Pouya Hamedi
13 May 1995
+32 494 69 59 07 pooya.hamedi@gmail.com Rijsenbergstraat 366, Gent 9000, Belgium Website: https://phamedi.com Issuu: https://issuu.com/pooyahamedi Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/pouya-hamedi
EDUCATION
SKILLS
2021 2019
Intermediate Advanced Intermediate Intermediate Advanced Beginner Advanced Advanced Beginner Beginner Advanced Intermediate Advanced
Master of Architecture, Resilient and Sustainable Strategies KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture, Campus Sint-Lucas Ghent Master’s Thesis: White Spots Gent, Belgium
2018 2013
Bachelor of Architecture, Architectural Engineering Tehran University of Art, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development Bachelor’s Thesis: Aftab House of Books and Culture Tehran, Iran
Figma Adobe InDesign, Lightroom Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator Adobe After effects Microsoft Office Python Revit Autocad Archicad, Rhino Autodesk CFD Lumion Twin Motion, Enscape Sketchup
WORK EXPERIENCE
CERTIFICATES
Present Nov 2021
2022
UX Designer CrossOut Calendar -Part Time Joined the team before the app’s initial launch and I worked on the second version of the design. I conducted user research, created journey maps, drew wireframes, and made low fidelity prototypes in Figma. I also created the Polka UI library (first and second levels) to give structure and guidance for the current and future designs. Gent, Belgium
Present Mar 2022
Architecture Stagiair Edward Sorgeloose Architecture - Full Time
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design Google
2021
Crash Course on Python Google
ACTIVITIES Jun 2021 Oct 2019
I took over two projects; an office building and a 42 unit apartment complex. I was responsible for all levels of design and documentation. Once again, my BIM modeling skills rapidly grew since the office specialized in Revit modeling.
Student Ambassador KU Leuven I became a student ambassador to help interntional students moving to Belgium. Gent, Belgium
Antwerpen, Belgium Aug 2019 Apr 2019 Mar 2022 Aug 2021
With a passion for technology, I became an author at Digiato Media group, one of Iran’s most popular technology websites. As a content creator covering technology news, I was also assigned to write extensive reviews on multiple digital gadgets.
Architecture Stagiair Architect de Fonseca - Full Time I learned practical skills such as construction detailing, “developmental approval” (omgevingsvergunning) and producing “material take off” (meetstaat) documents. Also, weekly site visits taught me the link between the ‘back-office’ tasks and their real-life execution. Moreover, my knowledge in BIM modeling and documentation grew immensely since I was tasked with transitioning the office from AutoCAD to Revit.
Sep 2019 Jul 2015
Author Digiato Media Group
Tehran, Iran
Gent, Belgium
LANGUAGES
Professional Photographer ACG | Aftabnet Communication Group - Part Time
C2
I was assigned to various projects ranging from commercial, industrial, and event photography to behind-the-scenes videography. I was also an official photographer at the 34th and 37th international Fajr Film Festival, Iran’s most prominent movie festival. Tehran, Iran
Persian Mother Tongue
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English Fluent
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Dutch Intermediate (Learning)
Contents
1.White Spots......................................................................04 2.BookShop 2.0.................................................................20 3.Al-khor Train Station................................................30 4.Modular Shading System...................................34 5.Avicenna Hospital......................................................40 6.Family TownHouse...................................................44
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White Spots
Alternative ways of urban development Master’s Dissertation | Winter 2020 - Spring 2021 Promoter: Martine De Maeseneer Chicago, United States
For my master’s thesis project, I chose the studio “Chicago: My kind of Town”. My Promoter, Prof. Martine De Maeseneer had a completely open mind regarding the topics to choose and develop through the thesis. During the research period, I was looking into the post industrial status in Goose Island. A place that once beamed with factories and warehouses more than a century ago, now left with many buildings awaiting demolition or turning into high-end office spaces. At the same time, the property price growth, specially in the office sector caught my attention. A trend that is pushing many small businesses and entrepreneurs out of cities, only because they are not able to afford the expenses. And a third noticeable trend, was the de-urbanization of cities currently in progress. Where corporate buying of land and clearing out the urban tissue are resulting in the disappearance of variety and diversity in larger cities. Sharing these findings with my promoter, she introduced me to Eva De Klerk and her work at Amsterdam Noord Shipyard or NDSM, where an abandoned ship manufacturing warehouse
