Elaheh Sabeti
This website is the personal website of Dr. Elaheh Sabeti. With more than 20 years of architectural work experience, together with more than 15 years of studying, working, and researching acoustics, especially architectural acoustics, she knows the common language of these two territories, which is used in her designs. Being in the middle area of two disciplines lets her have mutual interaction with both architects and acousticians.
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
● 2017-2022 . PhD in Architecture. Shahid Beheshti University. Tehran
Dissrtation Title: Auditory Experience of Place
Supervisors: Dr. Hadi Nadimi, Dr. Zohreh Tafazzoli
● 2003-2006. Voluntary Attending at Acoustical Courses. Department of Music, Tehran University. Tehran
● 1996-2005. MA in Architecture (continuous with BA in Architecture). Shahid Beheshti University. Tehran
Thesis Title: Performance Space for Iranian Music: Research to Establish Design Criteria.
Supervisors: Dr. Khausrow Maulana, Dr. Hadi Nadimi. Advisor: Maestro Majid Kiani.
● 1992-1996. Diploma in Mathematical Sciences. Farzanegan High School. Tehran
Acoustical Professional Experiences:
● 2020-2021. Architectural and Acoustical design of ‘Music Hall’ and ‘Theatre hall’ of Arak cultural center
● 2016. Noise Reduction of Mechanical equipment of Yasaman Residential Building
● 2014. Professional Secretary of National Building Regulations in Iran (Committee 18 : Acoustics)
● 2013-2016. Board of Directors in Navock Cultural Institute (Acoustical institute)
● 2010-2016. Acoustical design of some auditoriums (Rasht concert hall, Esfahan auditoriums, etc.), and some noise reduction projects Under the supervision of Dr. Maulana.
● 2009-2010. Research assistant at The Acoustical Department of the Building and Housing Research Center (BHRC) of Iran
● 2005-2016. Participation in the following projects at Maulana Acoustical Lab. (A private Lab. in Tehran) :
- In charge of “Catalogue of Historical Musical Pictures”
- Research and reconstruction of numbers of ancient Iranian musical instruments: Karnah, Barbat, etc.
- Identifying, cataloguing and collecting old and classical acoustical books, especially Iranian acoustical manuscripts
- Identifying, cataloguing and collecting Iranian old records (like phonographs)
- Developing a short standard text for Persian language
- Designing PCB for audio-electronic circuits
- Learning elementary knowledge about sound recording, electro-acoustic equipment, and Audio Electronics
Architectural Professional Experiences:
● 2001-present. Architectural designer and technologist: Designing and supervising responsibilities with two architectural consultant firms, concerned with: residential, commercial, cultural, official and sports centers like ‘Performance Art Garden’ of Abbas-Abad Complex and ‘Payam’ mosque.
Musical Expriences:
● 1994-2007. Playing Santour (a traditional Iranian musical instrument) and Studying Radiff (formal model of Iranian traditional music) under the guidance and supervision of maestro Majid Kiani.
Publications:
● 2022. Sabeti, E., Tafazzoli, Z. (2022). An Analysis of Theoretical Foundations in Sound and Place Studies: From Architectural Acoustics to Auditory Place. The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar, 19(106), 51-64. doi: 10.22034/bagh.2021.283108.4867
● 2018. Cooperating for preparing construction details used in the book: Hedayati, M., Raissian, A., Heramvand, N. (2018). Investigation on Acoustical Behaviour of New and Traditional Patitions in Buildings. Tehran: BHRC Publication. Research Report No. R-802.
● 2017. Research fellow in the project: Establishing Dwelling Model in Iranian-Islamic Approach. Consultant Firm: Diargah-e-Shahr. Employer: Deputy of Urban Planning and Architecture, Tehran Municipality.
● 2015. Cooperating for cataloguing miniatures of the book: Tehrani, F. by Ali Qoli Aqa Bathhouse Museum. (2015). Persian Paintings of Garmaba (Bathhouses). Isfahan: Cultural and Recreational Organization of Isfahan Municipality.
● 2006. Maulana, K., Sabeti, E. (2006). Music in Safavid Isfahan: Festive or Epic? Presented at The International Congress of Esfahan School, Iran Academy of Arts.
● 2003. Sabeti, E. (2003). In Search of Hammam (Bathhouse) Architecture in Iranian Miniature Paintings. The Monthly Journal of Book of Month: Art, (63-64), 132-139.
● 2002. Sabeti, E. (2002). Musical Performance Space in Iranian Miniature Paintings. Soffeh, 12(34), 132-145.
Awards:
● 2011. First place (with two colleagues) in Facade Design Competition for designing Payam Mosque. Conductor: Architecture and Construction Magazine.
● 2001. First place for playing Santour in: Women Musical Festival in Iran.
● 2000, 2005. First place for performing Radiff in: Students Musical Festivals in Iran.
● 1999. Second place for performing Radiff in: Students Musical Festivals in Iran.
Architectural Acoustic Design Projects
● Music Hall of Arak Cultural Center. 2020-2021
Employer: The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of the Islamic Republic of Iran
This Music hall is designed for a live performance of Iranian music. The main storey and the balcony, the constructed structure of which was available, include 310 seats. Because of the properties of Iranian music, the reverberation time is about 1s in a linear form. For holding solo or group musical performance, the volume and reverberation time can be changed by a moveable light wall on stage.
Arak Music Hall, view from the stage |
Arak Music Hall, view from the balcony to the stage |
Reverberation Time vs Frequency in Arak Music Hall |
Arak Music Hall, Plan (right) and Section (left) |
● Theater Hall of Arak Cultural Center. 2020-2021
Employer: The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The big volume of theater hall, the constructed structure of which was available, was a limitation for the live acoustical design of speech. Therefore, this hall has been designed to form a multi-purpose hall for theater and large-scale musical performances by using electroacoustic equipment. The main storey and two balconies include 625 seats. The shapes and materials have been designed to absorb a wide range of frequencies and avoid long reverberation time in low frequencies, to have more clarity in speech transmission.
Arak Theater Hall, view from the balcony to the stage |
Arak Theater Hall, view from the stage |
Arak Theater Hall, view of auditorium |
Reverberation Time vs Frequency in Arak Theater Hall |
Arak Music Hall, Plan (left) and Section (right) |
● Noise Reduction of Mechanical Equipment of Yasaman Residential Building. 2016
Private Employer
Yasaman residential building is an apartment in Tehran which is designed by Safamanesh and Associates architectural firm. There has been a chiller near the roof garden of the building, for which the construction details of the floor and walls of the place has been designed to reduce the sound level of the roof garden.
● Rasht Music Hall. 2015-2016
Collaborating with Dr. Maulana on Design
Employer: The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of the Islamic Republic of Iran
This music hall has been designed to optimize the acoustical conditions of constructed structure which include around 800 seats. Noise reduction of ventilation system, arranging the audiences, adding some reflectors in particular places, and shaping the interior ceiling have been the strategies of obtaining the optimum quantity and quality of musicsl sound received by listeners.
General view of Rasht Music Hall |
General view of Rasht Music Hall |
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