Soroush Farzin
As a designer, visual artist, and educator working at the interface of architecture, art, and science, I am an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Architectural Engineering program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where I passionately instruct different Design Studios.
My primary research interests focus on sustainable building technologies, urban simulation, interactive architecture, and Neuro-architecture. In WPI Neuro-Arch Lab (founded by Ali Yousefi and Soroush Farzin), my current research focuses on adaptive architecture in understanding and regulating human emotional states. I collaborated with several architectural firms on international design competitions and projects ranging from residential complexes to airports.
Before joining WPI in 2016, I was a green building researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I earned a Ph.D. degree in Regional Planning and a Master of Architecture. I collaborated with the UMass Green Building and Master Plan Sustainability Committees to investigate the possibilities and challenges involved in implementing effective sustainable design strategies. In collaboration with the UMass Building Technology Lab, My colleagues and I developed the Integrated Urban Metabolism Analysis Tool, which involves modeling the flows of resources and quantifying overall sustainability within urban districts.
Education
2010 - 2016
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ph.D. in Regional Planning
2010 - 2013
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Master of Architecture
2000 - 2006
Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Bachelor of Architecture
Awards
2022
WPI Teaching Innovation Grant, Worcester MA
2022
WPI Dean of ART and Science SEED Grant, Worcester MA
2020
NSF Grant #2028224, Measuring the Impact of the Pandemic on Student Engagement,
Exhibitions
Solo
2020
Epistemic Wall, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2014
UMass September 11 Intervention, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Group
2020
The Waltz of Sadness, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020
Breathing While Black, UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center
2019
Solar Decathlon Africa 2019, Morocco