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Nima Shoja, Principal Architect

Nima Shoja

Principal Architect·Atkins

United Arab Emirates

Diploma, Management & Leadership

Work experience

Total years of experience: 26 years, 3 months

Principal Architect

April 2017 - Present

Atkins

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2017 - Present

Katara Phase IV, Doha, Qatar

Katara Phase VI is the last part of a vast cultural master plan developed by the Qatari Government to foster culture-based tourism in its capital, Doha. Katara Phase VI is a mixed-use programme which includes mosque, residential, retail and hospitality, in addition to a public square, promenade and other leisure facilities. Nima is leading the residential design team and in charge of coordination with other discipline \[Structure, MEP, Landscape\] and advising on changes, possible concept solutions and documentation.
Company industry:
Architecture
Job role:
Architecture

Principal Architect

November 2016 - Present

WS Atkins

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2016 - Present

Route 2020 Dubai Metro, Dubai, UAE - Value: AED 10.6bn
EPC contract on the 15-kilometer extension of the Dubai Metro’s Red Line from Nakheel Harbour and Tower Station to the Expo 2020 site. Nima is leading Line Wide Identity team to keep all the stations across the whole line in a same principle and language. It’s a challenging role to keep all 7 stations in 4 different prototypes align to each other with same virtual language in a tight schedule and intensive workload.
Company industry:
Architecture
Job role:
Architecture

Principle Architect

January 2016 - November 2016

Atkins Ltd.

Doha, Qatar

January 2016 - November 2016

Nima moved to Doha and India to manage the multi-disciplinary design changes team of 7 I-Type and 3 X-type stations for coordination and integration of Rail Contractor and Branding Architects requirements along with buildability and construction solutions. He was the interface coordinator between different external and internal parties and global offices such as UK, India, Hong Kong and Qatar.
Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Management

Principal Architect

January 2015 - January 2016

Atkins Ltd.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

January 2015 - January 2016

Nima was involved in the Gold Line Underground Metro Project in Doha, Qatar. Nima was Design team lead for the 2 Doha Gold Line I-Stations.
Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Architecture

Senior Architect

June 2013 - January 2015

Zaha Hadid Architects

London, United Kingdom

June 2013 - January 2015

Nima has been involved intensively on the King Abdolah Financial District Metro Station, Saudi Arabia from the schematic design stage to coordinating information for the construction stage in ZHA. He has also worked on various stages of the Unilever Headquarters, Indonesia and the Macau Melco Crown, China and Jeddah Municipality Transport Planning, Saudi Arabia.
Company industry:
Architecture
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Senior Designer

January 2011 - June 2013

Q Architectural Design Consultant

London, United Kingdom

January 2011 - June 2013

During these years, Nima has been involved with enormous amount of residential buildings, mostly high end detached and semi-detached buildings in London in all aspects of design and construction.
Company industry:
Architecture
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Architectural Department Manager

March 1999 - December 2009

Gueno consulting engineers

Iran

March 1999 - December 2009

Nima Has been involved in many residential and multi-use projects along with Tehran and Shiraz metro stations.
Company industry:
Architecture
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Education

Iranian Management & Leadership centre

August 2008

August 2008

Diploma, Management & Leadership

Iran

Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

June 2002

June 2002

Master's degree, Architecture

Iran

GPA (point): 19.25 out of 20

GPA (point): 19.25 out of 20

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