Mahshid Moghadasi - Portfolio - January 2021 by Mahshid Moghadasi

MAHSHID MOGHADASI january

2021

CODING #4 ROBOTICS #10 DIGITAL FABRICATION ARCHITECTURE #26 UI/UX #34

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S U R FA C E G E N E R AT I O N E X P L O R AT I O N

C O D E D L A N D S C A P E Academic Project - Coding for Design - C# Cornell University Supervisor: Panagiotis Michalatos Email: pm586@cornell.edu

DEC 2019

he practice aims towards designing a landscape seating object, considering the stone CNC milling as the fabrication method. The design process consists of three main steps: surface generation exploration, streamline (milling lines) exploration, and final design.

public double Function01 (Point3d p, Curve crv, double a, double b){ double t = 0.0; crv.ClosestPoint(p, out t); Point3d cp = crv.PointAt(t); double d = cp.DistanceTo(p); double nt = crv.Domain.NormalizedParameterAt(t); nt = mapFromUnit(nt, 0, Math.PI); return Math.Sin(nt) * a * Math.Exp(-b * d * d); } Surface 01

Surface 02

Surface 03

Surface 04

Surface 05

No function

Function 01

return Math.Sin(nt * a * Math.Exp(-b * d * d);

Function 02

return nt * a * Math.Exp(-b * d * d);

Function 03

return a * Math.Exp(-b * d * d);

Function 04

return nt * Math.Sin(Math.PI * nt * 3) * Math.Exp(-b * d * d) * 8;

Function 05

return

2 * Math.Sin(Math.PI * d * c);

Function 06

return

2 * Math.Exp(-b * Math.Cos(Math.PI * d * d * 0.1) * Math.Cos(Math.PI * d * d * 0.1));

Coded LANDSCAPE

S T R E A M L I N E F O R C E X P L O R AT I O N

Point Attraction

Point Attraction + Contour

Point Attraction + Rotation

Point Attraction + Slope

Magnet

Magnet + Contour

Magnet + Rotation

Magnet + Slope

Slope

Slope + Contour

Slope + Rotation

All Attracting Magnet

putting the previous steps together, the landscape element design and the streamlines focus on waterflow in relation to the vegetation type at the elevation. Among a varierty of streamline explorations, "Magnetic Force + Slope Vectors" was chosen as it best aligned with the design intent.

Contour

1) z = 2 * Math.Cos(x * 0.4) * Math.Sin(y * 0.4);

Rotation + Contour

2) z = 2 * Math.Cos(x * 0.4) * Math.Sin(y * 0.4) + y * 0.2;

Rotation

All Repellent Magnet

3) p.Z -= changeZSinCos2(p, crv1, a, b, c);

Streamlines focus on the hydrophilic trees and get away from the hydrophobic ones, indicating the water flow on the generated surface.

4) streamlines show the water flow

5) final design

Hydrophilic trees in the valleys

Hydrophobic tree on the heights

Coded LANDSCAPE Twisted ARC

Functions Grids

G R A P H S A N D D Y N A M I C S Y S T E M S

nodes[i].fix = true

nodes[i].p.Z = 3.0

IntegrateCurveInGraph(crv, tolerance)

gravity = -0.3

Dense Grid + Ringing the Node Operator (Pattern 4 + Topology Operator 1)

Academic Project - Coding for Design - C# Cornell University Supervisor: Panagiotis Michalatos Email: pm586@cornell.edu

DEC 2019

graph is a structure that is based on the relations between the objects. A graph is consistent of “nodes” as objects, and “edges” as node connectors. This project explores how “Connection Patterns” and “Topological Operators” affect form generation in the dynamic system.

RemoveNodesInsideCurve(crv)

Diagonal Grid + Ringing the Node Operator (Pattern 3 + Topology Operator 1)

Square Grid (Pattern 1)

Square Grid + Ringing the Node Operator (Pattern 1 + Topology Operator 1)

GRAPHS and Dynamic Systems

F I N A L D E S I G N A LT E R N AT I V E S Ringing the Node Operator: Topology Operator Number 1

Square Grid + Ringing the Node Operator (Pattern 1 + Topology Operator 1)

k = Math.Abs(Math.Cos(i_ind) / 10) i_ind = index of the edge in edges list

Edge Opening Operator: Topology Operator Number 2

Square Grid (Pattern 1)

Square Grid + Asymmetric Diagonal Grid (Pattern 1 + Pattern 2)

Symmetrical Diagonal Grid + Ringing the Node Operator (Pattern 2 + Topology Operator 1)

k = Math.Abs(Math.Cos(i_ind) / 10) i_ind = index of the edge in edges list

Scissor Operator: Topology Operator Number 3

k = Math.Abs(Math.Cos(i_ind) / 10) i_ind = index of the edge in edges list

GRAPHS and Dynamic Systems Twisted ARC

S I M U L A T I O N - D R I V E N D E S I G N

SHELL THICKNESS

Academic Project - Coding for Design - C# Cornell University Supervisor: Panagiotis Michalatos Email: pm586@cornell.edu

JAN 2020

sing millipede in grasshopper for creating a complete workflow for the design of a lattice shell or spaceframe structure informed by structural analysis was the main focus of this project. The objective is to reinterpret structural analysis results that relate to the performance of a shell structure (deflections, moment, stresses) into a lattice structure with a distinct tectonic.

