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Architecture+Urban Design Work 2016

Zeinab Amiri Iowa State University


CONTENT Public Interest Design

Work:Shift

Retrieving the River

In the Dream


Open space safety analysis

Media Library and Cultural Center

Reconciling Tradition and Modernity

A Garden Villa


masterclass with Elia Zenghelis, 2016 The invention of the Public Condenser

In the Dream Researching on houses, analysis paradigm, draw manifest, representing manifest The aim of this workshop, was to articulate our position and response to a set of exemplary paradigms selected from the history of architecture since the so-called ‘revolution’ of the ‘Modern Movement’ - and to illustrate this in the form of an emblematic image that can act as a personal manifesto, that can always be used as a reference, in the course of our continuing engagement with Architecture. The workshop’s assignment combined a survey of the origins and evolution of the ‘Modern’ in architecture, its meaning and its bearing, with a re-presentation and transformation of the material studied. This project was a group project and the final manifesto was result of the process we did together. Our group paradigm projects was Casa de Vidro by Lina Bo Baedi in Brazil and Maison de Verre by Pierre Chareau in France.

Jaxtaposition of interior and exterior


“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing ever since.� Salvador Dali


urban regenaration in Lima, Peru, Spring 2015 Reviving the city through

Retrieving the River analyzing detailed of the city, defining scale of intervention, finding opportunites for reviving the neighborhood, developing a proposal for the study area City of Lima is the capital of Peru with a population of almost 10 million. In this studio as Global Studio, city of Lima were studied and an urban regeneration interventions were proposed as a result of detailed analysis of the city. The study area involves presence of six miles industrial strip, few abandoned industrial buildings, informal settlements and new housing development. Some of the major issues with the city and specificly with study area were lack of water, air pollution, pollution of the river Rimac, safety, density, unemployment, lack of basic services in informal settlements, empty industrial areas and edge conditions. On the march 2015 we visited Lima under a study abroad program. It was an opportunity to visit the site and become more familiar with the city.

Challenges: Presence of six mile industrial strip, few abandoned industrial buildings, informal settlements and new housing development lack of water air pollution pollution of the river Rimac safety issues high density of the area unemployment, lack of basic services in informal settlements empty industrial areas edge conditions and connection with sorrounding areas

SAFETY

PROGRAM

RIMAC

RADICAL INTERVENTION Enhance River Use of water and land Increance bio-divesity Eco-tourism Markets Walkable streest Waste management NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT Community Engagement Urban agriculture Markets FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Transportation Land-use Local food Connectivity

Market

DESTINATION

Mixed Use

Resential


Green Space

Mixed Use

Hospital

Market

Market

Mixed Use

Mixed Use

Market

Mixed Use

Green Space

Oscar R. Benavides

Avenue

Lemos

Street

Argentina

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28 De Julio

Train Line Street

Industrial

Train Line

Street

Morales Duarez

Avenue

Rimac

Industrial

Mixed Use


Landuse Map

Land use legend

Productive Houses School University Health Center Governmental Recreation Archeological Site Mixed Use Mall Current Industrial Church Green Area Apartment New Development Informally Initiated Informal Settlement

The project was carried in five different phases. In the first phase the city of Lima were studied and four key maps that illustrated urban evolution, geography transportation and land use of the entire city were created. This phase was completed as a group research. Land use map enlightened the existing pattern within the city, like commercial strips, industrial areas, new development of the city. It represent daily life of residents like where they go to work, do shopping or spend free time. Also it underlines the future possibility of the city growth.


Rimac, the main river in the city, is a forgotten river and it is in the periphery of the city while geographically is located at the center of the city. Rimac condition intensify disconnection of south and north and create a place for informality, poverty and t along it. Also city has issues with water sources. The availability of Rimac at the center of Lima while its water flows to the ocean, created this question for me to how we can use the Rimac. The River is a great source of water while through its echologycal footprint it will create pleasant and vibrant area as many case studies around the world show that. If the pollution of River could solve through design elements, it would be a source for revving the city not only in neighborhood scale but in scale of the city.

Site Analyzing

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Social Activites

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CONNECTION NODES

ACTIVITY NODES

Safety Map

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City Analysis

Reconnect through forgetten River Presence of Water in scale of the city

Carrying water for irrigaion

highway primary street secondary street local street


Affordable Houses

Sport Field

Community Center

Community Park

Playground

Daily Market Bordered by the proposed vegetable market and mall to the west, affordable housing to the north east, community playgrounds to the north and the existing affordable housing to the south, the park acted as a meeting point for different social activities for the various urban residents while subtly making them aware of the existing resource and its importance. To bring about this change, I also proposed a framework of various collaborations between public and private developers as well as the cities of Lima and Callao.

Urban Agriculture

Shopping Center

Pedestrian Bridge

Water Treatment Center

Parking

Food Court

Daily Market Sediment Pond

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Natural Water Purification Plant

Deep Water Aeration Pond

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Shallow Water Treatment Channel

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Reparian Edge

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A natural water purification park can purify the water while create a bio diverse environment. How about bringing the river to the city and connect the south and north by river? The most obvious problem for bringing water to the city is its contamination. This plan is trying to create a water purification park in the scale of the city for a variety of reasons. First of all by purifying the water it can use for irrigation and even drinking water in a desert city. After completing the purification process the water will channelizing to storage site for irrigation trucks. Also presence of water and the environment that it creates will help to connect the two parts of the city.


