Mehrnaz
Ramzanpour
R E S E A R CHER / A RCHITECT
C o n t a c t
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Babol, Mazandaran, Iran.
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P e r s o n a l D e t a i l s
June 6, 1990
Iranian
Married
K e y S k i l l s
Microsoft Office
IBM SPSS & Amos
LISREL
AutoCAD
SketchUp
Lumion
3DMax & ArcGIS
Problem solving
Team leadership
Research & analysis
P r o f i l e
I'm Ph.D. in Architecture and faculty member of University of Mazandaran. I am currently work as an architect and researcher with several years of experience in architectural design and academic studies.
E ducation
Bachelor of Architecture
Mazandaran University, Iran.
2008 - 2012
GPA: 17.28 / 20
Thesis Title: "Design of Girls' High School in Babolsar City with the Approach of Promoting Social Interaction "
Supervisor: Dr. Vahid Heydar nattaj
Thesis Score: 18.75 / 20
Master of Architecture
Golestan University, Iran.
2013 - 2016
GPA: 18.81 / 20
Thesis Title: "Design of Affordable Housing in Babolsar City with the Approach of Income Mix "
Supervisor: Dr. Abdolmajid Nourtaghani
Thesis Score: 19.5 / 20
Ph.D. of Architecture
Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Iran.
2017-Dec.2022
GPA: 19.58 / 20
Thesis Title: "Explanation of the Socio-Physical Factors Affecting Public Attitudes (Stigma) Towards Low-income Housing (Case Study: Small and Medium-Sized Northern Cities of Iran)"
Supervisor: Dr. Ali Sharghi
Dissertation Score: 19.75 / 20
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Curriculum Vitae
R e s e a r c h I n t e r e s t s
• Affordable/ Social/ Public/ Mixed-income Housing
• Neighbourhood/ Housing Stigma
• Visual evaluation (Image, video, …)
• Environmental Psychology
• Housing Planning
• Urban planning
Publications
Journal:
• Ramzanpour, M., & Rahimi, R. (2023). Prioritization Physical Resilience Criteria for Affordable Housing Locating Based on An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Book: Analytic Hierarchy Process - Models, Methods, Concepts, and Applications. IntechOpen. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1001324.
• Ramzanpour, M., Sharghi, A., & Nourtaghani, A. (2023). Low-income housing stigma, results and outcomes: a systematic review. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 38(2), 861-930.
• Ramzanpour, M., Sharghi, A., Nourtaghani, A., & Saleh Sedghpour, B. (2023). The reduction of low-income housing stigma with facade features; low-and medium-sized cities. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 19(3), 250-266.
• Ramzanpour M, Sharghi A and Nourtaghani A (2022). Assessing the public attitude toward low-income housing; (case study: Small- and medium-density cities of Iran). Front. Built Environ. 8:870240. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2022.870240
• Sharghi, A., Nourtaghani, A., Ramzanpour, M., & Gorji, R. B. (2021). Low-income housing location based on affordable criteria Using AHP Model and GIS Technique (Case Study: Babolsar City). Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01870-7.
• Ramzanpour, M., Sharghi, A., & Saleh Sedghpour, B. (2021). "Stigmatizing Housing Facade Based on the Socio-Economic Status of Residents; Experts` View; Case Study: Municipality District 4 of Tehran." Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development 14(34): 131-146.
• Sharghi, A., Zarghami, E., & Ramzanpour, M. (2021). The Effect of House facade Signs on the Stigma of Residents Socio-Economic Status (Case Study: Tehran municipal district 4). Hoviatshahr, 15(1), 81-96.
• Ramzanpour, M., Sharghi, A., & Saleh Sedghpour, B. (2020). Identifying and Prioritizing the Social and Physical Criteria of Heterogeneous Neighborhood Based on the Perception of Neighbors (Case Study: Hassan Abad-Zargandeh Neighborhood). Journal of Iranian Architecture & Urbanism, 11(2), 153-176.
• Ramzanpour, M., Sharghi, A., & Saleh Sadaghpour, B. (2019). Relationship between the perception of the quality of housing and residential environment and resident’s self-esteem of heterogeneous neighborhoods (case study: Hassan Abad-Zargandeh neighborhood of Tehran). Social Psychology Research, 9(34), 23-48.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Nourtaghani, A. (2019). Impact of four physical design factors on mixed-income housing. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 25(1), 05018006.
• Ramzanpour, M., et al. (2019). "Interviewing the Principles of Contemporary Housing Architecture Based on the Recognition of Iranian-Islamic Values." JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON IRANIAN ISLAMIC CITY 9(35 #r00586): -.
• Ramzanpour, M. & A. Nourtaghani (2018). "Affordability Principles for Low-Income Housing Based on Residents' Attitude (Case Study:Babolsar Mehr Housing)." International Journal of Architectural Engineering & Urban Planning 28(1): 1-13.
• Ramzanpour, M., et al. (2018). Locating of Supporting housing with affordable indicators based on spatial justice in Babolsar city. Haft Hesar Journal of Environmental Studies 7
(25) :35-50.