Shell thickness = 10 cm Initial deflection = 18.1063 cm

Shell thickness = 20 cm Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm

Shell thickness = 40 cm Initial deflection = 1.1591 cm

Shell thickness = 60 cm Initial deflection = 0.5287 cm

Column is added in the most deflected node.

Shell thickness = 20 cm Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 1.049 cm

ADDING SUPPORTS

Deflection Vectors

BRANCHING

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.913 cm Midpoint height = 0.75 * h Selected Nodes: deflections[0] deflections[1] deflections[2] deflections[3]

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.835 cm Midpoint height = 0.75 * h Selected Nodes: deflections[1] deflections[2] deflections[3] deflections[4]

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.663 cm Midpoint height = 0.75 * h Selected Nodes: deflections[9] deflections[10] deflections[11] deflections[12]

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.850 cm Midpoint height = 0.75 * h Selected Nodes: deflections[13] deflections[14] deflections[15] deflections[16]

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.916 cm Midpoint height = 0.5 * h Selected Nodes:

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.837 cm Midpoint height = 0.5 * h Selected Nodes:

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.671 cm Midpoint height = 0.5 * h Selected Nodes:

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.852 cm Midpoint height = 0.5 * h Selected Nodes:

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.915 cm Midpoint height = 0.0 Selected Nodes:

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.836 cm Midpoint height = 0.0 Selected Nodes:0

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.669 cm Midpoint height = 0.0 Selected Nodes:

Initial deflection = 4.5198 cm Deflection after adding coulmn = 0.851 cm Midpoint height = 0.0 Selected Nodes:

deflections[0] deflections[1] deflections[2] deflections[3]

deflections[1] deflections[2] deflections[3] deflections[4]

deflections[9] deflections[10] deflections[11] deflections[12]

deflections[13] deflections[14] deflections[15] deflections[16]

SIMULATION Driven Design

M AT E R I A L A N D S T R E S S E X P L O R AT I O N

1 Selection Tolerance: 0.00047 m Placement: 0.352

Selection Tolerance: 0.000171 m Placement: 0.232

Selection Tolerance: 0.00047 m Placement: 0.352

Selection Tolerance: 0.000171 m Placement: 0.131

Selection Tolerance: 0.000052 m Placement: 0.396 2 Stress Lines

Selection Tolerance: 0.000188 m Placement: 0.87

Selection Tolerance: 0.000403 m Placement: 0.236

Selection Tolerance: 0.000275 m Placement: 0.236

Selection Tolerance: 0.000119m Placement: 0.128

3 Adding More material where there is more stress(First strategy: changing the thickness of elements)

4 Adding More material where there is more stress( Second strategy: changing the density by adding lines along the stress axes)

Selection Tolerance: 0.000243 m Placement: 0.131

Selection Tolerance: 0.000119m Placement: 0.08

Selection Tolerance: 0.000119 m Placement: 0.157

Selection Tolerance: 0.000119 m Placement: 0.293

Selection Tolerance: 0.000111 m Placement: 0.085 Initial Displacement: 004906 m Displacement after Adding Columns: 0.001444 m This alternative is chosen as the final design. It has a low displacement, the number of columns is low and it leaves a lot of empty space in the middle. SIMULATION DTriven wisted Design ARC

R O B O T I C S L I C I N G

L O G

Role: Reseach assistant Robotic Construction Lab (RCL) Cornell University Supervisor: Sasa Zivkovic Email: sz382@cornell.edu

s part of the research assistantship position in RCL, we revisted the "slice" project, both for documnetationa and learning purposes. This project revisits bygone wood craft and design based on organic, found and living materials. Robotic bandsaw cutting is paired with highprecision 3D scanning to slice bent logs from ash trees that are infested by the Emerald Ash Borer " - credit: H.A.N.N.A.H , RCL

04 MAR 2020

Robotic Log SLICING

The process starts with placing the log on the metal deck. Then, the envirnment is carefully 3D scanned. The 3D-scanned model will be imported in Rhino3D for generating the toolpath. Robot motion is simulated in Grasshopper3D for creating the robot motion G-Code.

