nastaran mousavi
interdisciplinary and architecture 2006 to present
ukiah wood factory with alix daguin cca, fall 2012
87.00
A 50.00
B 85.00
C 40.00
49.00
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60.00
40.00
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4
70.00
90.00
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SHOW ROOM + CNC +OFFICES
PLANING +CUTTING +CLAMPING + RESIN
TEMPORARY STORAGE + GRADING
TEMPORARY STORAGE+CUTTING + PLANING
TEMPORARY STORAGE + KILNS
RECEIVING, TIMBER PROCESSING. STORAGE
27 ft
0 ft
A
C
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As part of the requirements of this studio, the design goal was to build a glulam factory using the glulam wood as the main material. The site is located in the city of Ukiah. In order to select the site, we studied areas that have the most amount of primary source for glulam production, are closer to the main transportation system and are basically an industrial zone. There are three main concepts in the design process of this building; First, we wanted the building to express the process of glulam production within its form. Each strip represents a stage in the production process. Second, we wanted the building to emphasize on the primary source of the factory products which are first and second generation of trees. Located on the main axons, evergreen and deciduous trees each work as shading devices or wind breakers. Finally, the enviornmental operation aspect of the building was critical to us, for that reason, we did series of studies and designs on heating and cooling, natural light gain, natural ventilation, thermal mass, windows operations and floor heating systems.
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35”x24” CROSS BEAM
15”x6” TRUSS BEAM
METAL FACE PLATE
15”x6” TRUSS ELEMENT
Detail A1-2 metal sheet protecting glassfrom rain notched blocking at curtain wall head
Purlin
Glulam Beam
24”X6” GLULAM COLUMN
Glulam Column
Lamelas
On the other hand, we took a close look at details of the building and how glulam operates as a structural system. These designed joineries gave us an opportuinty to create a massive truss system that not only allows to create large spans for each stage of production, but also would allow natural light to come in to the building.
Costum Curtain Wall Anchor
Costum alluminum Curtain Wall system
Metal Piece Protectiong Glulam Beam Floor Concrete Slab
Soft Soil
Drainage
Detail A1-1
air barrier membrane welded to concrete
Concrete Footing 2” Sand Bed
Gravel Concrete Foundation Engineered Fill
Wall Section A
urban living conditions housing studio cca, fall 2011
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B
URBAN LIVING POCKETS The purpose of this studio was to design a high density urban housing in the mission district in San Francisco and to understand how to deal with the dense fast growing fabric of the city in this area. The project challenges the relationship between micro living conditions and the larger scale of the vibrant urban context of the Mission district.
LOT INFORMATION: 1950 MISSION
City car Share
Block / Lot #: 3554 005 Zoning: Residential-Commercial, High Density + Transit Node Overlay_85' ht. limit A
A
Retails
First Floor Plan
Scale 1/8”=1’.0” To establish a balance between intimacy and open space, the individual and the collective, and private and public space within an urban setting, the housing complex follows the existing architectural logic of the Mission district: street level retail with pockets of living above it. Form allows for moments of occupation within heightened moments within the building, where views of the city are framed.
Section A-A 1/8”-1
Lot Area: 36,398 sf 203'-6" X 178'-10" +/-
Retails
A
Workshops
Galleries
Sidewalks: Mission St._15'-0" Weise St._7'-0" Street Widths: Mission St._52'-6"+/Weise St._12'-0"+/-
Top view of the complex: green dashes show how the units share and overlap their view to the common outdoor patio.
SIDEWALK
Second Floor Plan Scale 1”=20’.0” First Floor Plan Scale 1”=20’.0”
SIDEWALK
MISSION ST. B
WEISE ST.
