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Poorya Eghtesadi

I am an architect, urban designer and researcher based in Rotterdam.

✺ I earned my MSc in Architecture from KU Leuven in Brussels and my BSc from the University of Tehran.

✺ I work as a researcher at Smart Urban Redesign Research Center at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in Heerlen.

✺ I also lecture at the Built Environment Academy at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences.

✺ My work focuses on using data science to explore the relationship between spatial configuration and socio-economic vitality.

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↳ Closing the Circle through Design: Tools, Methods, and Principles of Circularity

Conference
Transhistorical Pedagogies by European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE)
2025
Co-author & Presenter
Together with Nurhan Abujidi, Cecilia Chiappini, Bianca Andalero, & Roel Tijssens

↳ InWeCity: Inclusive Cities and Urban Wellbeing

Erasmus+ Grant
Weert, Zaragoza, & Aalborg
2024 - 2027
Researcher
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Aalborg University, & Universidad San Jorge

↳ Urban Living Labs as user-centered ecosystem: Spatial Persona as a Tool for Public Space Revitalization

Conference
Open Living Lab Days by European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
2024
Co-author & Presenter
Together with Nurhan Abujidi, Herwin Sap, Stefano Blezer, & Anne van Dun

Cultural Probes: A Pathway to Understanding Poverty and Debt Dynamics

Conference
Open Living Lab Days by European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
2024
Co-author & Presenter
Together with Nurhan Abujidi, & Steffi Kohl

↳ ELSA Lab Poverty & Debt

Research Project
Heerlen
2023 - 2026
Researcher
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

↳ City Deal Kennis Maken > Limburg UniverCity

SIA Regieorgaan Project Subsidy
Heerlen
2023 - 2026
Researcher
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

Natural Hypertransformation: Agriculture in Belgium and the Netherlands 2100

Symposium
Bight Festival by Stadslab Sittard-Geleen
2022
Presenter
Together with Niklas Michels
Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education

↳ Circular Cities & Communities

Bachelor Program
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
2025 - ongoing
Lecturer

↳ Circular Cities & Communities

Bachelor Program
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
2024 - ongoing
Curriculum Development (Project Team)

↳ Bachelor Built Environment

Bachelor Program
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
2023 - ongoing
Lecturer

Post-growth Imaginaries in Urban Transitions

Workshop
Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2026
Organizer & Coach
Together with Nazanin Karimi, in part with the Anti-City Guide project

(re)cycle LIMBURG 10

Workshop
Weert
2025
Organizer & Coach

Design Challenge – Spoorzone Weert

Workshop
Weert
2024
Organizer & Coach

(re)cycle LIMBURG 9

Workshop
Weert
2024
Organizaer & Coach

Design Challenge – Lange Jan Park

Workshop
Weert
2024
Organizer & Coach

(re)cycle LIMBURG 8

Workshop
Heerlen
2023
Organizer & Coach
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Limburg Univercity: Kennis Festival

Group Exhibition
Heerlen
2024
Curator & Designer
Smart Urban Redesign

Limburg Univercity Book

Book
Heerlen
2024
Illustrator & Designer
Together with Nima Tabrizi

↳ We Are the Next Generation

Group Exhibition
Kortrijk
2022
Contributor
Together with Niklas Michels

A JUST EXPO!

Exhibition
Brussels
2022
Participant
Organized by Alt-Shift

↳ A Manifesto for Just City

Symposium
Amsterdam
2021
Presenter
Organized by Pakhuis de Zwijger

↳ A Manifesto for Just City, Vol. 2

Book
Delft
2021
Contributor
Published by TU Delft Open