Moezzi's approach to the history of architecture emerges from a unique intertwinement of drawing, history, and theory, using drawing not simply as an object of study but as a critical method for understanding historical and theoretical questions. His work is grounded in the politics of representation and inhabitation and the dialectical relationship between them, informed by the writings of Robin Evans, Marco Frascari, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. His research focuses on the history and theory of architectural drawing, particularly the 1960s–2000s transition from hand drawing to CAD and the embodied perceptual conditions that shaped this technological shift. Developed through the doctoral dissertation Questions of Seeing, Imagining, and Touching: A Hyperdialectical Phenomenology of Architectural Drawing after the Digital Image (1960s–1990s) at the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape, University of Calgary, the work articulates a hyperdialectical method for interpreting the representational transformations that occurred as computers evolved from assistants to intelligent agents. From this perspective, the term CAD is argued to be historically inaccurate today, and the term HAD (human-aided design) is proposed as a conceptual reframing. Central to this approach is the attunement between the phenomenal and objective body, positioning drawing as a mode of architectural thinking grounded in how humans see, touch, imagine, and inhabit space. As a Friend of the Canadian Architectural Archives (CAA), Moezzi engages with archival materials that reveal broader representational shifts in Canadian architectural history. His scholarly work appears with Routledge, Bloomsbury, and Intellect, in AHRA proceedings, and in venues such as Streetnotes (UC Davis), and has been presented internationally at UAAC (University of Toronto, Canada), SAHANZ colloquia (UNSW Sydney and University of Canberra, Australia), the University of Porto's drawing conference (Portugal), the University of Nottingham’s architectural research events (United Kingdom), and SSAC meetings at the Universities of Manitoba and Calgary (Canada). His drawings have been exhibited at the Washington–Alexandria Architecture Center (United States), Marywood University (United States), and within the École nationale supérieure network (France).
Research Fellowship
Sep2022- Sep2023
Canadian Architectural Archives (CAA), Supervisor: Robb Gilbert. Preservation, Categorization, and Digitization of Collections: Bing Thom, Douglas Cardinal, and Arthur Erickson, High Density Library Archives and Special Collections, Art and Culture Centre, University of Calgary, Canada.
Research
Accepted Book Chapters
2025
“Architectural Drawing as Soft Manifesto” in Drawing-led Research in Architecture: Spatialisation, Mediation, Performance, edited by Konstantinos Avramidis and Nicola Crowson (Intellect Books).
2025
“The World Behind.” In the Book Drawing Imaginary Places Edited by Thomas-Bernard Kenniffand, Carole Lévesque. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Book Contributions
2025
“Pulp Fiction: In Conversation with Marco Frascari on Craft of Architectural Drawing” In the Book Finishing in Architecture: Polishing, Completing, Ending Edited by Paul Emmons, Marcia Feuerstein, and Negar Goljan. London: Routledge. [Link]
2024
Author of Drawings for Modern Architecture: The Basics by Graham Livesey, Routledge: New York, 2024.[Link][Link to drawing process]
2018
Author of Drawings for School Design Tips: Things the Students and Designers Should Know. Iran: Kasra Publishing, 2018. [Link]
2017
Author of Drawings for Hotel Design Tips: Things the Students and Designers Should Know. Iran: Kasra Publishing, 2017. [Link]
Peer-Reviewed Papers
2023
"Urban Journeys of the Rhizomatic Line." Streetnotes 30, no. 1: Sketchbook: Drawing the City (2023), Edited by David Michalski, University of California Davis, 53-60. [Link]
2023
"Drawing Paradoxes: Phenomenological Inquiries into Architect’s Paper," in Situated Ecologies of Care: AHRA 20th International Conference Proceedings (University of Portsmouth, 2023), 35. [Link]
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
Oct 18, 2024
(With Ahad Armin), “Hyperdialectics of Tolerance and Play in Architectural Drawings,” in Drawing Along/Across/Between University Borders interdisciplinary international conference at the University of Porto, Portugal. [Link]
May 2024
(With Robb Gilbert), "Archive as Pedagogy: Collaborative Learning at the Canadian Architectural Archives (CAA)", In Forms of Repair. Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (SSAC) 49th Annual Conference, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, [Link]
2023
(With Robb Gilbert), “Archival Cast: Rehousing Sketches in Bing Thom Architects Fonds”, In Cast in Place. Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (SSAC) 48th Annual Conference, (University of Calgary, 2023), 47. [Link]
Oct 27-29, 2022
“Between Hand and Computer: The Dialectic Expansion of the Field of Architectural Drawing.” At Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC_AAUC), The University of Toronto, Canada. [Link]
Sep 16, 2022
“A Dialectic Phenomenology of Architectural Drawing and Digital Image.” Drawing Research Forum Sessions 2022/23, Part 1, Online Presentation, London, UK.
Jul 7, 2022
Jul 7, 2022“A Phenomenology of Architectural Drawing Dualisms After CAD.” SAHANZ PhD Colloquium, Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, The School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney, Australia. [Link]
Jul 8, 2021
"The Tacit Knowledge of Architectural Drawing." SAHANZ PhD Colloquium, Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, School of Design and the Built Environment, The University of Canberra, Australia. [Link]
Mar 23, 2021
"(Bodily) Architectural Drawing(s)", Paper Presentation for the 5th Student Research Conference (Meta+thesis) at the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape (SAPL), University of Calgary, Canada.
Oct 16-18, 2020
"Phenomenology of (Bodily) Architectural Drawing(s)". Online Pre-recorded Presentation, Symposium of 2B Drawing Changes.
Mar 2019
"Architectural Sketch: Tactile Sensation, Interactions Through Drawing." Research Week Seminar. Toos Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran.
Oct 2014
Oct 2014 "Christopher Alexander: Thinking Analysis." Contemporary Architecture Paradigms Seminar. Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.