B
K
Second Floor Plan Scale 1/8”=1’.0”
Dwelling-----------
Dwelling----------Dwelling----------Dwelling-----------
Retails-------------Retails--------------
Retails-------------Retails--------------
Service Zone
Circulation-------Circulation-------Circulation-------Circulation--------
Living Zone
Art Galleries------
Outdoor Rooms
Section A-A 1/8”-1
Art Galleries-----Art Art Galleries-----Galleries-----Workshops-------Workshops-------Workshops--------
Workshops--------
Common outdoor patio leads to private entrances
Programatic Hierarchy
First Floor Plan Scale 1/8”=1’.0” FirstFloor FloorPlan Plan First Scale 1/8”=1’.0” Scale 1/8”=1’.0”
The structure of each unit is divided into 3 linear sections: the first section contains stairs to the apartments as well as outdoor rooms and some public areas such as workshops and art galleries. These semi private spaces face towards the courtyard. The middle section contains the living zones and bedrooms which are mostly moved up above. The third section houses the servant zone; kitchens, bathrooms and circulation spaces inside the apartments.
First Floor Plan Scale 1/8”=1’.0”
Service Zone Living Zone Outdoor Rooms
Service Zone Living Zone Outdoor Rooms
Section A-A Service Zone 1/8”-1
Service Zone
Living Zone
Living Zone
Outdoor Rooms
Outdoor Rooms
Section A-A 1/8”-1
A view from upper level terrace to the outdoor patio. This shows how views are framed for the living pockets.
post-traumatic urbanism opportunistic response to nodes of behavioral malfunction cca, fall 2012-spring 2013
destructed neighborhood project phases
Cities are plagued with traumatic events, natural catastrophes, wars, economic conicts and infrastructural breakdowns. Cities become traumatized by these disasters and malfunction moments within the urban fabric as the remnants of disaster will emerge. Here the goal is to manage these unstable moments through multiple local and infrastructural strategies and reorganize the damaged neighborhood. The challenge is how these neighborhoods affect the organization of the undamaged part of the city. The vast majority of buildings in Tehran are located on the convergence of about 100 fault lines which in its present architectural form are incapable of withstanding even a moderate earthquake. Tehran is going to get devastated and must be rebuilt. The scenario is that the government is collapsed; psychological loss and bereavemen/quick built there is no instant control from the power on the organization of the city. Destroyed neighborhoods, the nodes of malfunction, begin to get controlled geology locally by people. new topography/rudimentary shelters
P.T.S.D buildings
bureaucratic
new buildings/institutions
ecology
potential garden and public spaces along the water ways
infrastructural cracks/water canal system
economic
stabilized slabs/bazaar strand
1. INFRASTRUCTURE: Situational reuse of ďŹ ssures to create waterway
2. GEOLOGY: New type of topography emerges using fault lines. This new geology becomes the primary base for sheltering.
3. ECONOMY: A bazaar network is formed along new topography, allowing for food distribution.
4. ECOLOGY: Ancient Persian Gardens begin to exist adjacent to water- 5. PSYCHOLOGY. Buildings are constructed, becoming centers for psy- 6. BUREUCRACY: At this point, the government is able to interject ways, becoming resources for neighboring clusters. chological disorders caused by the traumatic loss. These elevated build- programs such as document collection, performance areas, sports, ings with patios allow for families to hang out. and other functions.
Week 0
Week 04
infrastructural CRACKS: WATER CANALS food distributers rescue center
Week 24
geology
NEW TOPOGRAPHY: rudimentary shelters MATERIAL: RUBBLES
Week 76
economic continuous bazaar
Week 100
ecology
potential garden and hang out area along waterways and PTSD centers
Week 180
psychological P.T.S.D Rehabilitation Center post-earthquake research center
bureaucratic
Post-disaster Documenting center
landscape tectonics with aubrey davidson, cesar lopez cca, spring 2012
Ecology
Programming
PORO[CITIES] Water Qualities
Following the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami of 3.11.11 a ZONE_1 new infrastructure is needed to respond to the growing city of Tokyo.
