Armin PARHIZI RAD

Designation:
1) Vice President - Iranian Society of Landscape Professionals
2) Chair - PPP Committee, IFLA Middle East

Organization: Iranian Society of Landscape Professionals- ISLAP

Armin is the vice president of the Iranian Society of Landscape Professionals-ISLAP, and the head of the Committee on Professional Practice and Policy at the IFLA Middle East region. In 2016, he was elected as a Board of Directors member at ISLAP where he is serving as the Executive Director and IFLA delegate. He is an environmental designer and received his M.S. degree from the University of Tehran in 2010. He is a freelance consultant based in Karaj, Iran, and the owner of Bagh-e-Honar construction projects. As a senior registered member of the Iranian Construction Engineering Organization, Armin has more than 20 years of experience in supervising and managing a wide variety of development projects. He is the founder of TREE of LIFE Landscape Series that promotes insights necessary to create sustainable landscapes. His main professional interests lie in the field of integrated landscape planning and design with a focus on productive landscapes, and dynamic conservation of agricultural heritage landscapes. In 2021, he initiated and co-founded the Oasis Agriculture and Landscape (OLA) Initiative at the IFLA Agriculture and Landscape Working Group.