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About Me

Sina is a graduate student of architecture at the University of Michigan. During his undergraduate studies at the National University of Iran, Sina became intimately involved in the field of Design Computing and Neuro-Architecture as intellectual ideas far ahead of current design practices in the region. As such, he built on his academic study in Architecture by designing a spatial component generating software and establishing a basis for further augmentation of this new realm of design, both inside and outside of Iran. He put his study to work by playing key roles in a Tehran-based consulting company, winning a design competition for a 3T MRI Clinical facility in Tehran, Iran in 2009.
Sina is currently studying the cognitive and behavioral aspects of architectural design at the Taubman college of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.

Location:
United States, Ann Arbor, MI
Current organization:
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Past organizations:
National University of Iran (SBU), Global Studio, United Nations Development Programme
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Building Modelling & Simulation, parametric design, Collective Design, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Sciences, Participatory Design, Data Processing
I am:
Architect, Brainstormer, Designer, Explorer, Idea generator, Inventor, Muslim, Photographer, Student, World traveler
Languages:
Persian, English, Arabic, Japanese
Universities:
National University of Iran (Sh Beheshti), University of Michigan
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More About Me

I'm passionate about

Changing the world, for the better.... by all means....in my case, through my design implementations.

An idea worth spreading

Changing how we, architects and designers, design our environment, with reference to our very own brain.

Talk to me about

how we've been designing during the past century, and how we should shape our future.

People don't know that I'm good at

tying architecture (design in general) with neuroscience (science in general) in a new and different way, still a long way from being a part of the design profession, but, we'll get there, trust me!

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  • A comment on Talk: Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work

    Nov 29 2010: Does he have any evidence for his 15 minutes worth of claims?
    It seems like it's only his personal interpretation of what work should be like, an I am guessing he is not a team-player based on his ideas. I have studied the social and spatial networks involved in organizational innovation and I can tell you that the current model of offices and organizational management is quite inefficient, but so is the model he is purposing.
  • +2

    A comment on Talk: Stacey Kramer: The best gift I ever survived

    Oct 9 2010: Treat every moment of your life, as though it's the last.
    Easy to say, but hard to act upon, unless you've been through what she's experienced, a gift.
  • +1

    A comment on Talk: Keith Barry: Brain magic

    Aug 14 2008: I agree that this was an appropriate performance as it was quite entertaining, but as a performance that somewhat seems "paraphysical" and "voodoo-like", it's just not up there with the brilliance associated with TED,
    and to Robert: Yes, TED is about thinking but this performance did not, in any way, encourage that, it was just meant to look amazing and breath-taking, specially the blind-fold driving stunt just went over-board with the "wooooo" it was anticipating.
    Bottom line, entertaining but not "TED-worthy".

  • A comment on Theme: New on TED.com

    Aug 8 2008: I agree with ed,
    It feels like being a TED-junkie, who's going through rehab!
    hope to see TED back on track soon, after all they did promise 5 TEDTalks per week!

  • A comment on Talk: Alison Jackson looks at celebrity

    Feb 4 2008: this was really provocative, in a interesting sense, although when we say "celebrity" it typically reminds me of "Britney Spears" or "Paris Hilton" or generally speaking the Hollywood kind of celebrities, but from Alison's perspective, it seem like the royal family or say, Elton John are considered celebrities, which in my opinion seems more appropriate as a British national, but not as much on a global scale...
    nonetheless, very provocative and gutsy! bravo!

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