Matan Mayer

About

Matan Mayer is an Associate Professor at IE University where he teaches courses in architectural design and construction. His research focuses on environmental impact reduction of material use in the built environment through the implementation of life cycle design measures. Mayer’s work has been featured in multiple peer reviewed publications and has been awarded the Peter Rice Prize, the AIA Excellence in Design Award, and the ARCC Research Incentive Award. His previous appointments include a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities, a doctoral research fellowships at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design at the University of Stuttgart, and a research fellowship at the Composite Construction Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Matan is an Editorial Board member at Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) Journal, where he is also the Issue Editor of the special issue “Circularity” (2023). He holds a doctorate from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Work

IE University

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Associate Professor

Spain

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IE University

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Assistant Professor

Spain

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Harvard University

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Postdoctoral Researcher

US

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Education

Harvard University

United States of America
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Doctor of Design

Harvard University

United States of America
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Master in Design Studies

Tel Aviv University

Israel
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Bachelor of Architecture

Publications

Generative Practices: From Theory to Implementation

Technology|Architecture + Design

journal-article

Ten questions concerning housing sufficiency

Building and Environment

journal-article

Toxicity-Based Evaluation of Material Recovery Potential in the Built Environment

Sustainability

journal-article

Life Cycle Engineering for Material Recovery: The Case of Residential Envelope Construction

Sustainable Engineering

book-chapter

Recycling Potential of Construction Materials: A Comparative Approach

Construction Materials

journal-article

In Review: Assessing Mass Timber and the Circular Economy

Technology|Architecture + Design

journal-article

Characterization of links between embodied carbon and performance of thermal mass

The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment

book-chapter

Circularity at Scale

Technology|Architecture + Design

journal-article

The Performance of Tectonics

Technology|Architecture + Design

journal-article

Adapting residential envelope assemblies for full circularity

Journal of Physics

journal-article

Economic indicators for material recovery estimation

book-chapter

Data granularity for life cycle modelling at an urban scale

Architectural Science Review

journal-article

Versatile Infrastructure

Urban Infrastructure: Reflections for 2100

book-chapter

Material recovery certification for construction workers

Buildings and Cities

journal-article

Low Impact Spans: Toward Emission-Based Structural Optimization

Structures and Architecture

book-chapter

Carbon Neutral Retrofits in Cold Climates: Lessons from New England

Retrofit Europe International Conference

conference-paper

Towards Automated Carbon Footprinting of Urban Districts

Urban Transitions International Conference

conference-paper

Diversion Dynamics: A Process-Based Approach to Deconstruction Analysis

105th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

conference-paper

Energy Retrofitting Tradeoffs in Residential Enclosures

Journal of the National Institute of Building Sciences

journal-article

Development of Policy Metrics for Circularity Assessment in Building Assemblies

Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment

journal-article

Energy-efficient structures: Visualizing the structural-environmental performance balance in construction materials

Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design

conference-paper

Design Metrics for Disassembly and Material Recovery

dissertation-thesis

Fostering Life Cycle Thinking in Graduate Education

Reclaim + Remake International Conference

conference-paper