She has received her Masters degree in architecture from Delft University of Technology in 2013, specializing in non-standard and interactive architecture within the research group Hyperbody. After graduating she was part of the start-up Hive Systems, a platform enabling designers and architects to quickly conceptualize, visualize and build complex interactive environments using distributed algorithms. From early 2013 onwards she has been working at Zwarts & Jansma Architects in Amsterdam as parametric design specialist. From 2008 to 2010 she was part of the interdisciplinary Nuon Solar Team, building and racing a solar car across the Australian Outback, and as a member of the ReVolt House team, during 2011 and 2012 she designed a fully self-sustaining house. In June 2015 Mariana Popescu joined the NCCR Digital Fabrication as a PhD researcher.