Dorit Aviv, PhD, AIA

Dorit Aviv, director of the Thermal Architecture Lab, is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. She also works closely with the Center for Environmental Building & Design at Penn.

Aviv holds a PhD in architectural technology from Princeton University, an M.Arch degree with a certificate in urban policy from Princeton University, and a B.Arch degree from The Cooper Union.

Aviv is the recipient of a 2020 Wharton Ripple Grant for distributed environmental sensing using blockchain technology, together with William Braham.  She has also recently received a Microsoft grant to develop a prototype for passive cooling in desert climate.

Prior to Penn, Aviv taught at The Cooper Union, Pratt Institute, and Princeton University. She is a licensed architect and has practiced in design roles at Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, KPF, and Atelier Raimund Abraham. Aviv was the curator of the energy pavilion in the 2017 Seoul Biennale for Architecture and Urbanism, along with Forrest Meggers, and is a co-chair of the 2021 international ACADIA conference.