Organization/Coordination of Events
Type of Organization/Coordination Event Type Event Title Organizer Period
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Science Communication Session European Researchers' Night 2022 | Tour around the Monastery of Santa Cruz in 1834: Sustainability and inclusion in a VR/AR visit to Coimbra's past. European Researchers' Night 2022
Member of non-scientific event's organizing committee Art Exhibition/Installation Artistic performance: The Monastery and the City / O Mosteiro e a Cidade - uma coprodução Sons da Cidade e Projeto Santa Cruz. Sons da Cidade & Santa Cruz Research Project 2021
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Science Communication Session European Researchers' Night 2020 | Viagens virtuais ao passado / Virtual travels to the past - Digital Reconstitution of the Monastery of Santa Cruz of Coimbra in 1834: Contemporary methods for the study and simulation of lost heritage. The interaction between real and virtual architecture European Researchers' Night 2020
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Workshop Virtual Reality Workshop: Composing Immersive Scenarios; with Rui Lobo and Mauro Costa Couceiro; On February 2-9, 2020 DArq welcomed 19 students from TU Delft in an exchange program. Santa Cruz Research Project 2020
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Conference International Conference and Workshop - LEGACIES FOR THE FUTURE - Envisioning architectural heritage in the Digital Era - digital tools applied to architectural heritage, architecture research and museology - The target audience includes architects, academics, archaeologists, art historians, museologists, multimedia creators, game designers, illustrators and other professionals. Santa Cruz Research Project Since 2020
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Science Communication Session Virtual Reality and Lost Architectural Heritage - New representation technologies allow us to travel through space and time to no longer existing scenarios in the history of architecture. Virtual Reality headsets, as well as panoramic projections, are some of the dissemination tools for which the Santa Cruz Research Project develops experimental contents - European Researchers' Night 2019 - Representing the Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra European Researchers' Night 2019
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Conference International Conference on 3D Reconstitutions of Lost Architectural Heritage - The International Colloquium aims to disseminate and confront recent research on lost architectural, archaeological and urban heritage that has informed three-dimensional reconstitutions, either through artistic hand design or through 3D digital representation via new computer technologies. The conference includes the participation of archaeologists, art historians, architects, computer scientists and specialists in dissemination and multimedia. Santa Cruz Research Project 2019
Member of non-scientific event's organizing committee Art Exhibition/Installation Mixed Reality Interactive Exhibition - For the 21st Cultural Week of the University of Coimbra we rehearsed placing some figures from the sculptural ensemble of Hodart's Last Supper (1530-34), currently in the Machado de Castro National Museum, in the Chapel of the Department of Architecture. This exercise is intended to be a first rehearsal for the virtual return of the 'Last Supper' to its original setting - the monastic refectory of Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz Research Project 2019
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Workshop Bio-Tech Shelter for Gatos Urbanos - Construction Workshop - prototype submitted to reverse engineering - Gatos Urbanos group aims to promote the welfare of animals that share urban spaces with human beings. Gatos Urbanos (non-profit NGO) 2019
Member of scientific event committee Workshop A space and time travel based in AR+VR technologies: A Renaissance fountain and a Baroque bell-tower from Coimbra to Alvaro Siza´s Building - FAUP - The eCAADe + SIGraDi 2019 Conference, Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto. eCAADe 2019
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Workshop Workshop Caminhos Futuros do Património Desaparecido no Ciclo de Conversas de Design e Multimédia. Department of Informatics Engineering (DEI), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra Level: Master´s + Department of Informatics Engineering (DEI), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra 2019
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Workshop Dinner at the Table: VR/AR Convergence Applied to the "Last Supper" 7th RIS eCAADe, Aalborg University, Denmark https://santacruz.ces.uc.pt/workshops-pt/ Role: Lecturer, responsible and instructor Level: Master´s + eCAADe 2019
Member of non-scientific event's organizing committee Art Exhibition/Installation A casa do património digital - The house of digital heritage - an installation on which different approaches to the built heritage are presented, based on its interpretation and reinterpretation from tools of design, representation and digital manufacturing. University of Coimbra 2018