Robotic A Taste Log ofSLICING ROBOT

F O R M I C A F O R M A , A N T - R O B O T C O L L A B O R A T I O N Academic Project Cornell University Presented at ACADIA 2020: Distributed Proximities Team: Andrea Ling, Mahshid Moghadasi, Kowin Shi, Jungsein Wei Supervisor: Kirstin Petersen (Electrical and Computer Enginnering) Email: kirstin@cornell.edu

Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis, 600 agents

05 NOV 2020

ormica Forma is a work-in-progress that explores what happens when we merge digital and biological fabrication technology in order to leverage certain biological advantages with the design intent afforded by digital methods. Formica Forma is especially focused on making use of the advantages associated with swarm systems, such as adaptability, sustainability, and robustness.

The ants are attracted to close-range UV light which we use to modify collective ant behavior as the ants dig their tunnels. 600 ants are monitored over a period of 646 hours, as they dig ~141cm of UV templated tunnels, with the robotically controlled UV light as both a guide and target.

Formica Forma, Ant-Robot COLLABORATION

Several experiments were conducted, showing that each time ants dug the tunnedls with high fidelity - this was the templated path, where the ants faithfully followed the crooked path of the robot arm, including the areas of UV light dispersion. While the set-up we designed is not meant to compare with the precision and consistency of an industrial fabrication system, it offers a glimpse at the possibilities in real-time adaptability and programmability through environmental templating, self-perpetuating sustainability, and the ability to fabricate structures that are challenging with conventional industrial methods.

a sketch of a future test with multiple dynamic light guides and multiple starting points for our ants. this species of ants can have nests that survive up to 20 years, with a viable queen. These nests can be up to 5 meters deep and 1 meter in diameter.

Formica Forma, Ant-Robot COLLABORATION

H U M A N - R O B O T C O L L A B O R A T I O N Academic Project Cornell University Supervisor: Jenny Sabin Email: jess557@cornell.edu

ollaboration is key in the near future on-site construction practices. There is no way to be able to fully control the enviornment to replicate the tidy in order lab enviornments. Therefore we need robots to be able to understand their enviornments and respond to the ongoing changes in real time. This is the early steps of such research that integrates machine vision, robot-robot collaboration, and humanrobot collaboration.

06 interactive drawing 01

DEC 2020

flocking swarm drawing. Robots as agents?

The setup consists of a Kinect-V2 camera, an ABB IR120 robotic arm and the working area that is defined for the robot with four markers on the corners. In the first drawing experiment, robot detects the position of the aruco marker no.9 through the feedback from camera that is installed nearby. Then the robot draws a circle around the marker with a radius within its working range limit. Ral-time Toolpath

Feedback

perspective projection matrix inverse

Robot Space

camera Space

UDP: python to GH Machina Bridge to RobotStudio to Robot

world Space

Aruco marker detection: openCV, python

Human-Robot COLLABORATION

interactive drawing 02

In the second experiment the robot follows the marker and draws the trail one the marker is moved.

camera view

perspective coorection and marker detection

python to GH: UDP connection

Raspberry Pi drawing robot to come... to colloborate with the robotic arm

python script: OpenCV library

machina bridge: GH to the robot connection: real-time data Human-Robot COLLABORATION

R O B O T I C S T E P - F R A M E S Academic Project - Group Work Workshop: Made in Tehran#7- Robotic Stepframes 2017 Summer Studio and Exhibition by: TRAM (tehran robotic architectural matters) Supervisor: Sina Mostafavi Email: s.mostafavi@tudelft.nl

Site:PLATFORM 28 Facility: ABB 1400

07 AUG 2017

too Tight

Thickness Variation

Single Showroom Level

Product: STAIR

uring this 16-day long workshop we pushed our design skills in digital modeling and computational design as well as physical prototyping. An ABB 1400 robot arm was used to produce prototypes and final productions of the studio. In the end, the final results were exhibited at Niavaran Artistic Creations Foundation and Platform 28.

BEZIER STAIR

Installation art + Light Weight

Power-Line Heavy and Rigid

Exterio Structure Creating Pattern

Connecting Levels

B É Z I E R S TA I R The studio focused on generative modeling and robotic crafting of 1:1 stair prototypes as complex architectural fundamental elements. Manifestation of this research and process are prototypes, exhibited at "Platform 28". from a computational design point of view, stairs are nested for-loops with which one may explore complex and performative configurations. This complexity can be understood as multi-scalar architectural heterogeneous patterns integrating structure, function and aesthetics. Stair is typically an element to connect different levels and to facilitate vertical circulation. However, in "Platform 28" , where the final prototypes where going to be exhibited,this concept cannot be defined in its general format as there is no other level. Therefore, the final stair is considered as an exhibited object, a piece of art that is going to be “watched” not used.

