MOZHAN KHADEM
President and Principal-in-charge of design

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Mr. Khadem is President and founding Principal of Boston Design Collaborative. His 35 years of professional experience include numerous award winning projects in the United States and the Middle East. His career includes senior design leadership and Principal positions with prominent U.S. architectural practices such as  Perkins and Will in Chicago, Payette Associates in Boston and Anshen & Allen in San Francisco.  He served as a Principal-in-Charge and design director of many significant projects including the American University in Cairo; the Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey; Jondi Shapour University, Ahwaz, Iran; Alfred and Norma Lerner Tower, Samuel Mather Pavilion at the University Hospitals of Cleveland; University of Miami Medical Center; Sylvester Cancer Clinic;  Farahzad City master plan and building designs, Teheran, Iran  (for 200,000 inhabitants); Armed Forces Medical City, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; Jackson Laboratories, New Research Building, Bar Harbor, Maine. 

He was selected by H.H. The Aga Khan as design consultant for the Aga Khan University and Hospital together with Payette Associates as Healthcare architects. Mr. Khadem joined Payette Associates in 1979 as a Principal and led this project in design and construction in Khadem Studio of Payette Associates. Mozhan Khadem has led large and complicated projects involving complex master planning, programming and architecture.  His work has been noted for its culturally and environmentally responsive design. 

 

His design solutions is based on a methodology that addresses the unique context and requirements of each project and site, while reflecting the specific needs, concerns and goals of the Client. He has written and lectured widely on the significance of culturally and environmentally responsive architecture.


Mr. Khadem’s experience includes:

 

ACADEMIC FACILITIES:

The New Campus of the American University in Cairo,
New Cairo, Egypt

Principal-in-charge/Director of Design
Master plan for a 250-acre University, 2 million GSF of buildings on a 250-acre desert site 35 km east of old Cairo, serving 7000 students

Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Master plan of a 200-acre university with 1,120,000 GSF of buildings serving 3500 students

School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Principal-in-Charge
Urban Design/Site selection and feasibility study

Illinois Central College, Peoria, Illinois

Director of Design
Master plan and Phase I building for 20,000-student institution

Albion College, Albion, Michigan

Master plan Fine arts building

School of Technology Building, Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, Illinois

Fine and Performing Arts Building, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Jondi Shapour University,Ahwaz, Iran

Master plan and design for building for library, student center, school of humanities, school of technology, performing arts center.

University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Graduate school of international studies

 

HEALTH CARE:

Kaiser Foundation, Medical Office/Ambulatory Care Center, San Francisco, California

Master plan and design of 260,000 GSF medical office building

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami

School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
117,500 SF new outpatient facility

Sallick Cancer Research center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
60,000 SF new cancer center

Alfred and Norma Lerner Tower, Samuel Mather Pavilion,
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio

Principal-in-Charge/Design Director
584,000 SF replacement facility
Acute care bed tower and ambulatory care expansion
Dedicated by General Colin Powell in February, 1993

Hahnemann University (Hospital and Ambulatory Care Center), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Campus master plan

Hospital and Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Design Consultant
New 721-bed hospital, medical college, and nursing college
Dedicated by President Zia of Pakistan and H.H. the Aga Khan in
November, 1985

New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
200,000 GSF conceptual program guidelines for research planning

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
2,000-bed medical complex

Eye Research Institute/Retina Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Feasibility study

Hospital and Medical Center, Jondi Shapour University, Ahwaz, Iran

Principal-in-Charge, Director of Design
Long-range plan and construction of 1,000-bed hospital

Goleston Hospital, Jondi Shapour University, Ahwaz, Iran

Principal-in-charge, Director of Design
250-bed addition

Reza Hospital, Tadjrish, Iran

Principal-in-Charge, Director of Design
Master plan for 600-bed addition

Ashraf Medical Center, Ahwaz, Iran

Principal-in-Charge, Director of Design
Master plan and design for 800-bed hospital, burn center,
Mental health center, and outpatient clinic

American Hospital Medical Center, Istanbul, Turkey

Principal-in-charge/Director of Design
200,000 SF master plan for expansion

RESORTS, HOTELS AND COMMERCIAL:

Hotel Conventual Carmen Bajo, Quito, Ecuador

Principal-In-Charge
Design for the conversion of an 18th Century Convent to a 200 room five star hotel in Quito’s historic district.

Khezer Shahr Resort Town Master Plan, On the shore of the Caspian Sea, Iran

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Master plan for a resort community for 50,000 people

Serena Hotels (Aga Khan Ventures), Sites in nine cities in Pakistan

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Site assessment and architectural feasibility studies

Gilget Serena Hotel, Pakistan

Recommendation for expansion and remodeling

Hunza Serena Hotel, Pakistan

Recommendation for expansion and remodeling

Quetta Serena Hotel, Pakistan

Design consultancy and interior design

Faisalabad Serena Hotel, Pakistan

Design consultancy and interior design

Farahzad New Town Shopping Center, Teheran, Iran

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Comprehensive shopping and related community facility serving 50,000 people

Northern Trust Building, Chicago, Illinois

Director of Design
35-story building on Wacker Drive

 

RESEARCH AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY:

The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Master plan of 94-acre site 38,000 GSF genetics and research laboratory

Salisbury Laboratories, Charles City, Iowa

Design for administrative headquarters, library, training
facilities, and research laboratories

Abbott Park, North Chicago, Illinois

Master plan

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Isfahan, Iran

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Radiation protection laboratories



URBAN PLANNING:

Urban Design Passeo Simon Bolivar, Quito, Ecuador

Principal-in-Charge
Design of a 12 HA area of downtown Quito with complicated existing mixed uses and congested traffic patterns,
connecting modern Quito to its historic district.

Farahzad, Tehran, Iran

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Master plan for a city of 200,000 people including housing




Khazar Shahr, Caspian Sea Shore

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design

Master plan for a resort community accommodating 50,000 people; Casinos, shopping, hotel, marina

Armed Forces Medical City, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design

Urban design, planning, site development, housing, commercial and community facilities for 2,000 bed hospital and medical school

PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL:

Dr. Jamil Witt Mahuad Residence, Quito, Ecuador
Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design
Private residence for Mayor City of Quito

HIH Princess Ashraf Pahlavi Residence, Ahvaz, Iran
(15,000-sf)

H.H. the Aga Khan residence, Karachi, Pakistan
(15,000-sf)

H.E. Abdolreza Ansari Residence, Teheran, Iran
(12,000-sf)

Mr. and Mrs. Golestane Residence, Teheran, Iran
(10,000-sf)

Mr. and Mrs. Street Residence, Michigan
(3,500-sf)

Khadem Residence, Chestnut hill, MA
(5,000-sf)

Khadem Residence, Cape Cod, MA
(2,500-sf)

Kirac Yali Residence (on the Bosphorus), Istanbul, Turkey
(15,000-sf)

President's House, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
(12,000-sf)

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Master’s Degree in City Planning, 1961

University of Illinois, Department of Architecture
B.Arch. Degree, 1959

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