Rana Tootoonchi

PhD Student

Doctoral project Rana Tootoonchi (first supervisor Mona Hess)

HeriTwinneD: Digital Twin Application in Heritage Buildings. Start: November 2023.

Doctoral thesis as part of the Bamber Graduate School for Smart City Science within the Smart City Research Lab (with the city of  Bamberg). Second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Daniela Nicklas (Mobilab, Informatik, Uni Bamberg). DAAD doctoral scholarship.

Otto-Friedrich-Universit?t Bamberg/ University of Bamberg
Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation
Office: ZW4/01.25

Am Zwinger 4 (Villa)
D-96047 Bamberg
Germany
Email: rana.tootoonchi[at]uni-bamberg.de

2016-2019 University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Master’s Degree: Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Heritage

Dissertation topic: Adaptive reuse of heritage buildings using MCDM method

 

2011-2016 University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Bachelor’s Degree: Architectural Engineering

Dissertation: Designing a cultural-religious center in Tehran.

Publication since 2022

Publication since 2022

Salimi, H., Fadaei Nezhad Bahramjerdi, S. and Tootoonchi, R. (2025), “The Role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Participatory Conservation of Heritage Areas”, European Journal of Geography, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 1–11, doi: 10.48088/ejg.si.spat.hum.h.sal.1.11.

Tootoonchi, R., Moradi, S. and Fadaei Nezhad, S. (2022), “Multi-criteria decision making for adaptive reuse of Nima Yooshij’s house in Tehran”, Culture of Islamic Architecture and Urbanism Journal, CMV Verlag, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 153–171, doi: 10.52547/ciauj.7.1.153.

Publications

  • Tootoonchi R, Moradi S, Fadaei Nezhad S. Multi-criteria Decision Making for Adaptive Reuse of Nima Yooshij’s House in Tehran. CIAUJ 2022; 7 (1) :153-171. http://dx.doi.org/10.52547/ciauj.7.1.153

  • Tootoonchi, R., & Fadaei Nezhad Bahramjerdi, S. 2021. Evaluation Criteria for Adaptive Reuse of Heritage Buildings to Assign Educational Use, (Case Study: School of Conservation and Restoration). Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development Journal. 13(33), 39-52. Doi: 10.22034/AAUD.2020.198337.1969

  • Tootoonchi, R., “Adaptive Reuse of Architectural Heritage in Documents, Regulations and National Projects”. 2019. Quarterly Journal of Ideh, 20-29.

 

Conference Paper

  • Tootoonchi, R., Faraji, F., & Mehrtash, M. 2019. Evaluation Criteria for Adaptive Reuse of Modern Architecture, (Case study: Qasr Museum-Garden). International Conference on Conservation of 20th Century Heritage from Architecture to Landscape, Tehran. https://civilica.com/doc/907471