Hadi ataeiUniversity of Kansas

Professional Master of Architecture Program

Table of Contents

Competition Studio- Spring 2013- taugh by Professor Genevieve Baudoin Open Gap- EPAUS Competition AISC Bridge Competition Flint Public Art Project

Internship at Aaedas- Fall 2013- Bejing, China Zhouhai FinancialCenter

Monumental Architecture Studio- Fall 2012- taught by Professor Lesnikowski Monument to Fatih

Comprehensive Studio- Spring 2012- taught by Professor Bill Carswell Kansas Energy Center

Miscellaneous Works Sketches and drawings Cartoons and comic I drew for the University Daily

Architectural Design Portfolio

Luminous Art This proposal for the center for street arts is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the southwestern region of the United States. The site is located on the bank of Rio Grande River, right at the edge where the city and the wilderness collide. The other factor that contibutes to the site location is that the Rio Grande River not only cuts through the city, but this has also caused notable distinction between the two parts, in terms of economical, as well as, social aspects of life in Albuquerque.

This proposal is a new kind of public space,

that can create a new climate that will cre-ate adn educate new relationships between the society and street art. It is a series of repeated light-boxes arranged in a linear fashion. These boxes, give birth to a series of outdoor plazas that become the focal point for interaction between the public and the art and the passage through them. They all create spaces that can be utilized for different types of arts or performances. The sequence of closed and open spaces al-lows the artists to freely express themselves without being labeled as vandalizer, and, at the same time, not being limited to insitu-

tionalized arts settings.

The proximity to the botanical garden and other recreational facilities, and the fact that, daily runner, take the levee that cuts through the space, means an opportunity to educate the public about street art. Pass-ersby will be exposed to the different street art that take place in the sunken courtyard that are in between the galleries. This will merge the public use with a space of artis-tic use and expression, and learning.

Beam Holding up the canvas roof

Compression members

Main Cable

Connecting Cables between the main cable the bridge cable

Cables under the footbridge Electrical and plumbing

The undulating rusted steel piece

Steel stressed skin structure of the footbridge

Steel supports

Concrete Footing

The City Destratified The Rio Grande River has divided the city of Albuquerque into two parts, South Valley and the Nortth Valley.

This geographical separation has result-ed in social, and economical stratifica-tion of the two parts, with the inahbitants of the South Valley consisting of mostly low-income hispanic families and the North Valley consisting of comparatively higher-income white families.

In addition to that, most of the public amenities and facilites have been built on the north bank of the river, the San Gabriel State Park, Albuquerque Country Club and Tingley Beach Park to name a few.

That being said, the proposed footbridge

is an exciting journey that will transform the city and links the two sides through a joyful passage. It will provide the means to start the process of removing the social and economical stratification that exists within the city.

The undulating piece within the bridge is designed to activate the bridge. It is a bench, an enclosure and a means to reach the water. The enclosure is de-signed to provide a space for venders to be able to sell their merchandise, drink, food, etc, along the bridge, thus activat-ing the bridge even further. It goes down to, almost, touch the water. It provides a secluded spaces for different activities, such as fishing, reading, contemplation, etc.

Flint Public Art Project

This design aims at trans-forming this rather park-ing lot into an imaginative space that would enhance the public life in downtown Flint. The idea behind this structure is to create a space that is similar to a cloudy day. At night, the canvas canopies diffuse the light and resemble the clouds, creating an exciting and inviting space that can become the focal point of public life in downtown Flint. Any stage, bandstand, seating or lounging and food and beverage services

can be easily added, if needed. The curciform cross sec-tion of the column is placed in between the parking spaces in a way that does not take any parking space nor does it interrupt the traffic during normal busi-ness hours. This means the design can stay on site permanently, allowing the neighborhood and the city of Flint to take advantage of the possibilities year-round.

CostWith the potentials that

this design can bring to downtown Flint, how it can transform the city and how it can invite and attract tour-ists and other people to the area, funds can be raised to fully cover the cost of construction. There will be 20 columns, 12 of which will replace the existing light poles in the parking lot. The modular design of this proj-ect allows us to start build-ing the first four canopies, which will be enough for a summer event, until enough money is raised to finish the entire project.

