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Nicolas Turchi is a designer currently working at Zaha Hadid Architects and a Digital Futures PhD scholar at Tongji University. Nicolas holds a Master in Architecture II from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Bologna. He has worked for several firms including Eisenman Architects, Xefirotarch, Mario Cucinella Architects and 5+1AA. Nicolas is particularly interested in emergent technologies and how they affect the theoretical aspect of the discipline. Nicolas has also been studying the relationship between architecture and philosophy and graduated with a thesis on Time and Space in architecture, influenced by the thoughts of Henri Bergson and Edmund Husserl.

I am intrested in architectural heritage, historical buildings rehabilitation and cultural landscape (urbanism). I am also intrested in cities of culture and its projection on social development and sustainable tourism.

Nima Keivani is an award-winning professional Iranian architect, who has found his own architectural firm,” Keivani Architects”, with his brother, Sina Keivani, Since 2009. He graduated in master of architecture and master of architectural and urban heritage conservation. After publishing their projects worldwide, their practice received international attention in architectural magazines, books, and websites such as Ifeng space Book - Tianjin Ifeng Space Media Co., Ltd- January. 2018-Taiwan, International Architect magazine- Issue January – 2018- Dubai, Industria delle Costruzioni magazine- December -2017- Italy, Domus Design magazine- Mar 2017, Manual Of Industrial Interior Design - Phoenix Publishing & Media Group- July 2017 – China, BOB International magazine of Space Design- Issue 150-2017/ South Korea, MINI Building book – Issue 4- 2016 -South Korea, AMBIENTES Magazine, a Latin American publication based in Chile- Aug 2016, Cover of Touch Decor magazine, an English high quality pan Arab magazine- October 2016,  VAMP magazine- Issue 25- Dec 2016- Italy, Cover of XXI International Architecture magazine- Issue 152 – 2016 – Turkey, and so on.

His works also were exhibited in Modern & Contemporary Architecture of Iran in Tokyo May 2018, and GAP 2017 Melbourne University School of design. He also has some participating in competitions with several architectural firms as the design architect.

He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Nominee of Aga khan awards for architecture | Pardis khaneh, Orsi khaneh projects| Switzerland | 2019,

International Finance | Fastest Growing Architecture Company in Iran | England | 2018,

Middle East Award | Orsi khaneh | Best residential project of the year| Dubai | 2017,

 Interior Goda Awards | Mehr Khaneh | Third place | Ukraine | 2017,

 Europe Architecture Awards | Transformable House | Finalist | Berlin | 2017,

 A’ Design Award | Mehr Khaneh | Silver medal | Italy | 2017,

Asia Architecture Awards | Orsi Khaneh | Finalist and candidate | Berlin | 2017,

ARCHMARATHON | Mega Mall | Finalist and candidate |Italy | 2016,

 Iranian interior design | Mehr Khaneh | Honorable Mention | Iran | 2016,

A’ Design Award | Orsi Khaneh | Bronze medal | Italy | 2016,

 Residential Architecture | Orsi Khaneh | Honorable Mention | USA | 2016,

 Asia Pacific property Awards | Orsi Khaneh | Honorable Mention | 2016,

Inspireli Awards | Orsi Khaneh | 2 Place Iran | 2016,

Grand Me’mar Awards | Finalist | 2015,

Nominee of Aga khan awards for architecture | Khanat | Switzerland | 2013.

And so on.

He was also the lecturer in different workshops and master classes in Europe and Middle East and Asia universities and architecture associates.

Their designed Projects have been involved in various ranges of Architecture such as residential complexes, commercial buildings and restoration of architectural Heritage. Aesthetic, function, Genius loci and Vernacular Architecture have been considered in the base of their design process.

Nima Keivani practice has been concentrating on spiritual dimension of architecture, in which the creation of meaningful, enriched, and innovative spaces is remarked as a significant task. Relying on their theoretical and practical experiences, his design team utilizes up-to-dated methods and technologies to actualize the generated ideas, in which social, environmental and economic sustainability is in the core. His creativity and ideas is usually influenced by regional culture and environmental circumstances, which in a global scale, make their practice novel, unique, and useful for human society.

In his point of view, architecture should be considered in urban context, so social sustainability and its relationship with quality of urban spaces is one of the main subject of his papers in journals.

Architecture should be like art . It is beautiful or not, you like it or not. Whit out any explaining why it looks like this , because of the impact on environment or because of some sociological aspects or ...