Robotic STEP-FRAMES

ROBOTIC LIGHT PRINTING

F O R M AT I O N D I A G R A M

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

The formation started with a simple curve that fit the best with the plan of the exhibition space, platform 28 and to formed to provide an interesting view from the outside.

The design development was actually a back and forth process to create surfaces and components that were producible by the tools we had: Hot Wire Cutter and Expanded Poly Styrene foam.

As the first exercise with the robot, light printing was used as the medium to illustrate tool path, and translate digital lines to movement. A point light source was used as the end effector and the robot’s movement was mapped with long exposure photographs.

170 cm

Dividing the curve path to create the steps

Moving the points up according to the bezier graph

Stair treads towards a central point at the height of a man

The initial design

Changing thickness variation and creating the steps

Changing the design to fit the platform

Dividing the tread lines

Moving specific points down with different distances

Creating the lower power-line

Changing the ramp into a stair with steps

Straight lines alternation instead of curves

Back to curves, creating power lines in upper and lower surfaces

Moving specific points up to create the control points for nurbs curves formation

Forming the nurbs curves to create the hypar-like steps

Creating producable surfaces

Creating hypar forms for the steps

Creating the step curves with nurbs to avoid self-intersections in hypar forms

Changing the convex hypars into concave ones to avoid self intersection in the cutting process with ABB robot

A Taste of ROBOT

Components 5 and 6 coming together

Components 5 and 6 Positive and Negative Connection Detail

D I G I TA L FA B R I C AT I O N P R O C E S S A N D A S S E M B LY Every component was created using iso-curves of each surface in a way that the hyperbolic paraboloid forms resemble the steps, and therefore each component is a representation of each step. Components were cut independently with hot wire cutter with the aid of ABB robot after simulating the cuts with grasshopper. Afterwards the joints were designed and placed in the appropriate positions. Following shows the cutting steps of each surface of a single component. Because of the limited time of the workshop, although all the components were perfectly simulated, 6 out of 12 pieces were hot wire cut.

A Taste of ROBOT

T H E F L Y I N G N E X O R A D E Academic Project - Group Work Workshop: Nexorade - Reciprocal Frames at: University of Tehran - Faculty of Fine Arts by: CEAT (center of excellence in architectural technology) + Fablab Iran Supervisor: Dr. Mohammadreza Matini Tutors: Ramtin Haghnazar - Seyedali Derazgisou Email: m.matini@art.ac.ir - ramtin.haghnazar@gmail.com

he workshop consisted of three steps: First, understanding what nexorade is in small groups of 3-4 people. Second, design and digital fabrication of a structure with laser cutter and tongue and groove connections groups of 5-6, and third choosing and fabrication the final product altogether in a group of about 40 people.

THE FIRST STEP

08 OCT 2016

The Reciprocal Frame (nexorade) is a structure made up of three or more sloping rods in a closed circuit. The inner end of each rod rests on and is supported by its adjacent rod. Signified by the word "reciprocal", which expresses mutual action or relationship, such closed circuit is placed over the first one in a mutually supporting manner. The first experience was the formation of a saddle made with cylindrical wooden components. The goal was to form simple hand made nexorade structures to get some simple understanding of how they exactly work and keep balance. It was also a personal goal to try and form a two-way curved structure which resulted in a hyperbolic paraboloid (saddle) formation.

The Flying NEXORADE

THE SECOND STEP The second experience was the development of a 1:5 prototype out of plywood in groups of 5 to 6 people. Our group decided to continue studying saddle forms in depth, continuing our initial hand made experience. The main challenge was to use planar components which changed the form of connections in comparison to the latter step. But still the formation pattern for the circuit was the same as the last experience, which allowed the structure to be double curvature (curved in two perpendicular directions). The wedge segments were then designed using Grasshopper coding and each components had its unique code. Then the components were laser cut and assembled.

Timelapse Video of the second step. Timelapse Video of the final construction. Timelapse Video of setting up the final construction.

The Flying NEXORADE

F I N A L R E S U LT

In the final experience, each of six groups had to propose a design concept for the final structure. Our group continued studies in the double curvature structures and eventually our design was chosen through voting among all others for its complex and aesthetically appealing form. The final design shaped a 1:1 scale free standing structure using cylindrical components. The design consists of polycarbonate pipes of no longer than 70 cm, connected using screws drilled into specific locations in the pipes by a CNC milling machine. Initially, a 3D mesh was designed, then a mesh relaxation method using "Kangaroo" plugin for grasshopper was performed in the form finding process. After coding each component, they were cut to their individual lengths. The next step was to punch the holes in the components, therefore the location of the holes were coded into a CNC drilling machine with G-codes. Finally the pipes were painted for aesthetic appeal and assembled by a team of almost 40 people. The structure was designed to hang as a nondependent structure above the exhibition hall at the Faculty of Fine Arts at University of Tehran.

