Personal identification

Full name

Renata Alves Castelo Branco

Citation names

• Castelo-Branco, Renata

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

8010-C79B-119C

ORCID iD

0000-0001-9965-9558

Addresses

• INESC-ID. R. Alves Redol 9, 1000-029 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

• http://web.ist.utl.pt/renata.castelo.branco (Professional)
• https://algorithmicdesign.github.io/ (Professional)

	Degree	Classification
2017/09 - 2022 Ongoing	PhD in Computer Science and Engineering (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 Concluded	Integrated MSc in Architecture (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Integrated Algorithmic Design" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2015/09 - 2016/06 Concluded	Erasmus Program (Mestrado) Major in Arquitectura Technische Universität Graz, Austria
2014 Concluded	Integrated MSc in Architecture (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018 - 2024	Trainee Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/08 - Current	Junior Researcher	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2016/06 - 2017/06/01	Freelance renders production	Green House Group, Portugal
2016/08/01 - 2016/08/19	Summer Internship	LAMDA LDA - Gabinete de Estudos Tecnicos, Arquitectura e Planeamento, Lda., Portugal

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/02/01 - 2020/09/30	Projecto Khepri - Algorithmic Design, Analysis, and Optimization PTDC/ART-DAQ/31061/2017 Research Fellow Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/03/01 - 2021/12/31	MOOB - Multi-Objective Optimization of Buildings CPCA/A1/5903/2020 Researcher Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Publications

Book chapter	Renata Castelo-Branco; António Leitão. "Illustrating Algorithmic Design". In Computer-Aided Architectural Design. INTERCONNECTIONS: Co-computing Beyond Boundaries, 415-433. Springer, Cham, 2023. Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-37189-9_3 "Comprehending Algorithmic Design". In Computer-Aided Architectural Design. Design Imperatives: The Future is Now, edited by Gerber, David; Pantazis, Evangelos; Bogosian, Biayna; Nahmad, Alicia; Miltiadis, Constantinos, 15-35. Singapore, 2022. 10.1007/978-981-19-1280-1_2
Conference paper	Castelo-Branco, Renata; Inês Caetano; Inês Pereira; António Menezes Leitão. "The Collaborative Algorithmic Design Notebook". Paper presented in International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Auckland, 2020. Published Brás, Catarina; Castelo-Branco, Renata; António Menezes Leitão. "Parametric Model Manipulation in Virtual Reality: Lowering the Barriers of Algorithmic Design in Remote Collaboration". Paper presented in Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), 2020. Published Castelo-Branco, Renata; Leitão, António. "Visual meets textual: a Hybrid Programming Environment for Algorithmic Design". Paper presented in International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Bangkok, 2020. Published Castelo-Branco, Renata; Leitão, António; Brás, Catarina. "Program Comprehension for Live Algorithmic Design in Virtual Reality". Paper presented in First International Workshop on New Interfaces for Programming (NIP) at Programming 2020, Porto, 2020. Accepted Castelo-Branco, Renata. "ReAD: Representational Algorithmic Design". Paper presented in International Conference on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming (Programming 20), Porto, 2020. Published Castelo-Branco, Renata; Leitão, António; Santos, Guilherme. "Immersive Algorithmic Design: Live Coding in Virtual Reality". Paper presented in Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) Conference, Porto, 2019. Published Leitão, António; Castelo-Branco, Renata; Santos, Guilherme. "Game of Renders: The Use of Game Engines for Architectural Visualization". Paper presented in International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Wellington, 2019. Published Castelo-Branco, Renata; Leitão, António. "Algorithmic Architectural Visualization". Paper presented in International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Beijing, 2018. Published Castelo-Branco, Renata; Leitão, António. "Design Algorítmico Integrado". Paper presented in ptBIM: 2º Congresso Português de Building Information Modelling, Lisbon, 2018. Published Castelo-Branco, Renata; Leitão, António. "Integrated Algorithmic Design: A Single-Script Approach for Multiple Design Tasks". Paper presented in Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) Conference, Rome, 2017. Published Castelo-Branco, Renata; Leitão, António. "Translating Algorithmic Design from CAD to BIM". Paper presented in KineSIStem Conference 2017, Lisbon, 2017. Published Leitão, António; Castelo-Branco, Renata; Cardoso, Carmo. "Algorithmic-Based Analysis: Design and Analysis in a Multi Backend Generative Tool". Paper presented in International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Suzhou, 2017. Published
Journal article	António Menezes Leitão; Castelo-Branco, Renata; Inês Caetano. "Affordable Computation for Architecture". Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ) 28 3 (2023): 415-433. Published Renata Castelo-Branco; Inês Caetano; Inês Pereira; António Leitão. "Sketching Algorithmic Design". Journal of Architectural Engineering 28 2 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000539. Published • 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000539 Castelo-Branco, Renata; Caetano, Inês; António Menezes Leitão. "Algorithmic Representation Space". Prospectives 2 (2022): https://journal.b-pro.org/issue/issue2/#contents662. Open access • Published Castelo-Branco, Renata; Leitão, António. "Algorithmic Design in Virtual Reality". Architecture 2 1 (2022): 31-52. https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture2010003. Open access • Published • 10.3390/architecture2010003 Renata Castelo-Branco; Inês Caetano; António Leitão. "Digital representation methods: The case of algorithmic design". Frontiers of Architectural Research 11 3 (2022): 527-541. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095263522000012. Published • 10.1016/j.foar.2021.12.008 Renata Castelo-Branco; Catarina Brás; António Menezes Leitão. "Inside the Matrix: Immersive Live Coding for Architectural Design". International Journal of Architectural Computing 19 2 (2021): 174-189. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478077120958164. 10.1177/1478077120958164

Award

2022	Nominee for Best PhD Award Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2020	CAADRIA 2020 Best Paper Presentation Award Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2020), Thailand
2020	ASA 2020 3rd Place for Best Paper Presentation Award 54th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) 2020 , New Zealand
2019	CAADRIA 2019 Best Paper Presentation Award 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2019), New Zealand
2018	1st place at the Pitch Competition held at IST PhD Open Days Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018	1st prize ptBIM dissertation in Architecture Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018	Architect Álvaro Machado Award Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Other distinction

2023	Diploma of Teaching Excellence Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020	PhD Grant reference 2020.04682.BD Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018	Diploma of Academic Excellence - 5th year of the MSc in Architecture Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018	Masters Research Grant Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2016	Diploma of Academic Merit - 4th year of the MSc in Architecture Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015	Academic Merit Board - 3 years of the MSc in Architecture Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal