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Giancarlo Di Marco

Senior Associate Professor, Academic FabLab Director

20172026

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Giancarlo Di Marco is a Senior Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU).

An architectural engineer with extensive international experience, his research is centred on the intelligent automation of construction, with a primary focus on 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP).

He pioneers the integration of Artificial Intelligence in Cyber-Physical Production Systems to develop adaptive, real-time control of digital fabrication processes. His work establishes theoretical frameworks for the standardisation and industrialisation of 3DCP through Decentralised Science, and his research findings have been published in top-ranked scientific journals and presented at leading international conferences worldwide, including eCAADe, IASS, ICSA, and SIGraDi.

He is a well-recognised authority in his field, regularly invited to lecture at universities across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He actively contributes to the academic community as a member of scientific committees for prestigious international conferences and serves as a trusted peer reviewer for several top-ranked scientific journals.

Former internationalisation Officer and Program Director of the Master in Architectural Design, he is now the Academic Director of the Design FabLab at XJTLU, a first-class digital fabrication lab with cutting-edge robotic technologies: he has been instrumental in advancing the research infrastructure, and is now fostering a vibrant platform for interdisciplinary, research-led inquiry that bridges computational design, robotics, and material science, leveraging the materialisation capabilities of the FabLab.

Research interests

Standardisation of 3DCP through Decentralised Science - Adaptive 3DCP, Integration of AI in CPPS.

Teaching

ARC410 - Design Studio 4

ARC404 - Design Studio 2

ARC403 - Applied Technology in Architecture

ARC301 - Architectural Technology

ARC207 - Building Typology in Integrated Architectural Design

ARC202 - Structural Design

Awards and honours

2023 - 1st Prize, Zijin Award, Nanjing (CHN)

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Education/Academic qualification

HEA Fellowship, University of Liverpool

MEng, University of L'Aquila

Research areas

  • 3D Concrete Printing
  • AI for Construction
  • 3DCP Standardisation
  • Robotic Applications in AEC Industry

Keywords

  • NA Architecture
  • Parametric Design
  • Computational Design
  • Topological Optimisation
  • TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
  • Robotic Fabrication
  • Stress-informed Non-Planar 3DCP
  • Adaptive 3DCP

Person Types

  • Staff

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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