Matan Mayer
Professor
Department of Architecture Art & Design
IE University
Spain
Biography
Matan Mayer is an architect and a construction technologist. His research work focuses on life cycle innovation in the built environment, seeking to combine developments in manufacturing technology, material science, assembly techniques, and digital design platforms for the purpose of achieving leaner construction and deconstruction processes. He has taught research seminars at Harvard University and at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Prior to his current position at IE School of Architecture and Design, Matan completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities, a doctorate at the GSD Design Robotics Group, a residency at the Harvard Innovation Lab Venture Incubation Program, as well as research fellowships at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design at the University of Stuttgart, the Composite Construction Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and the Emerging Material Technologies Group at the University of Arizona. He holds a masters and a doctoral degree in building technology from Harvard University, and a B.Arch degree from Tel Aviv University.
Research Interest
Architecture Art & Design
