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Marianna Marchesi

Lecturer in Architectural Design, Welsh School of Architecture · Cardiff University

https://researchid.co/mamarchesi
@cardiff.ac.uk
11Scopus Publications
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Research Interests

I am particularly interested in supporting systemic changes for the transition to sustainable cities through the development of socio-technical innovations into and across urban systems and the alignment of changes among scales.

Biography

I am a Lecturer in Architectural Design at the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University (UK). I joined the school in 2018 as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow for implementing the research project called CircuBED. The project focused on exploring how urban communities like social housing can contribute to sustainable development through the transition to a circular economy and how they can be engaged. In research and teaching, I am particularly interested in supporting changes towards sustainable cities through design by developing social, organisational and technological innovations. My research and teaching are supported by a holistic background acquired through education by a Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Sustainable Design and PhD in Sustainable Energy and Technologies. I have consolidated interdisciplinary expertise through long-term practice experience as a registered architect and by research and teaching experience in sustainable architecture and urban de

Education

PhD IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & TECHNOLOGIES (focus on Design Research) - 20/04/2016 Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Bolzano, Italy) with MIT (Cambridge, USA) VISITING FELLOWSHIP – from January to December 2013 Departments of Engineering and Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT (USA) MASTER OF SCIENCE CASACLIMA-KLIMAHAUS – mark: 110/110 – 26/10/2010 Degree in Sustainable Design of the Built Environment Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) FIVE-YEAR SINGLE-CYCLE MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE – mark:...

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Technical barriers to circular economy implementation in the built environment: A problem-based multi-level review
    Sustainable Cities and Society, 2026
  2. Technical Barriers and Challenges to Circular Strategies Implementation
    Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering, 2026
  3. Design Frameworks for Circular Buildings: Circular Principles, Building Lifecycle Phases and Design Strategies
    Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering, 2025
  4. Modularity and Prefabrication
    Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering, 2025
  5. Axiomatic Design and Design Structure Matrix for Circular Building Design
    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2024

Research Outputs

Marchesi, M. (2021). Circular Families Game. Available on the webpage: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/explore/find-a-project/view/circubed/2587142-circular-families-game

Grants / Consultancy

09/2021: Research, Innovation & Engagement Projects - CircuPLAY; awarded by Research Wales Innovation Fund; Award value: £ 8,500; duration: 9 months; % Ownership: 100% 03/2020:...

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