PORTFOLIO Maziar

MAZIAR QASEMINEJAD
Architectural Designer
POrtfolio
Creativity for Sustainability
Maziar studied Bachelors and Masters of
Architectural Engineering from the highest
ranked university in Iran and has participated
in many projects in his professional
life cycle. In all of these years he has been
practing as a Designer committed to cultural
and environmental issues.
This PORTFOLIO shows some of his projects
related to Natural or Cultural heritage.
Maziar is a known name in Iran in the field
of geoparks, which is a new Program of
UNESCO besides World Heritage Sites and
Biosphere Reserved.
He immigrated to Canada looking for a
fresh air and to entering to a wider horizon
and brighter future. In this booklet you will
see few of his projects related to natural
or cultural heritage.
AUG 2019
Photos of project #7: Khaleq Taheri exept page 7-3 (before)
Photo on page 3-2: Ali Farmani
Portfolio Design and rest of photos: Maziar Qaseminejad

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Geopark VISITOR CENTRE (g1)
QESHM ISLAND UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
COMPLETED: OCT 2012
IN 2016 GEOPARKS BECAME ONE OF THE PROGRAMS OF UNESCO BESIDES WORLD HERITAGE & BIOSPHERE RESERVED.

Qeshm Island located in a
very hot and humid region,
so the buildings consume
large amounts of energy
for chilling. My design dramatically
reduced the power
demand of the building
because I applied some basic
passive climatic design
techniques, such as:
• natural ventilating,
• sun light controlling and
using daylight
• utilizing energy of soil,
• installing double glazed
windows,
• collecting rainfall
and drained water of
air-conditioners,
• isolating of all outer
walls and the roof
The main function of the
building is serving visitors
who come to this picturesque
area, collecting
information about other
wonders of the island and
the Geopark.
Three local women manage
the building and its yard, so
they are allowed to sell the
handicrafts of the ladies in
the island to the tourists.
The building presents information
about the island
including the concept of
Geopark and covers their
daily needs. It is probably
the only sustainable modern
structure within the
island.
The project was selected
by the government as
an exhibit in 56th Venice
International Biennale of
Arts, 2015.
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The building is located in the entrance space of a Geosite
in which is a must-see destination for visitors in
a high-sensitive landscape. So, respecting the surrounding
areas I hid it in a geological bowl not to distract
the photos by the visitors.
SITE PLAN

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Geopark VISITOR CENTRE (g7)
QESHM ISLAND UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
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Simulation of persian garden
PAVILION OF IRAN at BIT- 2016, MILAN, ITALY
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BIT is one of the biggest exhibitions on
Tourism Industry in the world. Our firm
was invited to creative a concept that
shows the attractions of new Iran. I
took the idea from the symbol of paradise,
Persian gardens which were
historically closed to ordinary people
for centuries, although they started to
opened from 1900’s when the power of local governors declined. I lifted the traditional
walls and put the information desks of the entities to communicate with
their clients.
The kiosk in the middle of the garden represents the vital springs and recalls the
importance of water as the most important element of Persian gardens. The water
was moving down until the main entrance where it absorbed the business people
inside, towards the VIP room on the kiosk. The fact that we used real water and
cedar, gave a dramatic feeling of Iranian tradition to the booth, according to the
visitors.
I used this concept to show European visitors
that with the gates being opened, it was the
time to visit Iran.

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revitalizing a forgotTEN fort of portuguESE
QESHM ISLAND, IRAN, 2011
The fort remains from 4 centuries ago as
one of the important forts to control Hormuz
strait. It has become an urban problem
and the neighbors were always complaining
to the local government that it should be
demolished. So an archeological team started
excavating it, they found some materials
that told us interesting stories.
Then the local government hired our firm to
propose an idea to preserve the fort and
we proposed to revitalize it to attract tourists.
Most parts of the designed trails were
never constructed because of lack of management
but the fort opened to visitors and
is an important tourist destination of the
island today.

