Architectural
PORTFOLIO Sarah Miri
Sarah
Miri
Architect & Illustrator Details Date/Place of Birth 1995/02/16 KItchener, Ontario
+1 (647) 9755797 sarahmiri4@gmail.com sarah-miri
Education Master of Architecture, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada September 2019 - August 2021
BSC Architecture, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran September 2013 - July 2018
Total Average: 17.04/20
Work Experience Architectural Intern at W X Y Architecture and Urbanism New York, United States May 2020 - August 2020
Interior designer at Mizan Company Tehran, Iran July 2016 - December 2016
Office interior design and decoration Jewelry designer at Mahrokh Miniature Gold Gallery November 2018 - January 2019
Designing and 3D modeling the concepts Painting Instructor at Naghsh-e-Jahan Art Gallery June 2012 - June 2013
Teaching watercolor painting to children
Experties
Hobbies
Languages
Rhinoceros 3D modeling
Watercolor painting
English, highly proficient
Adobe photoshop
Sketching
Persian, native speaker
Adobe Illustrator
Playing Oud (traditional Persian
Adobe InDesign
musical instrument)
Lumion Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk Revit Grasshopper
Collage art Photography Sculpture Reading stories and poems Traveling
Awards & Achievements Acknowlegment at Canadian Clay& Glass exhibition for 3D printed masonry facade system (July 2021, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) Walter Metzger Memorial Award for the Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 academic term Selected by the School of Architecture Graduate program for the Senate Graduate Scholarship Distinguished excellent student for six semesters during undergraduation Acknowlegment at Green Light watercolor exhibition (March 2018, Tehran, Iran) Acknowlegment at Spring in spring watercolor exhibition (May 2018, Tehran, Iran) Acknowlegment at Young Talents Watercolor exhibition (November 2018, Tehran, Iran) Honored NGO member of maintenance of old areas in Tehran
Extra Curricular Volunteer in Philip Beesley instalation at Cambridge, Ontario, Canada (October, 2019) Post Production workshop at Iranian Architecture Center (August 2018) Adobe Illustrator advanced course at Inverse school (August 2018) Lumion and animation advanced course at software school of Tehran (September 2016) Rhinoceros advanced course at Tehran institute of technology (June 2013)
Table of Contents
1 | Reviving Borazjan Neighborhood 2 | The House of Cooks 3 | Kids Garden 4 | Farjam Day Clinic 5 | Art Performance Museum 6 | Green Hive 7 | Personal works
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Reviving Borazjan Reviving an ancient urban district of Tehran with a contemporary landscape design derived from Persian garden carpet and miniature painting traditions. Master’s Thesis | 2021 Profs. Marie-Paule Macdonald & Tracey Eve Winton Oudlajan, Tehran, Iran.
This comprehensive urban landscape design proposes to revive one of the oldest neighborhoods of Tehran, called Borazjan, located in the historical district of Oudlajan. In recent decades, the ancient urban fabric of Tehran has been altered significantly due to the new policies, economic alterations, and modern urban planning procedures. Likewise, Borazjan Alleyway has lost its former glory. Due to a failed square construction project in Borazjan, many valuable historical buildings were ruined and abandoned. But many outstanding ornamental elements remain on the walls around the site. Since the 1970s, several revitalization plans were proposed, and most of them failed because they sought to change the existing situation by refusing culture and history and destroying the old to build up the new modern projects that contrast with the rest of the traditional fabric. This issue is addressed in this design. A meaningful link between heritage and its social environment has been established by creating concrete ways for inhabitants to feel that culture can thrive where they live and portray hope. Renewed references to Persian history, culture, and art become tools of knowledge to revive Borazjan. The Persian Garden, which is more of a community garden, is used as the most fundamental characteristic of a gathering place to turn the unused open space of Borazjan into a safe synergetic environment.
