Sample of Work by Nasim Tahami

SELECTED WORK SAMPLES NASIM TAHAMI CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 2010-2015

SELECTED WORK SAMPLES

NASIM TAHAMI CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA NTAHAMI@CSUPOMONA.EDU 949.375.3230

CONTENTS

02 SIMULTANEOUS TRANSITION IN ANOTHER DIMENSION LITTLE TOKYO, LOS ANGELES

02 ELYSIUM FIELD CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA

03 COMMUNITY HEALTH COLLABORATIVE GREAT PARK, IRVINE

04 CULTURAL XCHANGE EAST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES

05 MOUNT BALDY RESIDENCE MT. BALDY

06 OTHER WORKS

Tourist Center Koyasan Buddhist Temple Veterans Memorial Union Centers for the Arts Moca Japanese American National Museum Zenshuji Soto Mission

Motovo Apartments Little Tokyo Shopping Center Tokyo Villa Japanese Village Plaza Senior Citizen Tower Miyako Apartments Residential Tourist Attraction

Site Context Scale: 1’-0”= 1/32”

01 SIMULTANEOUS TRANSITION IN ANOTHER DIMENSION CALPOLY POMONA WINTER 2015, SENIOR PROJECT IN PROGRESS CRITIC: AXEL SCHMITZBERGER PRESENTED AT THE CAL POLY ARCHITECTURE INTERIM EXHIBIT

This project examines the distortion of subway stations physical relationships between places and passengers› sense of direction correlating to the above. The project furthermore addresses techniques to offer opportunities to change the pace of transition. Programming Little Tokyo›s current underground subway extension project allows to create a new communal mechanism for social interactions and increasing ridership. This subway station forms anchor points for spatial conceptualization as well as concentrating people and commercial uses, giving subway nodes a broader cultural centrality. Subway stations typically form centers of activities in the cities and create concentrations of people by allowing them to enter and exit the transit network at limited number of places. Concentrating people is beneficial for businesses by creating social centrality. While places such as suburban shopping centers must make deliberate efforts to foster social centrality, the areas around subway stations benefit from the centrality provided by the subway. Traveling by subway also introduces gaps into mental maps, entire sections of the city are removed from the vision of passengers while down below. Lack of visual references and disproportionality of time are major issues in today›s subway system. This system will also look at the 4th dimension of architecture, the temporal dimension and will be designed based on the movement of circulation. Where movement is relatively little events become «Space-like», where movement takes precedence over stillness, events become «Time-like». Speed is a distinguishing factor between these two events.

SIMULTANEOUS TRANSITION IN ANOTHER DIMENSION

. ST 1st

408’-0”

ALAMEDA

220’-0

Standard Platform

Underground Area: 340ft x 220ft=74,800 ft2 Above Ground Area: 331ft x 224ft= 74,144 ft2 Rain Water 80,000sf x 1,120,000 =“14 CRA redevelopment Plan) Total Land Cost, 9 Parcels: 1,290,515$ Adjacencies: N Japanese American National Museum E Savoy Community Association W Restaurants/ Japanese Village Plaza Mall Zoning: “C2” Commercial Zone Use of The Standard Platform 170ft x 36ft= 6120 ft2 Height approximately 35-ft ZI- 728 Little Tokyo Redevelopment Project ZI- Greater Downtown Housing Incentive Area ZI- 2374 Los Angeles State Enterprise

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Business, retail, restaurant, barand related uses, trade schools, or research and development buildings thus increasing the buildable area of the parcel which is critical in older areas of the City where parcels are small. This project is located at one of the extension stations of the proposed Regional Connector (1st St. and Central Ave). The new Metro Rail extension will offer an alternative transportation option to congested County. Through improved connectivity, riders will be better able to use the entire Metro Rail system, municipal bus lines and other regional transportation services.