The Flying NEXORADE

T W I S T E D A R C P A V I L I O N Academic Project - Group Work Architectural Technology Studio 1 Final Workshop 2nd Semester of Master Studies University of Tehran Supervisor: Dr. Katayoun Taghizadeh Tutor: Arman Khalil Beigi Email: ktaghizad@ut.ac.ir

he main purpose of the workshop was to design a structure that consists of 3D nodes that are built with 2D elements. It was specifically complex where the form of the structure has a complex twisting and where we had to eliminate the collision of the cutting of sharp angles in constituent plates of the nodes.

FA B R I C AT I O N P R O C E S S

The Fabrication Started with placing the Base Elements in a proper position on the ground. Next, the base nodes were added to the base elements, then other nodes and beams were weaved from two sides until they met each other in the middle. In this progress, in order to make the fabrication easier, some nodes and beams were assembled to make diamond panels. Moreover, to protect the structure from environmental effects, the structure was covered with resin.

FEB 2018

8 Twisted ARC

THE CHALLENGE “How to design a cost-efficient node?” “How to design a node without casting or trimming?” These were the main challenges in this workshop. Parametric design tools enable us to design and build complex geometries, using simple components. The surface is generated by a twisted arc and has different curvature in both “u” and “v” directions. The surface was to be made with linear 2D beams. The connections between the beams was the main issue; they had to be simple, easy to fabricate and cost-effective; therefore solutions like 3D printing or moulding were not an option. The final nodes are a combination of 2D plates which are attached together with specific different angles. Through a digital study, the components were designed in detail and then coded, leading to a fast and simple fabrication process.

NODE DESIGN The material used in the fabrication process was sheeted, and the components were decided to be 2D. Each beam is located on a unique plane. Therefore, the joints were required to be able to embrace 4 different beams from different angles in one place. The nodes, themselves, also were decided to be made of 2D plates, consisting of 2 disks, 4 spacers, and 4 triangular plates. In each node, the plates and spacers are attached to the disks from special angles to visualize the suface.

Twisted ARC

A F L E X I B L E F O R M W O R K Academic Project - Group Work Digital Technologies in Architecture Technology 2nd Semester of Master Studies University of Tehran Supervisor: Dr. Katayoun Taghizadeh Azari Tutor: Arman Khalil Beigi Email: ktaghizad@ut.ac.ir

he objective was to design a "flexible molding mechanism" that can produce all the elements of a parametric wall. This mechanism is controlled by an arduino kit to produce exacting reliable results.

10 JUN 2018

The wall and its pattern was designed using grasshopper plugin. After that, we started designing a mechanism that was flexible enough to be able to produce all of the elements. A material research was conducted afterwards to get a sense about the appropriate portins of materials for each component: Gypsum: 3 cups Moldano: 3 cups Water : 12 cups Cement: 9 cups Polypropylene: 0.1 cup Components were then molded, coded and placed in their positions.

8 A Flexible FORMWORK

T H E W O O D E N S H E L T E R Academic Project Role: Teaching Assistant Course Title: CADF (Computer-Aided Design and Fabrication) University of Tehran Supervisor: Ramtin Haghnazar Email: haghnazar@ut.ac.ir

The photos on the right show the physical models at the end of the first half of the course.

The diagrams below show the final design that the students chose to build among all of their projects. Then, the students developed a grasshopper code to generate the details and construction drawings. Plywood sheets were cut by a CNC milling machine and then manually assembled by students.

JUN 2019

he course is aimed to introuduce undergraduate students to computational design and digital fabrication methods in the process of making a small pavilion / installation. The first half of the semester, students develop their individual projects in small groups while learning grasshopper as the software tool. In the second half, they vote for one of the projects to be fabricated at real-scale. initial models include fabrication methods

fabrication drawing details

Node details

Module details

The Wooden SHELTER

W I N D C A T C H E R T O W E R Academic Project - Individual Work Architectural Technology Studio 3 3rd Semester of Master Studies University of Tehran Supervisor: Dr. Matin Alaghmandan Email: m_alaghemandan@sbu.ac.ir

12 FEB 2019

esearch was the basis of the studio in order to find solutions to design an office tower in the city of Tehran. As a sustainable approach, I aimed to design a tower that harvests wind energy. The process started with studying shape of the tall building in Autodesk CFD and processded with structural considerations and analyses using Karamba 3D, a plugin for Grasshopper.

