Director of D.DLab
Shany Barath is the founder and director of Disrupt.Design Lab at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, and principal investigator in the National Building Research Institute and the Resnick Sustainability Center for Catalysis. She is the recipient of the Climate Solutions Prize for Breakthrough Research and the Goldberg Research Prize Fund for her contribution to industry, recognized for her pioneering work on photosynthetic living building materials. Her interdisciplinary research redefines conventional architecture through emerging biotechnologies and robotic manufacturing, targeting ~40% of global CO₂ emissions, ~30% of global waste, and ~50% of raw material use directly accounted to the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction sectors.
She holds degrees from the Technion, TU Delft in the Netherlands, and the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory (AADRL) in the UK. Before joining the Technion, she served as Studio Master and Program Head at the London Architectural Association (AA), worked at the internationally renowned practices UNStudio and West8, and co-founded ShaGa Architects, where interdisciplinary, planet-centered technological strategies were applied to real-world design challenges. Her work has been showcased at the Venice Biennale, Beijing Biennale, Milan Design Week, and the Triennale Milano 24th International Exhibition. Shany has received prestigious design awards, including the Design Educates Award Gold Prize, with Disrupt.Design Lab technologies being recognized by Fiori Salon Sustainability Mention, EU Engage4BIO Award, and described as “paving the way to the future we want.”
