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PARNIAN MADDAHI M.Arch (2014) B. Arch (2012) parnian.maddahi@gmail.com 204 881 7090 Suite 1905, 2360 Dundas St. West, Toronto, M6P 4B2

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Resume ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS

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Workshops/ Exhibition Centre

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The Garden of Imagination

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House of Local Art

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Wooden Models

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Presenting Architecture

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Book City of Tehran

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Private Cancer Clinic of Tehran

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150 Residential Suites

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Monument for a Local Hero

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Restoring the Heritage ART

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Hand Sketches and Drawings

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Paintings

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Photography

PARNIAN MADDAHI parnian.maddahi@gmail.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • 2 years of professional experience in residential, commercial and institutional architecture projects • Skilled in Auto-CAD, Revit, Sketch Up, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Office Suite, hand drawing techniques and presentation models, graphic design and architecture photography • Knowledge of OBC, LEED and Zoning by-laws gained through courses and work experience • Demonstrated ability to work on multiple tasks and deliver quality and timely results • Ability to organize teams to meet deadlines while being attentive to details and adapting client’s needs • Motivated in establishing working relationships as well as working individually

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Aug-Dec 2014

Intern architect, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Toronto, ON

• Prepared presentation drawings for client meetings and City of Toronto using Auto-CAD, Photoshop • Worked on details of private houses and institutional projects

Intern architect, Voitek Architects Inc. Winnipeg, MB

Sep 2013 May 2014

• Developed construction and presentation drawings for clients and city permits • Attended client meetings and prepared reports for institutional and residential projects

Feb-Aug 2012

Jan-Dec 2011

Sep 2010May 2011 Sep 2009Apr 2011

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Intern architect, NJP Architects, Tehran, Iran

• Building code consultant, preparing presentation and visual communication documents, retail projects

Graphic designer, Art & Culture magazine, Iran University of Science and Technology,Tehran

• Worked on illustrations and layouts using Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator • Wrote articles on modern architecture and art

Research assistant, Building and Housing Research Centre, Tehran

• Studied patterns of residential architecture over a century and the cultural influences on design method

Tutor, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran

• Teaching Auto-CAD, Photoshop, InDesign, Google Sketch Up and English Language

Jan 2009Jan 2010

Illustrator, Kayhan Magazine, Tehran

• Illustrated many stories, worked on layouts and graphic designs

EDUCATION and AWARDS 2012-2014 Dec 2013 2008-2012 2010 2009 2008

Master of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB • International Master Students Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba Bachelor of Architecture, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran • Honored as top student in Architectural design studios • Awarded second place in “Mirza Kouchak Khan” design competition, The city of Rasht, Gilan, Iran • IUST Architecture School Entrance Scholarship

HONORS / PUBLICATIONS / EXHIBITIONS Oct 2014

CACB Certified and OAA member

Feb 2014

Atmosphere International Conference, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba

Oct 2013

International Conference on Adaptation and Movement in Architecture, University of Ryerson, Toronto

May 2014

Published “Atmosphere of Spaces”, Warehouse Journal, University of Manitoba

2012

Translated “Building Code of Iran”, NJP Architects, Tehran

2012-2014

Year-End Exhibition of student work, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba

VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE May 2014

Here+ Now, Exhibition of professional and student architecture projects of Winnipeg

June 2014

Set Design for charity theaters, Art Beat charity institute, Winnipeg

Mar 2013

Lectures on Persian Historical Art/ Architecture, Fort Garry Church, Winnipeg

June 2013

Super Spike Volleyball Games, Winnipeg

2010- 2012

Painting Sales, Mahak Charity, Society to Support Children Suffering from Cancer, Tehran

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Workshops/ Exhibition Centre

for Local Craftsmen of North Iran

Academic Design project Iran University of Science and Technology, 2011 This Project aims to provide space for local craftsmen and artists who need support to continue working and presenting their work to tourists and citizens of Gilan.This process is based on my attempt to appreciate hand made art, in a style derived from North Iran’s culture, making it possible to afford. I specifically tried to capture the beauty driven by practicality in this design.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

INITIAL CONCEPT OF FORM AND MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE INSIDE THE ARCHITECTURE

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SECTION A cutting through entrance, lobby, galleries and back yard

SITE PLAN STREET VIEWS 1-3 demonstrate how the architecture leads people to interact with urban space surrounding it.

SECTION B cutting through galleries, workshops and walkways

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN The spiral shaped plan helps easing the access to work, retail and exhibit spaces for people.

INTERIOR VIEWS 1-2 capture the live, active atmosphere in lobby and retail spaces.

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This is the core of architecture: To provide a space for human beings.

