Role: Project Designer (Design, BIM, 3D Modelling & Rendering)
Architecture Studio: Pickard Chilton Architects, New Haven
I worked on this project 2018-2019. It was completed in 2022 in Spring, Texas.
Renderings Courtesy of Pickard Chilton
My Role: I assisted with the production of the animation for the summit through directing, animating and editing the video as well as modelling/texturing some 3D assets.
Architectural Design Studio Project
Shahid Behehsti University - Fall 2014
Exploded Axonometric describing the different zones/functions of the design
The design process was based on a narrative approach, in which the conception of spaces where brainstormed and imagined through storyboarding.
Taking inspiration form the morphology of cliffs, the zones are distributed sectionally.
Collaborative - 2015
This workshop aimed to experiment the capabilities of a digital fabrication method which enables paneled materials to perform in a flexible manner. Over 50 participants collaborated in groups to propose furniture or panels created by this technique and the results were showcased in an exhibition in the university.
The different stretched positions of the module which results in varying degrees of transparency made it a flexible tool for the processing of sight and light.
This workshop evolved around the main subject of the hinge technique in digital modelling and fabrication. The hinge technique is used to weaken materials such as plywood in order to make them flexible. This technique makes the generation of 3D forms out of 2D panels possible. The “weakening” of the panel should be carried out according to the desired geometry.
The overall workflow of the fabrication was divided to 4 stages: Laser cutting, structure, installation and stretching. To support 54 laser-cut plywood 20x20 modules, we built a wooden structural grid as the backbone of the panel. The 54 modules were installed on the structure together with wooden joists on which strings were used to pull back the modules.
A while after the conclusion of the workshop I further pursued possible options for the development of the crib. These led me to the idea of a woven fabric suspended from above which would be attached to the crib and shaped according to its geometry.
As a second alternative, a 90 degree rotation of the deformed hinge proposes a possible structure of a chair. This chair could be supported by a metal mesh which implies the double-nature of the initial technique: firm yet flexible.
Art of Engineering Workshop | Collaborative (team of 4)
Shahid Beheshti University - 2016
Individual - 2015
Shahid Beheshti Universtiy
Collaborative (team of 2) - 2014/15
Fall 2013 - Shahid Beheshti University
This project’s aim was to design a house for two families. With the intention of creating a space as the center of the home, the turning point in the design process was “sharing” this center, being the shared courtyard.
Open plan has been one of the main concerns. The placement of columns in the courtyard with the extension of the ceiling functioning also as a sunshade, the feeling of a inner courtyard is accentuated.
The interior space unit are single - layered, surrounded by landscape in every direction. The position of the interior space in relation to the southern and northern yard and the courtyard binds the inside of the house to its environment.
