Ramina Farajzadeh Deroee Selected Projects, June 2014 r f 5 d e @ v i r g i n i a . e d u ( 7 1 6 ) 6 0 1 - 5 5 6 6
RAMINA F. Deroee CURRICULUM VITA,
2014
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EDUCATION
M. Arch, University of Virginia. May 2014 M. Arch, Azad University, Tehran. J a n u a ry 2 0 0 7
WORK EXPERIENCE Independent Architectural Practice 2010
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Historic Design Guidelines and redevelopment plan of Jomhoori historic district for the city of Tehran. Collaboration with Kaveh Mehrabani.
2009
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2005,06 & 08
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Darya, Design of a four story residential building, ~ 7000 SF, in Northern Iran in the coastal city of Chalous., Under Construction. Collaboration with Mahyar Hadighi. House of Colors, Interior design and implementation of a 1248 SF residential apartment in Mahestan Tower, Tehran, Iran. Collaboration with Mahyar Hadighi. Award finalist “Iranian Interior Design”, (2009) Exhibited in “Iranian Interior Design” exhibition. Mahak Jewelry, Interior design of 482 SF shop in Golestan Commercial Complex, Tehran, Iran. Consultant to the PhD program of Tokyo University Urban Planning Department, contributing to a detail survey and research of the grand Bazaar of Tehran and its surrounding historic fabric. Villa de Nimes, Design for the addition and renovation of a 3 story residential building (4800 SF) in Nimes, France, collaborating With Dr. kaveh Mehrabani.
Office Experience Piedmont Housing Alliance 2013
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Intern architect, redeveloping a 72,000 SF site in downtown Charlottesville.
Abrdasht Consultants 2007
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2006
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2004
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Member of a 4-person team working on the preservation of the historic site of Nima Yushij Museum in Yush, Northern Iran. Member of a 5-person team working on the design of Iranian ambassador’s residence in Beirut. Leading member of a 9-person team working on the design of the Iranian Embassy in Lebanon.
Matn dar Matn Architects 2006
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2005-06
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Member of a 5-person team working on the design of Sari Tower, a 13-story mixed-use building, Sari, Northern Iran. Contributed to the survey and documentation of villages in Qazvin Province , prepared and sought approval for village master plans. Contributed to the survey and documentation of 30 villages in Tehran Province, prepared and sought approval for village master plans. Contributed to the survey and documentation of villages in Ilam Province , prepared and sought approval for village master plans. Member of a 6-person team working on the Competition entry for “Tehran Book Garden”. l
Tots Consultants 2004-05
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Member of a 5-person team working on the design of the entrance gate and Customs building of Payam international cargo Airport (24 mile outside of Tehran, Iran).
2004
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Member of a 3-person team working on design of landscape of M.D. residential complex (0.5 Acre boundary), Tehran, Iran.
Piraz Consultants 2003
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012- 2014
University of Virginia, Department of Architecture, teaching assistant l Building Matters l Systems, Sites and Building discussion l Foundation studio 1
2008-2010
Marlik University, Department of Architecture, adjunct Instructor l Thesis Advisor for 10 Bachelor of Architecture students. l Teaching “Building construction components” l Teaching forth year design Studio. l Teaching second year design studio. l Teaching “History of Modern Architecture”
2009
Azad University Chalous Campus, Department of Architecture, adjunct instructor l Teaching “History of Modern Architecture”
2009, Fall semester
Payam-e-Noor University, Department of Architecture, adjunct instructure l Teaching “History of Modern Architecture”
Sama Institute, Azad university, Chalous campus l Teaching first year design studio l Teaching second year design studio
2008-2009
2007-2008
Tehran institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, adjunct instructor l Teaching “Architectural Appreciation” l Teaching “Presentation Drawing”
PUBLICATION 2010
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Hadighi, Mahyar and Ramina Farajzadeh, “The Old Hotel of Ramsar,” Proceeding Of the Congress of Archaeology Of Northern Iran Prospects and View for the Next Decade,” Tehran: Aval va Akhar publisher, May 2010.
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2008
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Farajzadeh, Ramina,“Faculty of Architecture by Alvaro Siza”, Khesht va khorshid (Marlik University Architectural Journal), Noshahr: Marlik University, January 2010. Farajzadeh, Ramina and Mahyar Hadighi,“FIrminy Church,Le Corbusier,”Memar 50, 2008 (Iranian Architectural Journal)
EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND AWARDS 2013-14 2013-14
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University of Virginia, Ella R. and Milton L. Grigg Fellowship
l University of Virginia, Graduate Student Full Tuition Remission Award
2013-14
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2013
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Autodesk Excellence in Analysis Award
2012-13
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University of Virginia, Ella R. and Milton L. Grigg Fellowship
2012-13
University of Virginia, Graduate Student Wage Award ($3500)
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2012-13
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2012
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2012
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2010
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2010
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2005&2004
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University of Virginia, Graduate Student Wage Award ($3500) Rutgers University, Chaps Conference, Ramina F Deroee and Mahyar Hadighi.“ Shazdeh Garden”.Poster presentation
Alliance for Historic Landscape preservation conference, Victoria BC, Ramina F Deroee and Mahyar Hadigh. “Shazdeh Garden”. Poster presentation. Alliance for Historic Landscape preservation conference, Victoria BC, Mahyar Hadighi and Ramina F Deroee. “ Preservation of Sefid chah Cemetery”. Poster presentation. Hadighi, Mahyar and Ramina Farajzadeh, “Ramsar Hotel,” poster presentation in the Congress of Archaeology Of Northern Iran: Prospects and View for the Next Decade. Hadighi, Mahyar and Ramina Farajzadeh, “Preservation of Sefid Chah cemetery,” poster presentation in the Congress of Archaeology Of Northern Iran; Prospects and View for the Next Decade. Digital Art, group exhibition, Bazaart Group, Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
Table of contents:
Curriculum vita
Selected Projects: o Academic projects o Professional projects: I. Office II. Independent o Artwork
Publications
Selected Projects
Cape Cod Beach Service Building:The program was about replacing the deteriorating beach service building at Cape Cod National Seashore. Besides other natural elements of seashore weather, shifting dunes have undermined the foundation of the current building. The whole project is designed based on my joint, or it is better to say the idea of intersecting different linear elements. This idea and the roles/limitations of the joint mostly inspired the formation of the buildings and their relationship to each other.
Academic project, Cape Cod Studio, UVA, 2012, Instructor: Ed Ford
Garden of Mobility:
While Manresa is a historic city close to Barcelona, with easy access, it is currently not an attractive place for visitors to stay. Locals, at the same time, have forgotten the significant history, architecture, and the natural landscape. My proposal, then, is about mobility, and preserving the natural landscape, and at the same time finding a way for the city to come-back and be prepared for the third millennium. La Cueva sanctuary, the most important attraction of the city and heart of the Jesuit sect, is located in this site.However currently there is no connection between Lacova and the city. By expressing mobility and restoring and rehabilitating the natural landscape of the area, I would like to push the city’s limitations forward.Garden of Mobility expands the interchange of movements by dividing, separating, and superimposing the layers of movement (pedestrian, vehicular, and rail). Santuai de la Cova de Sant Ignasi Basilica de Santa Maria
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Area = 97 hectares
1. Boutique Hotel
2. Contemplation Area
3. Plaza + Art Museum
Currently, visitors to the city depart after a few hours, due to lack of infrastructures and accommodations. To remedy this, I have proposed, at the top of the hill, which at the same time is the top of the garden, a small boutique hotel. The proportion of the hotel as well as its occupancy limit is small, because I did not want to disturb the local urban life and the surrounding vernacular buildings. Hotel Concept:
Academic project, Barcelona Studio 1, UVA, 2013, Instructor: Margarita Jover
Hotel plan: Level -5
Section K-K K-K
Academic project, Barcelona Studio 1, UVA, 2013, Instructor: Margarita Jover
Section C-C/ Contemplation Area
Contemplation Area: A covered urban plaza in between two current buildings is designed. Water has the main roll in the plaza. I tried to play with human senses. People in upper level of the plaza see water; in lower level, they can even touch water. In the lowest level by hearing the sound of water, people can mediate. La Creu del Tort, worship monument, relocated to the second level of the plaza on the water. People see the reflection of it in the pool.
Reconnecting La Cova and river walk with the city.
Academic project, Barcelona Studio 1, UVA, 2013, Instructor: Margarita Jover
Wall Space:
Wall Space is a continuation of a broader project, entitled “Garden of Mobility,� which I have done for the previous studio. The project is about mobility, public space, and respecting the forgotten nature of the city of Manresa, Spain; it is about designing an urban space based on paths, edges, landmarks, and nodes. Wall Space tries to designing a hybrid community mostly by focusing on a node of mobility. A node for different pedestrian movements: local people, regular tourists of the city, and pilgrims. By an early windshield survey of the area I realized that although Manresa has several open spaces/plazas like other Roman-based cities of Europe, they are far from a lively European urban plaza. These open spaces are part of the forgotten landscape of the city. Therefore, an urban plaza, as a new node of the city was designed among a gallery-museum to complete the Garden of Mobility, which was basically a park, connecting the riverside to the top of the hill, with a small boutique hotel at the top.
Academic project, Barcelona Studio 2, UVA, 2013, Instructors: Nana Last, Charles Manefee
Existing Demolished
Besides the neglected ruined structures of the site, I preserved the historic fabrics and rehabilitated the existing buildings for a new function by re-planning the interior and designing new additions. I reused two of the existing old structures of the site as part of my museum. The proposed gallery/museum will help the hybrid community that I designed. It could also be served as home of the Fira MediterrĂ nia, a performing art market held each year in Manresa.
1. PLAZA 2. BAR 3. RESTAURANT 4. TOURIST INFORMATION 5. METER PARKING 6. CAFE 7. MUSEUM ENTRY 8. RECEPTION 9. COATS 10. PERMANENT EXIBITION 11. HAVC ROOM 12. SCULPTORE GARDEN 13. GALLERY 14. GALLERY CAFE 15. SHOP 16. CONSERVATION LAB 17. STORAGE 18. MUSEUM OFFICE 19. OPEN THEATRE
Academic project, Barcelona Studio 2, UVA, 2013, Instructors: Nana Last, Charles Manefee
Museum Circulation Museum exhibition space Existing wall Vertical connection Plaza
Wall Space has been shaped from interconnection between two concepts: one, based on the open space/plaza, and the other one based on the retaining walls necessary for constructing on this hillside. To provide a better plaza, I conceptually cut the ground level of the site and pushed everything up. Then tried to connect this open ground level to La Coueva, which is situated in an upper level. To be able to connect them I designed several retaining walls to cut through the hill and everything else were placed in between this walls. The spaces between the walls were used as paths, museum, gallery spaces, and other function necessary for my program.
Academic project, Barcelona Studio 2, UVA, 2013, Instructors: Nana Last, Charles Manefee
Steps are a part of the public space.
One by three foot cocret panels used in the museum exterior walls
Academic project, Barcelona Studio 2, UVA, 2013, Instructors: Nana Last, Charles Manefee
Hanging Boxes: The imaginary project’s site is a 55’ X75’ lot bounded with 35’-high walls in Richmond, Virginia. Design’s goal was emphasizing on using natural day lighting as much as possible while the height of the surrounded walls and the site’s size was two main contrarians. Due to lack of available sunlight reach the lower levels the building is designed with a piloti level. The preliminary design concept was penetrating natural light just from the roof. This project received Autodesk 2013 Excellence in Analysis Award.
Lightray Analysis and Shadow
June 21- 12 pm
Academic project, Design Development & Environmental Systems, UVA, 2013
Artwork
Publications
The Old Hotel of Ramsar
Mahyar Hadighi, Ramina Farajzadeh
Abstract There were many “Art Deco” and “Modern” buildings constructed during the Pahlavi dynasty (1945-1979) in Iran that have already been destroyed, most likely, because they do not appear old. Modern buildings, in general, are not considered for preservation, because they do not seem old. Reza Shah was from Northern Iran and was fond of the area and supported the construction of significant buildings such as the Grand Hotel of Ramsar, an important Art-Deco building. As a member of a group of five students from Tehran’s Azad University, we conducted the first-ever survey of the old hotel and created a complete set of drawings with material conservancy documents. Our hope has been to save this spectacular Art Deco Modern building.