Mahan Mehrvarz

Salam

I’m Mahan; a Technology Architect and Researcher

I have a diverse design background in interaction design, media art, and architecture. My work focuses on how the experiential DNA of design can drive meaningful insight and change, particularly in addressing the psycho-social impacts of digital technology.

I am currently doing a practice-led PhD Research in AI Futures Lab within Technical University at Delft, Netherlands

My Six Projects that I'm Proud of

#Urban #Product #Data-visualization

#RtD #Media_art #Speculative_design

#Futuring #Speculative_design#Storytelling

#Workplace #HCD#Architecture

#Media_art #Interactive_environment #Speculative_design

#Things #Things_archeology #Storytelling

“At first, I thought architecture is great because it is both art and science! After completing two architecture degrees, I realized it is computers that are both art and science.” That’s when I started to become an architect of digital products rather than “mortar and bricks.”

-Inspired by words from Nicholas Negroponte and Gordon Pask

Mahan Mehrvarz currently works as a design researcher in AI Futures Labs within the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft. He explores ways in which AI can shape humane and just future of work through practice-led research methodologies.
He holds an M.Arch specializing in Situated Technologies from the State University of New York (UB) where he was awarded the prestigious Henry Adams Gold Medal of Merit from the American Institute of Architects. In addition to a decade of his contributions to the professional practice as a design lead and developer in Architecture and Interaction design, he has been involved in research via Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies, Technē Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies, and Tehran Urban Innovation Center.