Zahra Zare — Academic Profile

🎓 Master of Architecture (M.Arch)
University of Florida
📍 Gainesville, FL, USA

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🔬 Research Interests

• Immersive Digital Twins for Climate & Disaster Scenarios
• Flood & Hurricane Visualization using Unreal Engine
• Architectural Perception, Risk Awareness, and Resilience
• GIS-based Environmental Visualization
• VR & Interactive Simulations for Built Environments

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🧠 Current Research

My research focuses on developing immersive digital twin environments using Unreal Engine to simulate hurricanes and flooding in Florida.
This work investigates how immersive visualization (VR) influences risk perception, emotional response, and spatial awareness compared to traditional media.

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📄 Publications

• Environmental and social sustainability automated evaluation of plazas based on 3D visibility measurements
  Energy Reports, 2022

• Urban green parks as sociomental landscapes: Insights from Iran
  Environment and Social Psychology, 2024

• Investigating the relationship between legibility and territorial behavior