I have a Master of Architecture degree and strong experience in design and production. My early work experience in architecture started in Iran and France. Over the last ten years, I have been working in Southern California and have worked with different architectural firms.
This diversity provided an opportunity to work on a variety of project types from commercial to multi-family residential (wrap,podium, and walk-up) as well as taking responsibility for a broad range of architectural processes. Responsibilities have included site analysis, yield studies, schematic design, design development, construction documents as well as participation in the preparation of RFPs.
To generate this work, I have utilized both hand drawing techniques and computer graphics including: PhotoShop, Illustrator, Indesign, SketchUp, Bluebeam, AutoCAD and Revit. I am also proficient in Microsoft Office.
Maryam Zahedi, LEED AP BD+C
Newman Garrison + Partners, Newport Beach, CA, US, Senior Designer
Duties included: Schematic design and design development on a variety of residential and mixed-use projects.
Selected projects include:
• Campanula Way, Temecula, CA 288 unit residential
• La Palma Apartments, Buena Park, CA 60 unit residential / workforce housing
Silber Architects, Fullerton, CA, US, Lead Designer
Duties included: site plan and yield studies; schematic design; RFP response; design development, and construction document packages; coordination of professional consultant team; agency approvals, and product research on a variety of residential, mixed-use and commercial projects.
Selected projects include:
• Cedar Gateway, San Diego, CA 65 unit apartments / low income / transitional housing (LEED / TCAC project)
• Purple Yoga, Long Beach, CA TI for a yoga studio
• Fountain Valley, RFP Site plan and Yield study
• Anaheim, RFP Site plan and yield study
Thomas Cox Architects, Irvine, CA, US, Designer
Duties included: Planning, site analysis, schematic design, design development, and code research on a variety of residential and mixed-use projects.
Selected projects include:
• 7060 Hollywood, Hollywood, CA 125 unit residential / adaptive re-use
• Lincoln Station, Douglas County, CO 264 unit residential / wrap project
• Hope University, Fullerton, CA 462 unit dormitory and apartment master plan
RDC, Newport Beach, CA, US, Junior Designer
Duties included: Worked with studio director to prepare schematic design, construction documents, and presentation packages on a variety of retail projects.
Selected projects include:
• Van Buren Village, Riverside, CA 20 acre shopping center
• Bridgeport Village, Portland, OR 26 acre mixed-use project
Stoutenborough Inc. Architects and Planners, Newport Beach, CA , Junior Designer / Drafter
Duties included: Worked with studio director to prepare schematic design, construction documents, and presentation packages on a variety of retail projects.
Atelier Serge Santelli, Paris, FR, Junior Designer / Research Assistant
Duties included: Worked with studio director to prepare schematic design and research for a corporate project between the Ecole Architecture de Belleville and the University of Tehran.
Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette, Paris, FR, Masters, Garden, Landscape and Territory
212 AIA OC residential honor award for Cedar Gateway Apartments, Silber Architects, 1st Place
Agha-Khan Trust for Culture, 1st Place
Award for designing the Public Garden of Al-Azhar Park, Cairo, Egypt 1999 under the
directorship of Serge Santelli.