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Science Communication Session Arquitetura e a sua Bio-lógica - / Architecture and its Bio-logic - Development of generative software for Architecture and Urbanism and its demonstration through an interactive installation for the festival of science - European Researchers' Night 2017 - Representing the Department of Architecture (DARQ), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra. European Researchers' Night 2017
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Workshop Arquitectura Biónica - Taller 3-4-5 Abril UHA Escuela de Arquitectura, Alcalá de Henares - At the initiative of Professor Maria Rosa Cervera Sardá, one of the pioneers of Bionic architecture in the world (awarded with the Bene Merenti medal of IMUAU, 2014). "..."The architect Mauro Costa, professor at the University from Coimbra, Portugal, presented personal methods for the digital investigation of natural organisms." https://www.uauim.ro/en/events/alcala-de-henares-seminary/ UHA Escuela de Arquitectura, Alcalá de Henares 2017
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Other Type of Event Visit and Presentation of the Architecture and Urbanism of Lisbon and Sintra, in Portugal, for SPIR Arkitekter, Sandefjord, Norway SPIR Arkitekter, Sandefjord, Norway 2017
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Other Type of Event Visit and presentation of Barcelona's advanced architecture higher education institutions, in Spain, for students of the Department of Architecture (DArq), Faculty of Science and Technology, of the University of Coimbra - Spain Department of Architecture (DArq), Faculty of Science and Technology, of the University of Coimbra 2016
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Science Communication Session Desenho generativo - da célula à cidade / Generative Design - from cell to city - Development of generative software for Architecture and Urbanism and its demonstration through an interactive installation for the festival of science - European Researchers' Night 2016 - Representing the Department of Architecture (DARQ), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra. European Researchers' Night 2016
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Digital DArq - Meetings between the past and future of architecture - DArq - Integrated Master of Architecture, College of Arts - Master of Curatorial Studies, DEI - Master of Design and Multimedia, within the 17th Week Cultural University of Coimbra - Celebration of 725 years of the University of Coimbra - The colloquium will be structured around conversations with architects and historians who witnessed and researched early efforts to incorporate computers and information technology into architecture. Department of Architecture (DArq), Faculty of Science and Technology, of the University of Coimbra 2015
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Workshop Parametric and Digital Fabrication - Digital DArq - Meetings between the past and future of architecture. DArq - Integrated Master of Architecture, College of Arts - Master of Curatorial Studies DEI - Master of Design and Multimedia Celebration of 725 years of the University of Coimbra.Level: Master´s + University of Coimbra 2015
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Workshop Extreme Sustainability in Serra da Estrela 2015Designing with the Climate: sun, wind, earth, local materials.Evaluation of Comfort and Heating/Cooling energy needs using Digital ToolsDIGITAL DARQ / Colloquium, Workshops and ExhibitionRole: Coordinator / Instructors: Silva, N., Mota, E. Level: Master´s + Department of Architecture (DArq), Faculty of Science and Technology, of the University of Coimbra 2015
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Workshop Challenges of 3D modeling and animation in architecture Desafios da modelação e animação 3D na arquitectura, DIGITAL DARQ / Colloquium, Workshops and Exhibition Level: Bachelor's + Department of Architecture (DArq), Faculty of Science and Technology, of the University of Coimbra 2015
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Workshop GDP (Generative Design Process) Future Traditions, eCAADe International Meeting, Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, PortugalLevel: Bachelor’s + eCAADe 2015
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Other Type of Event Visit and Presentation of Hamburg Architecture and Urbanism in Germany for students of the Department of Architecture (DArq), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra. Department of Architecture (DArq), Faculty of Science and Technology, of the University of Coimbra 2014
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Other Type of Event Architect guide in Porto, Portugal, for students of the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB), Barcelona, Spain. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB), Barcelona, Spain 2014
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Workshop 3º Workshop Internacional FAB LAB SP sobre Fabricação Digital aplicada ao Design e à Arquitetura Contemporâneos; Alexandra Paio - ISCTE/IUL - Lisboa, Portugal; José Pedro Sousa - FAUP-Porto, Portugal; Mauro Costa Couceiro - ESARQ-UIC-Barcelona, Espanha; Paul Shepherd - University of Bath, Inglaterra. https://bibfauusp.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/fablab.jpg Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo 2013
