Mohamad Kalhor

Work

9 projects. Roles are given as the project files record them.

  1. NO. 1 Pavilion

    A self-initiated student shell of 315 cardboard cells, form-found, unrolled into 945 parts and hand-built at IUST in 2015.

    Related Stonize · Tehran Cultural Garden · Bionic Mold Pavilion

    Year
    Nov–Dec 2015
    Role
    Project lead and de facto supervisor; algorithm design and parts preparation
    Status
    Built, temporary, indoors
    Strand
    FAB Fabrication
    Film
    [object Object]

  2. Stonize

    Workshop and exhibition stand, Tehran, 2016. 107 flat slabs of conglomerate stone on a plywood frame.

    Related Stone Wall · NO. 1 Pavilion

    Year
    July and Dec 2016
    Role
    Workshop instructor / co-lead, with Mehdi Kiani
    Status
    Built twice, temporary
    Strand
    FAB Fabrication

  3. Roll Ice Cream Store

    A built interior for a rolled-ice-cream shop in Tehran, with a ceiling of suspended, coloured cardboard tubes.

    Related Stone Wall

    Year
    March 2016 (owner; file dates are Aug–Oct 2017)
    Role
    Designer, fabricator and project manager, as an employee of Taraghijah Architects
    Status
    Built, interior
    Strand
    BLT Built work
    Film
    [object Object]

  4. Stone Wall

    A round, curved wall of pinned travertine slabs, generated in Grasshopper from three curves and built live at a stone fair; only the bottom half could be finished.

    Related Stonize · Press · Roll Ice Cream Store

    Year
    12–13 July 2017
    Role
    Design and fabrication
    Status
    Partly built: the lower half
    Strand
    FAB Fabrication
    Film
    [object Object]

  5. Virtual Art Museum of Lima City

    A bachelor's thesis in architecture at IUST. The film covers part 3 of 5: a roof made of insect-eye cells.

    Related Tehran Cultural Garden

    Year
    Defended 11 Feb 2017
    Role
    Author; supervised by Dr. Ekhlasi
    Status
    Thesis; one roof panel prototyped
    Strand
    RES Research
    Film
    [object Object]

  6. Bionic Tower

    Design for a 240 m tower in Tehran, unbuilt. A concrete shell derived from a minimal surface braces it against side load.

    Related Bionic Mold Pavilion · Tehran Cultural Garden

    Year
    2018 (film credit; catalogue range 2016–18)
    Role
    Designer
    Status
    Unbuilt, academic study
    Strand
    ARC Architecture
    Film
    [object Object]

  7. brain

    A web dashboard for one person's instance of Hermes Agent, whose work is organised as a kanban board in SQLite.

    Related Press

    Year
    30 Aug – 3 Oct 2026
    Role
    Designer builder
    Status
    Software
    Strand
    TLS Tools
    Film
    [object Object]

  8. Press

    A control room for a content pipeline in which six AI agent roles plan, gather, design, make, judge and publish.

    Related brain · Stone Wall

    Year
    Sept 2026
    Role
    [role to confirm]
    Status
    Software, verified on fixtures
    Strand
    TLS Tools
    Film
    [object Object]

  9. Tehran Cultural Garden

    An unbuilt cultural complex from a master's design studio: ten programme spaces settle by their links on a fixed 9 m grid.

    Related Virtual Art Museum of Lima City · Bionic Tower · NO. 1 Pavilion

    Year
    Year not stated (file dates 2017–18)
    Role
    Group work: Mohamad Kalhor and Sina
    Status
    Unbuilt, master's design studio
    Strand
    ARC Architecture