Nina Afshar

D E S I G N P O R T F O L I O

Experience,

Jan 2014- PresentJeffery Rome and AssociatesAssociate Designer and Auto-Cad Assistant

Feb-Sep 2013Mueseum of Realist Arts, Boston, MassachusettsRenovation, Historic Preservation

Feb-Sept 2013Architecture for Humanity, Boston

May-Sept 2013 Learning by Design, BostonOne day workshops for K12 kids. Mar-Sept 2012Design Fabricators LLC

Feb-May 2011Low Income Housing, Kit Carson, ColoradoHelped prepare construction document drawings for a HUD grant project.

Sept-Jan 2010Design Build Bluff, Bluff, UtahFirst home designed and built by the students from University of Colorado, Denver.

Education,

Master of ArchitectureUniversity of Colorado, Denver 2008-2011

Bachelor of PhysicsI. Azad University of Tehran 2002-2006

Study Abroad, Compidoglio School of Architecture, Rome, Italy 2011

Competitions,

Hyper Building- Vertical City CompetitionInternational Study, Tongji School of Architecture, China, Shanghai

Awards,

YAAG Award, First place in Best Built category for DesignBuildBluff Windcathcer house

Sutdy Abroad Photography Contest, University of Colorado, DenverSecond place award for capturing the light in Saint Peter’s Cathedral

Skills,

Digital

RevitAutoCadRhino 3DAdobe CSSketchup3D maxVray

Physical

3D PrinterLaser CutterPencil GraphicWoodFoam

Nina Afshar13301 PintadoIrvine, Ca 92618(949)456-4231ninamarch@gmail.com

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Food trucks / Sports bars / Kiosks / Food stands Mar-Sep 2012.

The designs were done in Sketch up and Revit, and then rendered in Revit and Cinemax.These designs were rendered for clients nationwide.

Program:

Location:

Objectives:

Innovative design and manufacturing firm specializing in crafing custom designs for culinary and interior design, food carts and kiosks, retail and display design, food courts and mobile kitchens.

Nationwide.

Create unique, fine food carts and kiosks specific to different venues.

Design Fabricators LLC

Proposal for the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC

One of the proposals for the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the Carlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The process began with design work for a new food sercice kiosk to be installed in the main hall of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Proposals for different kiosks and food stands for different clients in the city.

Architecture for Humanity Boston

Program:

Location:

Objectives:

Historic preservation, new

East Boston, Ma

To preserve the East Boston Public Library as one of the oldest libraries in the New England area, and to turn that into a Mueseum of Realist arts. Also to add an additional building to the back part of the library as part of the meuseum.

To introduce the new form of art, ‘Realist Arts’ to attract and encourage people to come and visit the museum.

To preserve the old East Boston Public Library as part of the historic East Boston. And also to add a new building to create more space for the exhibition of the art pieaces.

East Boston Realist Art Musuem

The Site

Boston Public Library

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Landscape

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Escape Stairs

Second Floor Exhibition Space, New Building

Admin Offices

Admin Offices

Bathrooms

Admin Offices

Admin Offices

Ticketing, Coat Rack Area

Second Floor Exhibition Space, Existing Building

First Floor Exhibition Space, Existing Building

Entrance

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Summer and Fall 2010. Group project20 students from UCDenver

Location: Program:

Objectives:

Bluff, Utah Two bedroom house

Navajo Reservation Land, UtahEach Navajo family is given a big land in the reservation.

To build a sustainable house, with local materials, was the purpose of this projct.

1450 SF house. For a single mother and her son.One of the design features of the house is a windcathcer tower in the middle of the house, to aid with ventilation. Another is 3 rammed earth walls which are both ascetically pleasing and provide structure.

In the construction part along with 19 other students we built the house from August through December.

The Windcatcher house

Conceptual diagram

Staking out the site and pouringthe Concrete

Taking the frame work off of the rammed earth walls.

Advanced framing for the exterior of the house.

The carport. Next to the house.

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1. Kitchen2. Dining area3. Living room4. Flex space

5. Bathroom6. Bedroom7. Master bedroom8. Car Port

Cement Board Rain Screen. Next to the Carport

Cedar Ceiling in front of the East door.

Interior of the house.

The Tacher house

Location: Program:

Objectives:

Kit Carson. Colorado.Two to three bedroom house

Town of Kit Carson. Small town. Cold winters.

The goal of this project was to build an affordable house for people of Kit Carson. The city was given 1.000.000 $ HUD Grant, for five houses. Five teams of students were assigned to design them.

1450 SF house. For a family of two or three. Low budget.

The city needed housing for future teachers. They also wanted to get more people to come and visit the city.

Under constructionSpring 2011. Group Project. Nina Afshar. Jessica Garfin. Amber Danzl

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1. Kitchen 6. Bedroom2. Dining Room 7. Washer and Dryer3. Living Room 8. Master Bedroom4. Bedroom 9. Master Bathroom5. Guest Bathroom

Circulation around the site

Access from Church St.

Possible area to built on the south.

Final result.

Built and rendered in Revit and Photoshop

Spring 2011. Group project.Nina Afshar. Jocelyn Turkowski

Program: Location:

Objectives:

Recreation CenterDenver, Congress Park

Site Demographics:Density (Persons per sq.

