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Mahdi Alizadeh is an architect based in Portugal. He has graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (2022), with his thesis entitled "The Pursuit of Presence in Architecture: A Phenomenological Narrative of Naqsh-e-Jahan Square of Ispahan", for which he gained the full mark 20/20. Prior to his master's degree he completed his bachelor's studies at the Clermont-Ferrand School of Architecture (ENSA Clermont-Ferrand). During his master's degree, he also served as the student representative for two consecutive years in the Pedagogic Council (conselho pedagógico) of the faculty. In addition, Mahdi is the co-founder of architectural round-table talks by the name of Café com Esquissos, which focuses in bridging between academia and the practice of architecture. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. studies at FAUP, in the E profile, Theories and Practices of Project (Teoria e Práticas do Projecto). He also serves as the student's representative in the Doctoral Monitoring Committee (Comissão de acompanhamento do PDA). Since 2024, he has been integrated in the Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism (CEAU), as a collaborating researcher. Mahdi has a number of publications in international and national conferences, and has been writing continuously since 2022. He has worked in a number of architectural offices across Europe, gaining practical experience in various scales and projects. His main areas of research and interest include: Theory and History of Architecture; Urbanism; Portuguese Architecture; Modern Movement; Modernity; Heritage; Tradition; Italian Architecture; Interdisciplinary Studies; Cultural Studies; Fernando Távora; Ernesto Nathan Rogers; Álvaro Siza; Alberto Campo Baeza; Franco Purini; Eduardo Souto de Moura.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Mahdi Alizadeh

Nomes de citação

  • Mahdi Alizadeh
  • Mohammadmahdi Alizadeh

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
2619-4B66-2A86

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • up201802608@up.pt (Profissional)
  • mmalizadeh27@gmail.com (Pessoal)

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Humanidades - Artes - Arquitetura e Design

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Persa (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Francês Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Português Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Italiano Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Finlandês Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Árabe Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2023/09 - 2027
Em curso
Programa de Doutoramento em Arquitetura (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2022
Concluído
Arquitectura (Mestrado)
Especialização em Sem especialização
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
"The Pursuit of Presence in Architecture: A phenomenological narrative of Naqsh-e Jahan square of Ispahan" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Mestrado: 16/20 Dissetação: 20/20
2020/09/01 - 2021/07/01
Concluído
Regeneración Urbana, Rehabilitación y Diseño (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade de Salamanca, Espanha

MADIN, Espanha
2019
Concluído
licence d'architecture (Bachelor (1.º ciclo de estudos))
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Clermont-Ferrand, França
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2024/02/20 - Atual Investigador (Investigação) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal

