Maryam Mansoori

  1. Assistant Professor (Career Track) 
  2. Architecture
Email Addressmaryam.mansoori@wsu.edu
LocationCarpenter Hall 114
Phone(509) 335-5539

Biography

Maryam Mansoori is an architect, designer, and researcher. She is an assistant professor (career track) at the School of Design and Construction, at Washington State University. Her interdisciplinary scholarship and practice lie at the nexus of architectural design, and emerging technology to explore innovative design approaches. She specializes in applying advanced materials and geometries to create adaptive architecture.   

Her recent research centers on environmentally responsive materials, including investigations into biomaterial, responsive wood and carbon-neutral 3-D printing material. Her collaborative research for alternative environments, supported by an NSF Grant, has garnered recognition for Engineering Smart Building Skins for Cleaner, Greener Architecture by NSF. Maryam’s insights into material-driven adaptive architecture design (MDAD) are featured in various publications, including “Digital Wood Design” and “Advanced Materials in Smart Building Skins for Sustainability, Smart Design Thinking in Architecture & Urbanism, three recent books on the topic published by Springer and Routledge in 2019, 2022, and 2024.  

Maryam’s design and research projects have been showcased in national and international exhibits and conferences at venues such as Kresge Auditorium, MIT, Tsinghua University, Beijing, UCLA Current Exhibition, Texas A&M, the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and Lewiston College of Art. Prior to join WSU she has held various academic and professional positions in abroad and US including Texas A&M University, and work at Advanced Infrastructure Materials and Manufacturing (AIMM) Lab at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR).  

Maryam holds a doctoral degree in architecture from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with an emphasis on Architecture and Technology (Dynamic Future Environments and Architecture). 

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, Texas A&M University
    Toward Material-Driven Adaptive Architecture
  • Master of Architecture (M.Arch.), University of California, Los Angeles
    Dynamic Future Environments and Architecture
  • Master of Landscape Architecture, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran
  • Bachelor of Architecture, Yazd University School of Art and Architecture