight in architecture VELUX Award Role: Designer Challenging the way of understand vertical architecture eVolo Role: Designer Designing Entrance to Pardis Technology Park Pardis technology Role: Designer Superior Architecture ParkWay Under-bridge Revival - Nominated Role: Designer
Denmark USA Iran Iran
Work experience Research interests Digital Fabrication Methods of design Computational Design Form and Materiality Geometry Generative design Design thinking Data-driven architecture Human and cultural studies Smart cities Smart materials Architectural theory and philosophy Urban Design, Sustainability and Politics Art
Project: Experimental work on material and fabrication in interior design
2020 - Present
HooDe Design Studio Role: Co-founder, Designer and manager
2018 - Present
D.S.H Conseil Office Role: Architectural Designer and one of the manager Project: Karaj Main Theatre Hall* Freelance designer Projects: Gallery and home renovation - kitchen and interior design
2015 - 2017
Skills Software
Other
Languages
Scripting
Modeling
Programming
Presentation
grasshopper
Rhinoceros - sketchup - AutoCad - Maya
Python
Photoshop - indesign - illustrator - premier - Vray
Modeling
sculpturing
Painting
CNC
Papier mâché - Resin - Wood - concrete
Sketch - oil and acrylic - water color - mixed materials
Farsi English French
Native C1 - Advanced IELTS-----------Overall: 7 B2 - Upper-Intermediate
Listening: 8 Reading: 6.5
Speaking: 7 Writing: 6.5
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Computational Analysis
Digital Digital Fabrication
2 Computational Form Making
INDEX 4
3 Digital Design
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Digital Fabrication
Computational Design
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Multifunctional High-Rise Academic project - Individual work Final Master Thesis - University of Tehran Site: Tehran, Iran Supervisor: Dr. Saeed Haghir Email: saeed.haghir@ut.ac.ir
This project aimed to create a multifunctional high-rise in one of the west of Tehran neighbourhoods focused on computational analysis and creating multi-sensual space. High-rise buildings' regulations of design and construction received the most attention. I concentrated on an architect's constraints in a real-world project and suggested ideas that would best fit that framework.
Contribution To The project Initial Idea and Development Modeling + Scripting + Plan and Section Design Analysis : Flow Design + Ladybug Diagram Development + Presentation Physical Modeling + CNC
01 Sep 2018
The site area for constructio
Turning houses' yards into the vertical forest
Green facade for breathing city
IDEA The main idea is the "reforestation and naturalization" of Tehran metropolitan, by growing forests skyways; And mitigation of air pollution and traffic congestion by planning a self-sufficient and sustainable building. This project, along with all ideas and restrictions of high-rise buildings, is designed based on a multi-sensory atmosphere to make a better atmosphere for residents.
vertical access core
Natural light
Public and Cultural Rotation for creating Areas views & unroofed terraces
Green joints between floors
Green spaces and Garden for each flat
Natural-light Analysis
Site Plan Jan
Apr
July
Oct
09:00
12:00
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Aerodynamic Behaviour
Natural-light Analysis and Aerodynamic Behaviour To locate and number the floors, was analyzed natural light and shad of the building used in the Ladybug plugin in Grasshopper. In this section, four alternatives based on the height, area and location are considered. The result of these studies and the combination of its output with the three-dimensional site analysis has determined towers' volume and location. To form this building, wind loading and its consequences are crucial. The method of analyzing the aerodynamic behaviour of this high-rise building was the wind tunnel test in Flewdesign software. Compared to the building's previous shape, separate and twist modified the flow pattern around the building to the better one.
Function and Form Finding The four primary functions required for this project were residentials, cultural centre(library-gallery-art classes), commercial centre and sky parks. The site is located between two main streets: two towers are located in the northern and southern parts with different heights because of access to natural light. At the same time, access to the commercial centre and cultural centre is available for both and from the northern street. Additional space, such as parking, installations, entrance lobby, etc., are located accordingly. Several alternative forms of two high-rise buildings are modelled in Grasshopper to reach the best shape of access to light, fresh air, best view and planing un-modular flats in one, double and triple floors.
Structure shaping from above
Structure System The truss-tube without interior columns is a system used in these highrise buildings, enabling them to resist lateral loads from wind, seismic pressures and so on in Tehran, which is prone to earthquake. The structure of this building is a hybrid, which refers to a wide range of constructions that employ the tube as a core concept and supplement it with various structural supports. Core Shear Wall
Shell between core structure and facade
Slabs
Frame-shear trusses Vertical Trusses
Connecting structures between slabs and external structure
Belt Trusses
Exterior framed tube and Facade structures
Double skin facade
Because one system cannot give sufficient strength or stiffness, this method is adopted.
Floor Plans Design
Animation
The goal of designing the tower plan was to design non-modular plans because of increased flexibility and adaptability for each user. You can watch it on Youtube with this QR code.
Landscape Design
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Atmosphere This project faced many functional constricts, but I tried to make sure that besides meeting the needs of these high-rise buildings, I was creating a multi-sensory atmosphere to make a better place for residents. Using natural elements, water, green spaces, soil, and stones are part of this design. However, the most important part was an analysis of views based on rhythm and repetition to create calm scenes and busy ones.
