Dr. M.A. (Mariana) Popescu
Dr. M.A. (Mariana) Popescu
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Biography
Mariana is a computational architect and structural designer with a strong interest in innovative ways of approaching the fabrication process and use of materials in construction. Her area of expertise is computational and parametric design with a focus on digital fabrication and sustainable design. Her extensive involvement in projects related to promoting sustainability has led to a multilateral development of skills, which combine the fields of architecture, engineering, computational design and digital fabrication. Before joining TU Delft, she was a post-doctoral researcher at the Block Research Group (BRG) at the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zurich, involved in the NCCR Digital Fabrication, where in 2019 she also obtained her PhD, which was nominated for the ETH Medal for outstanding dissertation. Her research focuses on the development of KnitCrete, a novel, material-saving, labour-reducing, cost-effective formwork system for casting of doubly-curved geometries in concrete using 3D knitting. She is the main author of the award-winning KnitCandela shell and has been included as a "Pioneer" in the MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 global list in 2019.
Awards
2019 - MIT Technology Review - "Pioneer" in the "35 Under 35" global list of Innovators 2020 - Digital Futures "Young" Award
Publications
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2024
Algorithmic modeling of functionally graded metamaterials in 3D printed building envelopes
Ana Goidea / Mariana Popescu / Anton Tetov Johansson / David Andréen
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2024-6-11
Structural Reuse by Design
Reusing wind turbine blades for building applications
J.J. Joustra / M.A. Popescu / Adrien Bousseau -
2023
A bending-active gridshell as falsework and integrated reinforcement for a ribbed concrete shell with textile shuttering
Design, engineering, and construction of KnitNervi
Lotte Scheder-Bieschin / Serban Bodea / Mariana Popescu / Tom Van Mele / Philippe Block -
2023
Design of a hybrid adaptive sunshade with a knitted textile and shape memory alloy
Valerio Lanfranco / Alessandra Luna Navarro / Mariana Popescu
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2023
Preface to the special issue on Intelligent Construction and Automation
Bruno Figueiredo / Mariana Popescu / Christian Louter
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Ancillary activities
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2024-03-19 - 2024-10-01