Studied Architecture at the University of Porto's Faculty of Architecture (Portugal), and in 1993/1994 was Erasmus Grant in Barcelona at the Technical Superior School of Architecture (Spain), year in which concluded his Degree in Architecture. He wa
...MoreStudied Architecture at the University of Porto's Faculty of Architecture (Portugal), and in 1993/1994 was Erasmus Grant in Barcelona at the Technical Superior School of Architecture (Spain), year in which concluded his Degree in Architecture. He was an FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) grant student in the Textile Engineer Department of the University of Minho, where he obtained the “Design and Marketing” Master Degree defending a thesis about “Intelligent uses of Textiles in Architecture”. As a Grant Doctorate student of FCT he got an “Advanced Studies Diploma” on the Doctorate Course “Àmbits de Recerca en l’Energia i el Medi Ambient a l’Arquitectura” in Barcelona on the Technical Superior School of Architecture and in 2005 concluded the Doctor Degree in Civil Engineering by the University of Minho, with the thesis: “Living under a second skin: Strategies for the Environmental Impact Reduction of Solar Passive Constructions in Temperate Climates”, acclaimed by unanimity. He is the author of more than one hundred scientific articles in several International Publications and Conferences. He is presently Associate Professor at the Architecture School of the University of Minho.
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Design Principles and Practices
José Antonio Soto Ruíz
