I am Hassan ESTAJI Faculty member at Hakim Sabzevari University and PhD researcher at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Institute of Architecture, Building Technology Department.
Skills & Areas of Expertise
Monumental Buildings
Climatic Design
Green Architecture, Sustainable Building Design
Building Energy Simulation (Optimizing)
Education
2010 -Present University of Applied Arts of Vienna – Austria
PhD Candidate
Research field: Flexibility and Adaptability in Housing Design
1995 – 2002 University of Art (Tehran) – Iran
Bachelor and Master of Architecture
MA thesis: Designing Residential Buildings in Arid Regions
Academic Experience
2004– 2010 Hakim Sabzevari University, Iran
Faculty Member at Faculty of Architecture
2002 – 2004 Hakim Sabzevari University, Iran
Lecturer at Faculty of Architecture – Part time
Teaching Focus
Introduction to Architectural Design
Composition and Presentation Methods (1, 2, 3)
Design Studio 1 (Housing Design)
Design Studio 5 (Residential Complex)
Selected Design Projects
2012 Unknown Martyr Monument, Hakim Sabzevari University 2004 Sabzevar Unknown Martyrs’ Memorial, “Top National Project” in national call for Designing Monumental Building for martyrs
Recent Activities
2015 AA school Visiting Teachers Program 2015
2014– Present Member of the Editorial Board at International Journal of Contemporary
Architecture “The New ARCH”, Erlangen, Germany
2013– Present Member of “SilkCities” Research Group, Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL, UK
Recent Publications
2015 “A Review of Flexibility and Adaptability in Housing Design” The 2nd
International Conference S.ARCH, May 2015, Budva, Montenegro
2014 “Flexible Spatial Configuration in Traditional Iranian Houses, the Case of
Sabzevar”,”The New ARCH“Journal Vol. 1, No. 1
2014 “Isfahan School of Urban Design: A Morphological Perspective”
(with Farnaz Arefian, et al.) 21st International Seminar on Urban Form, (ISUF 2014), Porto
2012 “The Role of Qanat and Irrigation Networks in the Process of City Formation
and Evolution in the Central Plateau of Iran, the Case of Sabzevar” (with Karin
Raith) International Conference Urban Change in Iran, UCL, UK
2011 Analysis-based Architecture (Lecture) National Architecture Day,
Hakim Sabzevari University, Iran
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