saman seifollahi portfolio

PORTFOLIOSaman Seifollahi

July 2010

INDEX

persaonal. education. workshop and traning course. job experience.CURRICULUM VITAE

u r b a n i s t i c . P R O J E C T S

p l a n n i n g and d e s i g n.

j o u r n a l i s t i c .printed issue.

studio flemish diamond. studio turnhout. strategic planning for a shrinking city. studio yazd center. transportation and mobility. tehran congestion zone. tehran traffic lights. tehran-mashhad roads. fars roads.c o m p e t i t i o n . gulf traffic award 2009.

3MSc. in human settlement

E D U C A T I O N2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1

CURRICULUM VITAEpersaonal. education. workshops

Saman Seifollahi P E R S O N A L

nationality: persian. gender: male.date of birth: 16.05.1980

contact info: vaartstraat 11, bus 304, 3000 leuven. 0484386955. [email protected]

languages: persian (mother tongue). english. dutch (fair). arabic (fair).computer skills: ms office. illustrator. indesign. photoshop. autocad.

department of architecture and urbanism, KULleuven.belgium

BSc. in civil engineering1 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 5

Engineering Faculty, Azad University of Karajk a r a j . i r a n .

thesis: designing new mobility for the flemish diamond; more than connectivity

thesis: designing 1. an amphitheater by steel structure. 2. housing by concrete structure. 3. secondary roads in mountains

urban areas analyzing. historic and social spaces. Iran Architecture Center studio. tehran. iran 2008WORKSHOP and TRAINING COURSE

sketching for architecture and urban design. training course. Iran Architecture Center studio. www.iacenter.ir . 2007

road safety management. Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization (RMTO). iran. 2006implementation methods for steel structures and weld joints. azad university of karaj. iran. 2003implementation methods for rectangular and trapezium hydrulic canals. Pars Peyab consultant firm. 2000

highway and arterial traffic analyzing, ITS institute. tehran. iran. 2007

drainage systems and hydrulic canals. researching center of Jahad-Agriculture Ministry. karaj. iran. 2000

4CURRICULUM VITAEjob experience.FANAP Co. ITS Dept. Tehran. Iran. www.fanap.ir

Aug. 2009- Aug. 2010

Intelligent Transportation Solutions

ITS Institute. Tehran. Iran. www.ITSpersia.comJul. 2007- Jun. 2009

transportation consultant firm

Tahlilgaran-e Asr-e Etelaat. Tehran. Iran. www.infoage.irNov. 2006- May. 2007

managing editor.

civil project manager . ITS Expert.

project manager . ITS Engineer . Designer.

ICT specialized analytical monthly magazine

Aug. 2003- Oct. 2006Asr-e Ertebat. Tehran. Iran. www.ictnews.ir

managing editor. member of directors boardICT specialized weekly

BBC persian. www.bbc.co.uk/persian2 0 0 3 - 2 0 0 5

freelance ICT Analyzer

hamshahri newspaper. Tehran. Iran. www.hamshahri.orgDec. 2003- Oct. 2004

senior editor.informatics and science unit

managing editor . Iranian official journal in World Summit of Information Society (WSIS)authorised by IR ICT Ministry and Asr-e Ertebat. Tunisia 2005managing editor . official journal in regional meeting of WSISauthorised by Asr-e Ertebat. Tehran 2005

aria engineering firm. Karaj. Iran2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 3

housing developers

pars peyab engineering consultant firm. Tehran. Iran. www.parspeyab.co.ir2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 1

hydrulic structures. water and sweage system. drainage systems

t e c h n i c i a n

technician . estimator

5PROJECTSu r b a n s i t i c

p l a n n i n g and d e s i g n. transportation and mobility. c o m p e t i t i o n .

6department of architecture and urbanism, KULFLEMISH DIAMOND STUDIO

prof. Marcel Smets. Matthias Blondia. Erik De Deynspring 2010

URBANISTICplanning and design

7Designing a new mobility system is usually conceived as creat-

ing new infrastructure by designers, while some doubt has been

cast upon the efficiency of existing transportation systems. On

the other hand, new mobility itself carries more precise mean-

ing than only infrastructure. In other words, as scholars have

mentioned, it should be taken into account that mobility net-

work refers to discourses more than infrastructure.

Furthermore, although the first aim of transportation is connec-

tivity, infrastructure has been playing a key role as a generator

in emergence of settlements and industries since human exists,

from the beginning to present that it highlights the term more

than connectivity.

Nowadays, hence that new generation of communication were

born, economical interactions and peoples lifestyle do not fol-

low bygone trends and patterns, thus we are confronted with

settlements and industrial zones next to the water, railway and

motorway, which are not able to respond current needs and also

play their roles as efficient and important as past, while they not

sustainable enough to continue working.