Urban/Tourism Urban/Tourism Urban/Tourism TourismTourism
Aqua City
Tourism
Tourism Tourism Tourism Tourism Tourism Tourism Tourism Market Tourism Market Market Market
Fresh Water Lake
Tidal Flats
Market Residential
Aqua City
Residential Residential Residential
Three membranes, informed by the Tokyo Bay context, are set ZONE_2 in place as layers of protection for the rising sea level and fuAquatsunamis; Line ture the first, the “Succulent Wall” is located at the south-end of the bay thus taking advantage of ZONE_3 the bottleneck facing the ocean tides. In this design process, we focused on Vertical Succulant of the first membrane, how the energy generator the operation Residential/Educational system works and how the membrane affects the shorelines of ZONE_4 the Tokyo Succulant Wallbay when the membrane meets the land. Tidal Flats
Residential Residential Residential Residential Residential
Industry/Urban
Urban/Residential Urban/Residential
Urban/Residential
Industry/Urban Industry/Urban
Urban/Residential
Industry/Urban Industry/Urban Industry/Urban Industry/Urban Industry/Urban Energy Industry/Urban Energy Energy Energy Energy Energy Energy
Dead Zone
Urban/Residential
Urban/Residential
Energy Storage Agriculture Agriculture
Urban/Residential
Aqua Line Urban Tidal Flats
Agriculture Agriculture
Agriculture Residential/Agriculture Residential/Agriculture
Urban Tidal Flats
Residential/Agriculture
Residential/Agriculture
Vertical Succulant Tide Pools
Accidental Ecology
Tide Pools
Research Park Residential/Parks Residential Residential/Parks
Residential/Educational Residential/Educational
Residential/Educational Residential/Educational Residential/Educational Residential/Educational
Residential/Parks Research Park Residential/Parks Residential/Parks Residential/Parks Research ParkParkResidential/Parks Research Research Park Residential/Parks Residential/Parks
Succulant Wall Coral Reefs
Natural Ecology
Accidental Ecology
Coral Reefs
Natural Ecology
Ecology
Strategies
Programming
Water Qualities
Urban/Tourism Urban/Tourism Urban/Tourism
ZONE_1 Fresh Water Lake
Aqua City Tidal Flats
Market Residential
Aqua City Tidal Flats
Industry/Urban
Industry/Urban
ZONE_2
Urban/Residential
Dead Zone
Energy Storage Agriculture
Aqua Line
Urban/Residential
Urban Tidal Flats
Residential/Agriculture
ZONE_3
Aqua Line Urban Tidal Flats
Vertical Succulant Tide Pools
Accidental Ecology
Vertical Succulant
Succulant Wall
Tide Pools
Residential/Educational
ZONE_4
Succulant Wall
Research Park Residential
Residential/Parks
Coral Reefs
Natural Ecology Accidental Ecology
Coral Reefs
Natural Ecology
The succulent wall is an array of extruded geometries that take the basic principles of a sponge’s network-water-flow strategy. The hexagonal-tube components allow the typical flow of water while harnessing its pressure with strategically placed filtered-turbines for energy. natural assending
Tidal Stream Energy Converter
15 meter sea-level rise 5 meter sea-level rise current meter sea-level permeation level turbine-energy potential level
17,000GW.h annual
program modules open modules
turbine-energy level
SECTION A.A.
turbine explode
membrane wall turbine case turbine
filter system filter skin tsunami closure
40MW-turbine energyv event
The second membrane as the inundation fields, controls the gradual sea level rise. These artificial topographies built up with concrete, trap the exess water within them, create mini lakes within which a new type of ecology would emerge.
Compiled
Energy Production + Distribution
Water Turbine source on west end Distribution along membrane Distribution to Futtsu and Yokosuka
Artificial Islands
Ecology + Migration
Programatic distribution of AQUA CITY: The 3 strategies on the left will emerge by the growth of the membrane through multiple phases. Ecology Island habitat Gradual migration along membrane to coasts
Transportation
Highway Public Transportation
Perpendicular Transportation
Ship Channel Gate
Tsunami + Inundation
Permeable membrane closes partially like a dam Inundation extractors along coast
Wastewater Treatment + Distribution
Wastewater treatment plant Distribution along membrane to Futtsu Wastewater from Futtsu
Turbines generate clean energy from the power of water. This “second nature� has created a new ecology in these areas.
