Bio | About Me
I'm Erik, My name is Erik Babakhani, I am Armenian born in Iran and moved to Los Angeles in 2013. Since childhood, my dream was to be an architect. I was constantly drawing and sketching buildings and houses. My goal is to achieve my dream to become an architect.
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Achievements/Education: Glendale Community College - IGETC* Graduate Degree - 2020 Glendale Tech Week - Project Exhibitions - 2018 Glendale Community College - Scholarship - 2017 * The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) is an educational plan for California community college students designed to facilitate transferring to a four-year public university. Public universities include all UC and CSU schools.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS CURUTCHET HOUSE RESIDENTIAL CASE STUDY Overview Exploded View | Diagrams Floor Plans | Elevation Views 3D Model (x2)
THREE BAR MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL CASE STUDY Overview | Diagrams Floor Plans Elevation Views Renders 3D Model
ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN | ADVANCE REVIT Residential House Canopy Challenge Santa Monica Parking Wilshire Grand Center
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AEROSPACE ENGINEER'S RESIDENCE RESIDENTIAL DESIGN Overview Concept Exploded View | Diagrams Floor Plans Elevation Views Render 3D Model
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MACARTHUR PARK MIXED-USE PROJECT COMMERCIAL DESIGN Overview Exploded View | Diagrams User Analysis/Activities Floor Plans (x4) Elevation Views Façade LA Metro Renders
ACHIEVEMENTS
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CURUTCHET HOUSE RESIDENTIAL CASE STUDY ARCH 120
Overview
Residential Case Study
RESIDENTIAL CASE STUDY In this course, I was assigned to study and analyze the Curutchet House, one of Le Corbusier's well-known projects. Le Corbusier developed a set of architectural principles that dictated his technique, which he called "the Five Points of a Architecture" and the building has used these principles. The house is located in La Plata, Argentina, the owner was a surgeon, and had his office and residence in one building.
DEFINING THE FIVE POINTS OF LE CORBUSIER ARCHITECTURE: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
The Piloti The Free Plan / Open Floor Plan The Free Façade The Long Horizontal Windows The Roof Garden
1. The building is supported by columns only. This means there is no wall on ground level and it can be used as an open/public space.
2. The Free Plan - The absence of supporting walls - means the house is unrestrained in its internal division of spaces.
04 Le Corbusier, holding the model of Curutchet House.
3. Since the floors are supported by column and not load bearing walls, the architect can have opening anywhere on the façade.
4. The Windows which cuts the façade along its entire length, lights rooms equally.
5. The Roof Garden serves for domestic purposes while providing essential protection to the concrete roof.
Diagrams / Exploded View
Residential Case Study
STRUCTURE DIAGRAM Columns
Columns and floors are the only supporting element of the entire building.
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM 05
Ramps Stairs
PROGRAM DIAGRAM Private (Resident) Public (Surgeon Office) Ramp (Connection of the Two Programs) Since the owner is a surgeon, the concept of the building is divided into two building and ramp is the connection between the two segments.
Floor Plans / Sections
Residential Case Study
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1st FLOOR
2nd FLOOR
3rd FLOOR
4th FLOOR
SITE VIEW
Scale: 1/32" = 1'-0"
Scale: 1/32" = 1'-0"
Scale: 1/32" = 1'-0"
Scale: 1/32" = 1'-0"
Scale: 1/32" = 1'-0"
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
Scale: 3/64" = 1'-0"
TRANSVERSAL SECTION Scale: 3/64" = 1'-0"
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3D Model
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Residential Case Study
3D Model
Residential Case Study
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1/8" Scale, MDF Board Laser Cut.
ARCH 120
AEROSPACE ENGINEER'S RESIDENCE
Overview
Aerospace Engineer's Residence
AEROSPACE ENGINEER'S RESIDENCE This house is designed for an Aerospace Engineer. The concept is to use the curve and circular walls to mimic the engine of an aircraft. the curved walls are covered by wing shape elements. Open space living in room/kitchen/family room, means there is no boundary between spaces. Three bedrooms with bathroom and closet. Patio and deck with view of sky and nature and hills (Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial).
E Palmer Ave.
