CREATIVE AGENCY

Dear Prof. Blau

I’m writing to you with regard to the doctoral program in Urban Planning at GSD.

I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of innovative approaches in studying urban environments. To give you an example, I was so inspired by your “Intermedia Narrative” project, both the exhibition and the article. I have used similar narrative methods in my urban and landscape projects, especially in my landscape design studio II where I tried to interpret the natural landscape of one of the valleys of my hometown by fantasy planning.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than honoured if you can perhaps spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Blau

I’m writing to you with regards to the doctoral program in Urban Planning at GSD. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of innovative approaches in studying urban environments. I was especially inspired by your “Urban Intermedia” project, both the exhibition and the article. I have used similar narrative methods in my urban and landscape projects, specifically in my landscape design studio II where I tried to interpret the natural landscape of one of the valleys of my hometown applying fantasy planning.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Arcaya

I’m writing to you with regards to the doctoral program in Urban Studies and Planning at DUSP. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of public health and community development. I was so intrigued by your “Community change and resident needs: Designing a Participatory Action Research study in Metropolitan Boston” article. I have tried to solve public health through planning in my urban projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting field surveys and implementing the result in my planning and design.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Khorakiwala

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in Architecture at GSAPP. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of the ecological landscape and vernacular construction. I was so intrigued by your “Solar Systems for the Rural Body” article. I have also tried to adopt the vernacular approach in my projects especially in my undergraduate final project where I tried to combine Persian traditional desert architecture methods with new technologies such as rammed earth and solar pannels.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Botchwey

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in City and Regional Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of public health and community engagement. I was so intrigued by your “How Youth of Color Create Communities of Hope: Connecting Advocacy, Activity, and Neighborhood Change”, I myself have participated in several youth-related projects as well and I was also inspired by your “How are Neighborhood and Street-Level Walkability Factors Associated with Walking Behaviors? A Big Data Approach Using Street View Images” article, I love to use computer vision in my regional analysis if I had the chance. I have tried to solve public health through planning in my urban projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting participatory surveys and implementing the result in my planning and design.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Stone

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in City and Regional Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I previously contacted Prof. Bochway, she told me she is going to leave GA and to reach out to you. I wanted to pursue my opportunities for your PhD program.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know about the current openings in the PhD program.

Dear Prof. Vanky

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of urban design and digital data. I was so inspired by your work about walkable communities and analysis of GPS using mobile phones, also I was intrigued by your “The characteristics of asymmetric pedestrian behavior: A preliminary study using passive smartphone location data” article. I have tried to perceive human behaviour in my urbanscape projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting field surveys. I believe benefiting from digital data could add to the quality and efficiency of user research and I have an immense interest in pursuing computational methods to improve my research in my PhD.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Yin

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in Urban and Regional Planning at UB. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of urban design and sustainable development. I was so inspired by your “A framework for extracting urban functional regions based on multiprototype word embeddings using points-of-interest data” article. I have tried to focus on urban issues in my projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting field surveys. I believe benefiting from new tools such as digital data could add to the quality and efficiency of user research and I have an immense interest in pursuing computational methods to improve my research in my PhD.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Barchers

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in Regional Planning at UMass Amherst. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of community engagement and digital data (as new tools of planning). I was so inspired by your research agenda, especially by your “Moving beyond operations: Leveraging big data for urban planning decisions” paper. I have tried to perceive human behaviour in my urbanscape projects specifically in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting participatory surveys. I believe benefiting from new technologies such as big data and machine learning could add to the quality and efficiency of user research, hence I have an immense interest in using technology in meaningful ways to improve research in my PhD.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Lara

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in City and Regional Planning at OSU. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of urban design and community development. I was so intrigued by your “Problem-Based solutions from the classroom to the Community: Transformative approaches to mitigate the impacts of boom-and-bust in declining urban communities” article. I have tried to focus on equity at the intersection of social, cultural, and economic factors in my urban projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting participatory surveys and implementing the result in my planning and design.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Aeschbacher

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD in Architecture program at PSU. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of landscape design and community development. I was so intrigued by your “Democracy and the Necessity for Spaces of Last Resort” article. I have tried to focus on equity at the intersection of social, cultural, and economic factors in my urban projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting participatory surveys and implementing the result in my planning and design.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Brooks

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in Design, Environment and the Arts (Design) at ASU. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of community development and interdisciplinary collaboration. I was so intrigued by your “Democracy and the Necessity for Spaces of Last Resort” article. I have tried to focus on equity at the intersection of social, cultural, and economic factors in my urban projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting participatory surveys and implementing the result in my planning and design, also I was so inspired by the program definition.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Brooks

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in Design, Environment and the Arts (Design) at ASU. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of community development and interdisciplinary collaboration. I was so intrigued by your “Democracy and the Necessity for Spaces of Last Resort” article. I have tried to focus on equity at the intersection of social, cultural, and economic factors in my urban projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting participatory surveys and implementing the result in my planning and design, also I was so inspired by the program definition.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Coseo

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in Design, Environment and the Arts (Design) at ASU. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of community development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and urban and ecological design. I was so intrigued by your “Exploring pedestrian thermal comfort in hot climates” article. I have tried to adopt the ecological approach in my projects, particularly in my undergraduate final project where I tried to combine Persian traditional desert architecture methods with new technologies such as xeriscaping, rammed earth, and solar panels. I have also tried to solve public health through planning in my urban projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting participatory surveys.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Cheng

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in Design, Environment and the Arts (Design) at ASU. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

I wanted to contact you in particular because I think my research interest aligns with yours perfectly, especially around the topics of community development, Equity, Justice and Sustainability. I was so intrigued by your “What Does It Take to Achieve Equitable Urban Tree Canopy Distribution? A Boston Case Study.” article. I have tried to adopt the ecological approach in my projects, particularly in my undergraduate final project where I tried to combine Persian traditional desert architecture methods with new technologies. I have also tried to focus on equity at the intersection of social, cultural, and economic factors in my urban projects especially in my graduate final project where I tried to identify community problems surrounding one of my hometown famous squares by conducting participatory surveys.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.

Dear Prof. Yang,

I’m writing to you with regards to the PhD program in City and Regional Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology. I have an MSc in landscape architecture from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran and I am looking for a PhD candidacy in the Fall of 2022.

Based on my interests, Dr. Brian Stone advised me to contact you and see if you’re accepting any new students for the Fall of 2022. My major interest is urban design and I have tried to focus on equity at the intersection of social, cultural, and economic factors in my urban projects especially in my graduate final project and my Landscape Design Studio II. I was also inspired by your “Generative design and performance modeling for relationships between urban built forms, sky opening, solar radiation and energy” article. I believe benefiting from new tools such as data analytics could add to the quality and efficiency of user research and I have an immense interest in pursuing the smart city movement in my PhD.

I have attached my C.V. along with the link to my personal website. I would be more than grateful if you could spare some time to look at my resume and let me know if there is any possible opportunity of working with you next year.