Curriculum Vitae
Ana Francisca Moreira Aroso Pinto de Oliveira
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Francisca Moreira Aroso Pinto de Oliveira
Citation names
- Aroso Pinto de Oliveira, Francisca
- Francisca Aroso
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- C214-21FC-92C1
- ORCID iD
- 0009-0005-9992-9307
Email addresses
- francisca.aroso@eaad.uminho.pt (Professional)
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Elementary (A2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| French | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| Catalan | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2025/04/10 - 2035/06
Ongoing
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IdeaLab (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Universidade do Minho TecMinho, TecMinho, Portugal
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2024/10/18 - 2025/03/14
Concluded
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Curso de Formação Especializada em Fabricação Robótica em Design, Arquitetura e Construção (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Arquitetura, Portugal |
19/20 |
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2015/07/16 - 2017/12/04
Concluded
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Smart buildings and cities. (Pós-doutoramento)
The University of Texas at Austin The IC2 Institute, United States
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2009/09/25 - 2015/05/09
Concluded
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EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN [EMTECH] (Doctor of Philosophy)
Architectural Association School of Architecture, United Kingdom
The Open University, United Kingdom "Responsive Transitional Spaces in the Mediterranean Climate" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2007/09/23 - 2008/07/13
Concluded
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Digital Tectonics (Mestrado)
Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain "Bio Fab" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1997/09/21 - 2005/07/21
Concluded
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Architecture (Licenciatura)
Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/06/20 - 2022/01/12 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | The University of Texas in Austin - Cockrell School of Engineering (Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering Department) , United States |
| The University of Texas in Austin - Cockrell School of Engineering (Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering Department) , United States | ||
| 2016/08/17 - 2020/05/31 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, United States |
| 2014/01/17 - 2014/05/05 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, United States |
| 2009/09/27 - 2011/05/11 | Tutor (University Teacher) | The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom |
| Architectural Association Inc, United Kingdom | ||
| 2008/09 - 2009/07 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain |
| Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain (...) |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2025/01/03 - Current | Researcher | School of Architecture, Art and Desing (EAAD) - University of Minho, Portugal |
| ACTech Hub, Portugal (...) |
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| 2011/09/30 - 2012/10/06 | Visiting Scholar | The University of Texas in Austin ' The IC2 Institute, United States |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2025/02 - Current | Integrated Member | Universidade do Minho Laboratório de Paisagens Património e Território, Portugal |
| School of Architecture, Art and Desing (EAAD) - University of Minho, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/01/02 - Current | INOV AM
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Laboratório de Paisagens Património e Território, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2012/11/04 - 2012/12/04 | One-day international symposium on "Contemporary Modes of Production and a month-long macro-urban exhibition consisting of
1:1 scale micro-architectural interventions in the urban fabric of Guimarães, incorporating local materials and technological
and industrial resources available in the region. (2012/11/04)
Other (Co-organisor)
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School of Architecture, Art and Desing (EAAD) - University of Minho, Portugal The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom |
| 2012/05 - 2012/05 | AA in architectural Design Symposium: Translate the Intangible Symposium, organized by AA PhD in Architectural Design candidates.
Invited speakers are Greg Lynn (Die Angewandte & UCLA), Branko Kolarevic (Calgary), Axel Kilian (Princeton), Mark Sarkisian
(SOM), Hod Lipson (Cornell), Luca Dellatore (ARUP).
Presented and co-moderated section 2 of the symposium (2012/05)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom |
| 2009/09 - 2009/09 | eme3 4th festival of Architecture in Barcelona. where architects and students reflected, experimented and debated on the
new scenarios that emerged from the COLAPSO.
Co-organized the IaaC's participation on eme3 , 4th edition (2009/03)
Festival (Co-organisor)
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| 2009/03 - 2009/03 | The Weekend Architectural Workshop (WAW) is a workshop for architects and architect students from Spain and for the entire
world. It is organized by Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluña (IaaC), and it's about advance digital manufacture
technologies for the production of Architect. This workshop use systems such us Laser Cut, 3D Printers and a Numeric Milling
Machine CNC. The WAW_ETSAM objective has been the manufacture prototypes based and constructed with Laser Cut System. (2009/03)
Workshop (Other)
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Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain |
| 2009/02 - 2009/02 | The Weekend Architectural Workshop (WAW) is a workshop for architects and architect students from Spain and for the entire
world. It is organized by Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluña (IaaC), and it's about advance digital manufacture
technologies for the production of Architect. This workshop use systems such us Laser Cut, 3D Printers and a Numeric Milling
Machine CNC. The WAW_ETSAM objective has been the manufacture prototypes based and constructed with Laser Cut System. (2009/02)
Workshop (Other)
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Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain |
| 2008/08/08 - 2008/08/22 | LAN-On site workshop will approach the investigation of the urban domain through the use of scripting and digital fabrication.
