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Reza Salehi

Reza Salehi

Glendale, CA, US

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THESIS MODEL

The relationship between individuals and the aggregation of people in the pilgrimage can be correlated to the bits in a digital system. This project applies this principle of one to many to the aggregation of building elements and buildings that form the route of the pilgrimage architecturally. The potential of aggregation to create larger forms is leveraged in this project according to a discrete logic. Forms are amassed through a technique of combining smaller, self-similar components that have independent identities. This project positions calligraphy as an architectural material, building on its historical role as an ornament and as a means of articulating tectonic relationships through architectural surfaces. The discrete calligraphic forms have the potential to connect independent forms (components) in order to amass larger forms (super components).

 
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Status: School Project
My Role: Designer
Additional Credits: Advisor: Marcelin Gow