Dalia Munenzon
urbanism, climate, geographical curiosities, and architecture

Professional Experience

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University of Houston
Presidential Frontier Assistant Professor

Tenure track research assistant professor for urban design, sustainable communities, and infrastructure

Director of Littoral Environments Lab 

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Texas Tech University

Lecturer (Full time), CoAD

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Rhode Island School of Design

Adjunct Faculty, IntAr

Advanced design studio on adaptive reuse and climate change

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One Architecture and Urbanism NYC

_Associate, Boston 

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Projects: BIG U/ LMCR/ ESCR, RPA TriBoro #4, Climate Ready East Boston, Climate Ready Downtown Boston, Peddocks Island Master plan, Moakley Park Vision Plan, RBD Bay Area

TerreformUR Center for Advanced Urban research (Michael Sorkin) | Fellow 

_January externship program - New York City (Steady) State project

MIT Department of Architecture | Teaching Assistant Fall 2015

_4.130 Architectural Design Theory and Methodologies - William O’Brien Jr.

Ager Group - Urban Planning & Landscape Architecture | Summer Intern _Taizhou waterfront project - analyzed the puposed urban and park plan according to planned land uses and estimated population growth.

CAU MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism | Graduate Research Assistant

_Working Neighborhoods Project - Lead by Alexander D’Hooghe :
Conducted spatial research, visualization and the writing of technological case studies. Coordinated and conducted interviews with companies related to analysis.

Yaar Architects and Town Planners, Tel Aviv Israel | Architect

_Kiryat Gat - Project Architect: 

Developed an urban plan and conducted a feasibility research for a new development of 10,000 residential Units on west side if the city.

_ Architect - on several urban plans and urban design projects:

Coordinated and designed different stages of work and approvals commissioned by the Israeli Land Authority.  

_NTA- Research team member: 

Researched for and prepared  a TOD document for Future urban design & development around planned light rail stations in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

Uri Cohen Architects, Tel Aviv Israel | Architect 

(Architectural Intern between Sep. 2010- July. 2011)

_Chabad School in Nazareth Ilit - Project Architect: 

Worked on detailing for ministry of education, planning, design drawings, detailing, and coordination of construction approvals.

_Beit Hanina, Jerusalem civic center - Team member: 

In the work on an urban design and development plan for a new urban center and university campus in a Palestinian neighborhood. Conducted research on future development possibilities and program construction.

_Project architect on four private villa projects – 

Coordinated and produced full process of planning and realization. 

Participated in planning, design drawings, detailing, produced construction plans and municipal approvals. 

_Team Architect in several winning public and educational building competitions proposals. Developed design and prepared graphic representations.

Favale E Associados Engenharia E Arquitetura -Sao Paulo, Brazil | internship student exchange program IAESTE

Drafted site plans and built SketchUp models of industrial buildings.

Awards

_The Leon and Israel Reiskin Memorial Prize 1st. prize for best graduation project Selected as best B.Arch. Thesis in the IIT.

_The Prize in the Memory of Architect Uri Ben Asher: 1st. prize for best sustainable design in the Technion, IIT, Haifa, Israel.

_Tasc – Technion Architecture Faculty Yearly Competition Honorable mentioned for 4th year Project - Residential Tower in Haifa.

_Tasc – Technion Architecture Faculty Yearly Competition Honorable mentioned for 3rd year project – Urban Design in Naharia with Ms. Parhamovsy & Ms. Tobias.

_Dean’s academic excellence award.