The often disconnected resolutions of the urban scale and tectonic systems and are brought together for the purpose of fabricating
site specific interventions in the various urban typologies of Barcelona. Participants engaged the city through two weeks
of intense observation and documentation in concert with software, scripting, and digital production tutorials which will
feed the final fabricated works. (2008/08/09 - 2008/08/14)
Workshop (Other)
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Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2008/05 - Current | MMA Workshops were part of the academic structure of the Master's in Advanced Architecture Program. The Water Web workshop
was one of those workshops and was led by Sabine Muller and Andrea Quednau (SMAQ). The subject of the workshop was water and
the participants were encouraged to create new water systems while studying its workflow/pumping systems understanding the
benefits and potential.
Workshop
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SMAQ workshop
Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain
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| 2008/04 - Current | Matter workshop at UIC (Barcelona) new strategies, contemporary techniques (Matter, systems and digital technologies for the
new emergent architecture).
Workshop
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Matter workshop
International University of Catalonia , Spain
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| 2013/05 - 2015/06 | Participation on the Final of the year's Review/Presentation at the AA
Seminar
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The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom
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| 2014/05/08 - 2014/05/08 | Invited speaker at the CICI2014 Conference presenting ‘”BioFab: Fabricating Nature” | International forum of iCities [Fórum Internacional iCities]
Brazilian Institute of Professional Qualification (IBQP), Brazil
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| 2012/05/11 - 2012/05/11 | Lecture 'Architecture of Change' by Branko Kolarevic
Other
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Architecture of Chang
The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom
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| 2012/05 - 2012/05 | Lecture 'The forms of plenty' by Philipe Morel
Other
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The forms of plenty
The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom
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| 2012/05 - 2012/05 | Lecture 'What is computalism' by Hernan Diaz Lectures
Other
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What is computalism
The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom
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| 2012/01 - 2012/01 | Python workshop (two days workshop)
Workshop
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Python workshop by Skylar Tibbits
The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom
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| 2011 - 2012 | LAMA’s (Latin American Modern Architecture) research group constitutes a permanent forum for debating and documenting twentieth-century
architecture. Reflecting on his time at the University of Texas and in Austin, highlights the exciting community of Latin
Americanists who are affiliated with LLILAS and the strong student interest in that part of the world.
Meeting
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LAMA Series Lecture
University of Texas at Austin -Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, United States
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| 2011/04/16 - 2011/04/24 | Investigates the inherent associations between form, material, and structure through the rigorous implementation of innovative
design and fabrication techniques. Computational methods for design, analysis, and fabrication are coupled with physical experimentation,
fostering ‘learning-by-experimentation’ in an active collaborative studio environment. Throughout the design and fabrication
processes, the associations between various computational platforms establish correlations between form-finding, material
computation, and structural performance.
Workshop
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AA Istanbul Visiting School
The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom
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| 2011/03/03 - 2011/03/05 | A three day International Conference brought together leading practitioners, researchers, industry experts and building users
to look at the latest developments in adaptive technology. Presenters demonstrated new types of reconfigurable architecture
and will show how adaptive strategies can extend a building’s life cycle, enhance energy efficiency and optimize resource
utilization.
Conference
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Adaptive Architecture
The Building Centre, United Kingdom
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| 2011/02 - 2011/02 | Out of a collaboration between the EmTech of the Architectural Association, London, and the Chair of Structural Design at
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, a temporary light timber construction has been designed that functions
as sun shading for parts of the grand stairs in front of the architecture department of the ETH. It is based on bending behavior
under selfweight of oversized sheets of plywood of up to 11 x 2.5 m. The design activates the material properties as the defining
element in the transfer of forces.
