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João Rosmaninho
PhD in Architecture (University of Minho - School of Architecture)
Presidency (School of Architecture)
 
  Assistant Professor
  jrosmaninhods@eaad.uminho.pt
   253510531 , 253510500
Joao Rosmaninho (Lisbon, 1979) holds a BA in Architecture (2004), a MSc in Communication Sciences (2009), and a PhD in Architectural Culture (2017).
He is faculty staff at the University of Minho-School of Architecture (since 2002) with a research position at its R&D unit (since 2017). Joao was also senior architect at the UM-School of Architecture’s Centro de Estudos (2009-2010).

Joao’s main field of research focuses on the links between fiction and architecture, about which he has published several articles (since 2003) and has presented various communications (since 2005). He was also researcher on the project “Ruptura Silenciosa: Intersecções entre Arquitectura e Cinema” that run at University of Porto (2012-2013), visiting fellow at Harvard University (2013), and visiting research student at University College London (2014).

Joao is father (since 2016) of a gorgeous girl named Luisa.
Fiction and Architecture
Selected publications
Rosmaninho, João. "Citypunk: Transgeographies in Science Fiction Comics", in Erin Vander Wall (ed.), Edgelands: a Collection of Monstrous Geographies. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary.Net [eBook]. 2016. pp. 107-114. DOI
Rosmaninho, João. "Destruction and Deconstruction: New York City (1981-1988). From science fiction to architectural culture", in Judith Rahn (ed.), Envisioning the Human-Self: (Re-)Constructions of the Human Body. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press. 2015. pp. 141-155. DOI
Rosmaninho, João. "Placeless is (Not) Placemore. O Dubai, ou quatro ausências para uma cidade sem lugar" in Dédalo – PLACE:LESS, nº9. Porto: Associação de Estudantes da FAUP. 2013. pp. 30-45. DOI
"Visões Arquitectónicas do Futuro na Ficção: Três Propostas de Leitura Espacial para 'Fahrenheit 451'", in Jorge Martins Rosa (org.), Cibercultura e Ficção. Lisboa: Documenta. 2012. pp. 247-258. DOI
Rosmaninho, João. "Para possíveis leituras do espaço público em “Cidade de Vidro” de Paul Auster", in Diacrítica: Revista de Comunicação, Cultura e Educação, nº25/3. Vila Nova de Famalicão: CEHUM-Edições Húmus. 2011. pp. 137-149. DOI
Rosmaninho, João. "Até ao Último Quarto" in Opúsculos, nº22. Porto: Dafne Editora. 2010. DOI
2023/2024
Futuros: Arquitetura e Ficção Científica
Integrated Master
Laboratório de Investigação: Prova Final (Dissertação ou Trabalho de Projecto)
Integrated Master
Opção C2.3 - Visões Arquitetónicas do Futuro na Ficção
Integrated Master
Projeto de Tese em Arquitetura
Doctoral Program
Projeto de Tese em Arquitetura
Doctoral Program
Projeto de Tese em Arquitetura
Doctoral Program
Projeto I
Integrated Master
Seminário 2C: Manifestos e Utopias
Integrated Master
Seminário 3C: Programas Emergentes
Integrated Master
Seminário de Conhecimento Avançado
Doctoral Program