This design aims at transforming this rather parking lot into an imagi-native space that would enhance the public life in downtown Flint. The idea behind this structure is to create a space that is similar to a cloudy day. At night, the canvas canopies diffuse the light and re-semble the clouds, creating an ex-citing and inviting space that can become the focal point of public life

in downtown Flint. Any stage, bandstand, seating or lounging and food and beverage services can be easily added, if needed. The curciform cross section of the column is placed in between the parking spaces in a way that does not take any parking space nor

normal business hours. This means

the design can stay on site perma-nently, allowing the neighborhood and the city of Flint to take advan-tage of the possibilities year-round.

CostWith the potentials that this design can bring to downtown Flint, how it can transform the city and how it can invite and attract tourists and other people to the area, funds can

be raised to fully cover the cost of construction. There will be 20 col-umns, 12 of which will replace the existing light poles in the parking lot. The modular design of this proj-ect allows us to start building the

enough for a summer event, until

entire project.

25’

25’

The spaceframe is a truss cantilevering from the column

The light source located inside the canvas canopy to be diffused into the space

The spaceframe is wrapped with canvas, which diffuses the light.

The 25-foot tall column holds up the structure and its crussi-form cross section eliminated the need for it to be removed.

One important aspect of the design is that no parking space is taken by the columns. Cars can easily park here, be it during the events or normal business hours. This means that the columns will places permanently. They will turn into exciting and inviting light poles, that transform this space all year-round.

There is 12 existing light poles in the parking light. By having 20 light poles, including these 12, we can have a permanent structure for our program. The shape and the placement of the columns, and the fact these canopies can be used as permanent light poles in the parking lot, means that they can stay in place permanently and create a more beautiful parking lot.

art in the clouds

Internship at Aedas, Beijing. Winning proposal for Zhouhai Financial Center

Here is one of the projects I worked on, during my internship at Aedas, Beijing. This project, called Zhuhai Financial Center, includes a retail podium, a conference center and a tower that is divided into office and residential. The tower reaches 330 meters (1082 feet) in height and is visible from Hong Kong and Macao.

Zhouhai Financial Center

a monument to faith“a monument to faith” was the title that pro-fessor wojciech lesn-ikowski picked for this project. this building is meant to be a monu-ment to all faiths, as well as, to the city of Chicago. after a series of sketches the the idea that was selected was to create and as-

sembly space elevated from the ground, which would, metaphorically, represent heaven. This idea was emphasized by the fact that, right beneath the space, a canopy was designed in an abstract form of a cloud, which would represent the skies.

Comprehensive Studio

Kansas Energy Center is a proposed build-ing that will house three energy organization from the State of Kansas, Kansas Geologi-cal Survey, Kansas Geological Society and Kansas Corporation Commission, as well as an 18,000 square feet storage facility to store rock samples, which belongs to Kan-sas Geological Survey. The solution to this program was a tall, long and narrow building,

which allows for minimum amount of land use, optimizing daylight for the interior spaces and ease of bringing fresh air into the building. The south facade is entirely glass while the north facade has view-specific windows which are sized based on the function of the space. This allows for optimizing the use of natural light while minimizing the heat loss during the cold season through the north windows.

There are two means of egress on both ends of the building.The mechanical system is a VRF- variant refrigerant flow- system, which uses the imbal-ance between the temperature of the interior and spreads it evenly, and by that saving on the energy cost of the building.

Design Build Studio- Part II

Third-year studio, a design-build studio: in the second half of the semester, we worked on designing and building an exhibition space. The exhibition was to go up in the hallway of the department of architecture

building. The exhibit included the projects that were done during the first half of the se-mester, design-build, part I. It included physical models of some of the buildings designed by Morphosis, Piano and Nou-vel.

Design Build Studio- Part I

Third-year studio, a design-build studio: in the first half of the semester, we worked on building physical models of the wall section of some of the famous buildings designed by Piano, Nouvel and Morphosis.

Our group worked on Mor-phosis, and built Venice III and Diamond Ranch High School.

VENICE III RESIDENCE, CALIFORNIA

Here, I am showing a few sample of my hand-drawing works. They are mostly done in ink and/or watercolor.

In the next few pages, I have shown some of my cartoons

and comics that were pub-lished in the Daily Kansan

newspaper. They were to de-pict what the writer was trying to address in an editorial or an

article.