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Aliakbarshirazi

Education
Oct 2014 - current
Politecnico di Milano Milan - Italy
Master in Urban Planning and Policy Design
Oct 2010 – Jul 2014
Politecnico di Milano Milan - Italy
Bachelor’s in Urbanistica
- Final vote of degree 102/110
- Internship taken in the Politecnic department, DICA.
Subject: Relief and 3D modelling of buildings by use of MeshLab software.
Oct 2003 – Oct 2008
Tehran Art University Tehran - Iran
Bachelor’s in Handicraft Ceramic
- Awarded as the top student (total average 18.95 / 20)
- Final thesis with subject:
Ceramic design inspired by the meaning of “light and darkness” in
Persian beliefs (Achieved grade 20 / 20)
- Participate in 3 Art Exhibitions (1 Painting & 2 Jewelries )
Computer Software:
Arc GIS, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Autodesk 3ds Max, Sketch
up, Mesh Lab
Language:
- Italian, Fluent in Listening, Speaking, writing and reading (Certificate
from Italian School in Italian embassy of Iran)
- English, Fluent in Listening, Speaking, writing and reading
- Persian: Native

LOGISHOOD
CREATING A MIX
ENVIORNMENT
Planning Studio / Fall 2015
Pioltello is located 6.5 km away from the border of
Milan, It is connected to Milan by three major roads
and railway that connects Pioltello with Subway line.
The focus of project was on the southern part of
neighborhood, which is characterized by the big
logistic companies.
Main objectives were: breaking the rigidity, reconnecting
the logistic part with the neighborhood and use of
the natural resources as a new way to produce
energy and reduce energy consumption in order to
create more sustainable, living and initiative area.
With this aim, the project worked on two parts in parallel.
One dealt with structural and urban design, concerning
design of linear park, low traffic zone and
bicycle network. The second part, worked on some
indicators chosen as significant to work on. Data were
collected from documents published on municipality
and region’s websites. The attempt was to confront
these indicators before and after of implementation
of project.
I worked mainly on the second part, collecting and
calculating the indicators. It should be highlighted
that the work was done in a very collaborative group
work. The ideas, policies, design issues were discussed
and chosen in-group composed by 5 persons.

Introduction
Patterns
Up to 10 du/ha
Up to 40 du/ha
Up to 50 du/ha
Up to 120 du/ha
Up to 180 du/ha
Above 180 du/ha
Density of buildings
Residential
Productive
Commercial
Water element
Agriculture
Multifunctional
Actual land use
Residential
Mixed
Productive/Tertiary
Ongoing projects
Space Perception
Hard and Soft area
HARD
The physical context of the objects is not
changeable.
No possibility of intervention
LESS HARD
Transformation is posssible in a sense of
“adding”, but not changing the physical
and structural context.
Low possibility of intervention
IN BETWEEN
Transformation consist of Rethinking the
relationship between two areas.
Transformation is possibile
LESS SOFT
Transformation can involve also modification
of the land use the physical context.
Possibility of adding and changing
SOFT
High level of transformation which concern
areas that can be transformed in the
future.
High possibility of intervention

Analysis
Private
Semi-Private
Active-Private
Passive-Public
Agriculture
Transp. borders
1. Strong CONNECTIVITY with the
center of Milano.
2. High importance of the existing BICY-
CLE PATH.
3. Key importance of the existing NATU-
RAL RESOURCES
Green Classification
Strenght
Opportunities
78% of reachable area within 5 min
Number of links: 113
49% of reachable area within 10 min Number of connections: 109
Number of dead ends: 23
1. Rigidity of the space, physical BARRI-
ERS in the area
2,3. NOISE and SOIL POLLUTION
4. Lack of PEDESTRIAN paths
5. LOW QUALITYof urban environment
6. Poor VISUAL perception of site
Pedshed Analysis
Treaths Weakness
Connectivity index:
4030.3
Circulation index:
0.023
Intersection density:
0.13 n/ha
Connected Node
Ratio: 0.83
Link-Node Ratio:
1,04
Mean Block Area:
2646.208
Connectivity
Increase the quality of
green spaces Create sustanable eco
neighborhood and logistic
Energy Classification
Manifesto
Concept Plan
Today
Tomorrow
Proposed Treatment System
Paysage Elements
Energy Timeline