Workshop
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AA/ETH Pavilion
Architectural Association School of Architecture, United Kingdom
Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Chair of Structural Design, Switzerland |
| 2011/02 - 2011/02 | Assistant on the EmTech Design workshop with Cristina Diaz Moreno, Efran Garcia Grinda amid|cero9 architects and others at
AA-London.
Workshop
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EmTech Design workshop with Cristina Diaz Moreno, Efran Garcia Grinda from amid|cero9 architects
The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom
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| 2011/01/22 - 2011/01/22 | The strength of FabLabs resides in their ability to make innovation available to anyone. They democratize access to technological
tools and machines and, above all, give people the taste to innovate and collaborate. This “openness”
is the very essence of FabLabs and we will always keep our doors open to anyone. Yet, FabLabs should also pursue an additional
objective: professionalize their services by helping makers to move up from a personal project to a professional and entrepreneurial
project.
Conference
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International Conference FabLab Portugal |
| 2009/04 - 2009/04 | Participation as tutor on the Experimental Fab-Handout workshop oriented by Michael Grau (Zaha Hadid), Jereon van Ameijde
(AA) and Marta Malé-Alemany at Iaac Barcelona.
Workshop
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Experimental Fab-Handout workshop |
| 2009/03 - 2009/03 | Marco’s Galafaro workshop
Workshop
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Matter and Material organization
Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain
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| 2009/02 - 2009/03 | The Fab Academy is a fast paced, hands-on learning experience where students learn rapid-prototyping by planning and executing
a new project each week, resulting in a personal portfolio of technical skills.
Seminar
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FABLAB Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
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| 2008/07/11 - 2008/09/30 | HYPERHABITAT: REPROGRAMMING THE WORLD
Hyperhabitat is a model for defining the physical world in terms compatible with the digital world using the principles of
a network. This serves to define a multiscale structure that can use the same principles to link any element of the physical
world capable of having a digital identity, so that the world can be re-programmed by identifying new relational systems composed
of local and global systems.
Exhibition
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XI Venice Biennale - HYPERHABITAT: REPROGRAMMING THE WORLD
Guallart Architects, Spain
MIT Center for Bits and Atoms , United States Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain |
| 2008/07/22 - 2008/08/05 | The architecture of the wind. Wind always shaped Lanzarote's architecture in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Th wind is the focus of the conference as well as the workshops were participants from different European institutions worked together to develop project/ design to different parts of the Island of Lanzarote. | III Congreso Internacional de Arquitectura – Estrategias para una conciencia medioambiental |
| 2007/12 - 2007/12 | Hyper local in Bogota (workshop and Publication by IaaC)
Workshop
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Bogota Workshop
Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain
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| 2006/04 - 2006/07 | Look at the mobility program for the city's Centre of Guimarães , within PAGUS program.
Symposium
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“Mobility program for the city’s Centre of Guimarães”
Câmara Municipal de Guimarães, Portugal
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| 2006/04 - 2006/07 | PAGUS program and workshops on architectural heritage preservation
Workshop
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PAGUS
Câmara Municipal de Guimarães, Portugal
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| 2006/06 - 2006/06 | “Education for sustainability”, Agenda 21 (Atlantic Axis)
"Education for Sustainable Development sees education as the key to unlocking progress in all the global development goals.
