Aletheia Ida

Associate Professor Adjunct

Aletheia Ida is an architect, designer, philosopher, and socio-environmental technologist. She has over twenty-five years of experience in professional architecture practice and academia and is fluent in building performance analytics. Aletheia holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Architectural Sciences from the Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In her practice activities, Dr. Ida conducts design research for emerging environmental building technologies and alternative building methods to achieve symbiosis between human experience and nature. Her newest venture is founding AIDA, LLC, a unique practice that provides affordable access to design knowledge and guidance for healthy, beautiful, and energy-efficient homes and workspaces. Aletheia is also the co-founder of Analemma, a creative partnership for innovative art, experiences, and design. She has served as an associate professor of architecture at the University of Arizona, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, as a guest lecturer at Yale, Princeton, and Howard University, and as a guest critic at the University of Michigan, the University of Washington, and others.

Aletheia's CV is available here

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