Peter Zumthor

The Garden of Imagination Master of Architecture Design Thesis

University of Manitoba, Prof. Mark West , 2013- 2014 It sounds surrealistic existing in two spaces simultaneously; one that you are actually in and the other in which you are imagining yourself, through “state of mind�. Spaces can continue to exist by means of living in non-objective human minds as memories. This is the key concept which studies and explorations of this project are shaped around. I focused on the mental reality of space, seeing

architecture as a direct reflection of mental images, memories and dreams.

The qualities of water lend themselves to this exploration: The will to get out of containers continuously moving forward, forever changing, similar to imagination that does not belong to a limited place. Through this process I attempted to explore architectural aspects of this phenomenon as well as ways of enriching spaces by trying to understand the true complexity of perception. I believe

physical architecture can affect our soul only if it can touch and evoke our forgotten memories and hidden imaginations.

The word abandons its meaning like an overload which is too heavy and prevents dreaming.

PLAN

demonstrates the connection of my design proposal to the land, river and structure of the bridge.

Gaston Bachelard

SECTION

studies the relationship between the city level, the architecture under the bridge and the water surface.

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SITE PLAN demonstrating the river path and the space under the bridge

SECTION showing the conditions of the ramp and the floating garden on deep water

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I selected a section of Assiniboine River in Winnipeg close to The Forks. The powerful river has a high level difference during the year. When the water is low, there will be a poetic emptiness in which people can feel signs of the river’s volume at high water -a space occupied in past and future, but not at present. The Main Street Bridge passing on the river shows remained memory of the water: marks on the body of the bridge, the empty quiet space under it, sound of water movements...The architecture located under the bridge takes people to a psyche layer of life between city level and water surface, gradually separating them from the bodily experienced architecture and -while they are still feeling evidence of stories happening on the street above- invites them to watch the very notional “Tree” of fluid imagination: constantly moving, beautifully floating.

Trees are magnificent, but even more magnificent is the sublime and moving space between them.

The iconic garden floating on the river observed in different heights during seasons of the year... the structure of the garden is designed using light metal panels and detailed to be flexible in order to make it easy to move up and down with the water level and be stable so that it visible to people from the space under the bridge.

Gaston Bachelard

PLAN / SECTION/ DETAILS

of the floating garden

THE PHYSICAL MODEL made out of wood shows the conditions between the river and the bridge.

SECTION shows the details of the structure of the hanging space.

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House of Local Art Design Competition

Professional team work for The City of Isfahan, Iran, 2011 This design project is result of a successful team work aiming to create an architecture dedicated to helping tourists get familiar with ancient culture and art of historical city of Isfahan. My role was sketching on form, 3D modeling and rendering. The design was awarded as the third selected project between many other proposals due to its simplicity of form and pure presence of the spirit of architecture inside in addition to its noticeable connection to urban environment and buildings surrounding it.

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ATTENTION TO HUMAN SCALE, SIMPLICITY AND GENTLENESS OF THE FORM INSPIRED BY THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE

I believe architecture is not about paper, it’s not about forms. It’s about space and material.

Peter Zumthor

The transparent glass bridge between two solid parts of the architecture connects the work space to the exhibit rooms. So by walking through the entrance to the exit doors visitors are taken on a journey of how these art works are created and presented to public.

WALKING THROUGH THE YARD EMPOWERS THE VISITORS JoURNEY

TRANSPARENT GLASS WALLS MAINTAIN BOTH SECURITY AND VIEW TO GREEN SPACE

The building consists of rooms with all the equipments needed for production of local crafts such as Persian rugs, pottery, miniature paintings, also exhibit spaces and a cafe, a restaurant and common spaces for visitors to socialize.

The red brick used in this design is the most adaptable and common building material of the region and is made inside the province.

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Wooden Models Crafted for design projects Professional work, 2013-2014

Model made out of wood and glass in interior design process of Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, to arrange office cubical on the floor plan. Hariri Pontarini Architects, Toronto, 2014

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Wood facade designed for bringing the effects of sun movement into the building and optimize the use of natural sun light and create light-shadow patterns in interior spaces.

University of Manitoba, Fall 2013

Presenting Architecture

3D modeling and rendering projects Professional work in architecture firms, 2012-2014

3D modeling and rendering of the Retail Centre of Rasht, Technique: Revit / Photoshop

NJP Architects, Tehran, 2012

Presentation of a Front Elevation of a private house in Toronto, technique: Photoshop

Hariri Pontarini Architects, Toronto, 2014

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Book City of Tehran

Main branch of chain book stores in Iran Professional design work, Tehran, Iran, 2011 The Book city is a community in which the largest collection of books, cultural and literature products of Iran are introduced to people to get familiar with and purchase. It is not only a retail place but also where citizens communicate and share their knowledge and interests taking part in programs and lectures being held and spaces designed in order to connect people together.

