About me

Zahra Mohammadi is a London-based architectural designer exploring how space technology can regenerate life on Earth. Her award-winning thesis Moment of Stillness proposes air-purifying façades manufactured in low Earth orbit from agricultural waste. She has contributed to major infrastructure projects including Dubai's Al Maktoum International Airport and London's Bakerloo Line Extension, and previously led the architectural department of a development organisation in Iran.

Awards

Weston Williamson + Partners Award for Creative and Inclusive City Design — 2024 Awarded by WW+P, an internationally operating architecture practice, for Moment of Stillness: design work that challenges conventional thinking while remaining technically resolved.

Jila Golzari Award — 2024 University of Westminster for exceptional commitment to the academic and design community.

Engagement and Contribution to the Course Award — 2024 University of Westminster

Press & publications

ArchiDiaries — Moment of Stillness, academic feature — July 2026 Editorially selected feature in the international architecture magazine's Academic Projects strand.

Moment of Stillness - University of Westminster Blog

Moment of stillness - Archinect

LFA 2024 - Mobile Clinic

Exibitions

MORE — Westminster Postgraduate Show — London, September 2024 · Moment of Stillness and Suspended State

London Festival of Architecture — London, July 2024 · Mobile Clinic (design + fabrication team)