STUDY PROCESS (AUTODESK CFD) The process started with simple shaped extruded with a hole in the upper section considered for installing the wind turbine. The aim is to create the maximum pressure difference in the opposing sides of the opening to result in the maximum velocity and wind speed in the opening. As a consideration, the quality of ﬂowing air is observed to be steady. The analyses indicate that by increasing the number of the edges, the wind speed in the opening decreases. As a consequence, the circle is the most unsuitable form, whereas the triangle is the most suitable one. Among the 2 triangular shapes, positioning the edge againts the wind direction is more beneficial. The process then examines the effect of flleting the edges of the opening. The more fillet, the more speed and velocity.

WIND Catcher Tower

FINAL DESIGN (AUTODESK CFD AND L ADYBUG PLUGIN) The fnal form of the tower is triangular based on the prior analyses. Additionally, the wind harvesting opening edges are fillet to produce the maximum speed where the wind turbine is installed. The wind tunnel speed is considered 10 m/s based on Tehran weather. And the speed in the wind harvesting opening was about 15.76 m/s. This means that the wind speed for turbine is increased by 150%. Based on the results of the monthly wind rose derived by “Ladybug” Plugin from Tehran Mehrabad International Airline weather center, it can be inferred that the best wind for the turbine, both in speed and quality ﬂows from west side. Consequently, the tower’s opening for wind harvesting is faced towards west.

S T R U C T U R A L A N A LY S I S (KARAMBA 3D) The structure is consisted of 3 shear walls in the 3 vertices of the triangle, a core and 9 columns in the edges of the triangle (3 in each edge). All these vertical structural elements are connected to eachother by structural beams. The exterior shear walls and the core are connected by radial beams. The material of all the consisting elements is considered to be concrete. The diagram on the left shows the displacement of the structure. The maximum displacement in the tower is about 67 cm. The diagram on the right shows the utilization of the material in the structural elements. The result indicates a range of -43% to +23%. WIND Catcher Tower

L I N K A G : L I V E L A N D S C A P E

But what if we could rotate the room and use all the space? In a limited space of about 16 sqm it is hard to imagine an ideal living space, but «The Pipe House» can provide most of the ideals you have in mind of a living.

JUN 2018 10%

Top area

30%

middle area

60%

bottom area

«The Pipe Houses» offers a wide range of customization to their inhabitants to live the way they want. Although the units are small, they can contain a lot of equipments and furniture that can answer to anyone with their own special characteristics. To achieve this, an application is designed that allows the inhabitants to customize their houses. At the end of the process the application gives you the specific code of your house. The factory will then construct and assemble your desired house.

Cylindrical Structure

Capping Door

The Ring which is rotated inside the 2 lateral rails Capping Window

Design Your House Yourself

Site Selection

Overall Arrangement

Rotating/Fixed

Floor

4 Paneling

Slice Selection

Arranging Slices

Iris Curtain

Ring Size

esign Studio 2 program revolves around a competition each year. In 2018, "UIA HYP Cup 2018" international student competition was chosen and the topic was "The Urban Co-living: Customizing Modules for Community". The task is to identify a central urban site in one of China’s 1st or 2nd tier cities and propose a co-living cluster with about 1000 small units. The units can be minimal, i.e. about 12 sq. meters for singles and about 16 sq. meters for couples. These units should be designed as prefabricated modules. However, these modules should be designed as a parametric system that allows for customization.

In such a small room, every unit of space is of great importance. In a «Rectangular Room», most of the furnitures are stuck to the floor and the ceiling is almost useless; simply because it is out of reach.

usage of space

Academic Project - Group Work Architectural technology Studio 2 University of Tehran Supervisor: Dr. Ali Andaji Garmaroodi Email: aliandaji@yahoo.com

SOLUTION: THE PIPE HOUSE

Main structure of «The Pipe House» is a hollow cylinder. Five rings containing the furniture are placed inside the cylinder. The rings can be rotated, while the cylindrical structure is still. Each ring has a separate fixed floor that can be opened to provide access to the furniture underneath.

LINKAGE: Live Landscape

single code: S {}

String.1

String.2

String.3

String.5

Slice Arrangement

{

Rot[ R1s. N4n. C7g. H1s. W5t. S1n. L3s. F.floor], Rot[ B3s. C3s. S6n. C7t. S2s. C2n. F.floor], Rot[ W1g. S6t. H2n. S6t. S5n. R.floor], Fix[ P1n. W5n. L1n. T4t. L1n. W5n. F.floor], Rot[ B2t. P2n. B3s. S3s. L5n. G.Floor]

Slice Arrangement

Oven 1/8 - [C1]

Sofa Bed 1/4 - [R1]

Book Case 1/8 - [S1]

Light Panel 1/16 - [W1]

Study Table 1/4 - [W2]

Hot Tub 1/4 - [B1]

Void 1/4 - [L1]