Indicators
Indicators
Enviornment Eco Action
Energy Eco Action
MasterPlan
Accessibility Eco Action
People Eco Action

GREENTEGRATING LYON
Reviving the natural connections:
Green blue network
Planning Studio / Fall 2014
The focus of proposal is on the different ecologies
coexisting in the South-East region of Lyon since according
the analysis done as the initial step, the main
problematic aspect is related to the closeness between
natural and artificial elements, that sometimes
are unable to live and work together.
The aim of our project is the storing and reusing of
water, in order to transform weaknesses in opportunities
and use water as a potential resource to be used
in the different systems existing in-between the territory.
We advocate the slowing down of the river Rhone, to
avoid the occurrence of periodic floods; the creation
of water treatment purification, with the function of
purify the river and the canals and to revitalize the
natural habitats; the addition of green connections,
that have to link the different green areas and involve
them in an ecological network; the reviving of the
public space in the river landscape, shaping new waterfronts
and replacing industrial functions along the
river with open natural spaces.
I worked mainly on the anlyse of different patterns and
main aspects that could be taken in consideration
within the project rappresenting them via conceptual
maps (ex. the cover). The work was done in a group
composed by 6 persons.

Urban Material Abacus
Northern Wetlands
Western Hills
Southern Industrial Site
Eastern Agricultural Countryside
Critical Ecologies
Distribution of the main
pollution’s sources and
the dimension of thier
effects on natural habitants.
Location of the most
polluting sites along
the river Rhone, which
are the main cause of
water and soils contamination.
Riverside Pollution
Industrial Footprint
High percentage of
indutrial fabrics, very
close to residential
areas, agricultural
fields and to the river.
Other fabrics located
in-between industrial
ones, suffering for the
problem of pollution.
Poor-medium districts,
characterized by the
closeness to the industries
and the lack of services.
Rich districts, characterized
by single houses and
private facilities.
Inequity
N-built Env.
Built Env.
High
Risk
M / L
Risk
Expt.
Flood
Rap.
Flood
Potential Water Rise up
Area.
Flood Zone
Flood

Strategies
Slow down the Rhone
Water treatment
for housing
Water treatment
for industry
Community spaces
(orchards, Urbanfarms)
Soft Edges
Orginal river
Cycle paths
Revive original landscape
MasterPlan
Giving more spaces to water
Enlarging riverbanks
Creating new system of artificial canals
and water basins
Treating water: for industrial and housing
reuse
Providing community spaces: orchards,
sport areas
Providing ruban areas: connection between
industry, housing and agriculture
Revitalizing the original river
Creating cycle paths and pedes
Road Network
Green Pathways
Constructed Wetlands
Proposed Treatment System
Blue Infrastructure
ProductiveGreen Areas
Recreational Green Areas
Paysage Elements

GRATOSOGLIO;
A new gate of the environmental
system in sout of
Milan
Planning Studio / Spring 2013
Gratosoglio is located at southernmost end of the
Milan city, bordering on the commune of Rozzano. It
extends along the main street of Via Missaglia, which
is connecting route between Milan and its hinterland.
The district was created in the early sixties.
Two main strategies were defined for the project: the
first one on the larger scale, which tried to take advantage
of the privileged environmental location of
neighborhood by proposing the green transversal
connection which makes connection between two
big and important parks of Milan through the green
spaces of the neighborhood and through the new
linear park next to Lambro River, so this lather transforms
one not used space to a characterizing element
of neighborhood.
The second strategy dealt with local scale of intervention.
The attempt was the requalification and
redesigning the Baroni street which is the main street
of the neighborhood in such a way that leads flows to
the heart of neighborhood.
Since we were only three persons in the group, so it
required the involvement of all group mates in all parts.
I mainly worked on the strategies and conceptual
maps and diagrams.