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Motmaen Al-Otaba Cultural House
Oudlajan Ordibehesht Cultural House
Shazde Resturant Garden Sarchal Plaza
Main Entrance
Handicra�s Bazaar
Gran d Ba zaa r
Oudla jan Ba zaa
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Pamenar Entrance
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The design portrays the proposal social programs and landscape design inspired by the Persian garden tradition, its relation to the Persian carpet, and its depiction in Persian miniature paintings. The design proposal updates the contemporary Borazjan, thereby merging past and present activities and socio-economic demands. As well as the social realm, the design focuses on the microclimate effects of the proposed landscape that include temperature, humidity, and fragrance, to create a pleasing environment responsive to Tehran’s climate. The proposal intensifies historical awareness by preserving and exhibiting the ancient walls and ornamental elements around the site within a contemporary landscape.
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The Micro-Climate & Ecological studies
The nectar produced by the flowers of “Crimson bottlebrush” is a good food source for birds. This is why many birds are attracted to the garden, and their pleasant song can be heard.
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“Lonicera caprifolium” is green all year and has beautiful white/ yellow flowers from Spring till late Summer. The flowers are very fragrant, and as the wind passes through it, a good smell goes through all the garden.
The artworks by artist MirzaHamid on the ruined walls, creating an open exhibition.
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The Planting Plan & Landscape Design
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Storage Public Washroom Shazdeh Restaurant Garden Cafe / Patio Grapevine Court Administration of the complex/ storage and restroom for the gardeners 7. Community Garden 8. Afghan Cultural Center 9. Classes for Children and Women 10. Children Playground 11. Security Cabin 12. Potential Houses to be activated for the extension of the program
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Showing the sculpture exhibition in the open plaza. The sculpture here is meaningful and related to the story of Oudlajan as it lost its livelihood and narrating became “heech” (nothing)
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A view from the Bitter Orange court in Spring time harvest. (Flower harvesting)
Community Garden
Children Playground
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The House of Cooks A mechanical institue, providing living and working space for the farmers.
Comprehensive Design 1 | 2019 Profs. Colin Cathcart, John McMinn, John Straube Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
Inspired by Slit barn and farmlands nearby, this project aimed to provide a space for farmers and cooks to live and work. The design would allow residents to grow their fresh organic food from onsite farmlands and vertical farm facilities throughout the year. So that residents can easily access their fresh fruits and vegetables just by coming out of their houses and crossing the hallway. Whereas barn life is the main idea of designing, it aims to connect spaces with farmlands, which may lead to many social activities. “The benefits of community gardening are many and varied, including everything from better health to strong community building. The food isn’t the only thing that grows at the gardens, but also gardeners get to know one another.” [1] As people can gather around in harvesting season, they can attend the classes in workshops to share their knowledge and experience on farming. They can also sell their agricultural products on the market square, in the middle of farmlands. Besides, there are educational gardens for children which let them have the opportunity to get their hands dirty while learning where food comes from, how good fresh foods taste, and the importance of quality, homegrown nutrition. [1]
[1] “Rare Springbank Community Garden,” rare Springbank Community Garden | Community Garden Council of Waterloo Region, accessed February 5, 2020, http:// community-gardens.ca/content/rare-springbank-community-garden)
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Section A-A
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Vertical farm and the gathering area
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Cafe with the view of Slit Barn
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Rain water collection: Sloped roofs are used in designing that can conduct rainwater to be collected in the tanks. Also, gray water is filtered and can be used for irrigation of the farm fields and washing the trucks in the machine hall. HRV System: Radiant floor heating is used as a heating system in cold months for the buildings. PV panels provide the initial energy for the heat pump to pump the water through radiant heating pipes. Enviromental, Economical and Social Sustainability: In terms of energy production, many PV panels can produce a considerable amount of energy that has a renewable source and is economical. Moreover, it is aimed to use slopped roofs to collect rainwater, filter it and use it for irrigation and other consumption. There are also benefits to the environment as it aims to use slopped roofs to collect rainwater for irrigation and residents’ consumption. Besides, many PV panels can produce a considerable amount of energy to reduce energy use by 30%.
