academic portfolio
Romiar D. Karamooz address: 8377 Sedan Ave, West Hills, CA 91304 email: romiark@email.arizona.edu tel: 818.577.9802
Curriculum Vitae
Romiar Davrani Karamooz 8377 Sedan Ave, West Hills, CA romiark@email.arizona.edu 818.577.9802
education
work experience
Bachelor of Architecture [B.Arch Degree] University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ GPA: 3.6 Design Studio GPA : 4.0
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Stonefire Grill, West Hills, CA December 2004 to August 2006, July-August 2009
Position: caterer, deliverer, trainer, head cashier, and waiter Description: answering phones, customer service, serving Contact: Christin Sporny
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achievements / awards
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2007 - 2008 “Academic
Distinction”
2010 Arizona Builders’ Alliance Portfolio Competition (Runner-up) - Scholarship
Honorable Mention: Spring 2007, Spring 2008
2009 Lyceum Fellowship Competition - Merit
Dean’s List: Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall
2009 AIA Design Excellence, 3rd Year Design Studio Project - Award
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DMJM Design/AECOM Design, Los Angeles, CA
June-August 2006 to 2008 INTERN
Description: built models [study and presentation], organized presentation packets, red lines, mentor of younger interns Projects: Thomas Properties Group :: City National Plaza Retail Entrance, 555 S. Flower St. Los Angeles Maguire Properties :: 755 Figueroa Tower, Los Angeles Wulfe & Co. :: BLVD Place, Houston Reference: Carlos Madrid, Andre Krause
1st Language
AutoCAD 2006-2010 Rhinoceros 4.0 Vray Rendering Engine SketchUp 7 Microsoft Office Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge, Fireworks, Dreamweaver Picasa 3
2nd Language
Revit, Grasshopper, 3ds Max,
other Languages
Farsi (Iranian) - Fluent Knowledge of Conversation and Written Comprehension French - Elementary Knowledge of Conversation and Grammer
Travel Experience
Iran (1996 to 1998) - Studied the 4th and 5th Grade. Cities include Tehran, Isfahan, Kerman
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2010 R. Drachman - Scholarship 2010 Excellent Academic Performance - Scholarship
10 Central Casting, Los Angeles, CA June-August 2009
Description: experience in the movie industry and filming set dynamic
11 Drachman Design/Build Coalition, Tucson, AZ January-Present 2011 VOLUNTEER
Description: bus shelter design, fabrication drawings, on site installation, materials scheduling Reference: Chris Trumble
Moorhead and Moorhead, New York, NY August 2010 INTERN
Description: generated renderings for Design/Miami Reference: Granger Moorhead, Robert Moorhead
The Standard Hotel, New York, NY July 2010
Description: roof-top restaurant services Reference: Andres Rizo, Josh Greenspan
Architecture in Formation, New York, NY June 2010 INTERN
Description: office organization, project research Reference: Matthew Bremer
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turn-pipe chair ergonomics and furniture design
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structures analysis of one-way spans, cantilevers, and towers
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design/build bus shelters regional specific shelters for the city of Tucson [4 different orientations; north/south/east/west]
lyceum fellowship competition 2009 [blacksmith studio] MERIT recipient
aisc competition 2010 [ urban farming culinary arts school] introducing farming into an urban setting
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geometry, material, ergonomics the course began by researching geometry in nature, material limitation, and ergonomics. with the use of one pipe, i wanted to create a chair that is self strengthened and flexes as someone sits on it.
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steel tower - lateral forces group project - group of 4 fellow students. the concept of alternating, tapering rectangular floor plates was tested through drawing and two full scale iterations rendered by 1/8� rod. each built product was weighted and placed on a shaker table in order to test structural integrity and to identify the effects of extreme lateral forces upon a built form.
DESIGN
EXISTING SHELTERS: SOLAR
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VISIBILITY ACCESSIBILITY RAIN
Resultant Louver Screen
VIDEO INTERVIEWS BUS PATRON SURVEYS
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HIGH RISK FOR OBESITY HIGH RIDERSHIP
SITE ANALYSIS
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LACK OF EXISTING SHELTER
region specific bus shelters - tucson, az
H-11357-SF South Facing shelter
H-12897-WF West Facing shelter
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East Facing shelter EQ 5 PM
H-11305-EF North Facing shelter
H-14435-NF Critical Shading “SWEET SPOT”
group project - the bus shelter prototype project was done by our studio section of 15 students. the environmental conditions of the Sonoran Desert presented unique challenges to public transportation. High temperatures and intense sunlight inhibit ridership and the use of public transportation. Current bus shelters are not designed in response to these conditions. The studio initially developed 15 schematic designs, 4 of which were selected for further development. Eventually a single scheme was selected.
