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rsalan Afshar Design Portfolio

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A core factor and a central goal of every effective design, the human nature, needs to be understood carefully. Thus, embracing the weaknesses, celebrating the being and respecting the diversity of human kind as well as considering his/her own true way of happiness, are all just a small part of this architectural careness.

Jan, 2016

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8 Air+

The Future Air Transportation System

12 Folded Desert Rest Area

4 Cliff of Life

14 Water Museum

Table of Contents

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Cliff of LifeIn accordance with Iranian designs for residential accommodations, based on our common love for nature, the persistence attempts to materialise paradisal conceptions on earth are evident.Tranquillity is still a major topic in our theoretical discussions. The evolution of human spirit and wisdom has been adapted as established by the eastern schools of spiritual awareness, also known as Irfan (mysticism).

“Enter ye the garden: no fear shall be on you, nor shall ye grieve.” (AL-ARAF (THE HEIGHTS):49).

Mountains, the intersection between earth and sky; symbolising elation, mercifulness, greatness, holiness and persistence, a venue for spiritual gatherings and events in Persian illuminations, are widely reflected in Rumi’s the Masnavi.

This world’s a mountain, our acts the voice;Reflects a voice on us, ten times the voice.

- Rumi – book 1, story 9.

Light: Founder of the school of illuminationism, Suhrawardi, proposed the world is none but illumination. Light has a special place in Persian miniature, too. With respect to the illuminative contribution of light, it is evident that the composition and the positioning of all units are such that they enjoy a direct sunlight that is not disturbed in any way by other structural elements.

“Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth … light upon light!” (Al-Noor;35)

Tapster; brighten thou our cups o’ thy wine’s shine.chanter; the world shall all delight us, O’ saith thou.

Hafiz – sonnet 11.

Creation and the tree of life: In Quran it is declared that the creation lasted 6 days, while 2 days took for the creation of heavens, as the most important tree is Lote-tree (in Arabic: Sidrat al-Muntaha). Tree of life is a widely used concept by Iranian legends. In Old Persian texts, it is portrayed in a battle of Ahura Mazda vs. Ahriman during which The Tree of All Seeds was protected by two fish against hostility of Ahriman’s frog. As illustrated in Persian rugs, the tree of life is a decorating element of eastern daily life and serves as mementoes of Zoroastrian legends.

Body and souls: As a purpose of Irfan, a common ground between humans and nature, can be established out of a philosophical contemplation regarding to the causality of the existence of mountains, and processes their innermost structure.“We bestowed grace aforetime on david from ourselves:

“o ye mountains! sing ye back the praises of allah with him!” (SABA: 10).

Portraiture (Persian miniature) I rendered the overall concept in this figure which I painted. The Creator is manifested as a mountain

behind the tree of life, with the humans arranged in a miniature perspective (spiral) around them.

Cliff of LifeFeb-Jun 2015 | Tehran, Iran | Academic Project | Instructor: Atefeh Dehghan, PhD

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In parallel with the descriptions given for mountains, the process of their formation can also be analysed. By focusing on the lines that form a mountain and those that shape a human body, it is possible to extract common lines and deduce mutual geometrics, and visualised in figure 1. Lines extracted on the basis of these similarities constitute the prime principles of the structure, as illustrated in figure 2. It may be that a common ground between humans and nature can be established out of a philosophy that maintains the causality of the existence of mountains, and processes their innermost structure.

By implementing cavities and height differences in certain parts of the mass, all units are able to enjoy natural light from the south without shading, whilst benefiting from a wider vista.

Climate information from Ecotect software application

Climate : Tehran, MehrabadLat : 35 . 4ºLng : 51 . 2º (+3.5)

In order to prevent the mass from shading the adjacent buildings, a gap has been designed at the northern facet of the structure to allows for direct passage of southern light to the neighbouring buildings.

