.Z urich- based practice for architecture, design, digital technologies.
Through research, education and design projects .
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[publications]
2020.10, “Proteus” in “Architecture and Naturing Affairs”, ed.M.An, L. Hovestadt, Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
2019.04, “Practicing automation in design’, “Places of Design”, ed. M.Ernst, FHNW, Industrial Design
2018.05, chapter “The future is now” from Czapski Art Foundation publication ‘Akademia Rynku Sztuki #2’
2017.09, paper publication ”Application of Machine Learning within the integrative design and fabrication of robotic rod bending processes” during Design Modelling Symposium 2017 conference
[about]
Maria Smigielska is an architect, researcher, and educator based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Graduated from the Architecture department at TU Poznan (Poland, 2009) and the postgraduate program at the chair for Computer-Aided Architectural Design at ETH Zurich (Switzerland, 2013) with diverse experience in academia and practice for architecture and design. Her interest lies in the enhancement of potentials for the digital and physical creation of objects, installations, and interactive systems by modulating varied materials properties, utilizing alternative fabrication methods and novel design strategies.
Maria is currently a researcher at FHNW Basel.