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Workshop Sustainable Technologies and Transdisciplinary Futures: From Collaborative Design to Digital Fabrication STTF2013 Summer SchoolWith: Sousa, J. P., Paio, A. STTF2013 Summer School at ISCTE-IUL (University Institute of Lisbon) 2013
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Bio-logical and Techno-logical Convergence; Workshop; Bio-logical and Techno-logical Convergence in Contemporary Architecture. Advanced Modeling and Fabrication with Rhino/Grasshopper; November 12, 13, and 15, 2012 at ETSAG. Conducted by Professor Doctor Mauro Costa (Architect and Designer); http://www3.uah.es/mupaac/convergencia-bio-logica-y-tecno-logica/ ETSAG (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura y Geodesia) Madrid 2012
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Workshop Convergencia bio-lógica y tecno-lógica;Workshop;Convergencia bio-lógica y tecno-lógica en la arquitectura contemporánea. Modelación y fabricación avanzada con Rhino/Grasshopper;12,13 y 15 de Noviembre de 2012 en la ETSAG.Impartido por el Profesor Doctor Mauro Costa (Arquitecto y Diseñador);http://www3.uah.es/mupaac/convergencia-bio-logica-y-tecno-logica/ ETSAG (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura y Geodesia) Madrid 2012
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Bionic Design: HYPERLINK, Design 2.0 meet-up, Platoon, Seoul, South Korea in 2012 Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea: International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS) 2012
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Workshop Workshop Internacional FAB LAB SP "Fabricação Digital: Para quê e Para quem?" LAME - Laboratório de Modelos e Ensaios - Workshop de CAD/CAM + Objetos de grandes dimensões (fresadora CNC) + Construindo grandes projetos com a fresadora CNC (router) com José Pedro Sousa (FAUP) e Mauro Costa Couceiro (UIC). https://www.fau.usp.br/fau/secoes/lame/documentos/FAB_LAB_SP.pdf Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo 2011
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Workshop Arquibio 2010 é um ciclo de conferências workshops de carácter internacional versando temas que relacionam a arquitectura e o design com as “bio lógicas”. "Pretende-se que os conferencistas e professores convidados permitam uma conexão coerente entre o actual conhecimento biológico e arquitectónico à luz dos últimos avanços tecnológicos." Department of Architecture (DArq), Faculty of Science and Technology, of the University of Coimbra 2010
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Arquibio 2010 é um ciclo de conferências e workshops de carácter internacional versando temas que relacionam a arquitectura e o design com as “bio lógicas”. "Pretende-se que os conferencistas e professores convidados permitam uma conexão coerente entre o actual conhecimento biológico e arquitectónico à luz dos últimos avanços tecnológicos. Department of Architecture (DArq), Faculty of Science and Technology, of the University of Coimbra 2010
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Bio-Logic & Techno-Logic Convergence: IDAS International Design Conference - Spring 2010 at Hongik University. Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea: International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS) 2010
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Workshop Bio-Logic & Techno-Logic Convergence: IDAS International Design Workshop - Spring 2010 at Hongik University. Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea: International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS) 2010
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Workshop Workshop at Post-oil cities By Luís Sabadell, Laura Cantarella, Daniel Calatayud, Lorenzo Correa and Mauro Costa Couceiro. Màster en Disseny i Arquitectura Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Role: Lecturer, co-Responsible and co-Instructor Level: Bachelor’s + https://www.elisava.net/sites/default/files/elisava_memoria_2008-2009.pdf ELISAVA, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona 2009
Awards
Award Description Year
Winner project - Future Paths for Lost Heritage / Caminhos Futuros do Património Desaparecido - funded by the 21st Cultural Week of the University of Coimbra 2019
Winner project - Casa do Património Digital / House of the Digital Heritage - funded by the 20th Cultural Week of the University of Coimbra 2018
Winner project - Who were we? Who will we be? / Quem fomos? Quem seremos? - funded by the 19th Cultural Week of the University of Coimbra 2017
Winner project - The Book of the Cities of the Future - funded by the 18th Cultural Week of the University of Coimbra 2016
European PhD or Doctor Europaeus/Europaea (DE) 2009
International FEIDAD Award - Far Eastern International Digital Architecture Design - innovative design created with the aid of digital media 2006
Professional award - International contest - Detailed urban plan for rehabilitation of "Forte de São João de Deus" area - studio director and coauthor with Negrão A., Belard J. and Manaia M. 2003
Professional award - 1st Prize - International contest - Detailed urban plan for rehabilitation of Cacilhas - new intermodal terminal for transportation, housing, public facilities, and services - Almada, Portugal - With Vasco Massapina 1998