Farshad Mehdizadeh was born in Isfahan, Iran. He completed his bachelor’s and initial master’s degree at the Azad University of Isfahan, where he graduated in 2008. Farshad started his professional career as an architect in Fluid Motion Studio in Tehran. Later he worked with Lab Architecture Studio in Melbourne, Australia. Farshad has designed award winning personal projects as well, namely his Abadan residential building which won first prize in the national Me’mar awards of Iran and high recognition in the Middle East awards.
Farshad acquired a second master’s degree at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, in Barcelona Spain, after which he returned to Iran and established his own firm, Tehran Architecture Studio. Farshad is also active in the academic field, starting in 2007 as an assistant professor and continuing his academic work as a guest lecturer as well as through international workshops and collaboration with architects, instructors and architecture institutes around the world. He is now teaching in Melbourne University faculty of architecture. Farshad focuses his research on geographically context-based architecture and the impact of geography on architecture in general.
فرشاد مهدی زاده در سال ١٣٨٧ از دانشگاه آزاد اصفهان در رشته معماری فارغ التحصیل شد. سپس در شرکت مشاوره حرکت سیال شروع به کار کرد. برای کسب تجربه کار در عرصه بین المللی در سال ١٣٨٩ به استرالیا رفت و در شرکت Lab Architecture Studio در ملبورن به مدت دو سال مشغول به کار شد که این تجربه کاری برای او بسیار مفید بود. سپس برای ادامه تحصیل به مدرسه عالی معماری کاتالونیا (IAAC) در شهر بارسلونا به اسپانیا رفته و بعد از گذراندن یک دوره فوق لیسانس دیگر در زمینه طراحی شهری به ایران برگشت و کار حرفه ای خود را در ایران به طور مستقل شروع کرد. البته در تمام این مدت به فعالیت های آکادمیک مانند تدریس در ورک شاپ ها و دانشگاه های بین المللی هم مشغول بود.