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Education

2022_ 2023

The State University of Pennsylvania

Location: PA, USA

Thesis: Self-shading Envelope for Better Energy Efficiency in Mid-rise Buildings.
Case Design: Addminestrativer Building in Tehran. 

Supervisor: Dr. Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad
GPA: 4.00/3.86

2022_Spring

The University of Arizona

Location: Tucson, AZ, USA

Supervisor: Dr. Aletheia Ida
GPA: 4.00/4.00

2014 -2016

Tarbiat Modares University

Location: TMU, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Thesis: Self-shading Envelope for Better Energy Efficiency in Mid-rise Buildings.
Case Design: Official Building in Tehran. 

Supervisor: Dr. Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad
GPA: 4.00/4.00

2010 -2014

Islamic Azad University

Location: Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Zanjan, Iran. 

Thesis: Designing an accommodation, Educational, and entertainment environment for disabled people (blind).
Thesis Supervisor: Associate Professor Yashar Aslanian.
GPA: 3.95/4.00

Work Experiences

2014 - Present

Pay Beton Poladin Company

2016-2017

Ashenab Consulting Company

Position: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Description: Architectural Design of Residential and Office Buildings

Position: Architect

Project1: Roof Garden Designing for Ashenab Building
Year: 2017
 Project 2: Interior design of Ashenab exhibition pavilion   
Year: 2016

Teaching Experiences

2016-2017

Tarbiat Modares University

Position: Teacher Assistant
Location: Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Course: Architectural Design III (Kinetic Design)
Year: 2016-2017
Course: Compatible with Climate Architecture
Year: 2015-2016

Computer Skills

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Rhinoceros  

Grasshopper 

Python_ Machine Learning

Design-Builder 

Autodesk AutoCAD-2D

Autodesk Revit           

Lumion

Ladybug & Honeybee

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WORKSHOP

5-day online workshop on “DigitalFutures World 2021, Agile Performance-based Building Massing Design Exploration and Optimization”, by Likai Wang, Nanjing University, Postdoc, China.

Jun 27_1July, 2021

4-day online workshop on “DigitalFutures World 2020, RhinoVault2”, by Block Research Group, ETH Zurich, 2020, Zurich, Switzerland

2020

5-hour workshop on “AR & VR, Virtual replica training and virtual tour with augmented reality technologies and virtual reality", Amir Kabir University of Technology, 2019, Tehran, Iran.

2019

2-day workshop on “Computing for Better Tomorrow”, The 36th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, 2018, Lodz, Poland.

2018

 12-day workshop on “Algorithmic Thinking in Architecture (ATA)”, 2017, Tehran, Iran.

2017

3-day workshop on “Lighting Design of Sadra City”, a collaboration of Tarbiat Modares University and Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, 2016, Tehran, Iran.

2016

SEMINAR

Voluntary participant in “3rd Annual conference on BAGH-E-IRANI”, Oct. 2019, Tehran, Iran.
2019
Voluntary participant in "Finding Contradictions in Dr. Pirnia’s belief in Iran Architecture” Sep. 2019, Tehran, Iran.

2019

Lecturer in “The 36th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe” “Computing for Better Tomorrow”, Sep. 2018, Lodz, Poland.

2018

oluntary participant in “Digital Data Processing”, Oct. 2018, Tehran, Iran.

2018

Voluntary participant in “2 Days meeting of the Council of the Engineering Organization with the German Professional Engineering”, Jun. 2018, Tehran, Iran.

2018

Voluntary participant in “The Tenth Seminar Series of Centre of Excellence in Architectural Technology (CEAT) Review of Iran Contemporary Architecture 1996-2001” Nov. 2015, Tehran, Iran.

2015

WEBINAR

Voluntary participant in “InclusiveFUTURES Opening Ceremony”, by DigitalFutures. DigitalFUTURES Workshop Opening Ceremony, Introduction Speech Philip F. Yuan & Neil Leach

June. 266, 2021

Voluntary participant in “Presentations on Computational Design2”, by DigitalFutures. world computational design workshop instructors. 

August. 29, 2020

Voluntary participant in “Final presentations Digital design studio Floating amusement”, by Digital Design Unit (DDU), Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany. 

August. 21, 2020.

Voluntary participant in “The 2nd Webinar on the topic: affordable housing”, by Good Architecture, Tehran, Iran. 

August. 20, 2020

Voluntary participant in “Presentations on Computational Design”, by DigitalFutures. world computational design workshop instructors, August 15th, 2020, Germany. 

August. 15, 2020

Voluntary participant in “The first National Conference on Sustainable housing”, Tehran, Iran. 

June. 23, 2020

Honors

Nominated Photographer to present two photos in “Untitled 6 Gallery”, Tehran, Iran.

August. 9_15, 2018

Ranked 2nd top student among more than 10 students of Architecture at the end of Master's, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU).

2016

Nominated Designer in “Urban Lighting Completion in terms of Culture of the Selected places”, Tehran.

2015

Ranked 2nd top student among more than 100 students of Architecture at the end of Bachelor's, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch.

2014

Winner of the Sparkling Talent Quota to enter the Master's without entrance exam, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

2014

Nominated of the best Photographer, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch.

2012

Research interest

  • Machine Learning in Architecture   

  • Computational Design  

  • Kinetic Architecture     

  • Sustainable Design & Architecture     

Paper

Published, Accepted or undergoing papers

Language Score

IELTS: 7

(Listening: 7.5, Reading: 6.5, Writing: 6, Speaking: 7)

Keyboard and Mouse

Laboratory Experiences

  • Sustainable Design: Designing the optimized shading on contemporary and future constructions.High-performance Architecture Lab of Tarbiat Modares University

  • Kinetic Design: Design of Dynamic construction in terms of thermal comfort.High-performance Architecture Lab of Tarbiat Modares University

  • Modular Design: Design of Modular Commercial Building to increase their LCA.

  • Revitalize Building: Restoration and Modernization of the Academy of Gondishapur to rejuvenate the place.

  • Construction for Disable: Utilizing new technologies and methods to design comfortable environments for the blind.

References

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Full Professor
Email: mahdavinejad@modares.ac.ir Location Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. 

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Dr. Morteza Rahbar

Assistant Professor
Email: rahbarm@iust.ac.ir
Location: Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran.

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Dr. Hamed Kiafar

PMO manager
Email: hamed.kiafar@gmail.com
Location: Ashenab Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran. 

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