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Dr. Mostafa Akbari

PhD Architecture Alum, 2024
akbariae@design.upenn.edu
https://www.mostafaakbari.net/
Polyhedral Structures Lab (PSL)
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  • Architecture
  • PhD Architecture

Profile

Mostafa Akbari is a computational designer and researcher with a unique background in architectural design and computation. He is currently a PhD student in Computational Design and Advanced Manufacturing at the University of Pennsylvania. He previously earned a Master of Science in Design in Advanced Architectural Design (MSD-AAD) at the Weitzman School, where he also received one of the highest merit-based scholarships. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tehran and a Master of Architecture from the University of Shahid Beheshti.

His research interests consist of structural form finding utilizing 3D Graphic Statics and specially focused on Shellular Minimal Surfaces, which is a novel surface-based design language in the subject of Graphic Statics. He is also interested and has done research for many years in Digital Fabrication background, computational design, and human-computer interaction. He tries to explore contemporary architecture’s nascent opportunities to rethink tectonics and material systems within design due to the convergence of innovative developments in Robotic Fabrication, Computation, Mathematics, and Material Science. He has collaborated with renowned international offices such as Gensler and has design and construction experience as a freelance architect as well.

 

RECENT ARTICLES

  • Akbari, Mostafa, M. Akbarzadeh, Continuous Approximation of Shellular Funicular Structures. In proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium, Beijing, China 2022.  
  • Akbari, Mostafa, M. Akbarzadeh, On the Design of Shellular Funicular Structures. Structures, in progress, 2023.  
  • Akbari, Mostafa, Anvitha Sudhakar, Andrej Kusmrlj, M. Akbarzadeh, Simulating the Self-folding Behavior of Shell Structures. Science, in progress, 2023.  
  • Akbari, Mostafa, M. Mirabolghasemi, A. Akbarzadeh, M. Akbarzadeh, Strut-based Cellular to Shellular Funicular Polyhedral Materials. Advanced Functional Material, 2022.  
  • Z. Hsain, Mostafa Akbari, M. Akbarzadeh, J Pikul, Electrochemical Healing as an Alternative to Welding: A Framework for Full Strength Recovery in Fractured Metals. Advanced Materials, 2023.  
  • Hsain, Zakaria, Mostafa Akbari, Adhokshid Prasanna, Zhimin Jiang, Masoud Akbarzadeh, and James H. Pikul. "Electrochemical Healing of Fractured Metals." Advanced Materials (2023) DOI: 2211242.

 

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

  • M. Akbari, M. Akbarzadeh, “Continuous Approximation of Shellular Funicular Structures.” In Proceedings of the IASS Anual Symposium, Beijing, China 2022. 
  • Mostafa Akbari, Farzaneh Oghazian, Ji Yoon Bae, Felecia Davis, Laia Mogas-Soldevila, Masoud Akbarzadeh. "Bio-based Composite Spatial Shell Structures." International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), (2023).

Education

Master of Science in Design in Advanced Architectural Design (MSD-AAD), University of Pennsylvania
Master of Architecture, University of Shahid Beheshti
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tehran

Awards

2022 Shellular Funicular Structures research - featured on the cover page of Advanced Functional Material Journal

Work and Research

Image from Bio-Based Composite Spatial Shell Structures New research from the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory : Bio-based Composite Spatial Shell Structures
Mostafa Akbari IN THEIR OWN VOICE | Profiles in PhD Architecture Research Mostafa Akbari, Ph.D. Candidate

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