All aforementioned demonstrate that current and future cities

have to be served by different mobility networks which are not

only more sustainable, efficient and safer, but also able to lead

cities to run out of dilemma.

Thus, the importance of rethinking the mobility networks is more

remarked. In addition, this paper argue that different mobility

network is not necessarily creating new infrastructure, but also

due to transformation of cities, inventing an improved mobility

network by optimized and customized transformation of existing

infrastructure in order to bring new modes of transportation in

service can be a significant solution. In this sense, one research

question is about possibilities, opportunities, and values that

transformation of existing heavy infrastructure can bring.

As the matter of fact, Transformation and optimization of exist-

ing infrastructure in order to have less interventions while taking

maximum advantages of new rhythm of life in regional scale can

be a responsive solution. For instance, transformation of railway

to light-rail (some sections or whole existing system) in regional

scale is one of these solutions.

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by railway by motorway

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Reuse of existing line: 39 km, Total new proposed line: 12.7 km

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Residential

Umicore

To Antwerp

Line 1: Sint-Niklaas- Antwerp

Line 2: Sint-Niklaas- Mechelen

Line 3: Mechelen- Antwerp

Line No. 2, Antwerp Tram Network

Antwerp- Mechelen

Line length: 25 kmTram Speed: 70 km/hStops number: 16Travel time: 37 min

Sint-Niklaas- AntwerpLine length: 35 kmTram Speed: 70 km/hStops number: 18Travel time: 49 min

Sint-Niklaas- Mechelen

Line length: 31 kmTram Speed: 70 km/hStops number: 14Travel time: 40 min

Urban centre

Industrial

Industrial / Agriculture

Urban

Urban

Industrial / urban farming

Urban centre

Forest park

Suburban

Industrial - renewable energy

Marina

Residential

Urban

Industry/ Agriculture

Urban centre

Junction

Urban

Urban

Urban

Industrial

Terminus

Riverside mixed use

Suburban / Nature

Industrial

Urban centre

Institutional

New proposed stop Transformed existing stop Train (Frequency) Bus line (Frequency) Tram line 1 Tram line 2 Tram line 3

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sprtpark.sportpark.sportpark.sportpark.sp

lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.lakescape.l

forestpark.forestpark.forestpark.forestpark.

industsrial.energypark.industsrial.energypark.industsrial.energypark.industsrial.energypark.

culturalpark.culturalpark.culturalpark.clpark.culturalpark.cu lturalpark.

AGRICULTURALPARK.AGRICULTURALPARK.AGRICULTURALPARK.ARICULTURAL PARK.



URBANLIVING.URBANLIVING.URBANLIVING.URBANLIVING.URBANLIVING.URBANLIVING.URBANLIVING.

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industrial forest.industrialforest.industrialforest.industrialforest.industrial forest.


riverscape.riverscape.riverscape.riverscape.riverscape.riverscape.riverscape.riverscape.r


urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urba

urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urbanliving.urba

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WETLAND.WETLAN.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.WETLAND.

AGRICULTURALPARK.AGRICULTURALPARK.AGRICULTURALPARK.ARICULTURAL PARK.AGRICULTURALPARK.AGRICULTURALPA

8drawing: Michele Girelli

9department of architecture and urbanism, KULTURNHOUT STUDIO

prof. Bruno De Meulder. Christian Nolf. Oana Bogdanfall 2010


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5 houses/ha

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Turnhout: Population Inhabitants/Km 241.000 700

Vosselaar: Population Inhabitants/Km 210.000 850

Oud-Turnhout: Population Inhabitants/Km 2

13.000 335

Residential

Economical

Forest

School

Shoping & Retail

Gas station

Hospital

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A spatial strategy is needed to integrate the complementary mobility systems in Turnhout

Car free areas

Bus network

Light Rail ?

NEW MOBILITY PACKAGEEXISTING SITUATION PROPOSAL

Exiating Parking

Parking access road

Special events Car-Free zone

Primary Car-Free zone

Additional primary Car-Free zone

Shared Space Area (Woonerf )

Additional Special events Car-Free zone

New proposed parking

Re-use as bicycle parking

Exsisting parking

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Beleidsplan

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Antwerpen

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Tilburg

Baarle-Herlog

Bus net- Line 1

Bus net- Line 2

Shuttlebus line

Regional bus lines

Bicycle Path

Bicycle Path: Existing

Bicycle Path: Additional proposed

Bicycle tracks

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Oud-Turnhout

Turnhout

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Highway

Primery way type I

Primery way type II

Secondary way type ISecondary way type II

Secondary way type III

Bridge

Passing carsin evening peak hours

Turnhout Integrated Public Transportation

LRT

BusBike

BicycleRegional NetworkCity Network

Supporting mode: Bus NetworksRegional Service: Rapid BusLocal Service: Urban Bus NetworkPublic Commercial: Shuttle BusSpecial Service: Bus-Bike

