Nima Shoja, Principal Architect

Nima Shoja

Principal Architect

WS Atkins

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Management & Leadership
Experience
24 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 2 Months

Principal Architect at WS Atkins
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since November 2016

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.

Principal Architect at Atkins
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2017

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.

Principle Architect at Atkins Ltd.
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2016 to 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.

Principal Architect at Atkins Ltd.
  • United Kingdom - Glasgow
  • January 2015 to 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.

Senior Architect at Zaha Hadid Architects
  • United Kingdom - London
  • June 2013 to 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.

Senior Designer at Q Architectural Design Consultant
  • United Kingdom - London
  • January 2011 to 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.

Architectural Department Manager at Gueno consulting engineers
  • Iran
  • March 1999 to December 2009

Nima Has been involved in many residential and multi-use projects along with Tehran and Shiraz metro stations.

Education

Diploma, Management & Leadership
  • at Iranian Management & Leadership centre
  • August 2008
Master's degree, Architecture
  • at Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
  • June 2002

Specialties & Skills

Languages

English
Expert
Persian
Native Speaker
Arabic
Beginner