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PLAYGROUND, traditional wooden ships
Design with PeopleQESHM ISLAND, IRAN, 2017
A THEMATIC PLAYGROUND, QESHM ISLAND, IRAN
ARCHITECT: MAZIAR QASEMINEJAD @ RECS Intl. Inc. 2017 This playground is located within
an open-air museum recently
implemented with support from
JICA. I designed this playground
with local carpenters to increase
their self-awareness about
their own assets and values and
The Project funded
by the Government of
Japan and supported by
the local Government of
Iran (Qeshm Geopark),
within a Pilot Project
titled “Open Air
Museum of Sailing and
Traditional Wooden Ship
Building in Qeshm Island”.
It had persuaded the
local community to understand,
proud of, and
preserve their unique
ancestor’s skills as a
strong heritage and asset,
instead of copying
neighboring villages.
Sailing and shipbuilding
in the Persian Gulf is
an intangible heritage,
under the auspice of
UNESCO, that rooted in
6,000 years of history.
I proposed and designed
Preliminary design
changed during construction
to adhere to the
concept of Desgin with
People!
transfer it to next generation.
The other reason was to welcome
women to the shipyards
that are traditionally banned to
the women. Today, the women
have started to sell their handicrafts
and snacks to the tourists
in the facilities next to the playground.
I used wooden materials
to enable them to show them
their skills that can also be applied
to other industries such as
construction sectors.
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this playground
as one of my
tasks under my
assignment as
a JICA Project
expert. The idea
was to involve
the local carpenters
from the
planning stage
until construction
and operation.
Thanks to those
activities, the
income of villagers
increased
3 times, and now
they are confident,
to establish
a big sailing
cruise.
They’re looking
for funds
to complete the
project including
the revitalization
of
the water reservoir,
installing
the sails
and slides, and
planting the
trees.
The background
photo shows inside
of a real
under-construction
ship in the
museum.

NEW city hall inside a world heritage SITE
MAZANDARAN, IRAN, 2015
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Persian Gardens are
listed in UNESCO WHS.
This garden is attached
to one of the
nine gardens of the
list. The project did
not proceed because
the new councils believed
the building
should be located in
front of the garden,
but Department of
Heritage disagreed.
I drew all the 3Ds by
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Lightening and beautiFication of
a rural CULTURAL landscape
LOFT VILLAGE, QESHM ISLAND, IRAN, 2002 & 2003
This project was
delivered to prepare
Loft village
to host the 1 st
and 2 nd festivals
of art and
culture of the
coast-dwellers in
Persian Gulf.
Our firm was in
charge of studying
and finding a
solution to make
the whole village
a kind of stage
for the activities
by the art or performance
groups.

I lived 4 months in a local home to design in-site and lead
the construction team, at the same time. It was a very successful
project and Loft is a well-known rural destination in
Iran thanks to the that festivals. The Department of Heritage
listed the village as a Landscape Heritage Site and assigned
good budget for its development, few years after our project
was broadcast by media.
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PUBLICATIONS
Author of “Qeshm Eco-Island Master Plan for Next Generation, Plan 2036”
24 Pages, Mah-o-Ma, Tehran, Iran, 2018
A simplified form of the outputs of the Eco-Island Project for young students and others
Author of “Let’s Play in Intertidal Areas; A Handbook for Environmental Education Along Shoreline”
32 Pages, Mah-o-Ma, Tehran, Iran, 2018
Co-author of “Traditional Architecture on Qeshm Island, Iran; Wind Catchers of Qeshm Island and Yazd, A Comparison”
P49~ P53, (in English). 156 Pages, IVA-ICRA, Vienna, Austria, 2016
Author of “A Summary of Master Plan of Qeshm Island Geopark”
50 Pages, Mah-o-Ma, Tehran, 2013
Member of the Research Team of Students to collect data. Title: “Maisons d’Ispahan”
Maisonneuve et Larose Publication, Paris, 2001
The research done in between 1996 and 1999, I was a selected student from U of Tehran
Main author and research manager of “The Architecture of Loft Port, Qeshm Island”
132 Pages, Qeshm Free Area Publications, Tehran, 2000
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