Mohammad Motallebi

Mohammad Motallebi is the founder and former president of IFLA-Middle East and former member of Executive Committee of International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA). 

Mohammad is an Iranian Landscape designer and researcher with 20 years of experience as a project manager, designer and planner. He has been a member of the jury of several regional and international awards in the field of landscape architecture and urbanism.  

Ecological-responsible design and planning, landscape urbanism and multidisciplinary teamwork projects has been Mohammad’s core focus throughout his career. His projects range from master planning of parks, public and cultural spaces, streetscapes to resort and tourism complex planning and environmental design. 

Mohammad loves nature and natural processes and forms, but he still has extensive studies in the social sciences and philosophy that help him take a multi-dimensional look at his projects. For this reason, in his office, along with design and planning projects, discussions on strategic issues and social analysis are always welcomed. However, he is a pragmatist and values ​​practical and creative actions to solve problems and advance projects.  For him, “A goal without a realistic timeline is just a dream!”.