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Pirouz Nourian

Dr. Pirouz Nourian

Planning and Geoinformtion Management,  University of Twente
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Pirouz Nourian is an Assistant Professor of Design Informatics, Department of Architectural Engineering and Technology at TU Delft. He completed his BSc in Control Engineering at KN Toosi University of Technology, Tehran in 2004, MSc in Architecture at University of Art, Tehran in 2009, and Ph.D. in Design Informatics at TU Delft in 2016. He is the founder and director of Genesis Lab: Laboratory of Generative Systems and Sciences. He has the expertise and interest in computational generative design, specifically by means of mathematical modelling, geometrical, topological, or graph-theoretical computing. He has developed several computational tool-suites, most well-known among which are Space Syntax and Cheetah for Grasshopper 3D.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Architecture
Computational Geometry
Computational Mathemat...
Graph Theory
Design Support

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Short Biography

Pirouz Nourian is an Assistant Professor of Design Informatics, Department of Architectural Engineering and Technology at TU Delft. He completed his BSc in Control Engineering at KN Toosi University of Technology, Tehran in 2004, MSc in Architecture at University of Art, Tehran in 2009, and Ph.D. in Design Informatics at TU Delft in 2016. He is the founder and director of Genesis Lab: Laboratory of Generative Systems and Sciences. He has the expertise and interest in computational generative design, specifically by means of mathematical modelling, geometrical, topological, or graph-theoretical computing. He has developed several computational tool-suites, most well-known among which are Space Syntax and Cheetah for Grasshopper 3D.

Career Timeline

university of twente

University Educator/Researcher

01 January 2023 - 13 May 2025


Delft University of Technology

University Lecturer

01 December 2016 - 01 December 2022


Delft University of Technology

Post Doctoral Researcher

01 August 2014 - 01 June 2016


Delft University of Technology

Technician or Assistant

01 May 2011 - 01 November 2015