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Biography

Since 1999, Mahmud Rezaei has been a researcher, university professor, and faculty member at Islamic Azad University (IAU), involved in both the architecture and urban planning/design departments. He has taught at various universities and has served as the head of the Urban Design and Planning Departments for MA and Ph.D. programs at the IAU Colleges of Architecture and Urban Studies, including its branches in Iran and the UAE (Dubai IAU in Knowledge Village and Dubai Academic City).

In addition to his roles at IAU, Professor Rezaei has held several visiting professorships at international universities in the fields of architecture, landscape design, urban design, and planning, including an appointment at the University of Sharjah. Since 2004, he has actively participated in international architecture and urban design practices.

Dr. Mahmud Rezaei has also conducted research on Middle Eastern cities and has published numerous articles in scholarly journals related to this subject. He has received several research and book awards for his work on topics such as design processes, theories and methods of architectural design and city planning, walkability, urban morphology, and public urban spaces.

Activities

Employment (1)

Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch: Tehran, CA

1998 to present | Associate Professor (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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Education and qualifications (2)

IAU: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2000-02-15 to 2004-09-15 | PhD (Urban Design and Planning)
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Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch: Tehran, IR

1992-09-01 to 1998-08-01 | Master of Architecture (Architecture)
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Professional activities (12)

Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2022 to present | EBMs (Editorial Board Members) of Space and Place Studies (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch: Iran, Tehran, IR

2020 to present | Supervisor in the Appraisal Process: A Member of Selected Committee for Promotion Process, IAU, CTB (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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IAU: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2020 to present | Supervisor in the Appraisal Process: A Panelist for Faculty Member Appointment Confirmations, (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch: Iran, Tehran, IR

2004 to present | Faculty Member (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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Tehran Construction Engineering Organization: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2003 to present | Member of Engineering Construction Organization, Design, Supervision and Implementation (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch: Iran, Tehran, IR

2019 to 2021 | Visiting Lecturer (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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IAU: Iran, Tehran, IR

2019 to 2021 | A Member of Architecture and City-building Committee of Study, Planning and Improvement Center of Human Science and Arts (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch: Iran, Tehran, IR

2019 to 2020 | Visiting Lecturer (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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Islamic Azad University UAE Branch: Dubai, Dubai, AE

2010 to 2017 | Establishing Grad. (PhD/Master) Programs in Urban Planning (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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University of Sharjah: Sharjah, Sharjah, AE

2012-08 to 2014-08 | VisitingLecturer (Architecture)
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Islamic Azad university , United Arab Emirates Branch: Dubai, Dubai, AE

2007 to 2014 | Head of Department (Architecture, Urban Design and Planning)
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Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2005 to 2007 | Head of Department (Urban Design and Planning)
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Funding (2)

Measuring the walkability of Tehran’s streets (Case study: streets leading to the Imam Khomeini Square)

2015-03 to 2017 | Grant
Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch (Tehran, Tehran, IR)
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Analyzing Urban Designs in Contemporary Tehran

2015 to 2017 | Grant
Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch (Tehran, Tehran, IR)
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Works (50 of 101)

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The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Tehran's Lalehzar Historic Area

Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh- E Nazar
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Rezaei, Mahmud; Nasiri, Masoumeh
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A Review on Design Method

Ahl-al-Bayt International University
2024-11 | Book | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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Mahmud Rezaei

phenomenological reading of continuous creation historical symbolic centers of Isfahan city

International Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini; Mahmud Rezaei; Alireza Bandarabad
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Knowledge Mobilization in Architecture, Urban Design and Planning: Islamic Wisdom in Connection with Indigenization and Rectification

Journal of Researches in Islamic Architecture
2024-06-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1727-1908
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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فراترکیب اندیشه کوچگری در تاب آوری اجتماعی شهری

نشریه جغرافیا و توسعه
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: طیبه اکبری; محمود رضایی; پاکزاد آزادخانی
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Mahmud Rezaei

تحقق‌پذیری طراحی‌ شهری اکولوژیکی در بافت‌های‌ تاریخی براساس ارزش‌های بومی-هانی (موردکاوی: طراحی اکوپارک شهری در محله‌ی سنگل تهران)

فصلنامه مطالعات فضا و مکان
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: سمانه محسنی; محمود رضایی
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Mahmud Rezaei

تبیین رابطه پیچیدگی بصری منظر شهری و هویت کالبدی آن مورد پژوهش: هسته تاریخی شهر کرمانشاه)

