Assoc. Prof. Dr. PAYAM MAHASTI SHOTORBANI
Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
                      Office
                      
EH307
                        
                        
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  pshotorbani@ciu.edu.tr
                        
                    
                      Telephone number
                      +90 392 671 11 11
                        
                        
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2124
                        
                    
                      
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                    CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
                        - Eastern Mediterranean University Architecture (PhD, 2013)
 - Islamic Azad University -Tehran Central Branch Urbanism (Master, 1998)
 - BuAli Sina Economics (Undergraduate, 1994)
 
Publications
                        Articles published in peer reviewed international journals (SCI,SSCI,Arts and Humanities)
- Reviving the Lost Spaces: Rewilding the Walled City of Nicosia Buffer Zone, Journal of Asian and African Studies (SSCI), Şaşmaz Kavas p., Mahasti, p. 2023 - 2023
 - Exploring the semiotic meaning of the first oil city in the Middle East: Masjed Soleyman, Social Semiotics, (SCCI, AHCI), Vol. 25, No. 3, 342'363. Rafooneh Mokhtarshahi Sani, Payam Mahasti Shotorbani & Naciye Doratli. - 2015
 - Symbolic Use of Windcatchers in Iran, Open House International, (SCCI, AHCI), Vol.38 No. 2, pp. 76-87 Mokhtarshahi Sani, R., Mahasti, p., 2013, - 2013
 - Regenerating Regional Identity for Sustainable Tourism Development, Case study: Eslami Island, Iran, Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, (ELSEVIER) Volume 35, pp. 523-530 Mokhtarshahi Sani, R., Mahasti, p., 2012, - 2012
 
Papers presented in international conferences and printed as proceedings
- Evaluating of successful place making for bazaars in Iranian cities, 7th ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT (AHTMM) CONFERENCE July 10 ' 15, 2017 - 2017
 - Youth, City and Place, International Symposium on Urban Design, 4-6 October 2016, Ankara, Turkey - 2016
 - Social Analysis of Class Segregation in Industrial Cities through the Eyes of Karl Marx, 7th International Architecture and Engineering Symposiums, European University of Lefke, 2012 - 2012
 - Regenerating Regional Identity for Sustainable Tourism Development, Case study: Eslami Island, Iran, (presentation and paper) AiCEBS 2011 Famagusta - 2011
 - Tourism regeneration of Silk Road in Iran, International association of Silk Road universities, international conference, Istanbul (presentation and paper) 2011 - 2011
 - Physical and Cultural Sustainability of Traditional Settlements, Internatıonal Housing Confference, Glascow, 2009 - 2009
 
Articles published in other peer reviewed international journals
- An Inquiry into Cultural Continuity and Change in Housing; an Iranian Perspective, Sociology Mind, (EBSCO, ProQuest, the Library of Congress), Vol.3, No.3, 230-237 Mokhtarshahi Sani, R., Mahasti, p., 2013 - 2013
 
Thesis Supervision
                        Doctorate Thesis Supervised
- REORIANTATION OF LOST SPACES: A SYSTEMATIC APROACH TOWARDS PLACELESSNESS; THE CASE OF NICOSIA BUFFER ZONE AND SURROUNDING - 2024
 
Master Thesis Supervised
- EVALUATION of SALAMIS ANTIQUE CITY in LIGHT of CULTURAL HERITAGE and PUBLIC OPEN SPACES - 2023
 - The Transformation of Urban Identity After the Fall of Baghdad War in 2003 - 2023
 - Evaluation of urban branded Places in promoting sustainable tourism development: A Case study of Namik Kemal square, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus - 2023
 - AN INVESTIGATION ON COST QUANTIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE MATERIALS: CASE STUDY NICOSIA DISTRICT, NORTHERN CYPRUS - 2022
 - WALKABILITY IN PUBLIC STREET CASE STUDY OF THE CITY /KOYSINJAQ CITY-IRAQ - 2022
 - The comparative study of interactions between land use, transportation and accessibility in the city of Famagusta before and after Covid-19 - 2022
 - THE EVALUATION OF EPHEMERAL URBANISM, IN ETHIOPIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE GREAT MERKATO MARKET, ADDIS ABABA - 2021
 - A GIS-based land use analysis of public open spaces by using AHP methodology on the oldest city of the world; Byblos in Lebanon - 2019
 - the effect of sustainable landscape in the campus environment - 2016
 - effects of lıghtıng in publıc open space; case study of urban squares - 2016
 - accessıbılıty for disables ın publıc open spaces; a case study of obalende district area, lagos ısland - 2016
 - aesthetic of urban environment and its correlation with traffic; case study of walled city, nicosia - 2016
 
Projects
                        - A) Project managers in national urban design projects, master, detailed and/or regional planning for following cities in Iran
 - Shazand (master/Detailed/Construction Plan 1:100)
 - Masjed Soleiman (master/Detailed Plan 1:2000)
 - Mohajeran (master Plan 1:10000)
 - Birjand (master Plan 1:2000)
 - Torbat-e-Jam (master/Detailed Plan 1:2000)
 - Ghaen (master Plan 1:2000)
 - Damavand (Regional Plan 1/25000)
 - Sarband (Regional Plan 1/50000)
 - Firoozkooh (Regional Plan 1/25000)
 - Neyshabour (Regional Plan 1/50000)
 - Sari (Detailed Plan 1:2000)
 - Kermanshah (master Plan 1:5000)
 - Arak (master and Detailed Plan 1:2000)
 - Babol (master and Detailed Plan 1:2000)
 - Ardebil (master and Detailed Plan 1:2000)
 - B) Project-manager in tourism plans and designs of following projects in Iran:
 - Jade Abrisham (Silk Road 1/500000, Awarded)
 - Jazire Eslami (Islami Iland 'Urumia Lake 1/2000)
 - Mehvare (axis) Kohrang ' Shoosh 1/100000
 - Ghotbe (pole) Lakh-Mazar Birjand 1/100
 - Foroomad (Village Tourism 1/2000)
 - Chashm (Village Tourism 1/2000)
 - C)Technical team in construction of some buildings
 - Residential Complex, (63 villas) Chabahar, Iran
 - Subway station Motahari, Tehran, Iran
 - Iran Air workshops building, Tehran, Iran
 
Research Areas
                        - Urban Design Urban Planning Design Theory Urban Semiotic Urban Public Places Place-making Urban Spaces Urban Economy