Yasha Jacob Grobman
Yasha Grobman (born 1967 in Russia) is an Israeli architect, curator, researcher and educator. Yasha holds a B.Arch degree from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel, A M.Arch degree from the Design Research Laboratory (DRL) program in the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, and a PhD from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
He is currently a post doctoral fellow in Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His PhD and current research concentrate on sustainable computer oriented architecture design and performance based form generation and optimization in architecture.
He is the founder of Grobman Architects And Co founder of Axelrod Grobman Architects who are currently involved in the design of public, private and urban projects with an emphasis on the implementation of sustainable design methods and IDeaS. He is a board member in OCEAN, Trans-disciplinary international research network. He was awarded in numerous architectural prizes and competitions, among them are Yuli Ofer Prize for Advancement of Architecture (2009), AI Best Architectural Project of the Year 2008/9 Design Award and Porter School of Environmental Studies green building design competition (2008).
He has taught architecture design studio, digital and sustainable architecture theory in Israel, USA and China. He is the co-curator of Soft[ware]BOUNDARIES, an international exhibition on digital architecture (2003), and Performalism - Form and Function in Digital Architecture’, an international exhibition on performance in architectural design at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2008).