Requirements For 9082 Sq. ft. • • • • • • • •
2 Bedroom with Bath/Closet 1 Master Bedroom with Master Bath/Closet 1/2 Bathroom Living Room Family Room Kitchen Dining Room Home Office/Den
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Site Plan with Sun Path Diagram Scale: 1/64" = 1' -0"
Site location: 708 E Palmer Ave. Glendale, CA - 91205
Concept
The building is divided into three sections. These three sections are in different sizes: Big, Medium, and Small. While plane flying in the air, the atmosphere creates a form behind the aircraft as it passes through the air, the process is called "Wake Turbulence". It creates spiral shape and the concept of size of the building represents the Wake Turbulence. 11 Another reason for the building to be curve and round is that the aircraft's turbine is round.
The curve shape of the entire building represents the round shape of turbine covered with the wing of an aircraft. (Blue)
Blades inside the turbine represent the walls which support the whole structure. (Red)
Aerospace Engineer's Residence
Exploded View | Diagrams
Aerospace Engineer's Residence
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
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PROGRAM DIAGRAM Private
Public
Floor Plans
Aerospace Engineer's Residence
1st FLOOR
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Scale: 1" = 30'-0"
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1/2 FLOOR
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1. Drive/Walk Way 2. 3 Parking Spaces 3. Family Room 4. Kitchen/Dinning 5. Powder Room 6. Living Room 7. Patio
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2nd Floor
Scale: 1" = 30'-0"
Scale: 1" = 30'-0"
1. Bath/Closet 2. Bedroom 3. Walkway
1. Master Bedroom 2. Master Bath/Closet 3. Office/Den 4. Laundry 5. Deck/Balcony
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Elevation Views with Sections and Rendering
EAST ELEVATION / SECTION Scale: 1" = 20'-0"
Aerospace Engineer's Residence
NORTH ELEVATION / SECTION Scale: 1" = 20'-0"
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EAST ELEVATION (RENDERING)
NORTH ELEVATION (RENDERING)
WEST ELEVATION (RENDERING)
SOUTH ELEVATION (RENDERING)
Render
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Aerospace Engineer's Residence
3D Model
Aerospace Engineer's Residence
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1/8" Scale, MDF Board Laser Cut.
THREE BAR MIXED-USE CASE STUDY ARCH 125
Overview
Three Bar Mixed-Use
THREE BAR MIXED-USE CASE STUDY In this case study with puzzled look floor plan, the student's responsibility was to make the project functional by analyzing and evaluating the floor plans. After the first case study, the next assignment was to blend with concept which means to build a building where it can be used for real life. I picked Internet network company named CISCO and turn the building into CISCO Campus, where internship/staff can live or stay in dorm and work at the same building. How I blended the concept, since the CISCO is an Internet company, and the HQ is located in San Francisco, was tp design the patterns wrapped around the building as office section representing the Network Chains. The color is matched to Golden Gate Bridge.
STRUCTURE DIAGRAM
Bim
Column
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PROGRAM DIAGRAM Retails
Parking
Dorm
Office
Floor Plans
Three Bar Mixed-Use
Sliding Door Mixing Indoor and Outdoor
EXIT ONLY
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RAMP
1st FLOOR
2nd FLOOR
3rd - 4th FLOOR
Retails/Food and Parking
Parking
Dorms and Office
Scale: 1/67" = 1'-0"
Scale: 1/67" = 1'-0"
Scale: 1/67" = 1'-0"
The 2nd floor is not connected to the exterior wall. As standing on 1st floor, you will see a double height ceiling, to give the sensation of a bigger and lighter space.
Elevations
EAST ELEVATION Scale: 1" = 50'-0"
Three Bar Mixed-Use
SOUTH ELEVATION Scale: 1" = 50'-0"
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WEST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
Scale: 1" = 50'-0"
Scale: 1" = 50'-0"
Renders | 3D Model
Three Bar Mixed-Use
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Rendering
Model
3D Model
Three Bar Mixed-Use
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1/8" Scale, Mixed Materials and MDF Board Laser Cut
MACARTHUR PARK MIXED-USE PROJECT ARCH 135
Overview
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
MACARTHUR MIXED-USE PROJECT. This complex project located on Wiltshire Blvd. in West Lake neighborhood, Los Angeles. It has connection to LA Metro (Westlake / MacArthur Park station. It has visual view to MacArthur Park and the finance district in Koreatown. The project has five programs in one building.
Wilshire Blvd.
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S Alvarado St.
