Ilona Laskowska
About Ilona Laskowska
Ilona Laskowska is a Graduate Structural Engineer at Arup España, specializing in parametric design and optimization, with a focus on Tensegrity structures.
Title
Ilona Laskowska holds the title of Graduate Structural Engineer. She has been employed in this role at various branches of Arup since 2017.
Current Role at Arup España
Ilona Laskowska is currently working as a Graduate Structural Engineer at Arup España in Madrid, Spain. Her tenure at this role began in 2019. Here, she applies her structural engineering skills and specializes in parametric design and optimization, with a particular focus on BIM implementation in both modeling and analysis.
Previous Experience
Ilona Laskowska has a comprehensive background in structural engineering with various internships and assistant roles. She worked at Arup Italia as an intern from 2018 to 2019 for four months. Before that, she served as an Assistant at P.w Molbud from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, she interned at Gemma Inwestycje for one month in 2015.
Education and Expertise
Ilona Laskowska holds two master's degrees in engineering. She studied at Politecnico Di Milano, where she earned a Master's in Engineering from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, she completed a Master's in Civil Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology between 2017 and 2019. She also holds a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from the same institution, obtained in 2017. Her expertise includes the analysis of non-linear tensegrity structures, parametric design, optimization, and the use of advanced design software.
Interest in Unconventional Structures
Ilona Laskowska has had a strong interest in unconventional structures, particularly tensegrity, since her undergraduate studies. She is currently working on her Master's thesis, focusing on the implementation of tensegrity structures in historical heritage buildings. Her work in this area leverages advanced design software and genetic algorithm optimization for form-finding and structural analysis.