had been turned into a self-organized community of creators and artists, who owned the building as a group and built their own workspaces within the added grid. After carefully reading her book, Make your City, through which she clearly lays out the idea of “Stad als Casco” or “City as a shell”, as well as all the steps, thoughts, struggles and efforts that led to the creation and success of NDSM, I decided to take that mindset as an inspiration for my design in Goose Island. To further develop the idea, I chose two different sites with different features. One with high ceilings, wide spans and large, uninterrupted open spaces, and the other one an old furniture manufacturing factory with multiple floors, shorter ceilings and a well-arranged column system. For the first test site, I’m adding a grid system similar to the one in NDSM, as well as basic facilities like sanitary units, paths and staircases. From that point, as users start to move into the building and form their community, they will build their workplaces within the grid, being allowed to choose between a single, double or triple unit. There are also open areas with no added grid system to allow for exhibitions, markets, gatherings, etc. In the second test site, I decided to go for a more general approach, one that could be applied to a wider range of buildings, since the second factory had more generic features which are shared between many of the buildings belonging to that era. Therefore, a different grid was designed, which runs in between the columns while with movable panels, users will be able to create their own plans within the building. This way, changes are easily made and spaces could be created or wiped in a matter of minutes, keeping the building fresh and responding to the changing needs of its users. These proposals were highly appreciated by my promoter and jury members, and I was able to achieve the highest jury point marks.
Character buildings of Goose Island Choosing Test Sites
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The North Branch’s distinctive urban character is distinguished by its namesake waterway, which fostered the area’s industrial development and nearby rail and expressway construction. The landscape is punctuated by material silos, large industrial equipment, rail lines, vehicular and railroad bridges and viaducts, sea walls, highway embankments, and many masonry industrial buildings. Approximately 60 buildings, structures, and industrial features throughout the corridor have been identified as having unique historical, architectural, or another impact on the corridor environment. As the area transitions to a more mixed-use employment center, the corridor’s unique physical and natural assets can be integrated into a modern, functional job center.
R2 is an integrated, private equity real estate
firm with offices in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis. They were founded in 2006 and “develop, operate and invest in real estate assets in high barrier-to-entry markets with favorable supply and demand fundamentals”. Among the 50 buildings that they own in Chicago, Louisville, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis, 4 of them are located on Goose Island and salt district. Two of these buildings have been chosen as test sites which will be explained later on.
Properties owned by R2 group on Goose Island which are considered character buildings
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1315 North Branch
Design Approach
The high ceilings of this building, combined with wide spans and uninterrupted area, make it a great candidate to try and emulate a similar space to NDSM. By adding a grid system that only includes stairs and platforms, tenants/ owners will be able to create their own, specific workspaces within the given structural system. This approach provides great flexibility for the users, as well as keeping renovation costs to a minimum.
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1001 North Branch
Design Approach The perfect order of columns in this building along with vast, uninterrupted floor spaces and similar columns makes it a great potential to be used as a flexible workspace. The two buildings, one 6 stories high and the other one three, provide plenty of floor area to be used by many groups and/ or individuals. A grid system is added to each floor which combined with sliding panels, provides endless planning options for any user. Also, this leads to groups being able to modify their space through time. The grid and panels are made of affordable materials such as aluminum and fiberglass, keeping the renovation costs as low as possible.
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1315 North Branch
Stairs As part of the grid, Stairs and runways are added in order to create access to the second level of units.
The Grid Following the example of NDSM Shipyard, a grid is added to the building containing column, floor and roof. The grid is made of steel and concrete for the roof and floor. This way, users will be able to create their own workspace within the prepared guidelines.