REQUIRED FIVE PROGRAMS: Underground Public Parking Retails Community Center Child Day Care Center 25 Apartment units: • 10 One Bedroom Units • 15 Two Bedroom Units
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Site Plan View Scale: 1" = 80' -0"
Site Location: 650 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057
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Exploded View | Diagrams
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
PROGRAM DIAGRAM Level 6th - 9th
RESIDENTIAL
Private Public
Level 5th
RESIDENTIAL
Level 4th
CHILD DAYCARE 2
PROGRAM DIAGRAM Residential
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Level 3rd
COMMUNITY 2 / DAYCARE 1
Child Daycare Community Center Retail
Level 2nd
COMMUNITY CENTER 1
Parking
Level 1st
GROUND FLOOR / RETAILS
STRUCTURE DIAGRAM Column Beam
Level -1st - -8th
PARKING
User Analysis / Activities
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
Retails, Food, Restaurant
Community Center
Child Daycare
Housing
Small Business owners can have the opportunity to serve their local community.
Community center is a public location where members of a community tend to gather for group activities, social support, public information, and so on.
They can provide and help children to develop skills they need for success in school and in their lives while their parents can have full time jobs.
Where people of all ages, sexes, races can live and feel like a home and stay safe.
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Floor Plans
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project Staircase with a Wall and Door for emergency exit.
RAMP
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Service Hall for Retails.
GROUND FLOOR (MAIN FLOOR) Scale: 1/33" = 1'-0"
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1. Retail/Cafe 2. Hallway 3. Main Entrance to Lobby
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LEVEL -1 (DROP OFF/PARKING) Scale: 1" = 60'-0"
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RAMP
Three Separate Elevator Designed for Better Security: • Community Center • Child Daycare • Residential
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Trash Room with Trash Chute.
LEVEL -2 TO -8 (PARKING) Scale: 1" = 60'-0"
Two stairs: • Residential to lobby for emergency exit. • Parking
RED DOTS ON DOORS AND PATHWAYS MEANS EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY.
Floor Plans
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
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BiFold Door for Expanding Rooms
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LA Metro
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Panic Hardware Door Fire Exit Only.
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2nd FLOOR (COMMUNITY CENTER - 1)
3rd FLOOR (COMMUNITY CENTER - 2 /CHILD DAYCARE CENTER - 1)
Scale: 1" = 40'-0"
Scale: 1" = 40'-0"
1. Entry Lobby 2. Office for Administration 3. Open Space Dinning 4. Kitchen with Exit to Service Elevator
5. Restrooms 6. Bar/Gallery/Pre-function Area 7. Indoor Assembly Space
COMMUNITY CENTER
CHILD DAYCARE
1. Meeting Room 2. Office 3. Restrooms
4. Welcome Center 5. Director's Office 6. Staff Office 7. Infants Classroom 8. Toddlers Classroom 9. Storage 10. Unisex Restroom
11. Restrooms 12. Sick Bay 13. Parents 14. Conference Rooms 15. Lounge 16. Staff Lounge
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Floor Plans
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
Connection Bridge
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4th FLOOR (CHILD DAYCARE CENTER - 2)
5th FLOOR (APARTMENT UNITS)
Scale: 1" = 40'-0"
Scale: 1" = 40'-0"
1. Outdoor Play Area 2. Indoor Play Area 3. Unisex Restroom
4. 2 Year old Classroom 5. 3 Year old Classroom 6. 4 Year old Classroom 7. 5 Year old Classroom
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1. Two Bedroom Unit 2. One Bedroom Unit 3. Laundry Room
Floor Plans
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
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6th FLOOR (APARTMENT UNITS)
8th & 9th FLOOR (APARTMENT UNITS)
Scale: 1" = 40'-0"
Scale: 1" = 40'-0"
1. Outdoor Patio
Elevations
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NORTH ELEVATION Scale: 1" = 50'-0"
WEST ELEVATION Scale: 1" = 50'-0"
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
SOUTH ELEVATION Scale: 1" = 50'-0"
EAST ELEVATION Scale: 1" = 50'-0"
Façade
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
The Façade around the building with patterns and designed for both decoration and functional reasons as decoration it can make the building more attractive by creating visual beauty. It has various functional advantages. Since the community center and child daycare both have rooms with panoramic windows, the pattern can create privacy and safety.
Further more, it can reduce solar heat and noise pollution in the building. The space between the patterns and the building will allow air circulation.
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Golden Mash Façade - located at North and East Elevation.
X Pattern Façade - located at South and West Elevation
Sun Protection / Screen
Noise Barrier
Privacy Screen
The primary objective of creating a comfortable internal environment, it can reduce the heat during summer, and reduce the cooling loads and minimize energy costs.
