Move east more than 500 km from the southeast coast of Africa you will reach Madagascar, a rich country in natural resources. Graphite, chromite, bauxite, coal, and most importantly, renewable energy resources from water are just some of the natural resources of the fourth largest island in the world.
Project name
Baobab Waterfall
Architecture firm
Ahmad Eghtesad, Mohammad Aghaei
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Principal architect
Ahmad Eghtesad, Mohammad Aghaei
Design team
Ahmad Eghtesad, Mohammad Aghaei, Nastaran Fazeli
Collaborators
Ali Nazari (Tutor)
Visualization
Ahmad Eghtesad
Client
The Jacques Rougerie Foundation competition 2020
Typology
Infrastructure › Prison
Commonly called "Africa in miniature or all of Africa in one country", Cameroon is a Central African country that has enormous tourist wealth. Among the most important and arousing the interest of the Cameroonian State, is the coastal environment of the city of Mouanko more precisely in the locality of Yoyo.
Project name
YOYO'ECORESORT: When biomimicry and wellbeing become one
Location
Yoyo - Mouanko , Cameroon
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshooper, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, ArchiCAD
Principal architect
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Visualization
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Typology
Hospitality › Resort
“Architecture is an art that takes from everything, like music does. It’s really robbery, but robbery without a mask. You don’t really care where ideas come from. You pick and take from yourself and others.” We used these sentences as an exemplar during our Copy Right Studio.
Student
Masoud Abedimoghadam, Pegah Rahmani
University
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Project name
Sheldon Annex
Location
Nebraska, United States
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
Bionic or biology-inspired engineering is the modeling of systems and mechanisms of nature and living things. This method is followed by innovation and the art of using living systems. By using this structure and adaption of nature, in the architectural process of the Bohem project, an attempt has been made to promote a sense of dynamism, growth, a...
Project name
Bohem Project
Architecture firm
Team Group
Location
Farmaniyeh, Tehran, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Davood Salavati
Design team
Davood Salavati, Nazli Azarakhsh, AmirAli Sharifi
Collaborators
Technical Drawings: Asma Pirouz, Mahsa Aghahasel, Presentation: Mahsa Aghahasel, Pouya Sanjari, Ahoo Rezaei
Visualization
Amirali Sharifi
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Hajgoli is a quaint sleepy village on the outskirts of Kolhapur, where our client desired to build a home for his family. In spite of being 3 hrs. away from Goa, this village is connected to the the nearby major cities and hubs by only road ways. One of the challenges in construction was its remote location.
Architecture firm
Studio MAT Architects
Location
Hajgoli, Maharashtra, India
Photography
Kshan collective
Principal architect
Harsh Soneji
Design team
Harsh Soneji, Pratha Bhagat
Interior design
Studio MAT
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Illustrator
Material
Stamped concrete, sandstone, shera board.
Typology
Residential › House
2020 has been started with a disparate and unfamiliar condition. The pandemic that was expected to be finished within days or months has continued for a year, and there is no optimistic prophecy for its termination. As a designer, we should not necessarily see this as the end of the world, and we should not overreact.
Project name
Chimneys Chimneys Pavilion
Architecture firm
Masoud Abedimoghadam
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Principal architect
Masoud Abedimoghadam
Visualization
PeNo visual
The existence of the Qasr-dasht segregated gardens and Chamran gardens on both sides of the project site, led the idea of binding two adjacent areas together. This project creates a continuous green network and make the bridge more integrated to the context. Shiraz City has a unique historical characteristic.
Architecture firm
AshariArchitects
Principal architect
AmirHossein Ashari
Design team
Zahra Jafari, Afshin Ashari, Ehsan Shabani, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Donya Rahmatzadeh
Collaborators
Zahra Jafari, Afshin Ashari, Ehsan Shabani, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Donya Rahmatzadeh
Structural engineer
Alireza Dehghani, Roodabeh Lotfpour
Visualization
Zahra Jafari, Mostafa Yektarzadeh
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Client
Shiraz Municipality
Alongside the Caspian Sea toward the Alborz Mountains, there exists a picturesque plain near the Anzali Lagoon to embed Abkenar House. The paradigm of a pitched roof to repulse rainwater chiefly narrates the story of a house in northern Iran.
Project name
Abkenar Villa
Architecture firm
Studio Babak
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effect, Adobe Illustrator
Principal architect
Babak Abdolghafari
Design team
Reza Sheikhi,Bahman Mirhashemi, Rashin Hosseini, Mona Afrazi, Sara nikfal, Mohsen hamzelouei, Yashar Khazraei, Negin mousavi
Visualization
Mohsen Hamzelouei, Yashar Khazraei
Typology
Residential › House