توسعه پایدار محیط جغرافیایی
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: روژین مرزی; محمود رضایی; طوفان حقانی
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تبیین محاکات متاثر از آرای صدرا در آفرینش فضاهای شهری و معماری

باغ نظر
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: سمیرا مهرافزا; محمود رضایی; طاهره کمالی زاده
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A Review of urban design projects and theories: types and criteria

Journal of Historical Archaeology and Anthropological Sciences
2023-03-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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زمینه‌بندی راهبردهای معماری و شهرسازی ایران در دوران پساکرونا به روش نظریه بر پایه‌ایی

فصلنامه شهر پایدار
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: محمود رضایی
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Mahmud Rezaei

Perceptiveness at the Position of Approach, Strategy, Method and Technique in Design Process (A Case Study: Kari Jormakka)

Creative City Design
2022 | Journal article | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei; Sama Modirrousta; Vida Norouz Borazjani
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ارزیابی میزان تاثیر ذرات معلق و پوشش‌گیاهی بر تشکیل جزایر گرمایی و خنک در شهر تهران

تحلیل فضایی مخاطرات محیطی
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei; Mortazavi-Asl, S K; saeidirezvani, Navid
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بسيج دانش در اعتلاي ارزشهاي بالنده ميهني- آييني (مورد پژوهش: سرفصل ارشد طرااحي شهري)

اولین همایش ملی علوم انسانی وحکمت اسلامی
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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Explaining the Concept of Physical Complexity in Urban Landscape and Identity

Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Rozhin Marzi; Toofan Haghani; Mahmud Rezaei
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مكان سازي شهري با افزايش پياده پذيري

دانش شهرسازي
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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Embedded heritage: the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in urban placemaking (case study: Tehran's citadel)

Journal of Historical Archaeology & Anthropological Sciences
2022-12-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei; Rojin Marzi; Elham Shojaee
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تدوین برنامه ریزی استراتژیک به منظور پایداری محیط زیست طبیعی در حوزه های با قابلیت گردشگری مطالعه موردی: محور گردشگری لشکرک – دیزین)

نشریه گردشگری شهری
2022-11 | Journal article
Contributors: علی ترکاشوند; کرامت اله زیاری; محمود رضایی
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Evaluation of Noise Pollution in the Architectural Site Analysis Process based on Environmental Impact Assessment Matrix

Space Ontology International Journal
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Mehrdad Azizi; Mahmud Rezaei
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سنش کمّی ـ تطبیقی پیاده پذیری شهری بر اساس مؤلفه های توسعۀ پایدار. نمونۀ مورد مطالعه: گذرهای منتهی به میدان ونک تهران

رهپویه معماری و شهرسازی
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: محمود رضایی; روسانا حق و
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Expanding Walkability in Tehran’s Historic Downtown Case Study: Streets Leading to the Imam Khomeini Square (Maidan-e Tup-khana)

International Journal of Architectural Engineering & Urban Planning
2022-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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The Cognition of Iranian Traditional Architecture’s Elements in Award-Winning Projects (Case Study: Memar-Award, 2008 to 2017)

2022-04 | Journal article | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei; Modirrousta, Sama; Borazjani, Vida Norouz
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تدوین برنامه ریزی استراتژیک به منظور پایداری محیط زیست طبیعی در حوزه های با قابلیت گردشگری (مطالعه موردی: محور گردشگری لشکرک – دیزین)

گردشگری شهری
2022-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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Design participation theories

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85096614647

Contributors: Rezaei, M.
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Design scopes

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85096572301

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Efficient tools and sources in design process

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85096514653

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Normative and positive theories

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85096572368

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Paradigms in form and space creation

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85096529856

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Place and non-place theories

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85096529028

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Procedural and substantive theories

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85096600383

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Rational and empirical theories: Systematic and cliché or intuitive and creative approaches

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85096620204

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Reviewing design process theories: Discourses in architecture, urban design and planning theories

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85096536590

Contributors: Rezaei, M.
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Role of local and urban textures in promoting social interactions of residents and emphasizing living centers theory of Christopher Alexander

Frontiers of Architectural Research
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85089915350

Part of ISSN: 20952635
Contributors: Hatefishojae, S.; Islami, S.G.; Rezaei, M.
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ارزیابی دید و منظر مطلوب با هدف کاهش مخاطرات زیست‌محیطی (مطالعۀ موردی: مجموعۀ شمس تبریزی)

