Construction & Development.

Marjan K. Vayghan — Development, Acquisitions & Construction

My work in this field includes real estate acquisitions, development planning, and coordinating the construction professionals who bring a project into being — networks of general contractors, plumbers, concrete and foundation specialists, builders and other skilled tradespeople.

My family background spans construction, development, plumbing and heavy equipment, including a family member who owns a crane business. My experience as a Chief Acquisition Officer and Chief Operating Officer informs my understanding of land acquisition, project development, operations, and the coordination required to bring built environments into existence.

Scope of work and professional interests

• Land acquisition and development opportunities
• Residential construction and housing development
• Foundation, concrete and construction-team coordination
• Relationships with general contractors and skilled trades
• Development operations and project planning
• Creating places for people to live, work and build communities

Licensed construction work is carried out by qualified, appropriately licensed professionals; my role is acquisition, development planning, operations and project coordination.

Vayghan International Plumbing (VIP)

Founded by Hossein Vayghan, Vayghan International Plumbing is our family’s plumbing business, with a multigenerational and international history. My father established his plumbing work internationally before I was born, and plumbing has been part of my life and family experience since childhood.

Plumbing is the water infrastructure every building depends on. From new construction to residential and commercial development, it is part of what makes the built environment function.

A family of builders.

My relationship with construction began long before I understood it as an artistic language.

I come from generations of builders, developers, and people who understood that water could transform land, sustain communities, and make cities flourish.

My paternal family’s history includes the stewardship of water rights and the cultivation of land. My father, Hossein Vayghan, established his plumbing work internationally before I was born, carrying forward a family tradition of building, developing, and sustaining the places where people live.

Growing up within that world shaped how I understood materials, structures, systems, labor, and possibility.

I later studied Sculpture and New Genres at Otis College of Art and Design and World Arts and Cultures at UCLA. My artistic practice expanded through installation, performance, fashion, film, and research, but construction and development never stopped being part of my life.

I believe one of the most meaningful things art can become is someone’s home, someone’s workplace, or a place where life unfolds.

A building is never just a building.

It is an accumulation of human imagination, engineering, labor, materials, memory, and care.

And water is never just a utility. Water is life.