Dr.
Rena
Giesecke
Alumni
Rena Giesecke (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich) is the Program Engagement Manager at the Holcim Foundation. She leads the engagement with the Foundation's professional and academic network of stakeholders, and strategically drives new formats of thought leadership to foster debate on sustainable construction. She manages the outreach and relationships with the Foundations global network of partner universities.
Before joining the Holcim Foundation, Rena was an ITA Doctoral Fellow at the Chair of Digital Building Technologies at ETH Zurich where she developed innovative solutions within the field of emerging Additive Manufacturing and digital technologies for construction. Her expertise includes research with industry partners, teaching and project management from concept and technology development to implementation, and scientific publication.
Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication
Alumni: Associated Researcher
Current position
Program Engagement Manager at the Holcim FoundationNCCR publications
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3D printing sand molds for casting bespoke metal connections (2019)
- Date: 01.01.2019
- Authors: Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Dr. Rena Giesecke, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
- Event: Intelligent & Informed: 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2019)
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3D-Printed Formwork for Prefabricated Concrete Slabs (2018)
- Date: 28.11.2018
- Authors: Dr. Andrei Jipa, Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Dr. Rena Giesecke, Demetris Shammas, Dr. Matthias Leschok, Mathias Bernhard, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
- Event: 1st International Conference on 3D Construction Printing (3DcP)
- Notes: Conference lecture held on 28 November 2018.
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Smart Slab: Computational Design and Digital Fabrication of a Lightweight Concrete Slab (2018)
- Date: 01.01.2018
- Authors: Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Dr. Andrei Jipa, Dr. Rena Giesecke, Demetris Shammas, Mathias Bernhard, Dr. Matthias Leschok, Dr. Konrad Graser, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
- Event: 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA 2018)
- Notes: Paper presented on Thursday 18th October 2018.