Dining Table 1/8 - [L2]

Microwave 1/8 - [C2]

Bed 1/4 - [R2]

Cabinet 1/8 - [S2]

Whiteboard Panels 1/16 - [W3]

Paper Panels 1/16 - [W4]

Shower 1/16 - [B2]

Armchair 1/4 - [L3]

Chair Package 1/8 - [L4]

Shelf 1/8 - [S3]

PC Desk - 1/4 - [W6]

Digital Panel - 1/16 - [W5]

Bathroom Package 1/4 - [B3]

TV 1/8 - [L5]

Couch 1/8 - [L6]

CUSTOMIZATION IN SLICE SELECTION Sink 1/4 - [C4]

Mattress 1/8 - [R4]

Closet 1/8 - [S4]

Washing Machine - 1/16 - [B4] Swing Chair - 1/8 - [L7]

MakeupTable - 1/8 - [L8]

Mattress Panel - 1/8 - [R6]

Kitchenette 1/4 - [C6]

Dishwasher - 1/8 - [C7]

C Cooking

Wardrobe - 1/4 - [S6]

Pottery - 1/4 - [H1]

R Resting

S Storing

Sewing- 1/4 - [H2]

W Working

Hamster- 1/16 - [N1]

Painting - 1/4 - [H3]

B Bathing

Plants - 1/8 - [N2]

Model Making - 1/8 - [H4]

L Living

N Nurturing

TRX - 1/16 - [T3]

Foam Panles - 1/4 - [T4]

Body Building - 1/4 - [T5]

Fish - 1/16 - [N3]

Birds - 1/16 - [N4]

Dog & Cat - 1/16 - [N5]

Music - 1/8 - P1

Video Games - 1/4 - P2

Foosball - 1/4 - P3

T Training

P Playing

N4 H3

N2 N2

L6 L5

C3 C1

Punching Bag - 1/8 - [T2]

N2 N2

Treadmill - 1/4 - [T1]

Katlin is an introvert who enjoys spending her time surrounded by her books, birds and plants. She is an artist who enjoys making her ideas by a 3d printer. She also loves to paint while standing besides the window and hearing her birds singing.

Drawer 1/8 - [S5]

N2 N2

S1 S1

Pendulum 1/4 - [R5]

S1 L4

C5 S5

Slicing Desk 1/4 - [C5]

Hammock 1/8 - [R3]

Brad is an extrovert, so he likes to hold parties at home. He is in love with playing and specifically video games. Hedoes sports at home and simultaneously watches TV or listens to music. And after that hard work he likes to take a bath while enjoying the view through the window.

Fridge 1/4 - [C3]

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Ann is a fashion designer. She spends her time designing clothes and sewing them. She needs lots of wardrobe for the clothes she designs. Her husband Jacob is a computer engineer. He enjoys cooking and watching TV in his free time.

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PROJECT OBJECTIVE

S U S T A I N A B L E T R A N S - H U B

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he task was to redesign an aboveground subway station located in southeastern "Karaj" near a freeway. Every day about 0.5 million people take the train to go from Karaj to Tehran and then return back home after work. Furthermore, this station is the most important stop among all other ones located on the line.

NOV 2019

Identifying the primary and secondary stakeholders, their concerns, and the various political, organizational, and social structures is an important step in user research. The picture below depicts the interrelationships among these groups. Apartment owners are most likely the customers while both owners and tenants can be users of our product. To comply with this new rule, owners need to be able to monitor their buildings’ energy performance to go through optimization processes in order to reduce the emissions.

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Academic Project - Group Work Architectural technology Studio 1 University of Tehran Supervisor: Dr. Katayoun Taghizadeh Email: ktaghizad@ut.ac.ir

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STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

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Basic Radiation Analysis: The sphere analysis presents the yearly solar gain in Tehran from different angles. Hourly data is retrieved from "Mehrabad Weather Station". KWh/m2 2400 2200 2000 1800

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More than half the panels are able to collect 2 Mega W.h/ m2 each year, more than 85% of possible solar energy in the region.

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Pre-Stressed Concrete deck covers the wide span.

Thses panels use transparent back sheets which allow sun rays pass the panels from the gap between the photo-voltaic cells. There is no considerable difference between this kind of cells and the normal ones which are used in usual solar panels •

Printed Glass:

Printed Glass is used when the direction of the panel is not desirable. In which case, Printed Glass is used to control daylight and make the two different paneling types look similar for aesthetic reasons.

Barrier Concrete Walls act as shear walls.

Selecting Profitable Panels

Transparent Solar Panels:

Finally transparent solar panels are used to partially allow daylight transmission, while converting 16 percent of solar rays to the electricity.

V-Shape Columns distribute the reaction force of columns on the surface.

