Lola Ben-Alon: Coral Courts Lecture
Coral Courts Lecture will deliver the Coral Courts Lecture as part of the Sam Fox School’s Public Lecture Series at WashU.
About Lola Ben-Alon
Lola Ben-Alon is a material designer, engineer, and curator. She is an assistant professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, where she directs the natural materials lab and the building technology curriculum. She specializes in earthen building materials, their life cycles, supply chains, fabrication techniques, and policy. Ben-Alon earned her doctorate at Carnegie Mellon University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Structural Engineering and Master of Science in Construction Management from the Technion Institute of Technology. Her design work has been exhibited globally including at the Venice Biennial, Indian Ceramics Triennial, Tallinn Architecture Biennale, Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles, the Center for Mediterranean Architecture in Greece, 1014 Space for Ideas in New York, and Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Her scholarly work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals such as Construction and Building Materials, Building and Environment, the Journal of Green Building, and Automation in Construction, as well as featured in design magazines such as Metropolis, The Architect’s Newspaper, and Dezeen. In 2024, Ben-Alon received the Architectural League of New York Prize. She is a recipient of multiple grants, including the National Science Foundation’s Future Manufacturing grant and the U.S. Innovation Corps grant. Ben-Alon serves on the board of ACSA’s Technology | Architecture + Design, and Elsevier’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
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