Mile)5815.00Median Age 38.62

Proposal for a recreation center in Congress Park, Denver, Colorado. To create a social node for the neighbourhood. Make all generations interact.

Holistic approach : Yoga, Mediation, Reiki

Traditional approach:Rock Climbing, Swimming pools, Gym,

Reintroduce mobility and dynamism to the Park.Running tracks, walking paths inside and outside of the building.

Stapleton Recreation Center

Healling Core Aquatic SportsAerobic Sports

Meditation,Rock Climbing

Totall SF

North South grid

Downtown grid

Circulation diagram

Wellness core, Yoga and Meditation Classes

Admin Offices

Wellness core, Yoga and Meditation Classes

Meditation Rooms

Rock Climbing

Child Care Center

Lockers

Seniors Section

Professional Pool

Wellness core, Yoga and Meditation Classes

Wellness core, Yoga and Meditation Classes

Spider clips Tension Rods

Revit Model

Physial modelScale 1=1/4”

Summer 2011. Group projectNina Afshar. Jennie Muchow

Location: Program:

Objectives:

XiaGuan Nanjing, China Urban Complex

Site Demographics:XiaGuan is one of the oldest capital cities in China. The site is located south to Jian Ning Road, west to Yi Feng Gate of the city wall,

The goal of this competition was to design a multi-functional complex for the neighbourhood.

Diversified center for cultural activities, movie theatres, sport centers, commercial centres, administration offices, etc.As well as open public spaces, for locals such as recreation, physical exercise and official business.

Social node. Make the neighbourhood both enjoyable for locals and tourists

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Hyper Building-Vertical City Comptetion

Ming Dnasty Wall

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Exterior

Interior +Exterior Space

Interior Circulation

Pedestrian circulatin

Building Foorprint

Building Area

5M Setbacks

Western part of the building. 80.000 SM Height 30 M

Art GalleriesDepart. StoresFood and DrinksRetail Shops

Eastern part of the building. 38.000 SM Height 12M

Craft ShopsCraft StudiosArt StudiosBasketball courtsFood and Drinks

Conceptual diagram

Art Studios

Craft Stores

Food and Drinks

Art Galleries

Retail Shops Moves Theatres

Creative Offices

Site Section The subway entrance

High Altitude Research Centre

Location: Program:

Objectives:

Colorado Springs.High Altitude Visitor and Research Center

Site Demographics:High elevated. National Park.

To attract both tourists and local residents to the site, was the main goal of this project. To achieve this we were to design a high altitude research center and art galleries.

A complex of Art Galleries, Research offices, Conference rooms, green walls and green rooves. The research center is to provide information on how to grow plants in high alltitude.

Spring 2009. Individual ProjectNina Afshar.

All the renderings in this project are done by handand no computer was involved.

Spring 2009. Individual ProjectNina Afshar.

Wind direction

View from the site

Drainage

Height differences

Final location

11. Admin Offices 16. Conference Room12. Admin Offices 17. Research Office 13. Work room 18. Laboratory14. Kitchen 19 Library15. Cafe and Copy 20. Bathrooms

1. Entry 6. Cafe2. Bathrooms 7. Kitchen3. Cloak room. 8. Lecture hall4. Ticketing 9. View room5. Waiting area 10. Gallery

11. Admin Offices 16. Conference Room12. Admin Offices 17. Research Office 13. Work room 18. Laboratory14. Kitchen 19 Library15. Cafe and Copy 20. Bathrooms

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Final Roof Details

Fall 2011. Group and individual projects

Location: Program:

AnywhereThinking out side of the box.

The pipe, using Rhino and traditional crafting techniques to make interlocking surfaces in form of a pipe.

The Quilt, a tessellated surface in shape of one piece of a paper quilt.

To use the digital media as a tool to come up with new designs, out side of the box.

Digital Fabrication

Rhino model. Creating Ribs and Columns.

Ribs and culumns.

The Pipe.

The Quilt

A combination of Rhino and Grasshopper with the traditional handcrafting techniques to make a tessilated surface with in the parameters of 12” by 12” to make a quitl like assembly.

Sketch Pod Fall 2011 Moment of Pause.Group project. Nina AfsharJoshua Paulsen. Amanda CadwellAnastasia Heid. Jonah Rogin

It started with Material Exploration and study models, and then to develop a digital model to represent it.

Next step was to print out templates from the digitally developed model to build the physical model out of.

To bent the straight stripes of ply wood we designed three different sizes of wedges.

Each stripe was connected to the other with longer pieces of wooden wedges. To create the final nest like form.

Get away from the hectic office for a second and sit by your self? Sketch new ideas? Talk on the phone? You can enjoy this moment of pause in your busy day and sit inside this structure.

Construction Document DrawingsIn this 3 credit course we were given different design drawings to put in Auto cad and to makeconstruction document drawings.

Saint Peters dome, Vatican. Summer 2009

Stucco statues. Flee market. ChinaSummer 2011

Choghazanbil Zigorat. Shoosh, Iran. Spring 2012

Basewood models.

Second semester, Spring 2009

Third semester, Fall 2009

Pantheon, Rome, Italy. Summer 2009

Jubille Church by Rhicard Meier. Rome, Italy. Summer 2009 Pantheon, Rome, Italy. Summer 2009