8 : 00 AM - 1 : 00 PMShadow Range

9 : 00 AM - 4 : 00 PMShadow Range

figure 1 figure 2

Afternoon

NoonMorning

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The Persian art of illumination (in Farsi : Tazhib) has been used to compose the landscape of the project and transform the initial concept into the final mass.

figure 3

Canopy Design

symbol of The Tree of life

Cliff of LifeFeb-Jun 2015 | Tehran, Iran | Academic Project | Instructor: Atefeh Dehghan, PhD

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ó Ground floors of the complex include the lobbies, conference halls and lecture theatres, meeting venues, management rooms and building access areas. These areas additionally incorporate for the residents such facilities as swimming pools, gym, shops, restaurants, coffee shops and etceteras.

ó There is a shopping centre located on the 5th floor of the western part of the complex.

ó Parking (lvl -1)

Building Access Areas

Units 150

ó < 150 m2 64ó 150 - 220 m2 45ó 220 - 300 m2 33ó > 300 m2 8

Sample Plans

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Introduction: As it is estimated that up to 2050, 16 billion trips and 400 million tons of cargo will be transported through air transportation, Therefore, the air transportation needs a paradigm shift in its development.

Proposal: The management of that huge displacement is divided in two parts: 1) Main and Macro (M&M); 2) Micro and Subsidiary (M&S). Former is considered for Short paths; later, is dedicated the long distances.

1- Main and Macro (M&M)Managing large amount of passengers and cargo with high-speed, high-capacity airplanes (Diagram 1) and creating a new experience at airport terminal for the passengers, are intended. By reducing the number of M&M’s airports, the number of M&S’s flights would increase to balance air transportation function.

2- Micro and Subsidiary (M&S)Being fast and short-time would become a significant factor. Some advantages are: 24 hours availability for public, its availability in crowded centers of city, significant population mobility on one flight, high speed displacement, quick and easy access to the station through underground train, low cost, their high security and diversity in the cities.

Depicted further, avoiding the use of fossil fuels is one distinguishing feature.

Diagram 1

(not to scale)

(not to scale)

Air +

Air + The Future Air Transportation SystemFeb-May 2015 | World Wide | Competition Project

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Materials used in the terminal are all renewable and recyclable, lightweight items.In addition to regular sources as solar cells, wind turbines and existing technologies, these airports are equipped with an electricity generation system from sound through which the energy of sound waves emitted by airplanes are converted into electricity through Piezoelectric Parametric Frequency Increased Generator reservoirs.

Noise Pollution Converter

1. Noise Absorbing Lints

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2. Reservoir

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3. Insulator

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Structure Diagram

The main concept of the airport building structures have been inspired by the Iranian arches caused by tension cables and concrete rings and concrete inhibitor to make building static.

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10Air + The Future Air Transportation SystemFeb-May 2015 | World Wide | Competition Project

Issues with controlling of cargo and customs would be eliminated, by 2050. The scanner would help to speed up the process of controlling passengers and their loads. Each Air-Ship shall pass these air boundaries in time of moving from place to place. Otherwise, their machine will be detected by GPS and it will be seized.

The designed public transportation machine is named “Air-Ship”. In these devices, four-engine propulsion system with eight oval force distribution control valve is mounted, so that the direction and movement can be changed in all directions.The air-ships have 4 circular wings, responsible for maintaining balance. In emergencies, in order to have easier driving, these wings are capable of synchronous rotation in two axes perpendicular to each other. Solar cellules are placed on the plates on the wings. Four wings are rotatable and retractable into the main cabin to occupy less space and ease of placement in parking lot.Certainly, future hotels and recreational complexes are constructed under water. This trend can be seen even in current projects. Therefore the design of Air-Ships enabled them to move beneath the water.

Tehran, Iran

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Diagram 3

Diagram 2

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12Folded Desert Rest AreaSep 2014-Jan 2015 | Semnan, Iran | Academic Project | Instructor: Fariba Yahyavi

Lightweight Concrete Plates

Folded Plate Structure

3D Space Frame

Spacetrusses Structure

Beams andColumns Structure

Filling Station

Site

Double Glazed Window

Creational-Commercial

Mosque

ResidentialCommercial

Concrete Column

Pulley applied for opening and closing the west frontage plates atthe time of winding and coldness

Folded Desert

The road which connects Semnan to Damghan cities in Semnan province, Iran, was targeted to design a rest area called Folded Desert. As it is dual-purpose road both for passengers transportation and commercial transit, two separate welfare services complexes has considered corresponding to different needs and demands of the users. A filling station provides customers with gasoline, diesel fuel and gas. A mosque is considered which serves as a junction of complexes.