SITE PLAN LITTLE TOKYO ZONING INFORMATION

SIMULTANEOUS TRANSITION IN ANOTHER DIMENSION

Collision and Overlap

Circulation

Circulation vs. Program

Program Adjacencies

BOH/FOH

SIMULTANEOUS TRANSITION IN ANOTHER DIMENSION

TYPOLOGY ANALYSIS UNDERGROUND HUB

SIMULTANEOUS TRANSITION IN ANOTHER DIMENSION

TYPOLOGY ANALYSIS SPEED VS. TIME

Entertainment

Tourists

Commuters

Students

Tourists

SIMULTANEOUS TRANSITION IN ANOTHER DIMENSION

VIGNETTES GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION STUDIES

SIMULTANEOUS TRANSITION IN ANOTHER DIMENSION

“SPEED IS THE FORM OF ECSTASY THE TECHNICAL REVOLUTION HAS BESTOWED ON MAN” SUGGESTING BY ECSTASY A STATE OF SIMULTANEOUS FREEDOM AND IMPRISONMENT CZECH NOVELIST MILAN KUNDERA

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MODEL PHOTO SCALE 1:4

ELYSIUM FIELD

02 ELYSIUM FIELD CALPOLY POMONA FALL 2014 CRITIC: AXEL SCHMITZBERGER PRESENTED AT THE CAL POLY ARCHITECTURE INTERIM EXHIBIT WINNER OF THE PCI PRECAST CONCRETE COMPITITION

After a quick analysis on the geometry of the entire Cal Poly Pomona campus, we noticed a major emphasis on linear geometry. As a result, we took the stadia program as an opportunity to introduce a new geometry to the campus, an elliptical geometry. This new geometry would not only serve as an anchor for the campus, it would serve as a beacon for the surrounding community to see and orient themselves. In plan, everything is organized radially around the ellipse; the vertical circulation, restaurants, VIP boxes, concession stands, restrooms and locker room areas are all organized to follow the curvature of the ellipse.

SITE PLAN CSU, POMONA

ELYSIUM FIELD

ROOF AND COLUMN PANELS DENDRIFORM BRANCHING Once the design in plan of the stadium was complete, we moved on to two critical elements in stadia design: the roof and the façade. The design started as a dynamic roof that would enforce this idea of a forest. In other words, we needed a roof that followed the datum line of a tree line, having high and low points. This resulted in the roof having an anticlastic shape, or in simpler terms a “pringle chip” shape. This roof would be constructed of lightweight material that would allow natural light to filter down into the seats below. Supporting it is a truss and column system that is also organized radially around the ellipse.

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PERSPECTIVE VIEWS INTERIOR

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PERSPECTIVE VIEWS EXTERIOR

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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC COMPONENTS OF CONSTRUCTION

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POLY CARBONATE ROOF

WATERPROOFING

COMPRESSION RING CAST-IN-PLACE CONNECTION

STEEL TRUSS

PERFORATED METAL PANELS GFRC PANEL STEEL ROD SEISMIC CONNECTION

GFRC PANEL

PIN CONNECTION

CONCRETE TO STEEL CONNECTION RAKER BEAM SEATING PRE-CAST CONCRETE COLUMN

STEEL RAIL CIRCULATION

RECESSED GLASS CONNECTION

12' - 10"

11' - 11"

DROP CEILING

EARTH

FOUNDATION

PILES

WALL SECTION COMPONENTS OF CONSTRUCTION

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The second critical element to the design was the façade. Because we wanted this idea of the spectators coming up to this “forest” we decided that there should be no façade, rather the columns would make up the façade and would be arranged in such a manner as to represent the trunks of a tree line. 3 rows of Columns with Dendriform structural system, varying in height, also the perimeter columns rotated 30 degrees holding up the light ceiling above.

ELYSIUM FIELD

PERSPECTIVE VIEW INTERIOR

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MODEL PHOTOS SCALE 1:80

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE

MODEL PHOTO SCALE 1:32

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE

03 COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE CALPOLY POMONA WINTER 2014 CRITIC: HOFU WU PRESENTED AT THE CAL POLY ARCHITECTURE INTERIM EXHIBIT

The idea behind this project is about interlocking solid forms and the penetrations that create a great connection to the indoor/outdoor. This project is more about healing, curing and education than a traditional Health Center. Programmatically speaking, there is a greate relationship to nature by providing roof and healing gardens to the public. A grand triple height ceiling is located at the heart of building to allow community collaboration and interaction, also natural light. This area is a result of 3 interlocking rectangular geometries placed on multiple levels following the site datums creating the openness at the center of this health center.

