Anna Maria Koniari
PhD Candidate
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Keywords: Building energy retrofit planning, Urban building energy prediction, Decision-making under uncertainty, Deep Learning, Optimization
ir. Anna Maria Koniari is a Phd Candidate in the AiDAPT Lab, TU Delft's AI Lab for Design, Analysis, and Optimization in Architecture & the Built Environment since October 2023. She holds a Diploma in Architectural Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and a MSc in Building Technology from TU Delft. During her studies, she focused on computational methods to enhance conventional design processes and, particularly, her MSc thesis was dedicated to the development of a customized Topology Optimization formulation for the design of minimum mass cast glass structures under performance and manufacturability constraints. Currently, her Phd research lies on machine learning applications for intelligent multi-building energy retrofit planning in order to achieve scalability and magnify the expected impact of retrofit implementations at district level.
Selected Publications
Predicting building operational energy under material degradation and climate uncertainty: A sensitivity analysis. Koniari, A.M., Andriotis, C., Bianchi, S., Morato, P. G., Khademi, S., Overend, M. (2025). In Proceedings of UNCECOMP 2025 6th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (https://2025.uncecomp.org/proceedings/pdf/21483.pdf)
Resilience Readiness Levels for Buildings: Establishing Multi-Hazard Resilience Metrics and Rating Systems. Bianchi, S., Kim, K., Matteoni, M., Koniari, A. M., Koning, K., Costache, R., Ciobotaru, N., Luna-Navarro, A., Peng, Z., Ciurlanti, J., Shahriari, H., Mittal, D., Stavridou, E., Silva, A., Petrini, F., Palmieri, M., Pampanin, S., Overend, M. (2025). In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (128) (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420925005709?ssrnid=5177406&dgcid=SSRN_redirect_SD)
More with less: topology optimization strategies for structural glass design. Jewett, J. L., Koniari, A. M., Andriotis, C., Oikonomopoulou, F., Bristogianni, T., Carstensen, J. V. (2025). In Glass Structures & Engineering (10) (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40940-025-00294-3)
Surface and finishing quality exploration of complex cast glass forms produced on disposable moulds. Ioannidis, M., Oikonomopoulou, F., Bristogianni, T., Bilow, M., Koniari, A. M. (2024). In Glass Structures & Engineering (9) (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40940-024-00264-1)
Fabrication methods for topology-optimized massive glass structures. Oikonomopoulou, F., Ioannidis, M., Koniari, A. M., Bristogianni, T. (2023). In Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposia 2023 (21) (https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/iass/piass/2023/00002023/00000021/art00007Minimum mass cast glass structures under performance and manufacturability constraints. Koniari, A. M., Andriotis, C., & Oikonomopoulou, F. (2023, July), In International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Futures (pp. 437-451).
Just Glass: Development of a Topology Optimization Algorithm for a Mass-Optimized Cast Glass Component. Koniari, A.M., 2022, MSc Thesis, TU Delft.
Topologically optimized structural glass megaliths: Potential, challenges and guidelines for stretching the mass limits of structural cast glass. Oikonomopoulou, F., Koniari, A. M., Damen, J. T. W., Koopman, D., Stefanaki, M. I. & Bristogianni, T., 2022, In: Current Perspectives and New Directions in Mechanics, Modelling and Design of Structural Systems: Proceedings of The Eighth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa.
Selected research projects
-DE-CIST Research project (ongoing)
-MultiCare Research project (ongoing)
-Topological Optimization of Cast Glass Structural Components – Research Project
Selected awards
-2nd prize for MEGA Course Award regarding Innovation on Computational Workflow – Sponsored by White Lioness Technologies
-2nd prize on Pavilion Design Competition (2021) – Held by TU Delft in collaboration with Janssen AG, Knippers Helbig & gmp architekten
-The Great Moment of Education Award (2013) – Sponsored by Eurobank Greece
Professional memberships & affiliations
-Technical Chamber of Greece (2020)