The noise barrier is an exterior structure designed to protect the inhabitants from noise pollution.
The screen can help to provide a safe environment for children (child daycare) and residential inhabitants.
LA Metro
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
Westlake/MacArthur Park subway station located at Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street, across from the park. This station is served by the B Line and the D Line. In the design is required to be accessible to The Metro Station to the complex project with safety and security. Pedestrians can access the lobby of the building and the community/Child Daycare/Apartment.
PARTIAL NORTH ELEVATION Scale: 1/32" = 1'-0"
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PARTIAL WEST ELEVATION Scale: 1/32" = 1'-0"
SITE VIEW OF METRO STATION Scale: 1" = 30'-0"
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Renders
MacArthur - Mixed-Use Project
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DRAFTING AND DESIGN
RESIDENTIAL HOUSE ARCH 102
Drafting and Design
Residential House
RESIDENTIAL HOUSE In the class we designed a funtional house. The requirement of the assignment was to design a house based upon what we have learnt in Revit class. The total square feet should be arund 2,300 SF.
I deisigned a modern house for a small family two two bedrooms. A wall was added to separate the public and private areas for a better privacy.
Dinning Room, Kitchen, and Family Room
CLOSET 37 SF
BEDROOM
BATH
225 SF
85 SF
MASTER BEDROOM
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331 SF STORAGE HALLWAY
12 SF
72 SF
Living Room DINING/LIVING ROOM 459 SF
MASTER BATH
WALK-IN CLOSET
105 SF
96 SF KITCHEN 208 SF
W D GARAGE 485 SF
FAMILY ROOM 277 SF
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FLOOR PLAN
Scale: 1/32" = 1'-0"
Main Enterance
ADVANCED REVIT
CANOPY CHALLENGE ARCH 251
Advanced Revit
Canopy
CANOPY CHALLENGE In this challenge, some pictures of actual canopy located in a shopping mall in California, was given with distored perspective. The goal was to recreate the canopy using model In-Place component. We had to figure out where/how to start the creation of forms using Extrusion and Sweep. The tricky part was to define the exact starting and ending points to connect the various elements to form the overall shape. Besides making component model, we have learnt how to make better light for night time rendering mode. Interesting Fact: The project was reused for McArthur Mixed-Use project canopy for Metro where it connects to the main building.
Night Time Rending Front View
FRONT VIEW Scale: 1" = 30'-0"
Day Time Rendering Front View
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ADVANCED REVIT
SANTA MONICA PARKING STRUCTURE 6 ARCH 251
Advanced Revit
Santa Monica Parking
SANTA MONICA PARKING STRUCTURE 6 In the project, inspired from Santa Monica Parking Structure 6 located in City of Santa Monica, we learned how to design parametric wall panels, with individual rotation angle. controlled by input parameters and imported it into the project as the curtain wall. The overall pattern design is achieved by painting each panel individually.
FRONT VIEW
Scale: 1" = 30'-0"
SIDE VIEW
Scale: 1" = 30'-0"
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Night Time Render Front View
Day Time Render Front View
ADVANCED REVIT
WILSHIRE GRAND CENTER (InterContinental Los Angeles Hotel) ARCH 251
Advanced Revit
Wilshire
WILSHIRE GRAND CENTER For last project in Advance Revit course, Wilshire Grand Center (InterContinental Hotel) located in DTLA, we practiced recreating the geometric volume by making mass element, then converting into structural element. Then we imported the extrusions into the project and converted them into model by adding floors, curtain walls and other architectural elements. The challenging part in this project was the Skylight above the curve/round hallways between the two buildings. We had to figure out where to start the sweep extrusion and how to end it property. The sweep start from a higher elevation behind the building and end in a lower elevation in front of it.
42 The Skylight is connecting (fusing) the Plaza and the Tower into one entity.
SOUTH ELEVATION Scale: 1" = 300'-0"
EAST ELEVATION Scale: 1" = 300'-0"
Achievements
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Glendale Community College IGETC* Graduate Degree - 2020 * The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) is an educational plan for California community college students designed to facilitate transferring to a four-year public university. Public universities include all UC and CSU schools.
Glendale Tech Week Project Exhibitions - 2018 Glendale Tech Week established in 2016 to celebrate tech and innovation through discussions, panels, workshops, codefests, site tours, happy hours, and networking events.
Me being excited for making my very first model of Le Corbusier Case Study project.
April 2017
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