Cargos e Funções

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2024/11/09 - Atual Doctoral Candidates´ Representative Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Comissão de Acompanhamento do PDA (Doctroal Monitoring Committee), Portugal
2024/01/06 - Atual Architect MVCC Arquitectos, Portugal
2023/06 - 2024/02 Architect Harni-Takahashi Architecture & Design, Finlândia
2020/09/01 - 2021/07/01 Student Representative of the Second year of Master (Quinto Ano) in the Pedagogic Council Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/07/01 Student Representative of the First year of Master (Quarto Ano) in the Pedagogic Council Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/05/01 Intern Architect Sylvie Soulas Architectes, França
2016/06/01 - 2016/09/01 Intern Architect VLC Urban Studio, Espanha
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência
  1. Mahdi Alizadeh; Clara Pimenta do Vale; Kholopova, Anastasiia. "Pre-existent Environments and the Questions of Circumstance: Rethinking Tradition as a Paradigm of Sustainability in the Contemporary Architectural Discourse". Trabalho apresentado em 11th International Conference on New Trends in Architecture and Interior Design, Bologna, 2025.
    No prelo
  2. Mahdi Alizadeh; Clara Pimenta do Vale; Kholopova, Anastasiia. "Time, Memory and Experience in the Crafting of Space: Two examples, Fernando Távora and Ernesto Nathan Rogers". Trabalho apresentado em 11th International Conference on New Trends in Architecture and Interior Design, Bologna, 2025.
    No prelo
  3. Mahdi Alizadeh; Viegas, Luís Sebastião da Costa. "The Freedom of Constraints: Insights from the Innovative Housing Projects of Caccia Dominioni". Trabalho apresentado em MAIS DO QUE CASAS STARBURSTING, Porto, 2025.
    Publicado
  4. Mahdi Alizadeh; Viegas, Luís Sebastião da Costa; CARDOSO, Rui Américo. "Inhabiting the Future: Crafting Architecture (in) The Body, (in) The Home, (in) The City, (in) the Cosmos". Trabalho apresentado em 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL PRACTICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, Dubai, 2024.
    Publicado
  5. Mahdi Alizadeh; Clara do Vale; Kholopova, Anastasiia. "The Pursuit of Presence in Siza's Architecture; A Phenomenological Narrative of Piscina das Marés". Trabalho apresentado em European Research On Architecture And Urbanism International Conference, Milão, 2024.
    Publicado
  6. Mahdi Alizadeh; Clara Pimenta do Vale. "Dynamic Symmetry, Harmony, and Balance in Nagsh-E- Jahan Square of Isphahan". Trabalho apresentado em Symmetry: Art and Science | 12th SIS-Symmetry Congress, Porto, 2022.
    Publicado • https://doi.org/10.24840/1447-607X/2022/12-12-104
Resumo em conferência
  1. Mahdi Alizadeh. "Urbanisation in Emerging Economies: A Reading of Urban Policies in the Southern Zone of the Persian Gulf". Trabalho apresentado em Finnish Institute in the Middle East, Tampere, 2024.
    Publicado
Tese / Dissertação
  1. Mohammadmahdi Alizadeh. "The Pursuit of Presence in Architecture: A phenomenological narrative of Naqsh-e Jahan square of Ispahan". Mestrado, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/147945.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2025/04/27 Time, Memory and Experience in the Crafting of Space: Two examples, Fernando Távora and Ernesto Nathan Rogers. Scheduled Presentation 11th International Conference on New Trends in Architecture and Interior Design
(Bologna, Itália)
2025/04/27 Pre-existent Environments and the Questions of Circumstance: Rethinking Tradition as a Paradigm of Sustainability in the Contemporary Architectural Discourse. Scheduled Presentation 11th International Conference on New Trends in Architecture and Interior Design
2025/02/12 The Freedom of Constraints: Insights from the Innovative Housing Projects of Caccia Dominioni MAIS DO QUE CASAS STARBURSTING
(Porto, Portugal)
2024/09/26 Inhabiting the Future: Crafting Architecture (in) The Body, (in) The Home, (in) The City, (in) the Cosmos 8th International Conference on Global Practice of Multidisciplinary Scientific Studies
(Dubai, Itália)
2024/06/19 The Pursuit of Presence in Siza's Architecture; A Phenomenological Narrative of Piscina das Marés European Research On Architecture And Urbanism International Conference
(Milan, Itália)
2024/06/11 Urbanisation in Emerging Economies: A Reading of Urban Policies in the Southern Zone of the Persian Gulf The Seventh Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies
(Tampere, Finlândia)
2022/11/16 The Pursuit of Presence in Architecture: A phenomenological narrative of Naqsh-e Jahan square of Ispahan Master´s Thesis Defence
(Porto, Portugal)
2022/04/15 Dynamic Symmetry, Harmony, and Balance in Naqsh-E-Jahan Square of Ispahan Symmetry: Art and Science | 12th SIS-Symmetry Congress
International Society for Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry (Porto, Portugal)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)
Instituição / Organização
2022/04/22 - 2022/04/22 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Christian Kircher from Smartvoll Architekten, based in Vienna. (2022/04/22 - 2022/04/22)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2022/04/14 - 2022/04/14 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Fabio Gramazio, co-founder of Gramazio Kohler Research, based in Zurich. (2022/04/14 - 2022/04/14)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2022/03/25 - 2022/03/25 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Martin Neuwirther, Project Manager at Baumschlager Eberle Architekten. (2022/03/25 - 2022/03/25)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2022/03/22 - 2022/03/22 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Andre Kempe, co-founder of Atelier Kempe Thill, based in Rotterdam. (2022/03/22 - 2022/03/22)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2022/03/18 - 2022/03/18 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Philippe Nathan, Partner at 2001 Studio, based in Esch-Alzette. (2022/03/18 - 2022/03/18)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2022/03/04 - 2022/03/04 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Christopher Zeller, co-founder of Zeller & Moye, based in Berlin. (2022/03/04 - 2022/03/04)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2021/06/18 - 2021/06/18 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Dr.Juhani Pallasmaa, Finnish Architect, Author and Theoretician, based in Helsinki (2021/06/18 - 2021/06/18)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2021/06/04 - 2021/06/04 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Samppa Lappalainen, CEO at JKMM, based in Helsinki. (2021/06/04 - 2021/06/04)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2021/05/21 - 2021/05/21 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Patrcik Lueth, partner at Snohetta, based in Oslo. (2021/05/21 - 2021/05/21)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2021/05/07 - 2021/05/07 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Ted Schauman & Jonas Nordgren, co-founders of Schauman Nordgren Architects, based in Helsinki and Copenhagen. (2021/05/07 - 2021/05/07)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2021/04/23 - 2021/04/23 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Rahel Belatchew, founder of Belatchew Arkitekter, based in Stockholm. (2021/04/23 - 2021/04/23)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2021/04/16 - 2021/04/16 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks. Invited guest: Ville Hara, co-founder of Avanto Architects, based in Helsinki. (2021/04/16 - 2021/04/16)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal
2021/04/09 - 2021/04/09 Head of the round-table Café com Esquissos, Archi-Talks, in the opening sessions of the first cycle. Invited guest: Espen Surnevik, professor at Oslo School of Architecture (AHO) and founder of Espen Survenik Architects. From January 2020 to August 2021, Espen Surnevik was given the task of leading the Institute as the Head of the Institute of Architecture. (2021/04/09 - 2021/04/09)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
Café com Esquissos, Portugal