Critical Visibility “SWEET SPOT”
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1/4” Steel plate structural louver screen (vertical)
N 1/8“ Steel plate structural louver screen (horizontal)
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HSS 4" X 2" X 1/8" STEEL TUBE VERTICAL FRAMING MEMBER TYP.
CONTROL JOINT
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1'-6" T.O. SEAT
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16 GAUGE STEEL PANELS ATTACHED WITH GALVANIZED #10 SELF DRILLING SCREWS TO 1" x 1" x .065" SQ. STEEL TUBE FURRING, 24" MAXIMUM SPACING
CONTROL JOINTS AT 6' INTERVALS TYP.
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HSS 4" X 2" X 1/8" STEEL TUBE SILL PLATE
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3/4" EXPANSION BOLT TYP. SET INTO 6" UNREINFORCED SLAB TYP. (SHELTER TO SLAB REFERENCE POINT)
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1” x 1“ x .065” sq. steel tube frame
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STRUCTURAL STEEL LOUVER SYSTEM CONSISTING OF 1/4" X 4" MILD STEEL PLATE VERTICAL MEMBERS @ 12" O.C. AND 1/8" X 4" MILD STEEL PLATE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS @ 18" O.C.
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16 ga. steel cladding seat
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HSS 4" x 2" x 1/8" STEEL TUBE ROOF STRUCTURE
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16 GAUGE SHEET STEEL FASTENED TO 3/4" CDX PLYWOOD WITH 2 LAYERS 30# FELT
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HSS 4" x 2" x 1/8" TUBE STEEL HEADER WELDED TO STRUCTURAL STEEL LOUVER SCREEN T.O. SCREEN WALL
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STRUCTURAL MILD PLATE STEEL SCREEN WALL LOUVERS ROTATED PER SOLAR REQ. ABOUT CENTRAL AXIS
7'-4" SIGNAGE MOUNTED TO STEEL FASCIA 10 GA. SHEET STEEL FASCIA
STRUCTURAL STEEL LOUVER SYSTEM
16 GAUGE STEEL PANEL TYP.
FULL WELD AT ALL ALL INTERSECTIONS
1" x 1" x .065" SQ. STEEL TUBE FURRING
9" O.C. TYPICAL SPACING
16 GA. SHEET STEEL PANELS BEYOND
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HSS 4" x 2" x 1/8" STEEL TUBE FRAME
RETURN PANEL BEYOND 16 GAUGE PERFORATED SHEET STEEL SEATING
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2009-2010 009-2010 aisc competition urban rban farm / culinary culi arts Thee program p am was driven by the closure the largest urban farming establishment in the U.S. no more than 3 miles from the site, South Central Farms [14 ntral Farm 14 acres of public farming]. The plan is to mediate and promote urban farming within the city of Los Angeles. Something that went hand with fresh produce and food was cooking. I decided to share this urban farming program with a culinary arts h d in i hand h school to give the space an educational component. The way to two programs are tied together for interaction are through student based restuarants and community farmers markets that occur within large public courtyard. There is a constant cycle of producing, educating, urban community interaction, consuming, and recycling.
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kitchen auditorium lobby farm storage seminar spaces library cafe
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Problem Definition :
Infrastructure is primarily driven by a single performative function; the need to transport vehicles and other forms of mass transportation. As a result, this structural massive that in embedded into a fabric creates boundaries and often very awkward and unapprachable spaces. Tucson falls victim to this collision between pedestrian, bike, vehicular, and rail line circulation. The underpasses that bisect the railroad tracks are the primary means of entering Downtown and remain classified as spaces that neglect public to pedestrian interaction.
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tucson amtrak station rondstadt bus station solar culture - arts corner moca tucson residential on congress hotel congress rialto theatre ironhorse park
vacant land
through an investigation of the three underpasses it is determined that sixth ave underpass is the most critical in terms of circulation and experience. in comparison, the underpass is longer (more DARK than than the others), less open and spacious (more ENCLOSED, NOISE AMPLIFIED), uni-directional flow of traffic (only a means of EXITING downtown), and a non-existant bike path (BIKE SAFETY). by developing adjacent sites around the underpass and creating a LINK between one side of the railroad to another, the underpass can inturn become an experiential break through this threshold.
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CULTURAL / PUBLIC [north of tracks] park [green space] pedestrian walkways bike access market [temporal or permanant] gallery space community center event holder [extension of 4th ave.]
TRANSITIONAL CONNECTOR [underpass] programmatic : transportation pedestrian bycyclist vehicle train above cable car [to be determined] qaulitative : sound, air, light, safe
PROGRAMMATIC FACILITY [downtown] a program that meshes with the existing urban fabric compliments and weaves the two sides together