Main Strategies
Risaie
Park
Lambro River
Ticinello
Park
Business
Park
Agricultural
Park
demolition of the
wall next to
Lambro Rive
Creation of bike
path along
Lambro River
Creation of pedestrian
crossing
Redesign of
Baroni street
New Pratone
(Local center)
Creation of new
trasversal bike
path
Conclusion of
the linear park
designing its last
stop placed at
top of the park
Beginning of
establishment of
services, in particular
the new bicycle
parking station
in the white towers’
ground floor
New pedestrian bridge on Lambro River
Lambro
Border
Uncultivated
Vegetation
Uncultivated
Vegetation
Lambro
Lambro
Bike path
Gratosoglio
Street
Gratosoglio
Street
Section
New bridge
Urban Farms
Public green
space,
Bike path
Lambro
Public green
space,
Bike path

Linear Park
Genral view of viabilty of the neighborhood
Slow mobility of project, Bike paths
New Pedestrian crossing on Lambro River
Existing Vehicle Traffic
Requalification of Baroni Street
3m 2m
Sidewalk Car
Park
10m
Roadway
2m
Car
Park
3m
Sidewalk
1.2m
Sidewalk
1.8m
CarPark
5m
Roadway
4m
Central
Wharf
Reference for Roadway Pavement
Reference for Central Wharf Pavement
5m
Roadway
Reference for Sitting space
1.8m
CarPark
1.2m
Sidewalk
Car Park

ARCGIS PROJECTS
Studio / Spring 2014
I had two courses about ArcGIS during my bachelor
for one of them I was supposed to do some exercises
individually with the program while for the second one
within a group work we designed a Geographical
Information System. These two projects are shown in
the following pages.
In Addition, I was always supposed to work and deal
with ArcGIS for my Studio’s Projects using Lombardy
Geoportal usually.