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Desert Bloom Contribution To The project Evolo Skyscraper Competition Academic project (Studio 3) - Group Work Site: Kerman- Iran Teammates: A.Motevaselian, E.Ghoflsaz, A.salmanzadeh Supervisor: Dr. Akrami, Dr. masaeli, Dr. gharavi Email: akrami@ut.ac.ir
Idea and Development Modeling+ Scripting Diagram Development Presentation + Rendering + postproduction
Jan 2018
IDEA
Water Production
Thousands of people emigrate each year from dry places due to a lack of freshwater. This migration will increase the population density of some urban areas, which may cause irreversible consequences. The project’s main idea is to make a habitable place for humans by producing water naturally in dry regions by absorbing water vapour in the atmosphere. By water Producing, the project can stop desertification and supply food resources and renewable energy for human settlement.
The skyscraper’s structure consists of two inseparable layers; a spiral structure that navigates airflow inside the structure and Coils carrying nitrogen located on the interior facade of the spiral. In other words, the nitrogen flowing inside the coil makes the coil’s surface temperature lower than its surroundings. Therefore, as airflow comes into contact with the coils, moisture condensation happens, and thus, the structure can harvest water from the upper layers of the atmosphere.
900 m Tower
Tower
Twisting
Garden
City
Wind floew
Public Spaces
City Transfer Water Water System Canal Storages
Food Production and public Gardens
energy production
Inside the building, food production units have been established where there are different types of environmental sections. The middle level is for pisciculture, and the upper level is for hydroponic agriculture. The lower level is allocated to grazing livestock to supply different types of organic foods where can also be used as public parks for general people.
A downdraft energy tower is located in the core of the skyscraper. This energy tower relies on the principle that cool air will sink while hot air rises. At the top of the tower, the mist will be sprayed, so that passing air is cooled, causing it to down rapidly. The air then escapes at the bottom of the tower by passing through wind turbines, generating power.
Wide gardens Skyscraper’s exterior wide crust’s presence which is lain on the ground surface, provides an immense surface of shadowing. On the other hand, energy tower (downdrafts) existence in this core makes the humidity go down with the airflow; finally, it provides the best condition for planting an aggregate number of fruit trees and creating vast gardens in this space. The purification of urban sewage supplies the required water in this section. These gardens function as public spaces for the city. Besides gardening in the desert regions, resulting in soil fixation, and it prevents desertification and haze scattering.
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Karaj Theatre Hall Contribution To The project First Prize Winner - Professional work Competition- Professional Work - now under construction Position: Designer & coordinator Under construction now: project manager Site: Karaj - Alborz - Iran Teammates:Dr. S.haghir, Dr. h.Kamelnia office, L.Tashakori, A.Motevaselian, E.Ghoflsaz, A.salmanzadeh
Aug 2019
Initial Idea Development Initial 3D Modeling + Scripting Plan and Section Design+ Diagram Development Presentation + Rendering + postproduction Physical Modeling + CNC
CITY IDENTITY The project site is located in Karaj, the capital of Alborz Province, Iran, and is effectively a suburb of Tehran. The city does not have an independent identity. Therefore, the main question is what is the concept of a cultural building to make an identity for a city? Hence, The project’s idea should be considered not just as a single building but beyond it and as an urban project. Karaj was known for its fair and fine weather and had numerous private and public gardens. Thus, the idea for developing the project inevitably should be compatible with the land and the city’s gardens which were destroyed during over-construction. It should be noted that the project site is an area surrounded by old gardens and a public park in the city centre.
Separation of the City, Park and theatre
Integration of the City, Park and theatre
IDEA The main concept for this project was extending the natural scenery of the surrounding gardens and parks into the project and connecting the project to the land; thus, we can consider it as an object growing from the project’s site. The location that people can go up and observe the city events. The site of the project
The southern part of the land facing the city raised
Making terraces for people to walk up and use the roof to observe the city
Space for performing outdoor theatre, street music performance and openair cinema
Urban Plaza A recreational space for holding festivals
Open amphitheatre
Adding outdoor amphitheatres on the roof
Structure System
Exploded-view
Beam Roofing Beam Ceiling Beam Ceiling Columns Shear Wall Foundation
Combination of concrete columns and beams and metal trusses
Black Box interior design
Black Box interior design
Four main sections
Entrance Hall interior design
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Adaptive Gate Contribution To The project Science and Technology Park Entrance Competition Competition- Group Work Site: Tehran - Iran Teammates: H.Khorasani, B.Arjomandi, M.Shohrati
Initial Idea Development 3D Modeling+ Scripting Diagram Development Presentation + Rendering + postproduction
May 2017
Toward Responsive architecture By incorporating multidisciplinary technologies into the architectural design and fabrication process, a structure's ability to assess environmental conditions and adapt to these aspects has become possible. This project aims to conduct a responsive architectural experiment that includes working with an Arduino kit, a mechanical system, and programming.