Main mode: Light Rail Transit (LRT)

Public Commercial: Cargo Tram

Regional Service: RRT (Rapid Rail Transit via LRT) Local Service: Tram

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The Flemish Region plans a new light rail to

connect Antwerp to Turnhout (and in a later phase extending further to the East), but there is no clear vision of how this infrastructure could be spatially integrated in Turnhouts fabric. Moreover, by offering

the possibility to downgrade some of its heavy car and

rail infrastructures, the new mobility network is an opportunity for the city to strengthen its quiet character and to (re) develop (new) attractive urban environments.

The project Embedding Mobility address-

es the light rail as an urban generator in a two-stage

intervention:

1) A first stage defines an optimal trajectory

loop within the city centre, based on popu

lation density, main destinations, and areas

to be developed in the near future.

2) A second stage addresses the hypotheti

cal moving of the railway station to the

south and the downgrading of the southern

segment of the ring road. The first would re

sult in a central open space on the former

rail tracks. Conceived as a new north south

civic Spine, it would become the main gate

giving access to the city and instigating a

stronger relationship between the city and

the canal (see canal site project).

The downgrading of the ring would generate

a new urban platform, working as a carpet connecting

main large scale urban functions: the hospital, a new

train and bus station, the city park and a new devel-

opment on the Frac site.

This specific project seeks to open the wood-

land to the area by making a park and proposing in its

perimeter a wide range of housing typologies, public

equipments, commerce and leisure activities accessi-

ble by all means. The proposal envisions the creation

of an ecologically profiled neighbourhood.

Embedding a light rail system

+

=

Re-claiming the space of infrastructures

Developing the resulting strategic areas

1st PHASE 2nd PHASE

STRATEGY - 2 Stage intervention -

100 200m

Vosselaar

Sint Jozefcollege

Kempenlaan-N140

SYNTRA

KTA

Oude Station

VTST

Begijnendreef

Kanaal

Sint Pietersinstituut

Oosthoven

Noord-Brabantlaan

Central Station Sint Elizabethziekenhuis Stadspark


Oranjemolen

Paarklaan- N18

Kwakkel

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8. DEVELOP PLAZAS NEXT TO THE CANAL FOR MAR-KETS AND SHOPS with URBAN FURNITURE

1. OLD TRACKS- The length of the tracks are restricted to the optimum level, in the future if the railway station is moved near the ring road- the space left is to be used for tram lines.

2. TRAM LINE- to design the tram line and layout to-wards the canal. With the railway tracks removed, a large vacant land is opened towards the canal, spur-ring the possibilities of many different kinds of devel-opment.

3. TRAM STOP- the location of the tram stop would be key here- to be situated in short walk access to all the major transport generators. Regional bus stops on the other side would place one more land mark on the canal front

4. CAR FREE-Making the area car-free would enhance the use of the tram. Which would require location of parking/ park and ride in around the periphery of the site which would enhance the quality of the car-free neighbour-hood

5. ENHANCE THE LINK STREETS- the ex-isting street network to be directed to-wards the new development which would lead to the avenue

6. DEVELOP THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CANAL AS A GREEN EDGE- the other side of the canal would have a contrast-ing development to this edge.

7. RE-INVENT THE CANAL AS A TRANSPORTATION LINE.

SITE PLAN

VIEW OF AVENUE LEADING TO THE CANAL

VIEW OF THE TRAM AND PEDESTRIAN WAY

drawing: Balaji Rajkomar

WATER RETENTIONBASINS

NEW LIVING ENVIRONMENTShousing diversity

LINKAGECITY CENTREWITHINDUSTRY

NEIGHBOURHOOD PA R K

HEALTHCARE CLUSTER

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site

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BIRDS EYE VIEW

WATER

6000 m3

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7878787860600600 mmmm 3337860 m3

6565651010100 mmmm 3336510 m3

PLAN

100 200m

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Sint Jozefcollege

Kempenlaan-N140

SYNTRA

KTA

Oude Station

VTST

Begijnendreef

Kanaal


Oosthoven

Noord-Brabantlaan

Central Station Sint Elizabethziekenhuis Stadspark


Oranjemolen

Paarklaan- N18

Kwakkel

interface forest ecological neighbourhood

compact urban area

light train

residentialcomercialurban parkpublic equipmentscooperative food markets

actual urban edge

RING-ROAD (80m) URBAN PLATFORM 100 meters FRAC SITE RESIDENTIAL AREA

campingbarsport

wetlands wetlandsforestnaturewaterrecreation

mixed housingtypologies


compact urban area

light train


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light train


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drawing/sketch: Kevin Penalva

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department of architecture and urbanism, KULSTRATEGIC PLANNING FOR A SHRINKING CITY

Michiel Dehaenefall 2010

Oil Well

Heritage

Road

River

City in1910

City in 1910-50

City in 1950-80

City in 1980-2000

AndikaAhvaz & Shus


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The story of Masjid-i-Soleiman, called MIS, as the

first oil producing city of Iran and the Middle East re-

gion, is an obvious example of the emergence, growth

and decline of a contemporary small city, which

marked the most important socio-cultural and eco-

nomic changes in the history of contemporary Irans

cities.

