Asst. Prof. Shany Barath from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion is the recipient of the Climate Solutions Prize 2023 for breakthrough research. She directs Disrupt.Design Lab (D.DLab), a design-led technological research group that utilizes computational design and advanced manufacturing technologies to achieve sustainable impact for the built environment.
A major emphasis of her work is on integrating biobased materials for design and construction as alternatives to conventional materials, which are major contributors to greenhouse gases (GHG) and industrial waste. Technological advances in manufacturing methods, particularly additive manufacturing (AM), are introduced through new CAD to CAM (computer-aided design to computer-aided manufacturing) workflows targeting building components with high performance and low environmental impact.
Shany is the Principal Investigator in research projects involving the integration of bioplastics and robotic printing for large-scale paneling systems for the Ministry of Construction and Housing, and robotic printing of recycled wood compounds for the Israeli Innovation Authority. In two European projects, HORIZON2020 ECOLOPES and PROTOHUB, she is developing computational methods and design tools to prototype ecological building envelopes and multi-species facade systems.
She is currently an expert advisory member for URBAN AI, the Society for Construction Solutions, and the Tidhar Construction expert group for future technologies.
Faculty:Architecture and Town Planning
