Ruth Ron is an architect and artist whose work focuses on the extension and de-formation of real space by using virtual assets. She explores the borders between architecture and technology, form and media. Ruth received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology (1998), a Masters Degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University (2000), New York, and a Masters Degree in Interactive Telecommunication from New York University (2003). She has worked on virtual and real design projects for cutting-edge architectural firms in New York, including Asymptote and LOT-EK, as well as having exhibited in New York, Seattle, Boston, Jerusalem and Paris. Prior to coming to UFL, Ruth was a clinical assistant professor at Arizona State University.

Current classes website: http://web.dcp.ufl.edu/rron/

Work Experience
2007-Present Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Florida
2006- Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Florida, FL
2005-2006 Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Design, Arizona State University, AZ
Arizona State University, 2004-2005
Visual Designer for ‘PRISM’ lab and ‘Decision Theater’
2004 Guest seminar, Arizona State University, School of Design, AZ, ‘Interactive Media and Web- Art’
Design, Zaguri-Orly residence, Israel, 2004
2003 Eyebeam Atelier, After School Education Program, NY
2001-2003 LOT-EK Architecture - Ada Tolla & Giuseppe Lignano, NY, USA
2001 Guest seminar, Parsons School of Design, NY, 'American Suburbia' in contemporary art and architectural theory
2000-2001 Asymptote Architecture - Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture, NY, USA
1999 Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, GSAPP, NY

1999 Teaching assistant, Technion, for a summer design studio in New York
1996-1998 A.Gottesman Architecture, Rishpon, Israel
1997 Internship at the Public Housing Authorities, Northern Ireland, Belfast            
1995-1996 Shamai Assif- Architecture and Urban Designers, Israel

1993 Educational exhibition Instructor, National Science Museum, Haifa, Israel

Awards
2002La Villette Net-Art competition, second prize - Volume: Interactive Audio game

2003 Skyy-Blue Net-Art competition,'runner-up' winning entry - Skyylophone

1993-1998 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Dean’s List

Publications
2007 The Phoenix Tactile Urban Interface System
will be presented at ACSA Central conference 2007, Waterloo University, ON, Canada

2006 Architecture as Information
Presented at Hyperpolis conference, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn NY
2003 Wall_Fold- The space between 0 & 1
UbiComp conference Proceedings, Seattle, Washington
2001 Reaction of the Architecture scene for 9/11 events in New York
STUDIO Art and Architecture Magazine, Israel

2000 Architecture in constant flux: an interview with Hani Rashid
STUDIO Art and Architecture Magazine, Israel

Conferences
2006 HYPERPOLIS conference - “Really Useful Media”  Polytechnic University, NY
Paper presentation and panel discussion

2006 SIGGRAPH (computer graphics) conference, Boston, MA
Presentation of ‘Tactile Urban Interface’, Guerilla Studio

2003 UbiComp conference, Seattle, Washington
Wall_Fold - interactive installation, project exhibition

1995 Bauhaus Institute, Dassau, Germany.
Served in an affiliation task force as a delegate of the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology

Exhibitions
2003-2004 Liquid Spaces the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

2003-2004 Strangly Familiar- Santa Barbara, Whitney, SMoCA (with LOT-EK)

2002 & 2003 End of Year Show ITP Tisch School of Arts, NYU, NY
Presented interactive spatial installations- Smooth_Wall, Screen++,  Wall_Fold

2003 X- STATIC Process (w/Maddona) Deitch Projects Gallery, NY (with LOT-EK)

2001 The new WTC Max Protetch Gallery, NY (with LOT-EK)

2001 VOLUME La Villete- National Science Museum, Paris, France

2000 End of Year Show School of Architecture, Columbia University, NY   

1999FluxSpace, Ross Gallery, NY

1995 & 1997 End of Year Show School of Architecture, Technion, Israel

Invited installation Proposal:          
2006 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2005 Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel

Lectures and Critiques

HYPERPOLIS conference, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY 2006
Paper presentation: “Architecture as Information”
Guest Lecture - ‘the Upgrade’- Israel, 2006
International/ Local Digital Art forum [www.theupgrade.org]
Architecture- Students Final Reviews, 2006
M. Arch Arizona State University, Technion and Bezalel - Israel
Lecture - Bezalel Academy of Art, Israel, 2003
Presentation to the student body following the exhibition 'Liquid Spaces'

Research / Creative Projects
Interface
2006 “Digital Phoenix” tactile Interface and online environment [with Dan Collins, Dianne Hansford, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, John Mackintosh, Karen Bullis, Jacob Fisher and Al Simmon]
Haptic / Virtual Interface for linking a 3D urban models with web interface and databases,     Phoenix, AZ
2006 The Lower Colorado Tactile Topographic Interface [with Dan Collins and Dianne Hansford]
Haptic/ Virtual 3D landscape exploration, presented at ‘SIGGRAPH’ Boston, MA
2005 Visible City [with Dan Collins and Dianne Hansford] 
Proposal for ‘ISEA’ conference, SJ, CA
Augmented Reality, Mobile Computing and 3D Simulated X-ray Models to Visualize and Navigate       Downtown San Jose
2006 Tagging the City [with Karen Bullis]
Proposal for a 3D interactive communal web interface
Installations
2006 Interactive Video Installation proposal for ‘Tel Aviv Art Museum’, Israel
2005 Interactive Video Installation proposal for ‘Museum on the Seem’, Israel
2004 ScreenWall at 'Liquid spaces' exhibition- the Israel Museum, Jerusalem,
Interactive installation using network cameras and sensors [with Inbar Barak]
2003 Wall_Fold New York
Dynamic Architectural Element, using motors and microcontrollers  
Presented at ‘UbiComp’ conference, Seattle, 2003
2002 Screen++ New York
Interactive installation, using network communication, sensor and live video feed and Microcontrollers        [with Inbar Barak]
2002 SmoothWall New York
Interactive 3D installation, using sensor, Microcontrollers and live video feed
2002 Windows
Proposal for an interactive video installation, using sensor and live video feed [with Inbar Barak]
1999 FluxSpace Ross Gallery, New York 
Interactive 3D Virtual / Real environment [with R. Weissenboeck, G. Reiter and A. Maeda]

Online Work
2003 Skyylophone 'runner-up' winning entry
FLASH animation for Skyy-Blue online competition, with sound [with Inbar Barak]
2002 VOLUME  ‘La Villette’ National Science Museum, Paris, France
Net-Art competition, second prize [with Inbar Barak]
Audio game, programmed with FLASH ActionScript
2002 Shape_It
Computer game, programmed with DIRECTOR [with Inbar Barak]
2001 SmallTalk
Interactive interface, using DIRECTOR
2000 3D Navigation Space
Interactive real-time navigation in 3D virtual space using Maya and QTVR