Research
Research Areas
I am interested in conducting and collaborating in research projects in the following areas:
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computational design, design optimization, multidisciplinary optimization
- structural art (elegant, efficient & economic structures)
- form-finding
- optimization of Life Cycle Costs of a design (as a balance between energy used and CO2 emitted to produce, transport, fabricate, construct and finally utilize the design)
- Architectural Design Optimization & tools
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digital fabrication, rapid prototyping, 3D scanning
- smart fabrication of materials and building components
- creation of the economic housing unit that can be produeced by fablabs
- recycle: recyclable & bio materials for digital fabrication
- reuse: creation of 3D libraries of the available second-hand materials - establishing matching processes for the best material economy
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design workflows, automation and software
- design for fabrication 4.0
- construction on blockchain
Funding
Grant | Unit | Coordinator | Amount | Realization Time |
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Horizon 2020, MSCA IF, OPTIshell (EU funding: 101033646) A framework for the multi-objective optimization of timber gridshells under structural and energy-based criteria. link | Saule Technologies, PL | J.Cichocka | 137.6k€ | 2022-2024 |
NAWA PPN/BEK/2020/1/00448 Living structures | IBERO, MX | J.Cichocka | 84kPLN | 2021-2022 |
FAST – funding for research groups Perovskin – active-bending pavilion with solar membrane | TU Wroclaw, PL | J.Cichocka | 1.5k€ | 2020 |
MIT ART Grant, Inframe – structural art link | MIT, Boston, US | J.Cichocka | 3.6k$ | 2019 |
EXIST Grant (03EGSBE363) Multi-criteria optimizer MONARCHA | TU Berlin, DE | J.Cichocka, A.Krężlik, A.Migalska | 125k€ | 2016-2017 |
Doctoral College of Computational Design Grant, Integrating Physical and Digital Design Methods | TU Wien, AU | - | 70k€ | 2016 - not realized (EXIST grant required full-time engagement) |
Thelxinoe – Euro-Oceanian Smart City Network (545783-EM-1-2013-1-ES-ERA MUNDUS- EMA22) | University of Wellington, NZ | J.Cichocka | 24k€ | 2014-2016 |
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Multic Optimization Methods in Architecture | TU Irkutsk, RU | J.Cichocka | 11.5k€ | 2013-2014 |