Marta Malé-Alemany
Associate Professor of Digital Production
Marta Malé-Alemany is Associate Professor of Digital Production within the Circular Design and Business research group at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Additionally, she is the head of the Robot Lab.
Contact
- E-mail: m.male-alemany@hva.nl
- Phone number: +31621155101
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About Marta Malé-Alemany
Marta Malé-Alemany is Associate Professor of Digital Production and head of the Robot Lab at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Within this position, Marta guides the implementation of digital production for research and education, seeking solutions that contribute to the circular economy of the city. She specializes in the relationship and integration between design and digital production technologies.
Her work methodology integrates research and experimentation on materials, the development of special custom software and/or hardware for fabrication, and the use of digital manufacturing processes present in the industry. Her focus is innovating industrial design and construction with novel material solutions and building processes, to expand their creative possibilities and address today’s global challenges.
Marta graduated from ETSAB-UPC (Barcelona 1996), holds a Master Degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University (New York, 1997), and a PhD from ESTAB-UPC (Barcelona, 2016). Her doctoral thesis explores the potential of large-scale Additive Manufacturing technologies to innovate design and building construction.
Marta accumulates a wide experience teaching advanced design studios and seminars in US and European architectural schools (UCLA Los Angeles, SCIArc Los Angeles, UPENN Philadelphia, MIT Boston, AA London, IAAC Barcelona and other), where she founded and directed several Master and Post-graduate programs.