The concept of this design was based upon a warm and dry desert along with mountains in background. Folded plate structures in combination with color of materials have applied in order to fulfill the concept. In addition, due to the fact that a limited time was assigned to establish the project ASAP, a modular structure was chosen as it can be easily transported and precisely constructed. Space frame structure was adopted for filling station to satisfy abovementioned conditions.

Designed Space Unit

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According to resist against sandstorm, which is attack the area from west to east, a movable structure is designed in which upward plates could bend downwardly to act as a shield, manually.

Northern Facade Main Plan

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14Water MuseumFeb-Jun 2013 | Tehran, Iran | Academic Project | Instructor: Atefeh Dehghan, PhD

The aim of this project is designing a water museum in the middle of Parsidan Park, alongside Hemat highway, Tehran. Considering some weaknesses of the location including poor accessibility and sight from the highway, a formal, attractive sculpturesque depth was designed. In order to attract people during the closing time of the museum, a special application was added to the last floor.Due to the fact that Iranian climate is moderately warm and dry, wells and sub terranes were usual ways of accessing water. Thus, supplying drinking water achieved so hard.

An empty place filled with water in the shape of an inverted cone as a symbol of womb & fertility was adopted in sphered by the depth of the building. The frontage is inspired by a drought land.

The volume’s cuts due to light entrance into layeres below (under water lvl) 30 Eastern

South

Applying a second cut to produce strong suction.

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In addition to various usual facilities, two separate yards is considered for public and competitive kite games. In spite of the fact that people come to Pardisan Park playing kite games, there is no special yard provided for them to do so. Thus, a playground is designed outside the building and a professional kite field is considered which is easily accessible for people with special physical needs. The source of wind is the building itself as it is designed based on Iranian windward. Thus, the building serves as a suction system through which wind can blow properly toward both the playground and the kite field.

lvl -2, gallery number XIIlvl -2, gallery number VII

lvl+3, staircase

Entrance

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16Water MuseumFeb-Jun 2013 | Tehran, Iran | Academic Project | Instructor: Atefeh Dehghan, PhD

There is a two-floor platform in the northwestern part of the building. This platform is used to view the surroundings, the park’s landscapes, and the small outdoor amphitheater for watching projected images on the water surface (at nighttime).

The statue of the dead fetus:this statue is inspired by the famous picture “how life begins” by Lennart Nilsson (1965) and completes its concept by the use of issues such as water shortage, drought and water contamination.

Metal plates reflect various colors during

the day depending on the weather

changes and create different facades for the museum

building (symbol of draught).

Utilization of numerous solar panels on the museum roof to provide the electricity supply for the complex.

collecting rain water for the complex uses.

Heading the acoustic laws in media zone; the ceiling is built in a cradle-like arch to cancel any noise and prevent audio disturbance for other parts.

In the final part of the reading hall of the library,

indoor hammock beds have been placed for comfortable reading.

The flooring of this field is inspired by Op Art. This type of flooring creates

more attraction and stimulation in the playing field due to the fluid

nature of its form and color.

This statue is placed on the eastern part

of the museum building and carries a connotative blend

of four terms: human, roots, tree,

and vessel.

Ramps with standard gradients lead the handicapped from the most northern part of the conference hall to the lowest section. There are also special stations prepared for their ease of stay within the hall.

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B-B Section

lvl +2

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Additional Works

A piece of wood, from a dead tree trunk serves as a symbol of humans’ oppression to Mother Nature. Numerous harmful needles are inserted in it to remind people there is so much pain in how they interact with nature. Needles could imply metaphorically the pain which mothers strongly tolerate, in order to provide their children with handmade clothes.

But I don’t want to survive, I want to live!

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Throughout the history human being violates nature and effects it irreparably. But nature has never deprived humans of its sources. The form of this clothes inspired by a flower called Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, which is a carnivorous plant. It implies that man can be eaten and consumed gradually by the clothes, nature. Thus, it shows us symbolically that nature can take us its revenge likewise.

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