Abbas GhaffariArchitect · Computational Design · Digital Fabrication

01 Atlas / Practice overview

Architecture as a system of matter, culture, and making.

Selected Work

02 / Selected work

Four fields of practice,
one connected body of work.

Projects are organized through Architecture, Computational Design, Fabrication, and Research. Each work can belong to more than one field, revealing the connections between design intent, method, material, and evidence.

AG / 01
012025New Orleans / Mexico City

Bio-Enhanced Shellular Structures

A hybrid shell that couples a discretized timber frame with robotically printed bio-material layers.

Research
AG / 02
022025–26Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans

URBANbuild 21

Two attached shotgun homes carried from neighborhood research and design through permit documents, hands-on construction, and community opening.

ArchitectureFabrication
AG / 03
032026New Orleans

Hygroscopic Envelope

3D-printed ceramic façade units that turn a building envelope into a stormwater detention system.

Research
AG / 04
042026French Quarter, New Orleans

Pixel Matrix / PMF

A pixel-based morphology framework for comparing courtyard form, enclosure, porosity, and connectivity.

Research
AG / 05
052025Tulane University

Parametric Patternmaking

Iranian geometric systems translated into contemporary wearables and spatial artifacts through digital fabrication.

Research
AG / 06
062024New Orleans

Fragments in Symbiosis

An urban intervention where inhabitable columns negotiate public space, program, structure, and climate within New Orleans’ layered fabric.

ArchitectureComputational Design
AG / 07
07Selected workMeygoon, Iran

Meygoon Villa

A residential project organized around topography, framed views, and the sequence between interior space and landscape.

Architecture
AG / 08
082025–26French Quarter, New Orleans

NOLA Hostel

A five-story hostel translating French Quarter block, courtyard, and solid–void morphology into a contemporary collective-living model.

Architecture
AG / 09
09OngoingSelected hand drawings

Sketches

A curated collection of hand sketches tracing spatial ideas, formal studies, details, and early architectural intuitions.

Architecture
AG / 10
102025Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans

UrbanBuild Proposal

An early design proposal developed during the research and schematic phase of the UrbanBuild studio.

Architecture
AG / 11
11Selected workEnvelope study

Breathing Façade

An envelope study exploring depth, porosity, light, airflow, and the façade as an environmental interface.

Architecture
AG / 12
12Competition14th Mirmiran Award

Human Space

A conceptual architecture entry developed for the 14th Mirmiran competition on the theme of Human Space.

Architecture
AG / 13
13CompetitionArchitecture competition

Fashion Meets Architecture

An architectural competition proposal exploring the encounter between fashion and architecture as spatial disciplines.

Architecture
AG / 13A
13A2025Tulane University · Thesis

Architecture-Informed Fashion Design

A thesis investigating how architectural principles, geometry, and spatial thinking can become a system for fashion design.

Computational DesignResearch
AG / 14
14Selected workConcept design

Tree House

A compact architectural study examining dwelling, elevation, structure, and proximity to the tree canopy.

Architecture
AG / 15
15Selected workResidential concept

House of No Window

A residential concept centered on privacy, controlled light, internal orientation, and alternatives to the conventional exterior window.

Architecture
AG / 16
16Selected workGeometric study

Dynamic Domes

A geometric exploration of dome transformation, variation, and the architectural potential of dynamic surface systems.

ArchitectureComputational Design
AG / 17
17Selected workBrick fabrication study

Fa"BRICK"ation

A fabrication-led investigation using the brick as both a material unit and a generator of assembly logic.

FabricationComputational Design
AG / 18
18Built workKerman, Iran

Kerman Portal

A large-scale metal entrance portal developed through architectural design, detailing, fabrication, and assembly.

Fabrication
AG / 19
19Selected workTimber assembly

Equilibrium Timber Body

A timber investigation centered on balance, bodily scale, structural behavior, and the logic of assembly.

FabricationComputational Design
AG / 20
202024–25New Orleans

Robotic Bio-Based Printing

Robotic extrusion research combining chitosan, cellulose, wood powder, and other bio-based additives into printable architectural material systems.

FabricationComputational Design
AG / 21
21Selected workMaterial textile study

Bio-Based Knitting

A material and textile exploration connecting bio-based matter with knitted organization, flexibility, and spatial performance.

FabricationComputational Design
AG / 22
22Selected workResponsive system

Interactive Façade

A responsive envelope exploration connecting physical components, interaction, movement, and architectural performance.

Fabrication
AG / 23
23Selected workIndependent project

GIS

An independent fabrication project whose full title, system, and material logic will be developed from the original documentation.

Fabrication
AG / 24
24Selected workIndependent project

Shell

An independent shell project exploring form, material, assembly, and the relationship between surface and structure.

Fabrication

03 / Narrative structure

A portfolio read as
a practice in motion.

03A / Computational Design

Computation is the instrument, not the subject.

Show the rule before the image. Each computational project should reveal the input, the transformation, and the decision the model made possible.

  1. 01Define the system
  2. 02Expose the variables
  3. 03Compare outcomes

Projects to featureArchitecture-Informed Fashion Design (Thesis) · Dynamic Domes · Fragments in Symbiosis · Equilibrium Timber Body · Robotic Bio-Based Printing · Bio-Based Knitting · Fa"BRICK"ation

04 / Profile + resume

Designer, researcher,
educator, and maker.

I am an Iranian architect working across computational design, material research, digital fabrication, and full-scale construction. My work connects cultural geometry with contemporary tools and treats making as a way of thinking.

Master of Architecture

Tulane University · New Orleans

NAAB-accredited degree; computational design, design-build, research, and digital fabrication.

Research · Teaching · Fabrication

Tulane School of Architecture

Research assistant, Design Media teaching assistant, woodshop technical aide, and UrbanBuild participant.

Architecture Educator

University of Art · Tehran

Seven years teaching representation, design studios, digital tools, interior architecture, and thesis.

Architectural Practice

Iran

Residential, cultural, workplace, interior, façade, fabrication, and competition projects from concept through delivery.

BaseNew Orleans, LA
FocusGeometry · Matter · Making
Teaching7+ years
Practice12+ years