Aletheia Ida

Aletheia Ida, PhD is an architect, designer, educator, and philosopher developing interdisciplinary design theory for robust frameworks to inform applied research in emergent environmental building technologies. She teaches courses in Design Studio, Research Methods, Environmentally Adaptive Systems, Emerging Materials, and Building Enclosures as well as Independent Research and Thesis advising. Aletheia earned her Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon (1998), post-professional Master of Architecture in Design and Energy Conservation from the University of Arizona (2005), and Doctorate in Architectural Sciences from the Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2014). With over twelve years of experience in professional architecture practice and fluency with building performance analytics, she develops contextual applications for solar, water, and metabolic systems through parallel explorations of socio-environmental criteria, material inventions, and innovative digital and physical design methods. Her expertise in building energy analysis includes dynamic systems modeling with multi-scalar analysis methods using custom programming with Optics, Window, and EnergyPlus simulation platforms linked to spatiotemporal architectural visualizations in Rhino-Grasshopper and Processing. She also incorporates energy analysis methodology with customized life-cycle-analysis (LCA) tools in the building technology design process. Her research is published in the Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture (ACADIA), World Sustainable Built Environment (WSBE), International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), Materials Research Society (MRS) Programmable Matter, Metropolis "Source Materials,” Building Technology Educator’s Society (BTES), and the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).