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Ofer Asaf is a material engineer and designer with a deep interest in the intersection of naturally sourced materials and ecology within the realms of digital design and robotic fabrication. His research focuses on developing a methodology aimed at restoring degraded landscapes using digital fabrication processes of natural materials. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. at the Material Topology Research Lab within the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning.
Previously, Ofer served as a researcher at Shenkar School of Design Engineering and Art. There, he concentrated on advancing sustainable solutions at the Israeli Plastic and Rubber Center, as well as at the Textile Innovation Center – CIRTeX.
Ofer’s academic achievements have been widely recognized. He received the Excellent Teaching Assistant Award from the Technion’s Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning, and the Zeff, Fine and Daniel Scholarship Award from the Technion Graduate School. At Shenkar, his achievements were honored with the Israel Chemicals Scholarship Award and the Florma Scholarship Award from the Faculty of Engineering.
Asaf, Ofer, Arnon Bentur, Pavel Larianovsky, and Aaron Sprecher. “From soil to printed structures: A systematic approach to designing clay-based materials for 3D printing in construction and architecture.” Construction and Building Materials 408 (2023): 133783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133783
Mogra, Mihir, Ofer Asaf, Aaron Sprecher, and Oded Amir. “Design optimization of 3D printed concrete elements considering buildability.” Engineering Structures 294 (2023): 116735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116735
Asaf, Ofer, Arnon Bentur, Tamir Klein, and Aaron Sprecher. “3D Printed Soil-based Bioclimatic Envelopes for Tree Seedlings in Drylands.” In I. Koh, D. Reinhardt, M. Mohammed, M. Khakhar, & N. Bao (Eds.), 28th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (2023), pp. 585–595. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.2.583
