Bahar Abbasnezhad
Architect|Researcher|Coder
Trained architect and researcher working across systems-oriented urban research, spatial transformations, morphological resilience, and socio-technical infrastructures. Bridging empirical urban analysis, data-driven research, and architectural thinking to explore complexity of built environments across scales.
Polyglot, shaped by living and working across diverse communities. Chess medalist, enjoying photography, yoga, and human design off the clock.
Languages : Azerbaijani, Persian (native) | English, Turkish (fluent) | Italian, German (working)
2026 – present | Visiting Scholar. Bursa Technical University, Turkey
2023 – 2026 | Project Manager. Centre for Scientific Research, Auroville, India
2020 – present | PhD Candidate. Faculty of Linguistics, Cultural Studies, and Arts, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
2018 – 2020 | Freelance Designer
2017 | Architect. Studio ARX, Florence, Italy
2013 – 2017 | Master's Student. Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy
2025 | Frontend development of aupdr.auroville.community website in collaboration with Digital-Tiff.in
2022 | Transdisciplinary Research at the Science Society Interface. University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
2018 | Centro Città. Development plan for Scandicci city centre, Scandicci, Italy
2017 | Le Mulina. Structural and environmental analysis for the sustainable rehabilitation of the abandoned hippodrome in Cascine Park, Florence, Italy
2016 | Bastione Belvedere. Restoration and rehabilitation of the 16th century fortress in Arezzo, Italy
2015 | Firenze – Beograd – Firenze. Memorial intervention on the ruins of the former National Library in Belgrade, Serbia
2014 | GreenUp! a Smart City. Urban farming integration into metropolitan areas. CrossingLab, Italy
ongoing | Auroville; a Complex Adaptive System (working title)
2026 | Urban Development of Auroville in a Nutshell
2020 | Architectural Theory from the Point of View of Naturphilosophie. Centre for Critical Studies in Architecture, Frankfurt, Germany (talk)
2019 | Schinkel’s Reception of Philosophy. Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany (talk)
2018 | Schinkel and Florentine Renaissance Architecture. Convegno Grand Tour del Terzo Millennio, Università di Roma-Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (talk)
2016 | Cross-Disciplinary Urban Spaces: from Bazaar to Mall
2015 | Rethinking Non-Places: San Donato Novoli – Space of Alienation or a Place for Public Life?
2014 | Persian, Islamic, or Iranian? A Brief History of Gardening in Iran