Community area along Railroad

Site Cross Section


Deep Water Aeration Pond

Cross Section of the Main Street


radical remix, Ames,Iowa, Fall 2014

RADICAL REMIX IN AMES, IOWA

Proposing a New Development Model with Urban Agriculture

Work:Shift anlyzing city in various scale, finding potential of the city, proposing an scheme for the new development, representing new model for future mixed-use developments The relation of Cities and work space and commuting between these two spaces have had an undeniable role on Form of the City. What about city? In the 21th century with the incredible development in digital technologies this relation have started to change. Now many employee works remotely at their home while do all the jobs via Internet and on line. Besides that, many people wants to start their own business and being their own boss. For those who have some up to date knowledge it is easy to define a project and sell it to a company later. Most of the time all they need is a computer and an Internet connection. In this site, graduated students from Iowa State University, have this opportunity to start their own business. Through the project, a desirable work space provided for those who wants to be creative in a quiet ecofriendly environment while can enjoy the social life of a dense city.

The goal of local studio was a radical re urban development in Midwest. We had connections and combinations while co with agriculture. The project site was si north-east of Ames.

Design Process

a typical development

denser development

building rotation for sunlight and view

bringing agriculture to the buidings

arranging agriculture based on orientation


emix of productive landscape and d to design a central community of ombining urban living environments ituated along Skunk River to the

Iowa State University Graduation Rate

Iowa State University Internatioanl Student Origins

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33,241 students at Iowa State University

Graduate after 4-6 Years

Leave Ames for Job

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Site Analysis Agruculture

Large scale plots Mid scale plots small scale plots

Flood management 6 Permanent pond five years flood zone

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Infrastructure Windmills row 1

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Landuse Residential Commercial Office Cultural Hotel

Access map Primiraly road Secendary road Local access Pedestrain trail Bike trail Public transportation

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Development process

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Residential Commercial Cultural Hotel Public Plaza Community Garden Farmers Market Single Family Houses Five Year Flood Zone Windmills Photovoltanic Panels


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Site Cross Section


View To the Community Gardena

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The energy of site will be providing using windmills and solar panels. The number of windmills and the area of solar panels estimated. Showing these data visually could be more readible for those who donot have enough knowledge of how new energy works.


Detailed Plan: Main plaza

Relationship between buidings and outdoor


community design lab, iowa state university research extention, 2014 New Approach to Design Pulic Spaces

Public Interest Design anlyzing city in various scale, finding potential of the city, proposing an scheme for the new development, representing new model for future mixed-use developments

Community Design Lab has been working with communities and organizations to create equity and resilience through inclusive, transferable, innovative strategies and tactics. I worked there as research assistant in some of the projects there: “Capitol east project in des Moines, SW 9th corridor in Des Moines, Agricultural urbanism toolkit in Des Moines, Cedar Rapid and Cresco, Centerville, and 6th avenue Corridor in Des Moines.

Capitol East Project:

In the “Capitol East Project” the goal was integrate the neighbourhood to the historic and contemporary fabrics of Des Moines. This neighbourhood is gateway to east of the city and the project is trying to give this sense to the neighbourhood. As a part of project there is some scenarios which show how the neighbourhood actually looks like after implementation. I as an assistant in this project helped to represent some of the scenarios. In the picture below, is showing the new park features a bike share and repair station. The park and its artful structure act as a welcome sign into the neighbourhood.

Eastern Gateway


Neighborhood Gateway

Greenway


Gozineh Firm, 2013 Summer House

A Garden Villa Communicating with clients, Drawing the maps, presenting design ideas, preparing construction drawings, presenting 3d rendering This project was another project I helped when I worked for Gozineh firm in Tehran, Iran. The client was a well-known doctor. He wanted a new cozy villa. He was looking for a modern design with clear spaces and a lot of amenities like pool inside the villa. The idea was two simple cube attaching to each other. While they create simple minimal exterior, they could form complex interior spaces. The building site is a big garden far from city.

Ground Floor Plan



Aseman institute competiotion, Qom, Iran, 2013 Building as an Urban Hinge

Media Library and Cultural Center anlyzing city in various scale, finding potential of the city, proposing an scheme for the new development, representing new model for future mixed-use developments This project was a competition hold in 2013 to design a cultural centre for Aseman Institute. The whole idea was designing a building to be connected to other adjacent buildings to create a vibrant public space. As a team of project, in the process of designing and rendering the building I helped other team members. This competition was great opportunity to work in a short amount of time with a group by using all designing and rendering skills.

