About · 2026
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Kiarash Kiany.

Architectural Designer · Computational Designer · Spatial Analyst

I'm a computational designer who builds tools — for firms, for municipalities, and for anyone trying to make better decisions about space and place. My background spans parametric architecture, spatial data analysis, and urban land-use research, which means I'm equally comfortable scripting geometry in Grasshopper and modeling land-use performance across a city. What drives me is the gap between how powerful these methods are and how rarely they reach the people who need them most. I'm interested in closing that gap.

Skills
  • GIS & Spatial Analysis
  • ArcGIS Pro · ArcPy · ArcGIS API for Python
  • QGIS
  • Python
  • Grasshopper · GHPython
  • Rhino
  • Revit
  • AutoCAD
  • Blender
  • C#
  • Dynamo
  • Agent-Based Modeling
  • Tableau
  • Adobe Suite
  • Urban Planning · Land-Use Research
Education
2026 – Present
PhD, Environmental Design · University of Calgary · SAPL
Winter 2024 – Fall 2025
Master of Design Research (MDR) · University of Calgary · SAPL · Thesis: Integrating fiscal–spatial analysis in data-driven land-use evaluation
2015 – 2020
Bachelor of Architecture Engineering · 5-yr professional degree (CACB-recognized) · WTIAU, Tehran