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Vice Director

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Payam MAHASTI SHOTORBANI

Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture/Architecture
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E-mail:
pshotorbani@ciu.edu.tr
Phone No:
+90 392 671 11 11
Extension:
2778
Office:
EH307
BuAli Sina

Economics (Undergraduate , 1994)

Islamic Azad University -Tehran Central Branch

Urbanism (Master , 1998)

Eastern Mediterranean University

Architecture (PhD , 2013)

    Articles published in peer reviewed international journals (SCI,SSCI,Arts and Humanities)
  • Alikhanzadeh, M., & Shotorbani, P. M. (2026). Redefining liminal space through traditional communal typologies: Threshold urbanism and the social–spatial role of Takyeh in Isfahan. URBAN DESIGN International. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41289-026-00317-7 - 2026
  • MahastiShotorbani, P., Alikhanzadeh, M., & Mokhtarshahi Sani, R. (2025). Social legibility in disputed territories: an observational study of North Nicosia. Open House International, 50(4), 755-775. https://doi.org/10.1108/ohi-08-2024-0257 - 2025
  • Reviving the Lost Spaces: Rewilding the Walled City of Nicosia Buffer Zone, Journal of Asian and African Studies (SSCI), Şaşmaz Kavas p., Mahasti, p. 2023 - 2023
  • Exploring the semiotic meaning of the first oil city in the Middle East: Masjed Soleyman, Social Semiotics, (SCCI, AHCI), Vol. 25, No. 3, 342'363. Rafooneh Mokhtarshahi Sani, Payam Mahasti Shotorbani & Naciye Doratli. - 2015
  • Symbolic Use of Windcatchers in Iran, Open House International, (SCCI, AHCI), Vol.38 No. 2, pp. 76-87 Mokhtarshahi Sani, R., Mahasti, p., 2013, - 2013
  • Regenerating Regional Identity for Sustainable Tourism Development, Case study: Eslami Island, Iran, Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, (ELSEVIER) Volume 35, pp. 523-530 Mokhtarshahi Sani, R., Mahasti, p., 2012, - 2012
    • Articles published in other peer reviewed international journals
  • An Inquiry into Cultural Continuity and Change in Housing; an Iranian Perspective, Sociology Mind, (EBSCO, ProQuest, the Library of Congress), Vol.3, No.3, 230-237 Mokhtarshahi Sani, R., Mahasti, p., 2013 - 2013
    • Papers presented in international conferences and printed as proceedings
  • Evaluating of successful place making for bazaars in Iranian cities, 7th ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT (AHTMM) CONFERENCE July 10 ' 15, 2017 - 2017
  • Youth, City and Place, International Symposium on Urban Design, 4-6 October 2016, Ankara, Turkey - 2016
  • Social Analysis of Class Segregation in Industrial Cities through the Eyes of Karl Marx, 7th International Architecture and Engineering Symposiums, European University of Lefke, 2012 - 2012
  • Regenerating Regional Identity for Sustainable Tourism Development, Case study: Eslami Island, Iran, (presentation and paper) AiCEBS 2011 Famagusta - 2011
  • Tourism regeneration of Silk Road in Iran, International association of Silk Road universities, international conference, Istanbul (presentation and paper) 2011 - 2011
  • Physical and Cultural Sustainability of Traditional Settlements, Internatıonal Housing Confference, Glascow, 2009 - 2009
  • A) Project managers in national urban design projects, master, detailed and/or regional planning for following cities in Iran
  • Shazand (master/Detailed/Construction Plan 1:100)
  • Masjed Soleiman (master/Detailed Plan 1:2000)
  • Mohajeran (master Plan 1:10000)
  • Birjand (master Plan 1:2000)
  • Torbat-e-Jam (master/Detailed Plan 1:2000)
  • Ghaen (master Plan 1:2000)
  • Damavand (Regional Plan 1/25000)
  • Sarband (Regional Plan 1/50000)
  • Firoozkooh (Regional Plan 1/25000)
  • Neyshabour (Regional Plan 1/50000)
  • Sari (Detailed Plan 1:2000)
  • Kermanshah (master Plan 1:5000)
  • Arak (master and Detailed Plan 1:2000)
  • Babol (master and Detailed Plan 1:2000)
  • Ardebil (master and Detailed Plan 1:2000)
  • B) Project-manager in tourism plans and designs of following projects in Iran:
  • Jade Abrisham (Silk Road 1/500000, Awarded)
  • Jazire Eslami (Islami Iland 'Urumia Lake 1/2000)
  • Mehvare (axis) Kohrang ' Shoosh 1/100000
  • Ghotbe (pole) Lakh-Mazar Birjand 1/100
  • Foroomad (Village Tourism 1/2000)
  • Chashm (Village Tourism 1/2000)
  • C)Technical team in construction of some buildings
  • Residential Complex, (63 villas) Chabahar, Iran
  • Subway station Motahari, Tehran, Iran
  • Iran Air workshops building, Tehran, Iran
  • Urban Design Urban Planning Design Theory Urban Semiotic Urban Public Places Place-making Urban Spaces Urban Economy
    Master Thesis Supervised

  • the effect of sustainable landscape in the campus environment - 2016

  • effects of lıghtıng in publıc open space; case study of urban squares - 2016

  • accessıbılıty for disables ın publıc open spaces; a case study of obalende district area, lagos ısland - 2016

  • aesthetic of urban environment and its correlation with traffic; case study of walled city, nicosia - 2016

  • EVALUATION of SALAMIS ANTIQUE CITY in LIGHT of CULTURAL HERITAGE and PUBLIC OPEN SPACES - 2023

  • The Transformation of Urban Identity After the Fall of Baghdad War in 2003 - 2023

  • AN INVESTIGATION ON COST QUANTIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE MATERIALS: CASE STUDY NICOSIA DISTRICT, NORTHERN CYPRUS - 2022

  • THE EVALUATION OF EPHEMERAL URBANISM, IN ETHIOPIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE GREAT MERKATO MARKET, ADDIS ABABA - 2021

  • A GIS-based land use analysis of public open spaces by using AHP methodology on the oldest city of the world; Byblos in Lebanon - 2019

  • WALKABILITY IN PUBLIC STREET CASE STUDY OF THE CITY /KOYSINJAQ CITY-IRAQ - 2022

  • The comparative study of interactions between land use, transportation and accessibility in the city of Famagusta before and after Covid-19 - 2022

  • Evaluation of urban branded Places in promoting sustainable tourism development: A Case study of Namik Kemal square, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus - 2023

  • THE IMPACTS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN NORTHERN CYPRUS REAL ESTATE MARKET - 2026

    • Doctorate Thesis Supervised

  • REORIANTATION OF LOST SPACES: A SYSTEMATIC APROACH TOWARDS PLACELESSNESS; THE CASE OF NICOSIA BUFFER ZONE AND SURROUNDING - 2024

  • TOWARD A FRAMEWORK FOR LIMINAL URBANISM: AN AGENT-BASED ANALYSIS OF TAKYEH AS TRANSITIONAL PUBLIC SPACE IN ISFAHAN - 2026