Units As owners and tenants will have to create their own workspace, they will be creating unique units that fits their needs perfectly. They will be allowed to use between 1 and 3 spans in width and one span in depth to create their space.
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Open Spaces Areas with a lower ceiling are kept open so they will be available for any public event. These events range from markets and exhibitions to gatherings, etc.
Sanitary Units Considered as essentials, sanitary units are created along the main grid. Each area has one since workspaces do not contain infrastructure for toilets.
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1001 North Branch
The Grid The grid has been created in a way to avoid the expansion at the top of columns. Therefore, it runs through them with two lines, allowing panels to move effortlessly through the floor. This way, users will not have to move their walls if other groups need to make adjustments to their own space.
Common Rooms Common rooms act as an acoustically private area for the users of each floor, since they have floor-to-ceiling panels Each group can use them in case of conferences or any activity that requires a more quiet atmosphere. These rooms are included as basic elements of each floor similar to sanitary units, the grid system, and panels.
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Sanitary Units Sanitary units are placed Along the edges in order to maximize the grid potential through the floors, keeping it uninterrupted.
Urban Farming Protected from the wind by the taller building, the roof has great potential to be used as an urban garden.
Stairs and Lifts Vertical transportations have not been moved. They all use the cores which have already existed in the original plans of the building.
Panel Stacks The two-way grid system allows panels to move in both X and Y directions. They can be stacked by the walls while they are not needed, and moved if users need them to create/modify a space.
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1001 North Branch Grid Detail
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Rotating Wheels Aluminum Frame
Noise insulator made of lightweight Polyethylene foam Two-way aluminum rails enabling doors to slide side by side
Handles Fiberglass panels, acting as additional sound proofing and cover
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Book Shop 2.0 Adapting to Belgian Guidelines
Building Technology: Integration | Fall - Winter 2019 With: Michiel D’Haese | Jonas De Brauwer | Laurens Decoster Tutors: Johan Cordonnier | Laurens Luyten | Sandy De Bruycker Ghent, Belgium
The integration course aimed at adapting a previously designed project to Belgian construction and fire safety guidelines. In a group of four, my bachelor’s thesis project was chosen by the tutors to be further developed. The main design was a three story Bookshop where fire safety was solved by placing water sprays in every floor. In order to create a truly fireproof building, the design had to adapt. Therefore, we divided the building into compartments, yet, we tried to keep its original openness as much as possible. To separate the compartments, we used concrete walls, fireproof windows and fireproof floors, made of concrete and CLT beams. Also, Two fireproof stairways are placed in the building, each runway 2.6 meters wide, which was calculated considering there would be a maximum of 200 people
on each floor, 600 people in total throughout the building. As part of the assignment, we also had to create a total of 12 construction details, 3 per student. Moreover, the lighting, ventilation, and drainage pipes all had to be considered, designed, and calculated. These parts were also approached as a group initiative and all 4 members worked together to design each section. After tackling the main topics as a group, each student had separate tasks to finalize the design. I was in charge of modeling the building and its structural components, as well as Making renders for the final presentation. I used Autodesk Revit to make the 3D model and Lumion to create renders.
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Spatial openness was achieved with the help of voids and fireproof windows
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Showing the Structural elemets, void placements and terraces
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Detailed Section The main section containing details of joints, walls, windows, connections, etc. Also visible are the parking area and basement, which provides car park area for staff and disabled groups, as well as bike slots for staff and users, as well as technical rooms for mechanical facilities.