Input sensors
Process
Grasshoppor Firefly
Output
Arduino Servomotor
Interaction between space and users
This project looks at how architecture and users interact dynamically. Our environment generates a tactile and tangible high-tech experience where the visitor and the gate are joined in this interaction.
Closed Gate
Heavy cars Gate
Open Entrance-Exit
Open Exit Gate
Open Entrance Gate
Element
3 Degrees of movement
Formation of the Programmable 3D Matrix
Mechanism In each frame, certain elements are moving and rotating in 3 dimensions freely. Each element has a certain distance from the others and rotates by its servo engine. For each element, we will use a 'Servo Motor', which gives us continuous control over Movements; each motor can lift and move loads on the element.
Detail Design
Animation
CON]Create] Workshop Project - Group Work Location: Science and Technology Park of University of Tehran,Tehran, Iran Supervisors: Arman KhalilBeigi, Esmaeil Mottaghi Position: Participating in fabrication Article related
Contribution To The project Digital Fabrication Process Photography
05 Jan 2019
The primary issue in this project is to propose a method to fabricate elements numerically. Any proposal should have these properties: 1. Precision, to make sure minimum deviation occurs in concrete moulding and assembly 2. Efficiency in minimizing material waste on moulds, minimizing cost and time of 3D CNC machinery. Eventually, a hierarchical system of steel members developed inside each element and fulfilled our aim. These steel members: a) are designed to be fabricated using standard 2D laser cutting CNCs. b) per-form as arming bars in ordinary concrete elements to bear tension forces and c) orientation of these members ensure that the outer shell is fabricated correctly, thus rectifying any inaccuracy of outer mesh
Design process One of the main objectives of this project was to create a monument to act as a social hub or attraction point to stimulate multi-disciplinary dialogues and encourage interaction among different teams in the technology park. By running a computer simulation, suitable locations were selected, and Base-Nodes for geometry was chosen based on this heatmap. An interconnecting network was established on this set of points, which was further adjusted in node-valance, connecting topology, and architectural necessities, and then a 3D network was then generated using an ‘Incremental loading’ procedure. This form-finding process ensures that the resulting form will undergo Compression forces only (in case of applying dead loads) and improve this process. A ‘Dynamic relaxation’ method was also combined with that, which firstly relaxes nodes and moderates the angels and secondly uses different masses for each node, enabling the control of the geometry intuitively to comply with architectural requirements.
Material Study This research's material study aimed to develop concrete that is a) light enough to be handled by hand, b) mechanically durable, and c) strong enough. Weight was reduced significantly by using extended light aggregations, but this weakens the concrete by nature; this problem was solved by adding steel and glass microfibres and mineral admixtures. Plasticizers were also added to improve the material's workability.
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Technical study This simple 3D network generates a varied mesh, with different radiuses related to a) Forces in each element and b) Concrete construction limits. This basic mesh was appropriately segmented to allow the structure to be disassembled and reassembled. Because each state of the subdivision is intimately tied to the location and orientation of other connecting [steel] pieces, this subdivision process was done recursively. As a result, not all potential subdivisions were realistically valid. This step presents the most critical issue in this project: to suggest a way for numerically fabricating these pieces. Any proposal should contain the following characteristics: 1. Precision, to make sure minimum deviation occurs in concrete moulding and assembly 2. Efficiency, in terms of minimizing waste of material on moulds, minimizing cost and time of 3D CNC machineriesEventually a hierarchical system of steel members developed inside each element that fulfilled the above statements. Thesesteelmembers, a)a redesigned to be fabricated using typical 2D laser cutting CNCs. b) perform as arming bars in ordinary concrete elements to bear tension forces and c) orientation of these members ensure that the outer shell is fabricated correctly, thus rectifying any inaccuracy of outer mesh
Form finding based on structural analyses Primary line network
Fattening base elements based on material properties
Subdividing the base form in order to prepare for the prefabrication method
Digital Digital-Fabrication Workshop Project - Group Work Location: Online University of Art in association with Teammates:A.Motevaselian, B,Arjomandi RAD Lab at Kent State University Supervisor: Ebrahim Poustinchi Email: mpoustin@kent.edu The goal of this workshop was to reach a combination between fabrication abilities and digital simulation by using physical attributes in Maya. It means we can disregard any physical constraints in the real world even change them to create novel concepts through form-making through animation. This project focused on the inflation method of manufacturing with real-world physical features.
Contribution To The project Initial Idea Development Modeling+ Maya Diagram Development + Presentation Animation + Music
06 Dec 2020
Additive
Manufacturing
manufacturing methods Inflation
Manufacturing
in digital fabrication
Vacuum
Manufacturing
Form Making Method In this project, we chose inflation as one of the manufacturing simulation methods. we tried to reach new form by inflating typographical symbols (like: * - # - @ - &) in the negative space of Pantheon -monumental and ancient building-. In other words, we created a defamiliarized form of familiar symbols in the wellknown space of the geometrical building. Finally, the combination of these forms led to an organic form that looked like a heart.
Animation
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