Interview with Odyssey Babasadeghian

In 2010 i co-founded my company Shavmadbana and continued my professional activity in four domains of Architecture, Interior Design, Land Scape and Urban design. Shavmad has founded in Tehran, it is now a countrywide practice, with projects in more than 10 states. Over the past five years the company has been responsible for a strikingly wide range of works, from urban master plans, civic and cultural buildings, offices and workplaces to private houses and Interior design.

For me: Design is the glorious possibility of anything in the universe and it depicts unlimited mind of us.

I love designing but most of all architecture spaces and specially interior architecture spaces are my favorite.

Maleki house in Gorgan city (Iran) is my favorite design. it is an interior design project i designed in Persian-modern style. I used persian symbols like handmade ceramics, colored glasses, carpet and brick in a modern context.

it was an architectural design of a triplex villa in Lavasan city (Iran).

exposure. I believe that all structural materials in architecture should be exposed. exposed concrete, exposed metal, exposed brick and etc.

Usually in the morning.

Concept and function.

Curiosity, joyfulness.

happiness, and self confidence.

I think if a design could trully answer a need, it will be successfull design.

meaning of design (concept) and also function. if a design hasn't a meaningfull concept or can't answer to function that it design for, I believe this design is bad.

the main responsibilities of designer are; being responsible for what has design, making life easier and safer and do her/his own's best.

I believe Design is everything, because we create our life and our environment with design. now a days sustainability is the most important factor in design, so we will see soon in the future that all around us cover by sustainable city's, buildings and products that designed by exposed- sustainable materials.

It was an opening for one of my interior design projects (Behnoosh Beauty Salon) and it was in October 2016. This design is one of runner-up designs of 2017 in A"DESIGN AWARD & COMPETITION. and my next exhibition will be in may 2017 for Maleki House Interior design in Gorgan city ( Iran).

Iranian architecture is my main inspiration and i am extreamly impressed by this style in architecture and it's motifs, symbols and concepts.

best name for my design style is here- now style. it means, i design based on what is in here and now of project. it covers all factors that affect the project, like; climate, human, society, culture, land and etc. all the things that happen in here and now that project or design is creating. even my unconsciousness. i want to reach to one kind of style that make the human's life easier and safer. A kind of style that comes from now, not any place or time else. and that part of past or future that comes to my design is about my unconsciousness that have some past or future in itself.

I live in Iran and yes, as i said before, i am unconsciously impressed by my country's cultural heritage. it is good for my design because of unique, strong techniques and methods used in past of my country's architecture and culture that my design affected by them. but also there is a problem about copying some historical elements without any creativity.

As i said before, i co-founded my company (Shavmadbana) in 2010 in Tehran, Iran and now, i work for my own company.

They should respect the designers rights such as; design price, design facilities, coworkers of designer and etc. i suggest to companies to select good designers first from their resume and then their personality. for example designers who won the international awards most of the times are good and professional designers.

I start my design process from site analyze. for example i interview with people, study about climate, land, culture and etc. then i start to brain storming and sketching. after i decide about my concept i try to draw and design the main plan. finally after i revise the drawings, i start to detailing the scheme and going to build it.

furniture, lighting, ceiling, kitchen and land scape

I usually wake up around 7 in the morning. i go walking for 1 hour, then i eat some fruits or juises as breakfast. i go to my office around 10 am. i usually stay in office until 6 or 7 pm and then some days i go out with friends after work and some days i go home and read some books( usually about architecture, philosophy, or psychology). 2 days in week also i go to gym. most of the times i sleep around 12 o'clock at night.

goal setting, plan making, try hard and don't give up in hard situations.

the hardest part of being designer is to finding your style in design based on yourself and it is hard because needs to find and know yourself, first. And i think this is the most positive and also negative part of being a designer. if you can't do it you will stay in unsuccessful-mediom situation in design world for ever. but if you can make it, you will become a superior designer.

I do it. fully and really

Creative visualization, knowledge, sketching, implementation experience and software

all of them in addition to creative visualization and sketching.

this problem will solve with enough experience and skills.

It completely depend on the project's dimensions, area, style, client needs and many other thing.

How much does it cost if you design it ?!

Designing the scene,perspective and furniture of a street in Ahvaz city, Iran.

tehran Municipality, beautification organization of tehran Municipality

Architectural design, interior design and land scape design. because these sort of design has more challenges, because of their wideness and complexity.

I will publish my book about my design style in architecture and base on this style i am designing some sample buildings that will win the Pritzker award of architecture.

I usually develop my designs myself but i also have a software team, specially for short time projects.

I have, but now i prefer not to talk about it.

with my email: Odyssey@shavmad.com

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