It teaches individuals to make informed decisions and take action, both individually and collectively, to change society and
protect the planet. It equips people of all ages with the knowledge, skills, values, and ability to tackle issues such as
climate change, biodiversity loss, overuse of resources, and inequality that impact the well-being of people and the planet
Workshop
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Education for sustainability”, within the development of ‘Agenda 21’ (Atlantic axis); |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/08/22 - 2022/12/12 | Fall 2022 | Computer-Aided Design & Graphics (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas at Austin- Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the Cockrel School of Engineering , United States |
| 2020/06/20 - 2022/08/14 | Summer 2020 | Computer-Aided Design & Graphics (Licenciatura) | Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the Cockrel School of Engineering , United States |
| 2022/01/10 - 2022/05 | Spring 2022 | Computer-Aided Design & Graphics (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas at Austin- Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the Cockrel School of Engineering , United States |
| 2021/08/25 - 2021/12/15 | Fall 2021 | Computer-Aided Design & Graphics (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas at Austin - Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the Cockrel School of Engineering , United States |
| 2021/07/01 - 2021/08/18 | Spring 2021 | Computer-Aided Design & Graphics (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas at Austin - Department of Civil Engineering at the Cockrel School of Enginering, United States |
| 2020/08/25 - 2020/12/17 | Fall 2020 | Computer-Aided Design & Graphics (Licenciatura) | Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the Cockrel School of Engineering , United States |
| 2020/01/10 - 2020/05/18 | Spring 2020 | Design II and Visual Communication II (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas in Austin - School of Architecture, United States |
| 2019/01/10 - 2019/05/05 | Spring 2019 | Design II and Visual Communication II (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas at Austin- School of Architecture, United States |
| 2019/01 - 2019/05 | Spring 2019 | Intermediate studio 1 and Visual Communication III (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas At Austin - School of Architecture, United States |
| 2018/08/24 - 2018/12 | Fall 2018 | Design II AND Visual Communication II (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas at Austin- School of Architecture, United States |
| 2018/06/07 - 2018/08/13 | Summer 2018 | Design II and Visual Communication II (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas at Austin- School of Architecture, United States |
| 2018/01/05 - 2018/05/15 | Spring 2018 | Design II and Visual Communication II | The University of Texas At Austin - School of Architecture, United States |
| 2017/08/27 - 2017/12/13 | Fall 2017 | Design II and Visual Communication II (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas At Austin - School of Architecture, United States |
| 2017/06/01 - 2017/08/14 | Summer 2017 | Design II and Visual Communication II | |
| 2017/01/05 - 2017/05/13 | Spring 2017 | Intermediate Design Studio I/Design III and Visual Communication III (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas At Austin - School of Architecture, United States |
| 2017/01/05 - 2017/05/13 | Spring2017 | Digital Fabrication Seminar (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas At Austin - School of Architecture, United States |
| 2016/06/09 - 2016/08/24 | Summer | Design II and Visual Communication II (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas in Austin - School of Architecture, United States |
| 2014/01/13 - 2014/05/12 | Spring 2014 | Design II and Visual Communication II (Licenciatura) | The University of Texas at Austin- School of Architecture, United States |
| 2012/10/27 - 2012/11/04 | The Architectural Association, in partnership with the School of Architecture of the University of Minho, EAUM, promotes the AA Visiting School - AAVS Guimarães - Guimarães 2012, an event included in the Arts and Architecture Cycle of Guimarães 2012 European Cultural Capital. The workshop is dedicated to the theme 'Reinventing Modes of Production' and is open to students or recent graduates of architecture, art and design, architects, artists, designers and other professionals. | (Outros) | University of Minho - School of Architecture (EAUM), Portugal The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom |
| 2010/09/28 - 2011/07 | Academic Year 2010/2011 | Design II and Visual Communication II | The University of Texas At Austin - School of Architecture, United States |
| 2011/04/16 - 2011/04/24 | Investigates the inherent associations between form, material, and structure through the rigorous implementation of innovative design and fabrication techniques. Computational methods for design, analysis, and fabrication are coupled with physical experimentation, fostering ‘learning-by-experimentation’ in an active collaborative studio environment. Throughout the design and fabrication processes, the associations between various computational platforms establish correlations between form-finding, material computation, and structural performance. | (Outros) | Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, Turkey The Architectural Association School of Architecture - Emergent Technologies group, United Kingdom |
| 2009/01 - 2009/05 | Spring 2009 | Digital Fabrication Seminar | University of Illinois at Chicago school of Architecture, United States Institut d'Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya, Spain |
| 2008/08 - 2008/12 | Fall 2008 | Digital Fabrication Seminar | University of Illinois at Chicago school of Architecture, United States Institut d'Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya, Spain |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2020 - Current | Co-Living for the Elderly (Graduate Independent study ) | Jayme Gritch |
Distinctions
Award
| 2019 | Distinguished with the Outstanding Teaching Award
The University of Texas At Austin - School of Architecture, United States
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| 2017 | Winner project of the Waller Creek Show Competition
Waller Creek Conservancy , United States
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| 2013 | Award of excellence at the International-Contest ‘Universal Home’, |
| 2010 | AA’s Bridge Competition
Architectural Association School of Architecture -EmTech , United Kingdom
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Other distinction
| 2008 | Selected work “The parametric house” |
| 2004 | Honor Distinction on a project submitted to the International Contest for the Museum of Rupestral Art of Foz Côa (Portugal)
Côa Parque, Portugal
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