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

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Technology|Architecture + Design

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journal-article

Ten questions concerning housing sufficiency

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Building and Environment

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journal-article

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

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Sustainability

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journal-article

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

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Sustainable Engineering

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book-chapter

Recycling Potential of Construction Materials: A Comparative Approach

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Construction Materials

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journal-article

In Review: Assessing Mass Timber and the Circular Economy

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Technology|Architecture + Design

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journal-article

Characterization of links between embodied carbon and performance of thermal mass

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The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment

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book-chapter

Circularity at Scale

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Technology|Architecture + Design

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journal-article

The Performance of Tectonics

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Technology|Architecture + Design

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journal-article

Adapting residential envelope assemblies for full circularity

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Journal of Physics

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Economic indicators for material recovery estimation

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book-chapter

Data granularity for life cycle modelling at an urban scale

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Architectural Science Review

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journal-article

Versatile Infrastructure

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Urban Infrastructure: Reflections for 2100

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book-chapter

Material recovery certification for construction workers

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Buildings and Cities

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journal-article

Low Impact Spans: Toward Emission-Based Structural Optimization

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Structures and Architecture

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book-chapter

Carbon Neutral Retrofits in Cold Climates: Lessons from New England

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Retrofit Europe International Conference

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conference-paper

Towards Automated Carbon Footprinting of Urban Districts

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Urban Transitions International Conference

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conference-paper

Diversion Dynamics: A Process-Based Approach to Deconstruction Analysis

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

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conference-paper

Energy Retrofitting Tradeoffs in Residential Enclosures

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Journal of the National Institute of Building Sciences

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journal-article

Development of Policy Metrics for Circularity Assessment in Building Assemblies

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Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment

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journal-article

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

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Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design

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conference-paper

Design Metrics for Disassembly and Material Recovery

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dissertation-thesis

Fostering Life Cycle Thinking in Graduate Education

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Reclaim + Remake International Conference

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conference-paper