SITE PLAN GREAT PARK

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE

FLOOR PLANS

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE

CULTURAL XCHANGE

04 CULTURAL XCHANGE CALPOLY POMONA SPRING 2014 CRITIC: AYLENE WINDERMAN East Hollywood is an urbanized, active city with extremely diverse population, cultures and languages with a high concentration of Thais, Armenians and Latinos. East Hollywood is also notable for being the location of Los Angeles City College, Barnsdall Park and 3 major hospitals. Our goal for this project is to bring this diverse community together, improve quality of life, develop pedestrian circulation, increase on site parking and create a connection to Barndall Park by creating a journey throughout the site.

CULTURAL XCHANGE

GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION STUDIES CONCEPTUAL

CULTURAL XCHANGE

MASTERPLAN BARNSDALL PARK

CULTURAL XCHANGE

FIRST FLOOR MASTERPLAN

CULTURAL XCHANGE

SECOND FLOOR MASTERPLAN

CULTURAL XCHANGE

Analyzing various aspects of the site, we came up with a concept of the Cultural Xchange. We looked at 5 mile radius diversity of people around the site which leads into a rich cultural heritage. Connecting the art galleries, cultural attractions, educational facilities and hospitals, we generated a datum line in which our building massing was derived from. Our goal is to create a fusion of diverse cultures by creating a progressive community that recognizes the strength in diversity there by forming more adaptable community. The focus is to create a node to shift the traffic off the Hollywood and Vermont streets by drawing it into the site. The node conforms of integration of architecture with nature In addition to being a space for architectural fragments.

CULTURAL XCHANGE

CONCEPT MASSING PROCESS

CULTURAL XCHANGE

PUBLIC ENTRANCE HOLLYWOOD BLVD

CULTURAL XCHANGE

HOUSING BOTTOM LEVEL

CULTURAL XCHANGE

MASSING VS. OPEN SPACE EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

CULTURAL XCHANGE

COMMUNITY CENTER PERSPECTIVE VIEW

CULTURAL XCHANGE

MODEL PHOTOS MASTERPLAN

MOUNT BALDY RESIDENCE

SITE PLAN

MOUNT BALDY RESIDENCE

05 MOUNT BALDY RESIDENCE CALPOLY POMONA FALL 2013 CRITIC: ALEX PANG A 600sf house sits on top of the hill of Mt. Baldy. Its meant for a vacation house for a Japanese film maker. Because Because of the minimal footprint, the strategies used for this project were mostly focused on creating the best views and generating datum lines to casement oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s observation. The project consists of one rectangle at the bottom floor and a rotated square plan at the top floor, Forming a dynamic view from both private and public spaces in the project. The site sits on a hill and in order to allow storm water to run through, the building had to be bridged to the two sides. Folding strategies are applied to the relation of the roof and walls and in use of materials.

MOUNT BALDY RESIDENCE

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

MOUNT BALDY RESIDENCE

MODEL PHOTOS STRUCTURE

MOUNT BALDY RESIDENCE

MODEL SCALE 1:1 FINAL REVIEW PRESENTATION

MOUNT BALDY RESIDENCE

OTHER WORK

06 OTHER WORKS As we grow up, this act of art-making progresses from a flurry of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;meaninglessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scribbles to images and words that make order of our world. Drawings and other forms of art are simply part of the human instinct to communicate and express ourselves. In my world , every drawing tells a story of experience, emotion and feeling, and its the best way to communicate.

GRASSHOPPER

SURFACE MANIPULATION PERSPECTIVE DRAWING GRASSHOPPER

GRASSHOPPER

SURFACE MANIPULATION GRASSHOPPER SCRIPT

MODELS

SKETCHES

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