Here you can see one of my
individual exercise for ArcGIS
course that I persued during my
bachelor in Politecnico di Milano.
I explained in details with 8 steps
from the beginning and
mentioning the main extension
for each step since the course and
exercise was in Italian, here I tried
to summerise it and change the
text to english.
Main criteria to identify high risk
areas:
A) Areas with the slope between 28
and 55 degrees and minimum
extension of 625 square meters.
B) Land Cover: higher risk in the
case of the pasture lands.
AVALANCHE RISK ANALYZES IN PEJO VALLEY IN TERENTINO
“Spatial Analyzes” extension for managing raster datas.
1. Creation a digital terrain
model (DTM) by converting
the text file into a shape file
and classification it respect
to hight of points, “ALT_QT”.
2. Rasterization of points
using the “IDW” extenstion (
Interpolates a surface from
points using an inverse
distance weighted technique).
3. Slopes’ map extraction
and introducing tre categories
of themrespect to their
degrees;
- Less than 28 (green).
- Between 28 and 55
(yellow).
- Higher than 55 (red).
This exercise is an attempt to
design a Territorial Information
System in order to show different
services with available public
transports to reach each of them,
identifying the number of
bus/tram with its time schedule, in
addition available car parks in an
area around Politecnico di Milano.
The primary aim was to get
familiar with how to structure
Topographic DataBase (DBT) and
consequently manage them in a
effective and practical way.
the goal is to show the
accessibility of services around
the Polytechnic, in such a way that
choosing a specific service,
Territorial Information System will
show the path associated with that
service, any eventual public
transports and existing car parks.
ACCESSIBILITY OF SERVICES AROUND POLITECNICO
Unification of two tables of
"services" with “paths” in order to
create the relation 1:1 between
them, by using “Join” extension, in
such a way that choosing one path,
TIS will show the services that exist
around it and viceversa,
later, a query is performed on Paths’
shapefile, choosing Supermarkets
(in this project: Carefour) as the
Typology to be selected. TIS will show
which paths can be taken to reach it.
c) Slope exposure: SouthEst, in the
summertime and Nord in winter.
The high risk areas will be areas in
which the subject of A, B and C
cases intersect each other.
Datas given by exercise:
1- ptiqt_virgola.txt, in text format,
it contains the points generated by
contour lines’ nodes which has
been obtained from digitization of
the CTR 1:1000 in Val di Pejo (North
Western Trentino), area with high
frequency of avalanches.
The reference system is Roma40
with Gauss-Boaga projection.
2- cveg.shp, Cultivation classes
shapefile.
3- val_08.shp, areas that had
avalanche in 2008.
4- val_08.shp, orthophotos.
Orthophotos 42010
High risk areas in summer
High risk areas in winter
Intersection of critical slopes with the land cover
Avalanche observed by the Photo_Interpretation methods
4. Identification of the
slopes between 28 and 55
as the critical ones ( green
colour) by using “Raster
Calculator”.
7.1. Comparison the result
with the map of avalanches
given in exercise.
“Spatial Analysis Tool” is
the main extension in this
step.
8.1. Rasterization of the
map obtained in the previous
step (the map of conditions
A and B), afterwards
multiplying it with the map
of critical areas in Sud_Est
which will be the map of the
critical areas in summer
(estate).
5. Identification of the
areas with slopes between
28 and 55 degrees and with
extention higher than 625
square meters (exercize’s
point A), by using “conversion
Tools”.
7.2. Map of extensions.
8.2. Attainment of the map
of critical areas in winter
(inverno) with the same
metod used for the summer
(estate).
6. Openning the land cover
map (cultivation class) and
selecting the areas cultivated
with pastures
through a standard quary (
dark colour, subject of the
point A and B).
“Geoprocessing” and
“Intersect” are the main
tool for this step.
7.3. reclassification of the
previous map introducing
South_east equal to 1 and
the rest equal to 0.
8.3. Final global risk map
which will be drawn from
the sum of the two summer
(estate) and winter (inverno)
maps.
The database allows the
topographical structure of spatial
information layers and classes
topologically linked to one
another, such interaction should
guarantee the complete digital
view of
the ground.
Entity Attribution Primary Key
Services
Paths
Public
Transport
Stops
Car Parks
-Shape
- Nome
- Address
- Typology
- Opening Hours
- Closing Hours
- Politecnico’s Entry
- Entrance Code
- Type of Sport
- Shape
- Politecnico’s
Entrance Code
- Typology
- Lenght
- Shape
- Typology
- ID Public Transport
- Timetable
- Shape
- Address
- Area
- Typology
ID services
ID paths
ID stops
ID car parks
Differential correction and export
to shape file by Mobile Mapper
Office which permits to increase
the precision performing a relative
positioning with respect to a
permanent station connected to
the Internet. Lombardy Region
disposes a network of stations
accessible to public, the station on
Nave building (Bonardi Street,
Politacnico) was chosen because
of its nearness to the area of relief.
Later, transforming the shapefile
into another reference system
(from WGS84 into
Gauss_Boaga/Roma40) by using
VertoGis software make the
outcome now utilizable in ArcGIS.
Relation 1:N
Relation 1:1
Relation N:M
Relation 1:N
Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) designed by "RISE Editor" program
There is at least one path that is
connected to one or more stops
It is possible that there is a path with
no corresponding stop
Relationt 1: N between two tables is
determined by the extension
"relate".
Relate’s operation is not visible by
checking fields in a table as Join’s
operation.
however, once you make a 1:N
relation between two tables and
query datas, you can see also the
fields of the table put in relation
with.
Here the “Relate” applied between
"paths" and "stops" tables is to
make this relation in suche a way
that choosing a path, through the
extension "relate", we would be able
to see the stops that are connected
to that specific path.
Finally, it is possible to visualize the departure and arrival time of each associated public transport. To do this,
an additional field has been added to the table of "fermate" (stops) containing links saved on the same folder in
which the GIS file of work is saved. So clicking on one stop the time table associated to it will be rendered and
appeared.

DRAWING
Drawing is one of the most important parts in my
individual life since it’s almost more than 8 years I am
drawing. I had two exhibitions in Tehran once I finished
my first bachelor (Tehran Art University) and I continued
drawing also after coming to Milan during these
five years.
In following pages, there are shown only a few of my
recent drawing.

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