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Al-Khor Train Station A Naturally Ventilated Station in the Heart of the Desert Design Studio | Fall - Winter 2020 With: Ahmad Ramezanzadeh Tutor: Bruno Peeters Al-Khor, Qatar
This studio was about proposing a design for the planned train station in the city of Al-Khor, Qatar. Qatar will be the host of 2022 FIFA world cup and the city of Al-Khor is the home to one of the stadiums. Therefore, the city plans to add a train station to its infrastructure to move visitors between cities. Al khor central station is an attempt to create a truly sustainable train station that not only lowers its environmental impact to a minimum, but also benefits its city and surroundings. The design highlights a slanted roof and three openings through the site, in order to facilitate natural ventilation. Through the vents and air intakes, we were able to direct air through the station and create a pleasant environment in a hot climate like Qatar’s, without using any electrical energy. The roof is slanted in a way that as well as taking in cool breezes coming from the sea, it prevents hot winds which potentially carry a
sand storm from the south west to enter the station. Through the building, All the transportation from and to the station happen in the inside, providing a seamless experience and protecting users from the heat at all times. This project was designed in a group of two. Concept development, as well as the initial design were done by both members. In the second chapter, My groupmate was in charge of designing the station in Sketchup, and I took the responsibility of analyzing wing behavior and optimizing the natural ventilation. In order to do so, I created a model of the building and its openings in Autodesk Revit, and the analyses were carried out in Autodesk CFD. The model for the section below was created in Sketchup.
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Left, CFD simulations, Normal Condition:
openings in the left, pass it over a small pool placed on the lowest floor and blow the cool breeze into the waiting area.
In order to maximize the passive ventilation efficiency, I used the Combination of Autodesk Revit and Autodesk CFD in order to simulate different airflow scenarios through the building.
Top, CFD simulations, Storm Condition:
With the help of these simulations, the optimum number of air intakes and exists, the shape of the openings and the roof slope, as well as the internal vents were calculated. In the final version visible on the left, 21 sections are shown from the width of the station, indicating how air passes through the building during a normal day, with a sea breeze entering the station through the main entrance and the two openings in front (visible on the right side of the sections), and exiting from the openings on the roof and in the back (visible on the left side of the sections).
In an event of a sandstorm, the air exit in the back of the building and the openings on the roof, as well as intakes in the front will close up. This way, air circulation will stop within the station in the duration of the storm. The roof is designed in a way that in these circumstances, the sandstorm will pass over it and as a result, there will be no need to fully close the entrance. It was important to keep the enterance as open as possible since in normal conditions we needed to maximize airflow and, naturally, that area was our biggest intake.
Also, in order to cool down the lowest level where the train passes, a vent was added in the bus station area. Due to the negative pressure created by the smaller openings in the roof and the back of the station, the vent is able to take air in from the two
Right, Hand sketch: These sketches show the earliest stages of the design, as we were trying to create an airflow path through the station while trying to ventilate all areas equally.
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Modular Shading System Technical design | Spring 2017 With: Farzad Zerehdaran, Amir Ahitabar, Yasaman Nasr Tutors: Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavinia | Dr. Kaveh Shokuhi Karaj, Iran
Tehran University of Art’s Architecture campus has a lot of empty grass fields which are normally unused due to direct sunlight or being wet as a result of rains. They also lack any other features. As a result, our task for technical design on 2016-2017 spring semester was to design a low budget, easy-to-install structure to make these fields usable for students as an in-between space to hang out and be shielded from direct sunlight or light rain, as well as being connected to surrounding areas. The structure consists of cable re-enforced columns in order to use less material and make the structure lighter. The triangular trio columns are based on a prefabricated concrete base, which acts as a foundation and sitting place. The columns hold the tent structure above used for shielding. Also, the modular design allows the structure to be used in different fields with
Hand Sketch, Concept:
Covering the ground via modular tent structures and trees
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various dimensions. Moreover, by re-enforcing the columns with cable, the project uses lightweight metal pipes which cut the building costs by a big margin, as the budget was an important factor. A simpler 1:1 prototype of the project was built on-site on the campus to test the structure’s durability. All metal parts were re-designed and produced by CNC cutting for this task. The prototype was built over 3 years ago and there are no signs of weaknesses to this date. I used Autodesk Revit to make the 3D model and the renders were created in Lumion.
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An example of module placement and usage
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Showing details, cable connections to the column system, and the column system to the base.
