Bahar Portrait

Bahar Abbasnezhad

Architect|Researcher|Coder

Trained architect and researcher working across systems-oriented urban research, spatial transformations, morphological resilience, and socio-technical infrastructures. Bridging empirical urban analysis, data-driven research, and architectural thinking to explores complexity of built environments across scales.

Polyglot, shaped by living and working across cultures. Chess medalist, enjoying photography, yoga, and human design off the clock!

Languages : Azerbaijani, Persian (native) | English, Turkish (fluent) | Italian, German (working)

Education & Work

2026 – present | Visiting Faculty. Bursa Technical University, Turkey

2023 – 2026 | Project Manager. Centre for Scientific Research, Auroville, India

2020 – present | PhD Candidate. Faculty of Linguistics, Cultural Studies, and Arts, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

2018 – 2020 | Freelance Designer

2017 | Architect. Studio ARX, Florence, Italy

2013 – 2017 | Master's Student. Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy

Collaborations

2025 | Frontend development of aupdr.auroville.community website in collaboration with Digital-Tiff.in

2022 | Transdisciplinary Research at the Science Society Interface. University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

2018 | Centro Città. Development plan for Scandicci city centre, Scandicci, Italy

2017 | Le Mulina. Structural and environmental analysis for the sustainable rehabilitation of the abandoned hippodrome in Cascine Park, Florence, Italy

2016 | Bastione Belvedere. Restoration and rehabilitation of the 16th century fortress in Arezzo, Italy

2015 | Firenze – Beograd – Firenze. Memorial intervention on the ruins of the former National Library in Belgrade, Serbia

2014 | GreenUp! a Smart City. Urban farming integration into metropolitan areas. CrossingLab, Italy

Research & Talks

ongoing | Auroville; a Complex Adaptive System (working title)

2026 | Urban Development of Auroville in a Nutshell

2020 | Architectural Theory from the Point of View of Naturphilosophie. Centre for Critical Studies in Architecture, Frankfurt, Germany (talk)

2019 | Schinkel’s Reception of Philosophy. Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany (talk)

2018 | Schinkel and Florentine Renaissance Architecture. Convegno Grand Tour del Terzo Millennio, Università di Roma-Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (talk)

2016 | Cross-Disciplinary Urban Spaces: from Bazaar to Mall

2015 | Rethinking Non-Places: San Donato Novoli – Space of Alienation or a Place for Public Life?

2014 | Persian, Islamic, or Iranian? A Brief History of Gardening in Iran

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