Ahmad Hesami

Architect and Painter

Tehran Defense Museum, 2005

Biography

Ahmad Hessami was born in Tehran, 1952.

In 1970, he moved to Italy, Florence, to study art and architecture.

In 1978, he received the doctor in architecture degree from University of Florence.

In 1979, he obtained the postgraduate diploma in restoration of historical monuments.

In 1979, he started to follow the Leonardo Savioli's studio and in the same time working and collaborating with arch Corradetti designing football stadium, sport centers cultural and commercial and residential buildings.

In 1984, he started to be interested to city environment and in particular way the relation between birds and city.

In 1988, he designed the pigeon towers for the city of Prato.

In 1985, he started to collaborate with Professor Paolo Galli in the Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence and in the same time working on several environmental ideas and designing different shops and galleries in Tuscany.

In 1981, he started to exhibit in different Italian cities, in Pisa was awarded in collage and painting.

presenting his ideas in art and architecture using the collage technique, collagen two different patterns and scales, one in natural environment, biological structure and another one the computer's cheap structure as the future combination of the biology and technology or biotechnology organism, which he foreseen as the new era.

In 1995 and 1997, he had two different shows in Florence presenting collage work, focusing on chaos theme.

In 1992, he designed a residential community for Iranian private company. 

Moving back to Iran, he started to collaborate with "Tarh va Abady" Consulting Architect & Eng, on Navab project, Niavaran residential high-rise and Iranian Achieve Building.

He designed residential commercial and cultural buildings; actually, he is teaching architecture in Hamadan University and visiting professor in the Tehran fine art faculty and in the same time working and designing architecture, as well as painting.

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