Conference:
• Ramzanpour, M. (2025). Vulnerability of affordable Housing: Analysis of Challenges and Strategies to Strengthen Resilience Against Natural Hazards. Designing the facade details of affordable housing to reduce stigma. International Conference on Hekmat-Based Architecture, Urban Development, Art, Industrial Design, Construction and Technology. Tabriz Islamic Art University, Tabriz, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M. (2024). Designing the facade details of affordable housing to reduce stigma. 4th.International Conference on Architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban Development, Environment and Horizons of Islamic Art in the Second Step Statement of the Revolution. Tabriz Islamic Art University, Tabriz, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Sharghi, A. (2023). Factors affecting the public attitude towards low- income housing. The 5th National Conference on New Technologies in Architectural, Civil and Urban Engineering of Iran. Tehran, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Sharghi, A. (2023). Investigating the effect of the outsiders` characteristics on their attitude towards low-income housing. 10 th
National conference on
Civil Engineering, Architecture and Sustainable Urban Development of IRAN. KHAVARAN Institute of Higher Education, Tehran, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Sharghi, A. (2022). Low-income housing stigma; Definition, cause and consequences. 2nd. International Conference on Architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban Development, Environment and Horizons of Islamic Art in the Second Step Statement of the Revolution, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Sharghi, A. (2020). Heterogeneous neighborhood; From perception to design. 6
th
national Congress on civil engineering, architecture & urban development, Tehran, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Sharghi, A. (2020). Comparative Study of Low-income Housing in Iran and Developed Countries. 1th international and 5th national conference on sustainable architecture and city, Tehran, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M., Sharghi, A., & Hosseini, H. N. (2019). Performance of traditional and modern windcatcher from the perspective of researchers. 5 th
international Congress on civil
engineering, architecture & urban development, Tehran, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Sharghi, A. (2018). Design thinking; Concepts, aspects and approaches. International conference on civil engineering, architecture & urban management, Tehran, Iran.
• Foroughian, S., & Ramzanpour, M. (2017). The structure of beewax and modeled in the form of architectural structure. The third international conference on sustainable architecture and urbanism, Dubai, UAE.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Sharghi, A. (2017). Values of Iranian-Islamic architecture in designing desirable housing on the perception of well-being of residents. 3 th
national conference on
sustainable architecture and city, Tehran, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Foroughian, S. (2017). Intuitive privacy controls based on the physical form of the open kitchen. International congress on world contemporary civil engineering, architecture and urban development, Dubai, UAE.
• Ramzanpour, M. (2016). Investigating the principle of durability and desirability of architectural works. Civil engineering, architecture and urban development. Shahid Beheshti university, Tehran, Iran.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Nourtaghani, A. (2016). Locating of supportive housing with affordable indicators in babolsar city. International conference on progress in science and technology, Vienna, Austria.
• Ramzanpour, M., & Nourtaghani, A. (2015). Locating of low-income housing with affordable criteria. 2th geography & geology national conference, Tehran, Iran. Book c h apter
Chapter: Prioritization Physical Resilience Criteria for Affordable Housing Locating Based on An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Book title: Analytic Hierarchy Process - Models, Methods, Concepts, and Applications. Authors: Mehrnaz Ramzanpour and Rouhollah Rahimi, (2023).
Publisher: intechopen
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1001324
Book t r a nslation
Authored Book
Arch and vault in Iranian architecture, Hossein Zemorshidi, (2022) ISBN: 978-622- 6589-35-2
Publisher: Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University Tehran, Iran
Low-income housing, from theory to practice. Authors: Abdolmajid Nourtaghani and Mehrnaz Ramzanpour, (2024).
ISBN:978-***-****-80-0
Publisher: Golestan University
Gorgan, Golestan, Iran
R e s e a r c h P r o j ect
2019 Ramzanpour, M., Sharghi, A., & Saleh Sedghpour, B. (2019). Social comparisons based on quality of housing and residential environment factors and its impact on residents' self-esteem in heterogeneous (socioeconomic) residential neighborhoods. Funded by Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran. Contract number 17802.
T e a c h i ng/A c ademic E x perience
2016 - 2017 Lecturer, “Technical drawing and mapping”, department of Technology and Engineering, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
2018 - 2019 Lecturer, “Architectural Design for Civil Engineers”, department of Technology and Engineering, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
2019 - 2024
Lecturer, department of Arts and Architecture, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
" Architectural basic design I "
" Architectural basic design II "
" Architectural basic design III "
"Architectural design process"
"Architecture Design Studio II "
"Architecture Design Studio III "
P r o f e s s i o n a l E xperience
2019- Present
09. 2024- Present
01. 2024- Present
2024- Present
Honors a nd Awards
Supervisor engineer at Iran Construction Engineering Organization (IRCEO)
Assistant professor at University of Mazandaran
Journal Reviewer:
• Journal of Architectural Engineering and Design
Management, Print ISSN: 1745-2007. Taylor &
Francis.
• Journal of Current Psychology, ISSN: 1936-4733.
Springer.
• The biannual journal of Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design (JSAUD), Print ISSN: 2588-6274.
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design (JSAUD) of Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University.
• Happy city Index researcher, London (Remote)
• Top student researcher position in Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, December 2022.
• Received full scholarship from Shahid rajaee Teacher Training University (Tuition Waiver), Ph.D. program, 2017-2022.
• Received full scholarship from Golestan University
(Tuition Waiver), Master's program, 2013-2016.
• Received full scholarship from Mazandaran University
(Tuition Waiver), Bachelor's program, 2008-2012.
L a nguages
• Persian: Native
• English: Fluent- IELTS General, band score 7 (L:7.5, R:7.5, S:6.5, W:6) R e f e r e nces
Dr. Ali Sharghi,
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran. *******@***.**.**
Dr. Abdolmajid Nourtaghani,
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Golestan University, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran.
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Dr. Rouhollah Rahimi,
Assistant professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
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Dr. Bahram Saleh Sedghpour,
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences; Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.
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