I have two master's degrees (Architecture-Architecture and Architecture-Energy ). I am interested in design and ideation in architecture and study in the field of energy and currently, I am researching in the field of energy and sustainable architecture at Tehran University of Arts. My main interest is in the field of ideation and design of futuring structures with the approach of climatic and environmental challenges using biomimicry structure with a focus on the use of clean and renewable energy, and I am also interested to design for people in deprived areas using indigenous materials. Since 2018, I have participated in many international competitions and won more than 26 world architecture awards. Our team is the first Iranian team that was able to win the first place and the world grand prize of the 2022 VELUX biennial international competition at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Lisbon, Portugal. Also, I'm a 7-time World Architecture Community (WAC) Award winner.

personal:
- Participation in national and international architecture competitions
- Winner of more than 26 international awards
- The first Iranian team ranked 1st and won the world grand prize of the 2022 VELUX biennial
international competition at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Lisbon, Portugal
- Winner 7 cycles in World Architecture Community Award

Interviews:
-Interview with CBS News (USA)
-Broadcasting interviews on: CBS Mornings (New York, USA) - WFOR-TV (Miami, Florida,
USA) - KDKA (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) - WSPA-TV News Channel 7 (Carolina , USA) -
CBS Mornings (Minnesota, USA) - CBS News London Bureau (London, England)
-Interview with WELT news channel (Germany)
-Interview with TRT Haber news channel (Turkey)
-Interview with Aleph News (Romania)

Publishing projects in newspapers and magazines:
-Daily Mail newspaper (England)
-The Week monthly magazine (England)
-Printing a completely exclusive issue in the official newspaper Le Petit Quotidien
(France)
-telerjours magazine (France)
-Les Debrouillards monthly magazine (France)
-ohga digital magazine (Italy)

Publishing projects on international sites:
Publication of projects in more than 1000 internet sites in the world such as:
- ArchDaily - Designboom - Yahoo - Amazing Architecture - Yanko design - Mashable
- Young Journalists Club (Iran) - Ministry of Science, Research and Technology official site
(Iran) - Tehran University of Art official site

Honors & Awards:

• FLight (2022 – 2023)
(Team: Sajjad Navidi - Mahya Mousavi Sadr - Elham Bahadori)
- 1st place, Reginal Winner, Global Winner, International VELUX Awards, Copenhagen/Denmark, 2022
- Global winner in category; Daylight Investigations
- Regional winner in Eastern Europe Middle East in the category; Daylight Investigations

• Design of the post-earthquake temporary housing structure with participatory design approach (Case study lar city, Iran )(2018-2019)
- Winner, World Architecture Community Awards (33rd Cycle), Architectural Award, 2019
- 2nd Place (Student Category) & Honorable Mention, Radical Innovation Award, NYK/USA, 2020
- Honorable Mention, Golden Trezzini Award, Saint Petersburg/Russia, 2020
- Candidate Project, 2A Asia Architecture Award 2022

• Penguins Protection System (2020-2021)
- Finalist, FONDATION JACQUES ROUGERIE, Paris/French, 2020 - Finalist (shortlist)(Out of 1694 projects submitted and 150 selected projects) is one of the top 10 projects in the "Innovation for the Sea" category, by the "FONDATION JACQUES ROUGERIE", Paris/French.
- Special Mention, Golden Trezzini Award, Saint Petersburg/Russia, 2021

• Puffer Village (2021-2022)
- Finalist, FONDATION JACQUES ROUGERIE, Paris/French, 2021 - This project was one of the top 10 projects in 2021 (out of more than 2000 submitted projects and 150 selected projects) in the category of "Innovation related to sea level rise" by "FONDATION
JACQUES ROUGERIE" Paris / France
- Winner, World Architecture Community Awards (43rd Cycle), Architectural Award, 2023
- Special Mention, Golden Trezzini Award, Saint Petersburg/Russia, 2022
- Candidate Project, 2A Asia Architecture Award 2022

• Origins (2020-2021)
(Team: Sajjad Navidi - Hossein Mohammadpour)
- Winner, World Architecture Community Awards (37th Cycle), Architectural Award, 2021 (Selected both by the Wa Awards Jury and by the WAC members ratings.)
- Honorable Mention, Cool Abu Dhabi challenge, Abu Dhabi/ UAE, 2020 - This project was selected among 1,570 projects from around the world in the UAE's Cool Abu Dhabi Challenge international architecture competition in 2020.

• Home (2020-2021)
(Team: Sajjad Navidi - Hossein Mohammadpour)
- Winner, World Architecture Community Awards (35th Cycle), Architectural Award, 2020 (Selected both by the Wa Awards Jury and by the WAC members ratings.)
- Honorable Mention, National Competition for the Design of Temporary Housing After Natural Disasters, Tehran/ Iran, 2020

• bAll (2020-2021)
(Team: Sajjad Navidi - Hossein Mohammadpour)
- Winner, World Architecture Community Awards (35th Cycle), Architectural Award, 2020
- Candidate Project, International Garden Festival- Jardins de Métis, Québec, canada, 2020

• Life Light (2019-2020)
- Winner, World Architecture Community Awards (41st Cycle), Architectural Award, 2022
- Candidate Project, 2A Asia Architecture Award 2022
- Candidate Project, Clue Competition, 2019

• Subway station platform (Shanb-E-Ghazan, Tabriz City, Iran (2018-2019)
- Winner, World Architecture Community Awards (35th Cycle), Interior Design Award, 2020 (Selected both by the Wa Awards Jury and by the WAC members ratings.)

• Crafts Museum (Tehran, Iran) (2018-2019)
- Special Mention, Golden Trezzini Award, Saint Petersburg/Russia, 2021
- Candidate Project, 2A Asia Architecture Award 2022

• Paint Mask (2020-2021)
- Runner-Up, A’Design Award in “War on virus” category, 2020

• Choice (2020-2021)
- Runner-Up, A’Design Award in “War on virus” category, 2020

• I'm what you want... (2019-2020)
- Honorable Mention, Mirmiran competition "Dynamic Architecture", Tehran/ Iran, 2019

• The proposed design of the temporary structure of environmental advertising for the elections of the 11th term of the Islamic Council and the first mid-term of the 5th term of the Assembly of Leadership Experts - March 2019 (2020-2021)
- Honorable Mention, Tehran Beautification Organization, Iran, 2019

• Metis Smile (2021-2022)
- Candidate Project, International Garden Festival- Jardins de Métis, Québec, canada, 2021

Projects & Academic experiences
Volunteer activities

• Official invitation for graduate assistantships (GA) for Master of architecture in Hospitality
Design (HD) University of Nevada(UNLV), Las Vegas/USA - (2020-2021)
2014
• Teaching Assistant (TA), University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran - (2015 - 2016) -
(Architectural Design Class, Prof. Ali Javdani)

• Design participation design and implementation, Varzeqan, East Azerbaijan, Iran -(2013-2014)
- Nader Khalili's Super Adobe system, Temporary housing after the earthquake of 2012 in East
Azerbaijan - (SALAM Group, Leader Team: Prof. Mahdi Raeisi)

• Research and investigation, Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah, Iran - (2017 - 2018) - Kepar project,
temporary housing structure after the earthquake of 2016 Kermanshah - (SALAM Group, Leader
Team: Prof. Mahdi Raeisi)

Contact:

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/sajjad.nvd/
Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sajjad-navidi-1a89aa92/
Email
[email protected]

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