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Sepehr Hosseini

MASTER’S DEGREE OULU SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, FINLANDvisit this

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MEANWHILE, I SERVED IN ARMYserved as an architect, animator, and secretary

FREELANCEwhat i have done the most; clients with particulare needs; some have been asking for design solutions and some only needed me as a consultant; ranged from graphical and advertising tasks to interior and architectural designs..

OFFICES COOPERATED WITH Verte Landskap & Arkitektur Asvisit thier website

CubiCasa Oythis is what we did in a big cooperation

and CubiCasa website

Demola Business Kitchenclick

Socio Design Foundationwinner of «Gentrified: Carving out Space for the Homeless after Gentrification»

PERSONA bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbi i enjoy the luxury of a take-away latte every single morning to spend a ridiculous amount of time in front of computers!

am social in a way plus a reasonable amount of confidence in my relations; very much creative yet logical and meanwhile fluent in English!

SOFTWARES I KNOW VERY WELL AND HAVE WORKED WITH Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign , After Effects, PremiereAutodesk AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Inventor

PROJECTS Baba BastaniVanak Beauty ClinicOulu City 3d ModelingA friend’s father ’s grave shelterLafkaBuktaTerwaraittiGentrificationHailuoto & WindUrban RevitalizationArtwork

Sepehr (Hosseini) DehkordiA R C H I T E C T

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Sepehr (Hosseini) DehkordiA R C H I T E C T

Baba-Bastani , the ice-cream shopA two-storey complex of a successful business and a residential designed by an Iranian Finland-educated architect when he was visiting his hometown in the southwest of Iran.The town itself suffers from lack of direction in urbanism and architecture whilst you see buildings emerge now and then based on an eclectic manner.

Nothing else but a bad taste beyond the nonsensical growth of city façade occurring based on a shift between the role of design-specialists and general-contractors whose attitudes are on the subject of “building cheap but more.” This might be also associated with privatization of construction and the individualistic and unethical maneuvers of real-estate agencies throughout the urban developments.

Haji who, is deciding to develop his successful business, which is a popular ice-cream shop, meets up with his architect over a coffee asking him something “different” yet tasty, to be representing a bit of a tradition of the business’ myth. The name of the shop Baba-Bastani (Persian: بابابســتنی) is an iconic name of a place in the city while, a wide range of people enjoy not only ice-cream, but also coffee and bakery and a salad-bar portrayal of the shop.

The new property which new facilities to be built in, is located in a dense part of a mostly residential and recently commercialized privileged boulevard.

Believe it or not, in this part of the world, you might not find many self-sufficient executive teams on the side of construction. Haji, a perfectionist of his kind, goes around and chooses maestros of any technique, elders of any field. A team made up of welder, fabricator, mason, paver, carpenter, tile-setter, and designer in addition to demolition and debris removal parties was formed.

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At the start, to an extreme level, it was assumed for the designer that the design part of the project−considering the circumstances of the business and the client, knowing the fact that finances weren’t the issue but the timing and the restrictions applied by planning department−shouldn’t being seen as a product but a process. Therefore, he, the designer, proceeded and made decisions of the project in a so-called on-site manner.

It became known, the main problematic of the project went around three matters−one affecting the other two−which needed to be acknowledged. One considered the machineries of the ice-cream shop. Baba-Bastani houses at one point ice-cream-making machines and batch freezer for ice-cream retailing, and at the other point, several vertical refrigerators and a semi-large walk-in freezer. In addition to mentioned machines, there is needed room for too many other smaller appliances which to name some, coffee machines, cream-maker, juicers, and etc.

The second scenario, speaks of the fact that Haji’s family of four, was going to reside in upper floor. Which the access(es) to that storey needed to be drawn in mind.And the third item of importance was how to house the very large population of costumers reminding the very popularity of the shop.

To understand the salvations on how settling different spaces, one may go back and see the machineries of the shop through. For handling the ice-cream shop there are two spaces mandatory: one, the kitchen where customers receive their orders behind its counters and two, the workshop where all the products are either made in there or arranged or stored. Hence, the mentioned spaces are established one above the other accessing and connected by a through-floor hydraulic lift and a space-saving diameter spiral staircase. Besides, all the three-phase machines and the walk-in freezer are located in the underground workshop.

Vanak Beauty ClinicRedecoration & Renovation of a #Hair and Skin Clinic# While It Operates.. under construction

existing

Doctor Delshad was looking for a designer capable of

putting an end to bad details of his Clinic in which his fame for

laser treatments of any kind, skin rejuvenation, acne treatment,

electrolysis, eye repair, beaute lifting, age repair, and etc. is

celebrated in northern parts of Tehran.

