Assistant Professor of Integrated Design, School of Architecture (T/TE)

This Assistant Professor of Integrated Design, School of Architecture (T/TE) position is with University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. We are seeking an emerging leader in the discipline of architecture with applied and theoretical experience in integrated design and energy performance evaluation and optimization. We seek a candidate with the vision and potential to become a driving force in our school, community, university and profession. Applicants are to be collegial and collaborative by nature. They are to establish and maintain an active research agenda supported by external funding and disseminated through peer reviewed scholarship. Research areas may include, but are not limited to: Integrated design of buildings for energy efficiency and systems performance including building envelope design and optimization. Collaborate Across Disciplines to Address Global Challenges: Join a dynamic academic community with strong connections to Sustainable Built Environments, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning, as well as to university-wide initiatives in Energy, Environment, Water, Health, Data, and AI. This position offers the opportunity to cultivate partnerships that advance interdisciplinary research aligned with the University’s strategic research areas. Teach and Research in the Living Laboratory of the Sonoran Desert: Engage in a distinctive pedagogical and research context where the built environment is inseparable from its desert setting. Tucson’s rich ecological and cultural landscape provides an unparalleled opportunity to explore architecture’s role in adaptation, material and energy flows, and climate-responsive design. The successful applicant will be responsible for collaborating on and contributing to the conception, development and delivery of a rigorous and dynamic accredited architectural education. They are expected to integrate design methods, simulation and computational analysis, and evidence-based evaluation of building energy performance and building enclosure design and optimization. Teaching assignments for this position may include required and elective courses in architectural technologies and design studios. This position will also support the emerging building technologies and design and energy conservation subgroups of the Master of Science in Architecture (MS.Arch) degree program with student thesis advising. This position in integrated design and energy performance aligns with the University of Arizona’s institutional strengths in space and optics, climate and water resilience, health and medicine, data and engineering, environment and biodiversity and the human experience. The candidate will actively build collaborations with faculty in the School of Architecture and in allied disciplines including Engineering, Health Sciences, Sustainable Built Environments, Landscape Architecture and/or Urban Planning. This position requires service contributions at the school, college and/or university levels. Service to academic, professional and community organizations is encouraged. The normal teaching load for tenure-eligible faculty in the department under present policy is two 3-credit courses or one 3-credit course and one 6-credit studio per semester with a workload distribution: 40% teaching 40% scholarly activity/research; and 20% service