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Top Detail
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Avicenna* Hospital Design Studio | Spring 2017 With: Yasaman Nasr Dr. Seyyed Behshid Hoseini | Hamed Yekita | Armin Piriyayi Karaj, Iran
Design Studio IV at Tehran University of Art aims at challenging the students via designing a large scale, complex building with lots of spatial relations to solve. Therefore, designing a hospital with 96 beds is the subject. There are lots of complicated relations between spaces and areas in a hospital. As there are many concerns regarding providing easy access and entrances for all users, as well as creating decent means to effortlessly travel vertically and horizontally inside the building. For example, the need for a vertical elevator connecting the emergency section to the surgery area; as well as having to place ICU and CCU departments on top of one another. The same goes for hospitalization units and the strict rules about their interior relations and dimensions, such as providing nurses with easy and direct access to all patients. The same rules and conditions apply to the rest of the building. Relations between service areas
Right, Render: Main entrance.
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Hospital’s complex space relations.
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and administrative offices with outside, avoiding medical sections. Overall, the planning consisted of a 26-page booklet and over 150 individual spaces, all of which having rules and restrictions in terms of their dimensions and accessibilities. In addition, access to direct sunlight was a must for most areas. As a result, the building is designed in a way to absorb as much sunlight as possible. Although, to prevent interiors from heating up, wooden panels were installed on the facade to cast shadows inside. In this project, my role was to design hospitalization, ICU, CCU, physiotherapy, radiography, emergency and maternity ward units as well as administrative offices and clinics. * Avicenna was a Persian polymath who has been described as the father of early modern medicine.
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Bird-eye view, showing green roofs and parking area in the background
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South facade, pedestrian paths in the landscape
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4th Floor - Children Covered Playground - Children Hospitalization Unit
3rd Floor - Cafe Teria - Hospitalization Unit
2nd Floor - Maternity Ward - ICU - Hospitalization Unit
1st Floor - Surgical Unit - CCU - Hospitalization Unit
Ground Floor - Entrance - Emergency - Administrative Offices - Lobby - Physiotherapy - Radiography - Drugstore - Pathobiology Lab - Clinic
Basement - Laundry - Morgue - Kitchen - Warehouse - Lockers - Housekeeping - Utilities - Sterilization
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Family Townhouse Design Studio - individual | Spring 2016 Tutor: Morteza Shaabani far Tehran, Iran
It is a dream for most people to design their own living space, and as an architecture student, I am not an exception. Therefore, this project quickly turned into a lucid dream for me, living in its spaces and rooms for a semester. The main requirement while designing this townhouse was to pay close attention to one’s family’s habits, way of living and day to day needs. Moreover, to turn the task into more of a challenge, the site on which the project had to be designed, was a 7-meter-wide ground with a length of 42 meters and a 14% slope. To plan the building, I had numerous sittings with my parents and asked them to describe their needs, and try to imagine their dream house’s features. This of course made the process even more complex, as fitting wishes such as a swimming pool or various gardens and terraces in a 7 meter wide townhouse was not an easy task. To achieve these goals, the building was first split into two parts, a narrow 2.4-meter-wide space to house the stairway and main entrance, and a 5-meter-wide space to house
Access Guest Private
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Interior spaces placement sequences
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the internal spaces. Furthermore, the latter of the two was again split for two main reasons: One reason was to fit a large void in the middle of the house in order to bring natural light inside, the other was to separate private rooms from the main living room and kitchen. This was also achieved by placing these areas on different levels. Another obligation was to consider a permanent guest living with the family. This led to placing a suite on the last floor with an independent kitchen and terrace, providing complete privacy for both the guest and the family. This townhouse also features a private room which is placed outside the main building on the Northside, accessible by an independent stairway. This room serves as a place for any family member tired from the hassles of a busy day and in need of complete silence and “me-time”.
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Developing spacial relations, Planning
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Southern yard, pool window
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Private and guest living rooms and relation
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Drawing:
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A Brief Thank you I have been close friends with my camera for over 8 years. Through this period, I have looked closely at my day to day life, surroundings, people, the night sky, buildings, etc. Here is a little collection of my photos. Thank you for going through my portfolio, Hope you enjoy the pictures! - Pouya
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