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Mário Bruno Pais Brandão Franco da Cruz is a Lisbon-based architect and FCT-funded PhD candidate at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, researching religious and contemplative space through neuro-architecture, sacred geometry, and VR-supported perception studies. He holds a degree in Architecture – Urban Renewal (FA-UTL, 1993) and an MA in Translation/English Studies (NOVA FCSH, 2017) and has completed the taught stage of the Architecture doctorate (2018–present). From 1995 to 2000, he assisted architect Óscar Lopes, then maintained an independent practice until 2005. Since then, he has combined research with freelance translation and Portuguese-language teaching. Recent publications analyze luminous performance in meditation rooms, color as an introspective device, and the use of VR to gauge spatial experience. His current interests include sacred-space preservation, phenomenology of perception, and digital tools for affective design. Cruz is a CIAUD researcher, a registered architect (Ordem dos Arquitectos), and holder of a FCT doctoral scholarship awarded in 2024. Scientific domain/field: Human Sciences.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mário Bruno Pais Brandão Franco da Cruz

Citation names

  • Cruz, Mário
  • Cruz, Mário Bruno

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9617-D5EE-EBA2
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4580-6273

Email addresses

  • mariobrunocruz@yahoo.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 919784068 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/09 - 2027/09/05
Ongoing
 Doctorate in Architecture (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Architecture
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
 17/20
2015/09 - 2017/12/06
Concluded
 Translation (Mestrado)
Major in English
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"MARY MCCARTHY E PORTUGAL (1942-2017): (NÃO-) TRADUÇÃO, ESTUDOS DE GÉNERO E CENSURA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
1983/10/21 - 1993
Concluded
 Architecture (Licenciatura)
Major in Urban Renewal
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Bom
Affiliation