The idea was widening the place where the preferred color to be

white and the desired quality shine. There were too many bad

details to be repaired or hidden while the existing décor replaced

partly.

The clinic itself consists of four units operating at the same time

worth mentioning patient waiting list would hit the end of 2017!

It is hard implementing the design since the clinic of 4th floor couldn’t

stop functioning and there have been many of administrative and

financial factors to be worried about..

Oulu City 3d Modeling City of Oulu, Aleksanterinkatu city blocks modeling;

The realization of this part of the city to be used through web based virtual platforms such as

realXtend ̶ open source platform for 3D internet ̶ and other possible applications on mobile devices.

These modeling(s) have been produced through an assist of a teamwork cooperating with Cubicasa

Oy and technically being supported by Adminotech Oy;

http:/ /beta.adminotech.com/virtuaalioulu/

A friend’s father ’s grave shelter

A friend of mine’s father passed away and this grave-shelter

design was my way of letting him know that my heart is with

him.

The friend loved it and built it only to prove “love knows no

boundaries...

To the date of burial, we had almost a day and half. We

framed it rushed but proud.

The very initial idea of the theme for diploma thesis happened to be the question of whether one as a non-Finnish-educated architecture

student could ‘read’ the Finnish spirit of the existing buildings ̶ old edifices, regional buildings, and even the contemporary architecture ̶

into the newly designed one. However, according to school’s bureaucracy, for master ’s level theses it could be more appropriate to avoid too much

theoretical and focus on more design-related solutions.

Hence, author decided to challenge the task through a questioned existing context which to own a certain level of history, change and contingency.

Oulu school of architecture is the only academic unit of Oulu University that didn’t become a part of Linnanmaa campus and it stayed on its own grounds in the heart of

city center wherein the city blocks host a variety of old stone buildings, few left wooden buildings and newly-built ones.

Lafka ̶ Oulu school of architecture ̶ consists of, the University oldest building ̶ Vanha koulurakennus, 1884 ̶ five old wooden buildings and Apaja ̶ designed by Auer & Sandås architects based on an open

competition held on 2000 ̶ happened to be a very commendable context (serving characteristics of i ts own) for a master ’s level diploma thesis.

Accordingly, one may behold the architectural background of this specific context and wonder, how could i t be possible to design a third generation of buildings within this city block considering the act and react of

the ‘old’ and the ‘new’, and the interact of the ‘newer ’?

In the beginning, the big idea was to design a new library building for school ̶ which was confronting some difficulties at the time ̶ but during the months of project evaluation, new decisions were made to have the new

architecture, as a small multifunctional building serving basically whatever is going to be needed since August 2013 ̶ Suomen Yliopistokiinteistöt Oy is terminating the lease on school’s old stone building ̶ in which school will be facing a huge shortages of spaces; mainly studios, working places, and students’ activity rooms.

Along with the concerns on functionality of the context and the new architecture, a big effort has been made to investigate the ‘image’ influences of the new architecture; not to mention the very valuable existing architectural dialogue. This procedure included choosing the most suitable place for carving out the new building which to harm less spatially and defeat the most aesthetically.Coinciding slightly-deconstructed architectural shapes with usages of traditional building elements, in this design project, has given this opportunity to the newest generation of architecture of this site, to architecturally communicate with the same language but a different dialect; a new voice of its own timing with a civil respect to the others.More importantly, an experimental ‘trial and error ’ has been processed to investigate the effects of the different materials being used in the new structure. The main goal was, to avoid adding more complication into the existing life of this city block. Transparent colorless highly-detailed materials seemed to be the best solution to accomplish the project with.

A third generation of architecture

Lafka, Oulu school of architecture

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Bukta is a project I was involved with

Verte landskap-arkitektur AS during spring and

partly summer 2012. The project main focus was

developing Alta (Finnmark Norway) considering

different points of view. Even if the project

was being evaluated by people employed in the

office (both students and experienced landscape

architects) but there were different groups of

people from outside the office communicating

and consuling through various meetings and

symposiums. Here is the final presentation took

place in Alta Kommune.

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Terwaraitti

Terwaraitt i is a property located in Vaala, Oulujärvi beach. Terho, the owner was

looking for any latent ideas to vital ize his business which happened to be renting

cottages and mobile saunas!

