GhazalRefalian_PORTFOLIO-2021_

2008-2020
SELECTED WORKS
PORTFOLIO
GHAZAL REFALIAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHY
RESUME
PROFESSIONAL
NAVVAB DENTAL CLINIC
DENTAL CLINIC (ZAFAR)
TIRAJEH COMMERCIAL CENTER: FACADE DESIGN
LAVASAN VILLA
STAND DESIGN
COMPETITIONS
PERSIAN GULF DECK
GOLSHAHR PLAZA&MOSQUE
EILGOLI BRIDGE
NEWYORK TOWER
ACADEMIC
MASTER THESIS
BACHELOR THESIS
DELTA-Z
OPEN THESIS FABRICATION
OTHER ACITIVITIES
SCULPTURES
PATTERNITECTURE PROJECT
PUBLICATION

BIOGRAPHY
Barcelona, Spain
+34 644 543 041
+98 912 6390284
ghazal.refalian@gmail.com
www.ghazalrefalian.com
Ghazal Refalian is an architect and researcher with a master degree’s in the technology
of architecture who started her professional activities in 2005 and had collaborated
in various projects with a focus on computational design and design process,
Since 2013, she has focused on pattern art and the relations between digital
fabrication methods and pattern design in art and architecture which led her to
found Patternitecture platform, in order to facilitate research, design and
fabrication of pattern-based designs in built environments within curating biennial
events (exhibition and lecture series) in Tehran.
Ghazal joined Iaac (Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia) in the same
year to participate in open thesis research program due to work on a robotic
design fabrication project in Barcelona and now is a PhD candidate in
universitat politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), where explores new fabrication
techniques of geometrical patterns.

RESUME
EDUCATION
2018-Since now | PhD student in universitat politècnica de catalunya
Barcekona, Spain
2008-2010 | MASTER DEGREE in TECHNOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURE | Tarbiat Modares University
Tehran, Iran
2003-2008 | BACHELOR DEGREE in ARCHITECTURE | Art University of Tehran
Tehran, Iran
TEACHING
2006 since now |
3D MODELING AND RENDERING TUTOR
2008- 2010 | ART UNIVERSITY | Graduate student Instructor
2010 | 4 TAGH PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE FORUM |
“Geometry in architecture” workshop, Lecturer and instructor
“Natural proportion in architecture” workshop, Lecturer and instructor
COMPETITIONS
2018 | ILGuli bridge | National award
2018 | Golshahr plaza&mosque | National award
2015 | Qazvin Glass official building | National award
2013 | Millennium tower of Tehran | Façade competition |National award
2009 | Benetton awards | International award
2008 | Melli awards, honorable mention | National award
2007 | Newyork immigration museum | International award
2006 | Velux award, light for tomorrow | International award
2006 | IAACself-sufficient housing |
Design competition | International award
EMPLOYMENTS
2018 since now |
2018 | TARH KALOUT PARS | CONSULTING ENG. | Tehran, Iran | CAAD expert
2015-2017 |
2009- 2015 | TARH KALOUT PARS | CONSULTING ENG. | Tehran, Iran | Architect
2008 (6 month and further collaborations) | DIBA TENSILE ARCHITECTURE |Tehran, Iran |
3D Modelling and rendering
CM CREATIVE DESIGN AGENCY | Barcelona, Spain | Architect - 3D Artist
PARASTEH CORP. . | Tehran, Iran | Architect

FREELANCE PROJECTS
2015 | Panasonic retail store interior design
2015 | Je Gallery interior design | CONSTRUCTED
2014 | Niavaran residential building | CONSTRUCTED
2014 | Ajodanieh residential building | CONSTRUCTED
2013 | Kelardasht villa No.1 and No.2
2012 | Pak music interior design
2009 | Soltani residential buiding | CONSTRUCTED
2008 | Mazoochi meson interior design | CONSTRUCTED
2005 | Sa'adat Abad residential building | CONSTRUCTED
PUBLICATION
2006 | Berekley essay award, semi finalist “Nurturing a creature of nature”
2008 | Berkeley essay award, “Travel as a little traveler-The little prince”
2011 | Journal of Advanced Computer Science & Technology Research 1 (2)
“Architectural Design Process Simulation and Computer-Based
Modeling” | M Mahdavinejad, G Refalian
2011 | Journal of Iranian architecture and urbanism, 2
“Parametric design methods in design problem solving” | M Mahdavinejad, G Refalian
2013 | Azad University- Olom o Tahqiqat publication
BOOK: “Algorithmic Architecture” | M Mahdavinejad, G Refalian
ISBN: 978 964 10 2591 1
2017 | unpublished yet – abstract accepted by eCAADe 2018
topology-driven approach to the design of non-modular Muqarnas
A. Bahrami, G. Refalian, et al
ACTIVITIES
2004-2007 | Editorial director of Mehraz Magazine |
2008-2010 | Founder of 4 TAGH institute | research and educational based
2013 | Founder of BLUEROOM Design Studio |
2014 | INTERSELIGER YOUTH FORUM | Seliger, Russia
“Shape the world you dream of”, Participant
2017 | Founder of PATTERNITECTURE PLATFORM |
2017 | CURATOR: PATTERNITECTURE 1st EVENT | exhibition-lecture series-workshop
2019 | CURATOR: PATTERNITECTURE 2nd EVENT | exhibition-lecture series-workshop

SKILLS
Auto CAD - 2D and 3D
3D Studio Max - V-ray
Rhinoceros - Maxwell
Grasshoper
C#
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premier
CorelDraw
CorelStudio
Microsoft office
LANGUAGE
Persian
English
Spanish
(native)
(proficient)
(A2)
To access the full portfolio please visit:
https://issuu.com/ghazalrn/docs/portfolio-ghazalrefalian_2017-

PROFESSIONAL

divide in three phase which allow ongoing services of the main clinic. Design
process started with preparing main space for dental clinic. In this presentation
phase one is under contruction and phase two is on design process.
Design team decided to make a modern minimal space which provide tranquility
to clinic. Meanwhile, by establishing a soft pattern on the ceiling, bring the
ceiling to life and make a scene in front of the eyes of patients laying on the
units. This clinic is a mixture of soft waves, neutral colors and warmness of the
wood to meet the both client and user’s demands.

COMPETITIONS

To design Golshahr plaza, design team studied master plan to extract available
grids and networks. Green network, public space connections and access paths to
the site are three items, which projected on site plan and portrayed a geometrical
ical grid is used in three different scale to shape the design. Master plan scale,
site plan scale and building scale. On the building footprint, the grid achieved the
ed grid simultaneously provided form, structure and decoration of the building; a
ture.

To design Golshahr plaza, design team studied master plan to extract available
grids and networks. Green network, public space connections and access paths to
the site are three items, which projected on site plan and portrayed a geometrical
ical grid is used in three different scale to shape the design. Master plan scale,
site plan scale and building scale. On the building footprint, the grid achieved the
ed grid simultaneously provided form, structure and decoration of the building; a
ture.

ACADEMIC

OTHER ACITIVITIES

Patternitecture is an independent platform promoting capabilities of pattern
and aims to gather different approaches to the realm that can open up numer-

2008-2020
SELECTED WORKS
PORTFOLIO
GHAZAL REFALIAN