2024
Derived from my grandfather’s caligraphy, I combined Persian poetic elements with traditional miniature style painting to create collages as a mode of storytelling.
Ava Razavi آوا رضوی
razaviava12@gmail.com
Ava is an interdisciplinary Architectural Designer based in Seattle and Brooklyn. She is passionate about weaving her technical construction experience with her cultural identiy to create intential and human-focused designs.
bolbol is her latest creative endeavour that aims to showcase a broad portfolio of architectural case studies and collage-style art pieces.
bolbol is the Farsi word for the nightengale bird and remains a strong element in Iranian poetry and folklore. The nightengale represents a character that is steadfast in advocating for injustice and love. As a designer, Ava hopes to embody bolbol through art and the built environmnet by advocating for people, animals and ecology..
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
B.A. Architectural Design
B.S. Construction Management
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Fall 2021 Studio
The South Park neighborhood presents as a unique industrial-residential typology, with critically low community and green space for residents. The project included a rowing shell house and a complete site design aimed at creating a new home for the local rowing team and repurposing the site for community space.
Winter 2022 Studio
Located in central Seattle, Little Saigon presents itself as a colletive of transgenerational living. The housing project aims to provide ample dwelling with a focus on community and the evolving nature of human activity.
My main role was designing the facade, which features exterior balconies and vertical cedar screens to diffuse the light. The cedar screens are operable, creating an ever changing facade.
2022 Spring Studio