Today, MIS is confronting serious social and eco-

nomic problems. A high unemployment rate, a great

number of low income citizens, inadequate urban ser-

vices, lack of information, huge environmental prob-

lems, old urban infrastructure, and many closed busi-

nesses show visibly the existing situation of the city.

This essay seeks to contribute to the understand-

ing of local economic regeneration specific in both the

way it is carried out and the way it can be achieved by

relating it explicitly to cultural values. This as an al-

ternative approach will be exemplified in rendering a

regeneration strategy for MIS.

Masjed Soleyman

Persian Gulf

Zalki Migration Path

Arpanahi Migration Path

DezPart Migration Path

Tang Faleh Migration Path

Hezar-Chameh Migration Path

AndikaTaraz Migration Path

Masjed Soleyman

AprilStart of spring nom

ads migrati

on: Exit form Khuzestan

May

June

July

August

September

October

Novem

ber

Decem

ber

Janiuary

February

March

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igration: Exit from

Chaharmahal o Bakhti

ari

Enter to Chaharmahal o Bakhti

ari

Enter to Khuzestan

Living in Chaharmahal o BakhtiariLiving in KhuzestanMigrationMigration

Masjed Soleyman

Ahvaz

Imam Khomeini Harbor

Khorram ShahrAL Basrah

Petroleum Renery Main Oil linesPetrochemical

Mahshahr Harbor

Haft gel

Shush

Dezful

Oil Well

Heritage

Road

River

City in1910

City in 1910-50

City in 1950-80

City in 1980-2000

AndikaAhvaz & Shus

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Andika

MIS Trailhead

Getvand Trailhead

Getvand

Shushtar

Masjed-e Soleyman

Qale Khaje

LEGEND

Tourism TrailheadMIS DamNew Settlement ZoneHusbandry and Farm FieldPresereved AreaPrimery RoadSecondary RoadNomadic Migration PathPrimary river basinLake of Dam

To MIS

To MIS

To MIS Dam

LEGENDNew DwellingNew Settlement ZoneHusbandry and Farm FieldSecondary RoadNomads Migration PathPrimary river basinLake of Dam

Andika

MIS Trailhead

Getvand Trailhead

LEGENDPreserves

Nomadic Housing

Heritage

Accommodation

Trailhead Services

Touristic activities

Tourism Primery RoadSecondary RoadNomadic Migration PathPrimary river basinLake of Dam

Andika

Getvand

Shushtar

Masjed-e Soleyman

Qale Khaje

LEGENDPermanent HousingTemporary HousingSeasonal HousingPrimery RoadSecondary RoadNomadic Migration PathPrimary river basinLake of Dam

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iran architecture center, IACSTUDIO YAZD CENTER

Ehsan Taefehsummer 2008


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URBANISTICtransportation and mobility

fanap co.INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

ITS dept.2009 - 2010

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congestion charging system in tehran

red-light enforcement system in tehran

speed enforcement and traffic center. tehran-mashhad road

20

URBANISTICtransportation and mobility

ITS instituteITS for ROADS of FARS PROVINCE

2008 - 2009

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dubai. UAEGULF TRAFFIC AWARDS

Dec. 2009

URBANISTICc o m p e t i t i o n

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PROJECTSjournalistic

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Information in Transportation,2003, Karaj Azad University, Asr-e Ertebat weeklyTehran Earthquke, if would happen,2003 (after Bam earthquake),Hamshahri newspaperHow telecommunication can help to manage traffic, 2005, Asr-e Ertebat weeklyIT & Structures: Intelligent buildings, 2005, Asr-e Ertebat weeklySmart homes: a place for more comfortable living, 2005, Asr-e Ertebat weeklyIntelligent four- wheeled, 2005, Asr-e Ertebat weeklyIntelligent Transportation Systems, 2006, a serial published by Asr-e Ertebat weekly

Cities and Information Society, 2006, (serial) Tahlilgaran Asr-e Etelaat magazineUrbanism in Information Age, 2006, (serial) Tahlilgaran Asr-e Etelaat magazineIranian eCitiies, 2006, Tahlilgaran Asr-e Etelaat magazine

all published in persian

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tehran traffic lights