10/2015 – present     
Doctoral candidate in Landscape Archaeology and Architecture

08/2015 – present     
DAAD scholarship: Graduate School Scholarship Program

2009 – 2012     
Master of Iranian Architectural Studies (M.Sc), School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran. Thesis: "Persian View of Architecture & Nature: A Study on the Presence of Natural Elements in the Religious Architecture of Sasanians"

2005 – 2009     
Bachelor of Architecture, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran. Thesis: "Architectural Design of Iran Zamin Residential Complex"

Conferences and Awards

2014     
Talk: "Historic Urban Landscape" Conference, in association with B.TU Cottbus, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. (speaker)

2013     
Talk: "Natural Elements in Zoroastrian Sacred Landscapes of Sassanian Persia" Substance of Sacred Place Workshop, KHI institute, Florence, Italy. (speaker)

2013     
"An investigation on Theoretical Geometry of Vaults and Domes", conference: "Traditional Structures and Technology: with particular reference to Domes, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran". (speaker)

2012     
"Theoretical Geometry in Persian Architecture" Nexus 2012 conference: "Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics, Milan, Italy". (poster)

2010     
"Dome and Vault Geometry in Persian Architecture" (selected paper) in Domes in The World International Scientific Congress, Florence, Italy.

2009     
First Award for article: "Water, Bread and Architecture of Shushtar" in Understanding Iranian Architecture Workshop, Shushtar, Iran.

2009     
First Award in photography, Theme: "House and Nature", in Understanding Iranian Architecture Workshop, Kashan, Iran.

2009     
2nd place in the graduates of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran.

2005     
Ranked 19th among 10,000 participants in Architecture in Iran's National Master's Entrance Examination.

2004     
1st award in Photography competition: "landscape and Nature photography", Sharif University of Technology.

2003     
2003 Ranked 5th among 400,000 participants in Mathematics & physics field in National University Entrance Exam, Iran.

Concept of Space and Landscapes in the Landscapes Surrounding  Sassanian Fire-Temples

My research is on Architecture and landscapes of Zoroastrian fire temples in Sasanian Persia. This research focuses on how the Architecture of fire temples was related to the surrounding nature and landscape. The architecture and archaeology of some fire temples as single monuments has been researched before, however little work has been done on the landscapes surrounding these monuments and the relation of architecture with the natural setting in a larger scale. The goal of this research is to find out how the Zoroastrian fire temples were related to the surrounding landscape, natural elements and phenomena.

2013     
Sarvenaz Parsa, Farhad Tehrani. “An investigation on Theoretical Geometry of Vaults and Domes”, in Proceedings of Traditional Structures and Technology: with particular reference to Domes, Tehran: Divan, 2013

2012     
Sarvenaz Parsa, “Theoretical Geometry in Persian Architecture”. In Proceedings of the Nexus 2012: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics, Milano: McGraw-Hill, 2012