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1997/01/01 - 2000/06/29 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) Arquitecto Óscar Lopes, Portugal
1995/06/30 - 1996/12/31 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) Arquitecto Óscar Lopes, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03 - 2022/08 Freelancer Freelance Portuguese for Foreigners teacher, Portugal
2014/05/01 - 2015/09/15 Freelancer Freelance Portuguese for Foreigners teacher, Portugal
2011/11/30 - 2012/04/01 Freelance translator Grupo Lusófona, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Literaturas e Culturas Lusófonas e Europeias, Portugal
2011/06/15 - 2011/08/15 Freelance translator Booksmile , Portugal
2008/06/01 - 2011/03/30 Freelance translator Civilização Editora, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2010/09/30 Freelance translator Editorial Presença, Portugal
2005/03/01 - 2009/10/01 Freelance translator Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2008/01/31 Freelance translator Relógio D'Água Editores, Portugal
2000/06/30 - 2005/01/31 Freelancer Freelance Architect, Portugal
Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2024 - 2024 Does Virtual Reality Allow Essay Participants Better Conditions to Get Information Regarding the Perception of Architectural Contexts?
UIDB/04008/2020
UIDP/04OO8/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura Urbanismo e Design, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023 - 2023 M-term Architectonic Context and Meditation Practitioners: A Concept to Be Implemented in an Informatic Application to Help Architects
UIDB/04008/2020
UIDP/04008/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura Urbanismo e Design, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023 - 2023 The Preservation of Tibetan monasteries as a source of inspiration for meditation practice: Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling in Nepal
UIDB/04008/2020
UIDP/04008/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura Urbanismo e Design, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cruz, Mário Bruno ; Rebelo, Francisco; Jorge Cruz Pinto; GOMES, Emerson. "Does Virtual Reality Allow Essay Participants Better Conditions to Get Information Regarding the Perception of Architectural Contexts?". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 32-42. Washington, United States: Springer, Cham, 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-61359-3_3
  2. Cruz, Mário Bruno ; Jorge Cruz Pinto; Rebelo, Francisco. "M-term Architectonic Context and Meditation Practitioners: A Concept to Be Implemented in an Informatic Application to Help Architects". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 413-425. Copenhagen, Denmark: Springer, Cham, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-35696-4_30
  3. Cruz, Mário Bruno. "The Preservation of Tibetan Monasteries as a Source of Inspiration for Meditation Practice; Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling in Nepal". In PHI Time and Space, edited by CRC Press, 119-124. Londres, United Kingdom: CRC Press, 2023.
    Published • 10.1201/9781003260554-17
  4. Cruz, Mário Bruno ; Pereira, Júlia; Maria da Glória Gomes; Kong, Mario S. Ming. "Comparative Analysis of the Luminous Performance of Fenestration with Japanese Paper and Glazing with a Polymeric Film in Meditation Rooms". In PHI Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy, edited by CRC Press, 555-561. London, United Kingdom: CRC Press, 2019.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429297755
Edited book
  1. Cruz, Mário Bruno, ed. Mary McCarthy and Portugal (1942-2017): (Non-) Translation, Gender Studies and Censorship (Mary McCarthy e Portugal (1942-2017): (Não-)tradução, estudos de género e censura). Lisboa, Portugal: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. 2020.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Cruz, Mário Bruno ; Rebelo, Francisco; Jorge Cruz Pinto; Mário Bruno Cruz; Francisco Rebelo; Jorge Cruz Pinto. Corresponding author: Cruz, Mário Bruno. "Eye-tracking Advancements in Architecture: A Review of Recent Studies". Buildings 15 19 (2025): 3496. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/19/3496.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/buildings15193496
  2. Mário Bruno Cruz; Cruz, Mário Bruno. "Luis Barragán: Color as a means for introspection". Tradition and Innovation (2021): 161-164. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/73368091/.
    10.1201/9780429297786-24
  3. Cruz, Mário Bruno. "Joyce Carol Oates Translates a Portuguese Author, Herself (Joyce Carol Oates traduz um autor português: ela própria)". Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses/Journal of Anglo-Portuguese Studies 27 (2018): 313-327. http://dx.doi.org/10.34134/reap.1991.208.279.
    Open access • Published • 10.34134/reap.1991.208.279
  4. Cruz, Mário Bruno. "An American in Lisbon: Mary McCarthy "Translates" Portugal (1954) (Uma americana em Lisboa: Mary McCarthy "traduz" Portugal (1954))". Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses/Journal of Anglo-Portuguese Studies (2016): 383-401. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335462534_Uma_Americana_em_Lisboa_Mary_McCarthy_Traduz_Portugal_1954.
    Open access • Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Cruz, Mário Bruno Pais Brandão Franco da. "Mary McCarthy and Portugal (1942-2017): (Non-) Translation, Gender Studies and Censorship (Mary McCarthy e Portugal (1942-2017): (Não-) tradução, estudos de género e censura". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/28486.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/01 Does Virtual Reality Allow Participants Better Conditions to get Information Regarding the Perception of Architectural Contexts? HCI International Conference 2024
HCII2024 (Washington D. C., United States)
2023/07/23 M-term Architectonic Context and Meditation Practitioners: A Concept to Be Implemented in an Informatic Application to Help Architects HCI International 2023 Conference
HCII2023 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2022/10/07 The Preservation of Tibetan Monasteries as a Source of Inspiration for Meditation Practice 8th International Multidisciplinary Congress PHI 2022
Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/03/09 Between Caricature and Presence: Interpreter Aspirations' Influence on their Translation Activity Curso livre | Budismo, Sustentabilidade e Interdependência: Perspectivas Históricas
Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/02/18 Between Caricature and Presence: Interpreter Aspirations' Influence on their Translation Activity NEW VOICES IN PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION STUDIES V
NOVA FCSH (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/02/17 How do we Translate Wisdom and Compassion? The Oral Interpretation of Tibetan Masters into Other Languages (Como traduzir a Sabedoria e a Compaixão: a interpretação oral para outras línguas das palestras dos Mestres tibetanos) Budismo, Ecologia e Economia
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/02/04 How do we Translate Wisdom and Compassion? The Oral Interpretation of Tibetan Masters into Other Languages NEW VOICES IN PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION STUDIES IV
CETAPS - NOVA FCSH (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/10/09 Comparative Analysis of the Luminous Performance of Fenestration with Japanese Paper and Glazing with a Polymeric Film in Meditation Rooms 5th International Multidisciplinary Congress PHI 2019
Maison de la Recherche, Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris, France)
2018/06/15 Cabins to Think, Heidegger and Le Corbusier (Cabanas para pensar: Heidegger e Le Corbusier) ENLACES: Budismo, Filosofia e Ciência
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/06/01 The Genealogy of Mindfulness: Ledi Sayadaw (1846-1923) (A genealogia do Mindfulness: Ledi Sayadaw (1846-1923)) ENLACES: Budismo, Filosofia e Ciência
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/05/15 The Space and Meditation (O espaço e a meditação) ENLACES: Budismo, Filosofia e Ciência
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/01/25 Mary McCarthy and Portugal (1942-2017): (Non-) Translation, Gender Studies and Censorship (Redux) (Mary McCarthy e Portugal (1942-2017): (Não-) tradução, estudos de género e censura (redux)) 1st Graduate Symposium, New Voices in Portuguese Translation Studies
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/03/22 "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe: A Comparative Analysis of Seven Recent Portuguese Translations ("The Black Cat", de Edgar Allan Poe: análise comparativa de sete traduções portuguesas recentes) 37th APEAA Conference
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/07/23 - 2023/07/23 S034 - Interaction Design I (2023/07/23 - 2023/07/28)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Human Computer Interaction , Denmark
Distinctions

Other distinction

2024 Bolsa de Doutoramento
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal