Yiwei Lyu
Yiwei (Lucy) Lyu is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Carnegie Mellon Architecture. Her teaching and research focus on building technology, architectural simulation, and carbon-aware design, exploring how computational tools and environmental science can empower architects to build resilient, sustainable environments.
Lyu's research investigates how buildings can harness thermal energy storage and respond to real-time grid emission signals to reduce operational carbon without sacrificing occupant comfort. By bridging high-fidelity building performance simulation with city-scale energy dynamics, her work connects individual architectural design decisions to broader climate and energy policy. She is particularly interested in early-stage design methodologies under uncertainty, integrating Monte Carlo simulation and surrogate models to advance life-cycle assessment (LCA) tools.
Currently completing her Doctor of Design (DDes) at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Lyu holds a Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS) in Building Technology from MIT and dual bachelor's degrees in Architecture and Mathematics from the University of Southern California. With professional experience across architectural practice and interdisciplinary research, she brings a rigorous, mathematically grounded, yet design-centric perspective to architectural education.
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