Goli Jalali is an Architectural Designer, Educator, and
Structural Engineer whose practice explores the intersection of art,
engineering, and architecture through storytelling and surface interaction. Her
work spans diverse forms—drawings, buildings, textiles, installations, and
digital media—focusing on surfaces that mediate between physical and virtual
realms. She views these surfaces as cultural artifacts that reconstruct and narrate history.
With experience in Tehran, London, Berlin, Boston, and Vancouver, Goli’s projects, including her role as a structural engineer consultant for Zaha Hadid Architects on the KAFD Metro Station, have shaped her focus on depth and architectural skin. Her practice, x.y.gj, emphasizes depth as a dimension of imagination and narrative, where architecture, art, and engineering converge.
Goli holds degrees in Structural Engineering from UBC in Vancouver, Emergent Technologies and Design from the Architectural Association in London, and a Master of Architecture from Harvard, GSD. She has taught design studios at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Vancouver and at the Architectural Association in London, focusing on carpets—her ongoing research rooted in her Master of Architecture thesis, The Magic Carpet, which was part of Five Films showcasing a selection of Fall 2020 thesis projects from Harvard GSD’s Department of Architecture.
With experience in Tehran, London, Berlin, Boston, and Vancouver, Goli’s projects, including her role as a structural engineer consultant for Zaha Hadid Architects on the KAFD Metro Station, have shaped her focus on depth and architectural skin. Her practice, x.y.gj, emphasizes depth as a dimension of imagination and narrative, where architecture, art, and engineering converge.
Goli holds degrees in Structural Engineering from UBC in Vancouver, Emergent Technologies and Design from the Architectural Association in London, and a Master of Architecture from Harvard, GSD. She has taught design studios at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Vancouver and at the Architectural Association in London, focusing on carpets—her ongoing research rooted in her Master of Architecture thesis, The Magic Carpet, which was part of Five Films showcasing a selection of Fall 2020 thesis projects from Harvard GSD’s Department of Architecture.