Energy Production + Distribution
Water Turbine source on west end Distribution along membrane Distribution to Futtsu and Yokosuka
Ecology + Migration
Ecology Island habitat Gradual migration along membrane to coasts
Water treatment plants act as an extension of programs that already exist in Tokyo Bay.
Tsunami + Inundation
Permeable membrane closes partially like a dam Inundation extractors along coast
Wastewater Treatment + Distribution
Wastewater treatment plant Distribution along membrane to Futtsu Wastewater from Futtsu
Where the membrane meets the coastal zones, a new topography, as a continuation of the existing, provide the area with new surfaces to be occupied by advanced agriculture.
The purpose of this studio was to design a school for art students considering how the buidling and its surrounding could be an inspiration for artistic ideas. Open spaces and their relationship to the interior spaces are critical and the building seems to be a porous form, integrated with the built landscape. On the other hand, in order to create a consistant quality within the space, There are elements that are repeating as we walk through the site; one is short brick walls that not only create private back yards for individual studios, but also at some points act as exhibition panels. The other element is courtyards that create mini spaces within the whole site; teachers room, artists› studios, conference hall and the main courtyard acting as the main gathering space. and connecting all the spaces to each other.
corridor to the classrooms first floor plan yellow lines represent exhibition panels
school of art university of tehran, spring 2009
main courtyard, entrance conference hall
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soft furniture cca, summer 2012
The intention of this course is to get more familiar with upholstry techniques, as well as trying to generate epic concepts through modern furniture. While it is expected to be familiar with wood work, the process of design is to primarily come up with a decent idea of the overall shape of the furniture, then to figure out how the structure will work, generate the detailed drawings to understand how the connection of the soft part with hard part would work. Building up the basic wooden structure, cutting and forming foam, gluing and sweing and preparing buttons and the final cover are the multiple techniques learnt through this intensive Summer course. The concept for this ottoman is very simple, but creates multiple usages for the piece. Its ergonomic shape makes it comfortable to sit and lay down for a temporary time. The change of height in two sides creates the opportunity to be used by two people at the same time. Also sometimes it could be simply used as a combo of a chair and a table. It is a modular piece: Multiple pieces of the same shape could be arranged next to each other, creating a larger piece for the use of larger group of people.
building narrative
revitalizing the old train station Esparto, CA with tammy lepham
cca, spring 2012
We were initially intrigued by the minute details of the old train station and wished to highlight interesting moments that we felt could easily be disregarded. We conceived of these individual “nodes”, when connected to each other through vision, could create invisible connections representative of pasts and future. Using the idea of a camera obscura, we transformed the building into a threshold that could reflect past conditions while projecting future potentials. We traced the second floor apartment onto the first floor waiting room using masking tape to delineate walls and openings recreating the past in the present. Carefully chosen “nodes” of the second floor apartment are also placed onto the first floor and punctuate the circulation sequence of the installation. The ceiling dissolves as one experiences the past memories of the second floor apartment in the present.
interdisciplinary
Likewise, the corner wall and back wall of the space dissolves as two films puncture through the interior platform space and exterior train track space. A sped up film of the class installation process lines up with the interior perspective of the platform space to suggest new activity and future change. Moving landscapes on the adjacent corner project greater exterior connections-past train connections and future connections.
in-site sketches university of tehran, spring 2008
yazd mosque yazd, iran
natanz mosque natanz, kashan, iran
shopping mall restaurant interior
university of tehran,fall 2009
dolat-abad garden
fahraj mosque
yazd, iran
fahraj, iran
sorkh-gerye village shahroud, iran
hand sketches life drawing
the valued resource of the human figure as a subject cca,spring 2013