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پوریا اقتصادی
Poorya Eghtesadi
I am an architect, urban designer and researcher based in Rotterdam.
✺ I earned my MSc in Architecture from KU Leuven in Brussels and my BSc from the University of Tehran.
✺ I work as a researcher at Smart Urban Redesign Research Center at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in Heerlen.
✺ I also lecture at the Built Environment Academy at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences.
✺ My work focuses on using data science to explore the relationship between spatial configuration and socio-economic vitality.
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↳ Limburg Univercity: Kennis Festival
Exhibition
Heerlen
2024
Designer, & Curator
Smart Urban Redesign
This is not a test
Heerlen
2024
Designer, & Curator
Smart Urban Redesign
This is not a test
↳ Limburg Univercity Book
Book
Heerlen
2024
Graphic Design & Illustration
Together with Nima Tabrizi
Heerlen
2024
Graphic Design & Illustration
Together with Nima Tabrizi
↳ We Are the Next Generation
Exhibition
Kortrijk
2022
Participant
Together with Niklas Michels
Showcasing the design, and research project Natural Hypertransformation: Agriculture in Belgium and the Netherlands 2100
Kortrijk
2022
Participant
Together with Niklas Michels
Showcasing the design, and research project Natural Hypertransformation: Agriculture in Belgium and the Netherlands 2100
↳ A JUST EXPO!
Exhibition
Brussels
2022
Participant
Organized by Alt-Shift
Brussels
2022
Participant
Organized by Alt-Shift
↳ A Manifesto for Just City
Article Presentation
Amsterdam
2021
Contributor
Organized by Pakhuis de Zwijger
Amsterdam
2021
Contributor
Organized by Pakhuis de Zwijger
↳ A Manifesto for Just City, Vol. 2
Book
Delft
2021
Contributor
Published by TU Delft Open
Delft
2021
Contributor
Published by TU Delft Open
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
↳ Closing the Circle through Design: Tools, Methods, and Principles of Circularity
Conference Presentation
Transhistorical Pedagogies by European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE)
2025
Co-author
Nurhan Abujidi, Cecilia Chiappini, Bianca Andalero, & Roel Tijssens
Transhistorical Pedagogies by European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE)
2025
Co-author
Nurhan Abujidi, Cecilia Chiappini, Bianca Andalero, & Roel Tijssens
↳ [In]WeCity: Inclusive Cities and Urban Wellbeing
Erasmus+ Research Project
Weert, Zaragoza, & Aalborg
2024 - 2027
Researcher
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Aalborg University, & Universidad San Jorge
Weert, Zaragoza, & Aalborg
2024 - 2027
Researcher
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Aalborg University, & Universidad San Jorge
↳ Urban Living Labs as user-centered ecosystem: Spatial Persona as a Tool for Public Space Revitalization
Conference Presentation
Open Living Lab Days by European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
2024
Co-author
Nurhan Abujidi, Herwin Sap, Stefano Blezer, & Anne van Dun
Open Living Lab Days by European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
2024
Co-author
Nurhan Abujidi, Herwin Sap, Stefano Blezer, & Anne van Dun
↳ Cultural Probes: A Pathway to Understanding Poverty and Debt Dynamics
Conference Presentation
Open Living Lab Days by European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
2024
Co-author
Nurhan Abujidi, & Steffi Kohl
Open Living Lab Days by European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
2024
Co-author
Nurhan Abujidi, & Steffi Kohl
↳ ELSA Lab Poverty & Debt
Research Project
Heerlen
2023 - 2026
Researcher
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
Heerlen
2023 - 2026
Researcher
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
↳ City Deal Kennis Maken > Limburg Univercity
Research Project
Heerlen
2023 - 2026
Researcher
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
Heerlen
2023 - 2026
Researcher
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
↳ Natural Hypertransformation: Agriculture in Belgium and the Netherlands 2100
Project Presentation
Bight Festival by Stadslab Sittard-Geleen
2022
Designer & Researcher
Together with Niklas Michels
Presenting the design, and research
Bight Festival by Stadslab Sittard-Geleen
2022
Designer & Researcher
Together with Niklas Michels
Presenting the design, and research
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
↳ Circular Cities & Communities
Bachelor Program
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
2025 - present
Lecturer
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
2025 - present
Lecturer
↳ Design Challenge – Spoorzone
Design Workshop
Weert
2024
Organization & Design Team
Weert
2024
Organization & Design Team
↳ (re)CYCLE Limburg 9
Design Workshop
Weert
2024
Organization & Coaching Team
Weert
2024
Organization & Coaching Team
↳ Circular Cities & Communities
Bachelor Program
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
2024 - present
Development Team
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
2024 - present
Development Team
↳ Design Challenge – Lange Jan Park
Design Workshop
Weert
2024
Organization & Coaching Team
Weert
2024
Organization & Coaching Team
↳ (re)CYCLE Limburg 8
Design Workshop
Heerlen
2023
Organization & Coaching Team
Heerlen
2023
Organization & Coaching Team
↳ Bachelor Built Environment
Bachelor Program
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
2023 - present
Lecturer
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
2023 - present
Lecturer