The teamwork included developing a concept for tourist industry assigned by

Terwaraitt i . Team was operating under facil i tat ion of Demola Oulu and was highly

complimented by the cl ient. This sketch is just a small part of the project and there

existed more activit ies including producing a business plan and recognizing the

landscape’s potentials.

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Gentrification

First prize winner

Gentrified: Carving out space for the Homeless after Gentrification

September 2011 Vignette Competition

Advantages and disadvantages of gentrification run no grandness amongst these spatial responses

facing the phenomena. The form language serves to highlight the social condition of proletariat class

of society forced out of property.

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The very basic idea of this abstract launching

of those two cottages on top of the poles of

windmills comes upon the potential plans on

taking down those two windmills on account

of not being functional. The usage of wind

as the former element of getting those two

windmills functioned is being thought while

in the new situation, the wind gets to blown

through the cottages and its function can be

memorized by any means.

Hailuoto & wind

The site is situated in one of the most traditional parts of Isfahan city neighboured with Shah-Abbas Mosque and Naghsh-e-Jahan Square. The neighborhood is an important historical site and one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. The project had been assigned as my Bachelor thesis and the big idea was to revitalize the area by means of re-functioning, restoring, and re-engaging a variety of vibrant short term and long term strategies.

Urban Revitalization

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To  whom  it  may  concern

LETTER  OF  RECOMMENDATION      Mr.  Sepehr  Hosseini  (born  on  21-­‐09-­‐1986)  is  an  Iranian  student  from  Shahrekord  University.  He  has  been  studying  during  the  past  two  years  in  Finland  at  the  University  of  Oulu,  Department  of  Architecture,  and  he  will  be  finishing  and  presenting  his  Master´s  Thesis  on  May  21st,  2013.    His  tutor  on  this  thesis  has  been  professor  Rainer  Mahlamäki.    Mr.  Hosseini  has  a  strong  interest  in  going  on  his  studies  towards  the  doctoral  thesis.    His  research  interest  moves  in  the  domain  where  contemporary  architecture  encounters  existing  urban  context  and  responds  to  the  social  and  political  changes  of  our  time.    He  has  been  active  in  the  course  of  Research   and   Theory,   mainly   aimed   for   doctoral   students,   and   he   has   an   ability   to   engage   in  analytic  discussions  of  the  meaning  and  essence  of  architecture,  its  theories  and  practices.    During  the   spring   2012  he  wrote   an   excellent   article   titled   “Contemporary  Architecture  or   Temporarily  Architectural?     A   short   study   on   architecture   of   last   three   decades”   in  which   “the   attempt   has  been  made  to  look  at  contemporary  architecture  from  different  angles:  impediments,  approaches,  accomplishments,   envisions   and   prospects.     After   contemplating   the   current   state   of   architects  concerning   the   last   few   decades,   one   may   acknowledge   the   persona   of   „architect‟   has   been  degraded.  Can  architects  alter  the  situation?  Does  any  „end‟  for  architecture  and  its  architect-­‐on  their  own  terms-­‐latently  exist?”    These  are  big  questions  and  by  going  on  with  his  studies  he  most  certainly  can  find  answers  to  them.    As  a  student  Sepehr  Hosseini  is  hardworking,  independent  in  his  thinking  and  reflections.    It  is  a  pleasure  for  me  to  recommend  Mr.  Hosseini,  soon  a  Master  of  Science  (Arch.)  from  the  University  of  Oulu,  for  any  Doctoral  Programme  in  architecture  or  urban  planning,  in  Finland  or  abroad.    Oulu  April  18th,  2013    Anna-­‐Maija  Ylimaula,  professor  History  of  architecture  and  restoration  studies  University  of  Oulu,  Finland  

                             

7.8.2013

CERTIFICATE FOR ATTENDING CUBICASA PROJECT

Project start date: 1.5.2013

Project end date: currently ongoing

Mr Sepehr Hosseini (210986-2170) is currently working with CubiCasa Oy’s Oulu3D project, the project is part of bigger research project ordered by the University of Oulu.

Mr Hosseini’s compensation from his work is project based so that it is tied to same milestones/deliverables as the company is having towards client.

Mr Hosseini responsibilities in the project include (but are not limited to) the basic modeling and giving technical guidance to other project freelancers but also management of freelancers. Also, giving the nature of the deal, deliverables are his responsibility.

Mr Hosseini has proved excellent skills in the project technicalities but also as leader for other project freelancers. He is perfectly able to work in multinational and multilocational project.

Harri Pesola

CEO – CubiCasa Oy email: harri.pesola@cubicasa.fi puh: 050 917 1125