Melodie Yashar is a space architect, technologist, and researcher. Melodie is the VP of Building Design & Performance at ICON, a construction technologies company focused on large-scale additive manufacturing for Earth and space. Melodie oversees the architectural direction of ICON’s built work as well as the performance of ICON’s building systems to deliver optimally-performing structures that shift the paradigm of home building on Earth and beyond. Collaborating across technology and construction teams, her department supports design and construction of dignified and resilient terrestrial housing solutions, in addition to supporting the development of ICON’s off-world construction systems. Melodie teaches undergraduate and graduate design studios at Art Center College of Design. In previous roles Melodie was a Senior Research Associate with the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames via San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF), a co-founder of Space Exploration Architecture (SEArch+), a research group developing human-supporting designs for space exploration, as well as a Professor within the Architecture department of Pratt Institute. Her background is in industrial design, architecture, and human-computer interaction with an emphasis in robotics.