Ehsan Jahani
B.Arch., MA, OAA
Professor, Honours Bachelor of Interior Design
Biography
Ehsan Jahani studied architecture in the United Kingdom and North Cyprus. He has more than 16 years of experience academically and professionally. He is the winner of the UN-HABITAT Human Settlements award, and won an international design competition in London, UK. Ehsan is a registered architect with the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), and holds a Building Code Identification Number (BCIN) from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH).
In addition to experience working in building departments at government institutions, Ehsan worked over some significant buildings in Canada. This includes crosstown development in downtown Toronto, design of the most extensive construction of 700 residential units in three high-rise buildings in Hamilton, digital representation of the Ryerson Art Centre at Ryerson University, and many other large and small projects across Ontario.
Ehsan’s expertise is in the Ontario Building Code and digital representation of architecture projects, and this strength enables him to share his experiences with students as a professor. Ehsan passionately enjoys teaching architectural and interior design subjects. He recently developed and prepared a new method and study package to train for the BCIN exam. His method is unique in its own nature and has received plenty of appreciation by his students and mentees.
Ehsan volunteers as co-chair of the Becoming Architects Canada/Deveiner architecture Canada (BAC-DAC) committee, a national group that advocates the architecture profession in Canada). Additionally, Ehsan has many mentees from the York Region School Board and JVS Toronto, where he has received certificate of appreciation for his outstanding contributions to mentoring and coaching.
I come from a family with an architectural and construction background, where I learned many details about this profession. Buildings and cultures around the world have always attracted me. I have visited over 30 countries with different cultures and architecture, and had a chance through my networks to teach my experiences of culture and architecture in more than six universities around the world. The feeling of experiencing is not comparable to any other method of learning, and I am happy that I personally can transfer my experiences in a very concise and straightforward way to my students in the classroom.
Ehsan Jahani
- Architecture certificate, Ryerson University, Toronto ON, 2015
- Master of Arts (MA) in Architecture and Cultural Studies, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford UK, 2006
- Bachelor or Architecture (B.Arch.), Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus, 2005
- Ontario Association of Architects (OAA)
- Becoming Architects Canada/Devenir architecte Canada (BAC-DAC)
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH), registered as an independent designer in the house and small buildings categories
- Ontario Building Officials Association (OBOA), non-registered member
- Oxford Architecture Society (OxArch)
- Tehran Construction Engineering Organization (TCEO)
- Solid background in the architecture and interior design industry
- 100+ technical certifications in the architecture and construction industry
- Ongoing education in curriculum development, research around architecture and interiors, particularly the Ontario Building Code and Building Code Identification Number (BCIN)-related topics
Research interests
- Teaching and instructing Ontario Building Code techniques in graphical and architectural languages
- Revit architecture: Virtual reality of wood frame construction
- Canadian building envelope system: Cold climate construction
Research projects
- L.S.P Pavilion design/research
- Role: Principal designer and researcher
- Amount funded: $20,000
- Year funded: 2014
- Funded by: ArchTriumph, Museum Garden, London, UK
- URBANOTION: A virtual reality study of future cities
- Role: Principal researcher
- Funded by: UN-Habitat, Human Settlements Department, United Nations
- Philosophy and Place in Architecture
- Role: Research team leader
- Amount funded: $2,000
- Funded by: Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Future City & Fundamental Change in Settlement
- Funded by: Tehran International Conference
- Compact city: The feasibility of sustainability in East London area of Hillingdon
- MA thesis (2006)
- The Impact of Open Space Concept in Architectural Education
- BA thesis (2005)
Featured publications
- 2022, Canadian Architectural Design in post-COVID era.
- 2021, Becoming Architect Canada (advocacy group article), under research.
- 2018, The effect of Ottoman Empire on Architectural Design and Philosophy.
- 2015, Konsept projeler (Turkish Best-known Architecture Journal – L.S.P project. Istanbul, Turkey.
- 2015, Memar magazine, [# 90] (Iranian Best-known Architecture Magazine). Tehran, Iran.
- 2013, Real home design – Music/Architecture/Football -Chinese Art Journal. Beijing, China.
- 2013, Identities, ideas, and concept orientation of Lord Norman Foster 1970 – 2012. Tehran, Iran.
- 2013, Compact city and sustainability feasibility in East London area of Hillingdon.
- 2007, DOMUS 901, Taxi: Capsule di spazio publico – Taxi as Public Capsule. Rome, Italy.
- 2005, DAU, The Architect who knows his target. Famagusta. Famagusta, Northern Cyprus.