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Kids Garden A place for all children to discover their talents and abilities.
Bachelor’s Thesis | 2018 Prof. Abbas Tarkashvand Taleghani Park, Tehran, Iran.
In this project, I chose to provide a complex which presents a wide range of activities for children. The concept of “choice” and “teamwork” has been used to design a multipurpose recreational and training complex, called “Kids Garden”, a modern and attractive place for kids to discover their abilities by playing, practicing and learning, while facing different choices to make their selection based on their interests. Classrooms are formed around a central garden and children can pass through the colorful ramp and choose a subject that is most appealing to them. The complex is located near a beautiful lake on a green hill in Taleghani park of Tehran and is confined by the Book Garden and the Museum of Holy Defense from east and west sides, respectively. In the design of the overall form of the structure with inspiration from honey bees’ integrity, I used hexagonal elements.
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Plan Level 0
Scaled mock up of the project
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Section A-A
Plan Level 1
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Section B-B
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Farjam Day Clinic An extendable clinic to a surgery center.
Architectural Design 4 | 2017 Prof. Behrooz Ghafourian Farjam, Tehran, Iran.
This project aims to provide a day clinic that can be extended to a small surgery center. So the form is divided into two parts that settle beside each other in an “L” shape. Concerning lightening, the extending part, which is mainly consisted of the hospitalization zone, is south-oriented. But the existing part is west-oriented to receive daylight while enjoying the view of the surrounding garden. It is endeavored to combine nature into the clinic zone to provide a fresh atmosphere for the patients.
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Art Performance Museum of Tehran The exhibition of the contemporary lives in downtown Tehran.
Architectural Design 3 | 2016 Prof. Hamidreza Naser Nasir Enqelab, Tehran, Iran.
The concept of theatre is to picture feelings, emotions, and stories of people’s lives. In the design proposal, a surface is raised from the ground, pointing to the most important and crowded parts such as City Theatre, Enghelab Sq, and Valiasr St. The eyes are open, looking at people and illustrating the hectic life of the community in the frames inside the performance art museum.
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Plan Level 0
Plan Level 1
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Green Hive Clay 3D printing facade system studies. Exhibited in Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery (July-September 2021)
Material Syntax | 2021 Prof. David Correa Team Members: Fatima Jahanmiri, Manav Kelawala, Sarah Miri
With the word “clay”, comes in the mind …, water, air and light; elements that give rise to “life”. In this project, we aimed to design a façade that is transparent to pass light, porous to house water and plants, and geometric to add aesthetics to the architectural element. “Green Hives”, are the result of our endeavor! They are hexagonal cells with variable circular openings that fit together to make a transparent wall. Cells with smaller openings are deeper to hold water and plants, while the thinner hives have wider openings to pass light. As the modules have exact same base geometry, the design is flexible to have any mixed configuration of module types. Concentration of wide modules on higher parts of the wall can help air and light flow, while planting modules can be installed in arm reach heights for watering convenience. Functionality wise, a water system is embedded in the design to facilitate central watering for the whole system. For this purpose, specific modules have small dripping wholes made at the bottom to pass water to the module connected under it. So, when the top modules are watered, the water will reach every plants in the system and they will retain the water based on their specific capacity.
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Reaching more stability
Decreasing the slope on each side by making the dome-like module
Increasing the height
Creating variety in the size of openings
Modifying the base to hexagonal shape for better stability
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The Moon This decorative light is inspired by the moon’s elevation surface and temperature. Red parts of the moon’s surface are the parts that are closer to the sun, meaning having a higher altitude. And vice versa; the blue parts are colder and having a lower altitude. I tried to approximate the holes and lines of the moon from the elevation photos. Then I layered the lines into different surfaces. I used a laser cutting machine to have precise holes and lines. Afterward, I assembled the layers on each other and fixed a roled LED light around the surface to be invisible.
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For more see my instagram account @mywatercolordiaries
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Thank you. Email: sarahmiri4@gmail.com Phone: +1 (647)9755797 Linked in: sarah-miri