Valeria Piccioni: PhD Researcher at the A/S group

“Building facades are a fascinating topic because they combine architectural and engineering aspects, having a tremendous impact on building energy, resource consumption, and user comfort.”

Valeria Piccioni is a doctoral  Researcher at the Chair of Architecture and Building Systems since 2020. Her work on “Additive Manufactured Facades” is embedded within the NCCR Digital Fabrication and focuses on the possibilities of 3D printing mono-material polymer facades with embedded functionalities. In her work, she aims to find workflows and methods to study the relationship between additive manufacturing, geometry, material aspects and thermo-optical performance of facades.

“I’m looking forward to working in the new Zero Carbon Building Systems Lab since it will allow me to conduct my studies on real-scale prototypes and calibrate my simulation models. The lab will also allow our team to test facades with non-standardized designs and varying geometrical features and iterate through different climatic conditions in a very short time. That’s a great opportunity to explore the design freedom offered by additive manufacturing and create high-performance components contributing to the decarbonization of the building sector!”

Stay tuned and visit our lab’s webpage.