مدیریت مخاطرات محیطی
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: مهرداد عزیزی; محمود رضایی; وحید قبادیان
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Mahmud Rezaei

Explaining the Concept of Physical Complexity in Urban Landscape and Identity

2021-08-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei; Haghani, Toofan; Marzi, Rojin
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Mahmud Rezaei

THE PARAMETRIC EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TO ANALYZE SITE PLAN IN ARCHITECTURE (CASE STUDY: CITY OF KHOY)

PALARCH’S JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY OF EGYPT/EGYPTOLOGY
2021-05-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei; Ghobadian, Vahid; Azizi, Mehrdad
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نه پرسش در شهرسازی پیش و پسا کرونا

گزارش تحلیلی حکمرانی در جهان پساکرونا: چالش ها، راهبرده
2020 | Book chapter
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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مقدمه

گزارش‬ ‫حکمرانی‬ ‫جهان‬ ‫در‬ ‫پساکرونا‬ ‫ها‬ ‫چالش‬ - ‫راهبردها‬
2020 | Book chapter
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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نقش »فناوری اطالعات و ارتباطات« در »طراحی شهری« در ایران پسا کرونا

2020 | Book chapter
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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سهم مفهوم مقیاس انسانی در موفقیت طرح های شهری

فصلنامه برنامه ریزی توسعه شهری و منطقه ای
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: محمود رضایی; آیدا ایرانی ملک کیان
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Mahmud Rezaei

مردم: «فرا معیار درونی» موفقیت طرح‏ها (مرور سه دهه و نیم طرح‏های شهری تهران از دهه 1360 شمسی)

معماری و شهرسازی آرمان شهر
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: محمود رضایی
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Mahmud Rezaei

The Sense of Place: Components and Walkability. Old and New Developments in Dubai, UAE

The Journal of Public Space
2020-01-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2206-9658
Contributors: Maryam Marzbani; Jihad Awad; Mahmud Rezaei
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پیشنهادات و خلاصه گزارش همکاری دانشکده با شهرداری منطقه 12 شهر تهران: آتلیه طراحی شهری مشارکتی (عمودی)

Islamic Azad University
2019 | Report
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei
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کاربست اصول نوشهرگرایی مطابق با شناسه‌های شهر ایرانی-اسلامی (مطالعۀ موردی: محلۀ مسکونی و قدیمی رباطکریم (رباط کهنه))

پژوهشهای جغرافیای انسانی
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei; سید علی صفوی; مژگان سعادتمندی
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ارزیابی رویکرد شهر بوم‌مبنا براساس توسعۀ پایدار به روش تحلیل ارزیابی یکپارچۀ محیطی (IEA)

باغ نظر
2019-07 | Journal article
Contributors: رضا افشین اخگر; اسماعیل شیعه; محمود رضایی
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مدیریت تاب‌آوری محله در مواجهه با زلزله در بافت‌های فرسوده شهری به روش FAHP (نمونه موردی: محله عبدل آباد شهر تهران)

فصلنامه جغرافیا (برنامه ریزی منطقه ای)
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei; اسماعیل شیعه; مهدی نیری; نوید سعیدی رضوانی
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تأثیر آموزش فراشناختی در طراحی مجتمع‌های زیستی در مراکز شهری با تأکید بر نگارش و نقد فرآیند طراحی

پژوهش و برنامه ریزی شهری
2018-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmud Rezaei; Vahid Ghobadian; Houbeh Tahvildari; Reza Afhami
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سیر پیشرفت و گرایش طرح‌های شهری جمهوری اسلامی ایران (پروژه‌های اجرا شده تهران از 1360 تا 1395)

فصلنامه برنامه ریزی توسعه شهری و منطقه ای
2018-05 | Journal article
Contributors: محمود رضایی
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A comparative study about urban morphology patterns in contemporary Iranian and European cities

Human Geography Research Quarterly,
2017 | Journal article
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Applying New Urbanism Principles along with Persian-Islamic Indicators to Designing Residential Neighborhoods

Human Geography Research Quarterly
2017 | Journal article
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Land Use Planning with Regards to the Earthquake Risks for the Deteriorated Urban Neighborhoods

Human Geography Research Quarterly,Tehran University
2017 | Journal article
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Peer review (7 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

Review activity for Environment & planning. (2)
Review activity for Journal of Al-Azhar University Engineering Sector. (1)
Review activity for Journal of Asian architecture and building engineering. (3)
Review activity for Journal of housing and the built environment. (1)