Nasser Golzari

Nasser Golzari is an architect and academic. He is the principal partner in Golzari - NG Architects in London, and the MA design module leader at the University of Westminster, Masters of Architecture: Cultural Identity and Globalisation. Golzari has also been the Architecture Pathway Leader at University of the Arts London from 2004-2010. He was also a visiting Professor at Esfahan University of Arts and visiting critic at a number of universities in the UK and abroad. Golzari was the founding editor of A3 Times architectural magazine and A3 Forum.

As an architect, Nasser has worked both in private and public sector since 1985 on a number of projects nationally and internationally, building a number of educational and residential projects, some of which have been nominated for Civic Trust Award.^[1] For a number of years he has been active in design and research on urban strategies for local government and municipalities, including specific interest on the subject of sustainability, environment and cultural identity.

His current architectural projects are mainly in Europe and the Middle East. This includes design projects of schools, housing and sustainable urban regeneration. One of his current activities is the setting up of Palestine Regeneration Team (PART)],[1] in collaboration with Professor Murray Fraser and Yara Sharif. PART is an innovative approach to urban reconstruction in the troubled region of the Middle East to heal spatial fractures caused by conflict^[2].

Publications, News and Academic Activities

• Peckham-Palestine: Lessons in Building Communities from the Ground.[Guardian article]
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/housing-network/2011/aug/15/peckham-palestine-lessons-building-communities
• Architecture, Settlement and Urban Identity of the Persian Gulf Region
• PART's contribution to Architecture As a Sign for Peace
• The architects building the Arab future
• PART's contribution to Virus, 'Designing Coexistence'
• Golzari, N., & Sharif, Y. (2011). 'Reclaiming Space and Identity: Heritage-led regeneration in Palestine', The Journal of Architecture, Vol. 16 (1), pp. 121-44.

References

1. ^ See Blackwall complex workshop and offices, London.
2. ^ See other related activities by PART. Available at http://www.westminster.ac.uk/home/students/student-news/news-items/2010/gaza-calling

External Links

• Official Golzari NG Architects website
• Official Palestine Regeneration Team (PART) website

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