The Solar Power Station is able to power 2015 residential units. (A Residential unit Energy consumption is about 2.7 GWh/ year) •

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Passages: Prestressed concrete deck and steel columns cover passages.

South-facing panels gain more energy than the others. Among which, those placed between 15 to 45 degree altitude gain most solar energy.

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M AT E R I A L S E L E C T I O N

Panels which can gain more than 2 Mega W.h/m2 each year, e.g. 20562 m2 surface area of panels out of 35980 m2 are selected as the profitable ones.

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Shop + Coffeeshop Main Entrance

Hall

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Office Electrical Room

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Energy Generation

- Total solar gain for selected panel: 45.4 GWh/year - Preliminary energy generated by panels (efficiency %16): 7256 GWh/year - Final power Generated (%75 Array and Alternator efficiency): 5442 GWh/year - Total Area: 35980 m2: 72 GWh/year - Selected Panels: 20562 m2: GWh/year

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Academic Project - Individual Work B.Arch Thesis University of Tehran Supervisor: Dr. Katayoun Taghizadeh Email: ktaghizad@ut.ac.ir

Initially a simple cubic form is placed on the site.

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The main entrance is created from the park side. And from the upper side of the project access to the roof is provided where a public plaza is considered.

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For providing the necessary light and dividing the spaces three circular voids are created.

lthough it is about 6 decades since the advent of digital art, it is still new for the majority of people in Iran. In addition, the universities do not support talented young artists and students in the field because of their preserved thinking context. Therefore, I as a student, interested in the field, was concerned with designing a digital art center as a necessity.

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Mellat Park

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DIGITAL Art Center

Central Void and Working Tubes

Northern Entrance

Self-work tubes are centered around the central void. They provide the chance for individual team work in groups of 4 to 10 people. The tubes' exterior material is smart glass, allowing for customizable transparency, color or projection. (Different groups of students may have a special color that distingusishes them)

The stairs are also a place to communicate and rest. Light panels are installed behind the wooden wall and the light moves with people and seems to go up and down the stairs with them.

Digital Water Curtain

The smart water curtain slightly opens up and creates an entrance when people approach it. One can sit on the stone platforms inside, and enjoy the relaxing environment. This is made possible with the help of motion detection sensors that can stop the water fall when people approach.

B-B' Perspective Section

How it works

The movement sensors detect it when somebody approaches and immediately stops the flow of water in that special area to make an entrance.

A-A' Perspective Section

West Facade

The west facade (like the noeth facade) is also a motion deriven installation and interacts with nearby people. It imitates the motion by changing the radius of circles on it.

Coffee shop and Resting

People can learn about the current events in different spaces of the digital center from the projected data on the ceiling. It also gives notifications about different things like upcoming events, if a study committee accepts new members, etc. It is a digital board.

Galleries

In total 4 galleries are considered in 2 sizes for different types of presentations. The ceiling is equipped with optical and vocal devices and also rolling wall partitions, making it possible for different shape planes and maximum flexibility. In addition, when no gallery is running, the place can be used as classrooms and the equipments, esp the rolling partitions turn out to be even more useful.

Smart Glass

As an innovative building material that is made from electro-chromic glass, it creates intelligent windows. It provides more flexibility as it is possible to set different levels of transparancy or project a photo or video on the facade that can give information about the exhibitions held in the galleries.

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USER RESEARCH - RICH PICTURE

Are we on schedule to reach our goal (NY Green New Deal)?

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How can we make a sustainable world?

Follow laws? First Green City in the Are we onWorld! schedule to reach our goal (NY Green New Deal)?

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Government

Laws and Codes Government

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Pay less? Save more? How much energy is used daily? AC? Electricity?

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Green New Deal for New York:

Saving Energy! Is energy used efficiently?

Certiﬁcates Green New Deal for New York:

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reen New Deal for New York aims to reduce emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050. All buildings of 25,000 square feet or more need to make efficiency upgrades or pay an annual penalty fee that can be in the millions of dollars. Enedin provides customized recommendations towards energy saving goals for single-family homes in a cheap and fast way, while educating customers on their environmental footprint.

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Academic Project - Product Design Studio (TECH 5900) Cornell Tech In collaboartion with Arup (www.arup.com) Supervisor: Josh Hartmann Email: jhartmann@gmail.com https://youtu.be/AJDhXNy5Bnk

Identifying the primary and secondary stakeholders, their concerns, and the various political, organizational, and social structures is an important step in user research. The picture below depicts the interrelationships among these groups. Apartment owners are most likely the customers while both owners and tenants can be users of our product. To comply with this new rule, owners need to be able to monitor their buildings’ energy performance to go How can we make a world? through optimization processes in order to reducesustainable the emissions.

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