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento
Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2024/06/03 - Atual Correspondent Writer (relator) in Mais Do Que Casas, in the second encounter
Seminário
Mais Do Que Casas
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2022/05/24 - Atual Representative of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto in an event held by the European Commission, Portuguese Government, and The City of Porto in the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto
Conferência
The future of Europe and the youth: Sustainability, Climatic action, Digital transformation and Employment I O futuro da Europa e os jovens: sustentabilidade, ação climática, transformação digital e emprego
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2021/12/01 - Atual Representative of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto in the program "NEB goes South".
Conferência
Kilometer Zero Architecture
New European Bauhaus, Espanha
2024/01/29 - 2024/02/02 NADA NOVO / NO NEWS is an association that promotes the reuse of components and construction materials, and explores the cultural challenges of their application.
Oficina (workshop)
NadaNovo
2023/09/18 - 2023/09/24 Participating member of Harni-Takahashi Office in Tallin Design Festival The 18th Tallinn Design Festival was DESIGN 4.0. AI: Industrial (un)employment?. The hot topic of AI, its opportunities and threats to the design sector were addressed by Estonian and international experts.
Exposição
Tallin Design Festival
Tallin Design Festival, Estónia
2023/09/08 - 2023/09/17 Participating member of Harni-Takahashi Office in Helsinki Design Week. Helsinki Design Week presents new people and phenomena within design in cooperation with various partners. Established in 2005, Helsinki Design Week is the largest design festival in the Nordic countries. Helsinki Design Weekly is the leading design media in Finland, featuring phenomena, news and discussion related to design and architecture every week. Subscribe to Weekly newsletter here.
Exposição
Helsinki Design Week 2023
Helsinki Design Week, Finlândia

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

Disciplina Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2025/01/15 - 2025/01/15 Open Lecture. Tabula Rasa. Architecture, War and Peace: A Perspective on Coexistence and Common Memory in the Post-War Period TAPRI Tampere University, Finlândia
2024/02/28 - 2024/02/28 Open Lecture (Aula Aberta). The Tectonic Practice & the Multiplicity of the Body of Architecture Arquitetura (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2021/05/16 - 2021/05/16 Open Lecture. Architectural Pedagogy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Magister) Iranian Center of Architecture, Irão
Distinções

Outra distinção

2021 Project Selection in the yearly exhibition (ANUÁRIA); "Hisotry of Portuguese Architecture: Historic Study of Penas Roias"
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal