Personal Details Surname:        Kamrani            Name:             Avideh E-mail: Avidehkamraniiust.ac.ir Present Position: Assistant Professor Ph.D. Urban design and planning at Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, 2015

Education and Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Urban design and planning, Iran University of science and Technology, Dissertation: Factors for conveying messages in place.
• M.A. in Urban design, Iran University of science and technology, Dissertation: Urban semiotics.
• B.A. in Architecture, Islamic Azad University, the central branch of Tehran. Dissertation: Home – Office Design.

Employment

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Studies, Iran University of Science and Technology.

• Editorial board member, Scholink Publishing, Journal of Urban Studies and Public Administration.

Teaching Experiences

• Assistant professor At Islamic Azad University, central branch of Tehran. Department of Architecture. 2019.

Courses: Design studio – housing complex
 

• Assistant professor At Iran university of science and technology.Department of architecture. 2017 – till now

Courses: Basics of building renovation, Introduction to urban renovation, urban regeneration, urban fabric design studio, urban regeneration, Architectural complexes design studio, Infill Development
 

• Assistant professor At Islamic Azad University, south branch of Tehran.Department of Architecture. 2010 -2019.

Courses: Semiotics in space-Historical study of Cities in Iran-Architectural design 5-Architectural design 3-Architectural design 2-Basics of design 2-Urban space analysis-Human, nature, and architecture-Professional English in use: architecture-Basics of Building renovation
 

• Assistant professor At Islamic Azad University, South branch of Tehran.Department of urban design and planning. 2013 – 2014

Courses: Professional English in use: urban design - Urban design spatial primitives
 

• Assistant professor At Islamic Azad University, west branch of Tehran. Department of architecture. 2010 – 2011

Courses: Urban space analysis- Physical planning
 

• Workshop instructor At Vartan house of architecture.2016

Courses: Basics of Semiotics - Advanced Semiotics
Selected Written Works
Peer-reviewed publications: (ISI,ISC)
 

• The meaning of place, a constant or changing quality? Space Ontology International Journal, Vol.5, No.2, P.43-47.

 

• Explaining New Towns in terms of the meaning of place, using semiotics European International Journal of natural and Social Sciences, Vol.5, No.3, P.129-134.

 

• Place semantics based on Lynch, Rapoport, and Semiotics viewpointsEuropean International Journal of natural and Social Sciences, Vol.5, No.3, P.82-90.

 
Conference publication
 

• Place semantics based on Semiotics and other viewpoints The first annual conference of architecture, urban planning, and urban management. Oral presentation, Yazd-Iran.

 

• How the meaning worked for vernacular architecture, Profiting semiotic The national conference of native architecture & Urbanism of Iran.-Poster presentation, Yazd-Iran.

 

• Morphology and energy consumption in the city 4th international congress on Sustainable development-Oral presentation, Shiraz-Iran.

 

• Systematic view point to the city 3rd international conferences on civil engineering, Architecture, and Urban design-Poster presentation, Tabriz- Iran.

 

• The  comparative semantics study between the space-oriented architecture and the mass-oriented architecture, using the semiotic approach 3rd international conferences on troglodytic Architecture -Abstract accepted, Hamedan-Iran.

 

• Semiotic Approach to Socialist-Communist Cities The 3rdInternational Conference of Aesthetic Energy of the City, Urban Polarities.Oral presentation, Lodz, Poland.

 

• Semiotic analysis on Iran’s historic urban fabric The International conference on semiotics and social subjects. Poster presentation, Tehran-Iran.

 

• Assessment and evaluation of spatial justice from the perspective of access to urban services Case study of District 1 of Karaj metropolis - Fourth National Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Planning - Shirvan - Iran - July 2019

 

• Study of the role of citizens in the performance of smart cities - International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture, Development and Reconstruction of Urban Infrastructure in Iran - Tehran - Iran - July 2020

 

• Investigating the Role of Historical Monuments in the Identity of Cities - 5th International Conference on Research in Science and Engineering and 2nd International Congress on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Planning in Asia - Bangkok - Thailand - August 2020

 

• Study of the effect of physical-population density of cities on the development of Covid 19 in intensive cities - First Engineering and Technology Conference - Tabriz - Iran - December 2020

 

• Culture, history and environment of structural elements meaningful to urban signs - First Engineering and Technology Conference - Tabriz - Iran - December 2020

 

• A Review of the Concepts of Collective Memory, Tradition and Crisis of Contemporary Society - National Conference on Civil Architecture, Urban Planning and Horizons of Islamic Art in the Statement of the Second Step of the Revolution - Tabriz - Iran - May 2021

 

• A Review of the Effects of Tourism Development from the Perspective of Sustainable Development - National Conference on Urban Architecture, Urban Planning and Horizons of Islamic Art in the Second Step Statement of the Revolution - Tabriz - Iran - May 2021

 

• Investigation of Traditional Water Assistance Systems in Desert Villages of Iran, In Order to Reduce Water Consumption and Productivity of Agricultural Products - 4th International Conference on Engineering Sciences - Kerbala University – Iraq – Dec 2020 - (Abstract accepted)