Arian Saghafifar: I believe a successful design explores different approaches in projects. I have a good understanding of the computational thinking. In my studies, I tried to expand the innovation through different mediums. Although the inspiration from others is as important as differences, these differences makes us designers.

Ali Sader: As a Student of Architecture at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. I developed a passion towards digital fabrication, robotic fabrication and architecture. Moreover, studying architecture also allowed me to delve into different fields of design such as furniture design, product design and graphic design. Additionally, I consider myself a leader in my field and a pioneer as I attempt to discover new ways of building construction, and detailing to allow for more complex, sustainable and atmospheric constructs.

Website: http://www.arian-saghafifar.com/

University: American University of Sharjah

Professor(s): Marcus Farr

Instagram Username: @_arian_sa @ali_sader @material_artifact

Name of Project: Deira Urban Market

Project Description: Understanding the Urban Market: Urban agriculture is a social movement for sustainable communities, where organic growers, foodies, and locavores form social networks founded on a shared ethos of nature and community. Many people are looking for food security, nutrition, and income generation which are key motivations for urban agriculture and local markets. People who live in cities need a more direct access to fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat products through urban agriculture. Our project begins to interplay between tectonic modules that interconnect with one another to produce a stereotomic construct existing as an urban carpet, which acts as a mediator between the dense but static fabric of the city of Deira with the vast and dynamic fluidity of the nearby sea. focusing on the development of a comprehensive architectural design project integrating building technologies with other non- technical design. The intent of the project is to celebrate food culture and provide access to good quality produce locally while also addressing issues of self-sustainability.