Administrative

Studio

Commercial

Classroom

Gallery

Public Space

Amphitheater

Garden



Design Process

building orientation creating an axis toward holy shrine

Connecting to the adjacent blocks

creating a public plaza

connecting it to the park from south

a transparent space at the middle


Public Spaces

Cross Section


Gozineh Firm, 2013 A Family Apartment

Reconciling Tradition and Modernity Communicating with clients, Drawing the maps, presenting design ideas, preparing construction drawings, presenting 3d rendering This project was one of the many projects I did when I worked for Gozineh firm in Tehran, Iran. The client was a middle-age man who ask for designing an apartment for himself and his three children. While he wanted to keep the tradition of core family houses and the idea of living all family together, he respected to his children demands. They were looking for more modern flat as their lifestyle. Right across the building site there was a small local park. We opened the view of the building to this park for more sunlight and pleasant view. At the same time to respect family values and privacy, a series of wooden boards block the view from outside. The facade has a sense of modern houses while wooden panels give more traditional appearance to the building. Also in designing the interior of the building, every flat was designed based on each family members’ requests.

Design Process

Main Facade

Second Floor Plan


URBAN REGENERATION IN LIMA, PERU

Section

View from frontyard


GIS course, 2011 emergency shelter location within GIS

Open space safety analysis Researching on data, preparing the maps for arch GIS, analysis of maps and information, representing the final result

GIS can be used to develop a community emergency response plan by identifying the location of schools, medical centers, strategic areas and evacuation routes. During the emergency the maps providing through GIS can determine clean roads and quickly identifying critical infrastructure and their condition. In this class project, I choose a series of layers or maps based on their significance during an earthquake. Then through AHA hierarchy in Arch GIS I analyzed the layers. The result at the end is map of safe open spaces after an earthquake scenario in Tehran.

Urban Safe places Geology Fault

Distances Spatial Access to Major Road Fire Station Power Lines Access to Hospital Gas Station

Density Landuse

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Fire station Extremly Dangerous Moderately Dangerous Dangerous Safe

Hospitals Extremly Dangerous Moderately Dangerous Dangerous Safe


Resume Education 2014-Present Master of Science in Architecture Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2014-2015 Master of Urban Design Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2002-2008 Bachelor of Science in Architecture University of Science and Technology,Tehran, Iran Experiences 2016 Research Assistant, Assistant Professor of Andrea Wheeler, Iowa State University, the Wild Schools research project: engaging critically with the notions of building assessment in school design and, in particular, sustainable school design 2014-2015 Research Assistant, Community Design Lab, Iowa State University, Assisting in development of community revitalization strategies and tactics; researching and analysis of public interest projects. Preparing catalogue, brochures and boards for public meetings. Assisting in updating the CDL website. Projects: Centerville, Agricultural Urbanism Toolkit, 6th Avenue Corridor, Vision for Capital East 2014-2015 Research Assistant, Professor Marwan Ghandour, Iowa State University, Analysis and representing of refugee camps in Lebanon 2011-2013 Designer, Gozineh Consultant Engineering, Developing conceptual rendering and graphics for projects including residential, commercial, Master Plan, Landscape, and New Developments 2008-2013 Designer, Baghtakht Consultant Engineering , Developing Master Plans, rendering and graphics for projects. Honors and Achievements 2016 Participating in Elia Zenghelis Master Class, Iowa State University, IA 2016 Presenting in “On Sustainability” conference, Portland, OR 2015 Guest Lecturer, Environmental Planning course on “smart growth”, Iowa State University, IA 2015 Kocimski Award for exceptional achievement,Iowa State University, IA 2015 Mario Gutierrez Fund for International Graduate Students, Iowa State University, IA 2015 Study abroad program, Peru, Iowa State University, IA 2014 SEED Certificate, Trained in public interest design, Iowa State University, IA 2014 Graduate student scholarship, Iowa State University, IA 2013 Certificated as an architect in Construction Engineering Organization of Tehran, Iran

Zeinab Amiri amiri@iastate.edu (515) 598 6353

Skills Proficient in Auto-CAD, Revit, Adobe Suite, Google Sketch Up and MS Office; Skilled in ArcGIS; 3ds Max and web design, maintenance and site update Experience with model building, 2-D laser cutting, hand sketching, Basic OS troubleshooting

References Marwan Ghandour, Professor Phone: (515)294-3543 marwang@iastate.edu Office: 591 Design Nadia Anderson, Assistant Professor Phone: (515)294-0339 nanderso@iastate.edu Office: 590 Design Tim Gartin, Attorney Office: (515)233-3898 timothygartin@amesattorneys.com


Personal Statement I worked in Tehran after graduating from architecture school for few years. I practiced there as a junior license architect. Then to have more knowledge of the architecture world I came to the United States for graduate school. Now I am looking for a job to get more experience in the field. I do believe in Nietzsche quote as he stated “we have art so that we may not perish by the truth”. Architecture for me is the embodiment of daily life in the form of art. I think architects have this opportunity of creating space that can change the way people perceive built environment and interact in that. Urban design as the job of designers/ architects in scale of the city is dealing with more complicate layers. I am interested in urban design and fascinated by cities since life is happening in cities. Humans within environment, infrastructure, networks, buildings, culture, economy, politics and many other elements create the cities as the ultimate of civilization. I am so thrilled to be an architect and urban designer to be a creator “so we may not perish by the truth”.


Zeinab Amiri amiri@iastate.edu (515) 598 6353


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