FLOOR PLAN

STREET VIEWS 1-2 show the Entrance space connecting the building

to the city using elements such as water and trees, leading people to interact.

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STREET VIEW 3 demonstrates the simple open space in front of the building designed to host artistic social events in warm seasons.

INTERIORS 3-5 show the thoughtful diversity of spaces: people can relax comfortably in the sitting area prepared for them and still keep visually connected to the other parts of the building as they wish.

INTERIORS 1-2 show how each floor includes zones where visitors feel more private and can read or think as well as more active spots where they feel live and enjoy socializing and sharing their knowledge about books and publications.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

SECTION depicts dynamic visual connection, transparency of different spaces in each floor and the diversity of activities taking place inside and around this architecture.

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Private Cancer Clinic of Tehran Academic design project, IUST, 2009

According to the program the clinic specializes on certain types of the disease and a total of 10 specialist physicians work in the building as well as about 20 people including nurses and lab workers and service staff.

The primary idea in approaching this project was easing the access to the critical functions from the main and emergency entrances. So the most needed services are distributed on ground floor and the ones serving to patients who are able to walk easily are located on second floor in addition to the labs, management office and maintenance rooms.

FLOOR PLAN

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FRONT ELEVATION OF THE PRIVATE CANCER CLINIC OF TEHRAN

150 Residential Suites

Academic design project, IUST, 2010 The purpose of this design is to consider the realities of practice of architecture such as making the best us of space, choosing the proper construction system and best local materials in order to make it affordable for low-income families.

The complex consists of 10 identical 5 story blocks and on each floor 3 residential unites are designed. The layout method is inspired by classical Persian architecture and urban design patterns which apply symmetrical geometry, simple lines and forms and use of water as a symbol in landscaping.

The two types of stone proposed are local of the city and appropriate for dry climate.

FLOOR PLAN 3 ENTRANCES, DIRECTING RESIDENTS USING THE ELEMENT OF WATER, CREATING A GREEN RING AROUND THE COMPLEX

SECTION cuts residential unites located in middle, showing the level differences in each

FRONT ELEVATION

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Monument for A Local Hero Design Competition

Group design Project for City of Rasht, Gilan, Iran, Spring 2011

The objective of this project is to design a cultural center in memory of Mirza Kouchak Khan, Iranian political hero who devoted his life to bring freedom for his people.

The biggest challenge in the charged topography of the green humid region of Gilan was how to merge the building as part of landscape.

My specific role was to analyze the site, produce the diagrams and 3D model and elevation renderings.

FRONT ELEVATION

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PROJECT SITE: GILAN, IRAN

Restoring The Heritage Yazd Mosque

Professional team work for The City of Yazd, Iran, 2011

Studying architecture in an ancient country where thousands of precious pieces of art and architecture are remained from the past, I became very interested in being part of the attempt for preserving and restoring this great part of our history and culture. The work was done on one of the largest mosques of Iran build around the year 1800 and the process of restoration continued for aboout one year. The 3D model was created in order to document the existing parts of the building.

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Hand Sketches and Drawings

Technique: Pencil crayon / Ink on watercolour paper The Drawings are done as personal projects starting from my undergraduate studies in architecture school in Tehran and continuing during the years of my Masters degree in Canada.

Some of the drawings are done on site in order to capture the atmosphere of the urban space and feeling of the building and some are images to start up original concepts for architectural and urban designs.

RURAL HOUSE OF NORTH IRAN, RASHT, IRAN, 2008

CONCEPT FOR A SUBURBAN OFFICE BUILDING, IRAN, 2009

LIFE UNDER BRIDGES

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE THESIS DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, 20013

This drawing belongs to a series called the water garden which initiate the idea of locating a garden-like space under the main St. bridge in Winnipeg to emphasize on presence in space.

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SKETCH OF THE “THEATRE HOUSE OF TEHRAN”, IRAN, 2010

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.

Paul Klee

WATER GARDEN MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE THESIS DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, 20013

This pencil crayon drawing shapes the visual formation of my architecture under the bridge and located above The Assiniboine River in my thesis project.

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Paintings

Color and I are one. I am a painter. Paul Klee

Technique: Acrylic paint on canvas

Presented in Arta Art Gallery (Tehran), IUST Art Gallery and Art Gallery of University of Manitoba Tehran and Winnipeg, 2011-2014

Technique: Digital painting and collage, Illustrator and Photoshop Selected from the collage series “The Sun Fish” and “The Interior Moments”, Toronto, 2014

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Photography Presented in Arta Gallery , IUST Gallery Tehran, 2012-2013

This photos frame beautiful nature and architecture of Iran and are selected form three series titled “As a Tree”, “As a Bird” and “On Mother Earth”, all shot during years 2008- 2012 while I was doing my undergraduate studies.

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