Education Background:
2015-2021 Ph.D. in Theory and History of Architecture, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
2020-2022 MA in Sustainable Urban Design and Regional Planning, ULB Brussels, Belgium.
2012-2014 MA in Architectural Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2005-2010 BA in Architectural Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Previous Employment:
2021 Researcher/Urbanist, 1010 architecture urbanism company (1010au), Brussels, Belgium.
2012-2014 Teaching Assistant of Bachelor and Master Design Studio, Tehran Technical Institution, Iran.
2006-2014 Architect Partana Construction Company, Tehran, Iran.
Research Interests:
Architecture History and Theory, Urban Economy, Local Productivity, Urban Sociology
Research Results（selected）：
1. Amini, N. (2024). “Pairidaeza. A Reflection on The Concept of Paradise in Iranian Art and Architecture,” accepted for publication in a high-impact factor journal.
2. Amini, N. (2024). “Landscape Design as a Cultural Construction,” accepted for publication in a high-impact factor journal.
3. Amini, N. (2023). “Mixed-use Urban redevelopment and the added-value economy: The case of Ghent, East Flanders” Journal of Urban Regeneration & Renewal, 17(2), 130-150.
4. Amini, N. (2022). “Ad Hoc. 16 Geschriften van En Voor Bart Verschaffel.” Edited by Dirk De Meyer. Gent: Faculteitsbibliotheek Ingenieurswetenschappen en Architectuur.
5. Amini, N. (2020). The Aesthetic Resistance of Iranian Architects and Artists During the Late Pahlavi Era. SITA – Studies in History and Theory of Architecture, 8, 197–212.
6. Amini, N. (2018). Modern architecture as an agency of political competition: the case of Iran and Pakistan. Studies in History and Theory of Architecture-Studii De Istoria Si Teoria Arhitecturii, 6, 92–107.
