Papers by Mário Bruno Cruz
Does Virtual Reality Allow Essay Participants Better Conditions to Get Information Regarding the Perception of Architectural Contexts?
Lecture notes in computer science, 2024
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2023
In the cities of industrialized countries, long-term stress with effects on physical and mental h... more In the cities of industrialized countries, long-term stress with effects on physical and mental health is considered a problem. Meditation shows effective therapeutic benefits to physical, and in some cases, mental health. There is some neuroscientific evidence, and traditional belief, that certain buildings may induce contemplative experiences. The creation of these buildings by architects might be mainly based in cultural, aesthetic and even poetic assumptions. Assumptions that sometimes might be in contradiction to the real needs of its users. We verify the necessity of an approach to determine how medium-term meditation practitioners' behavior could be influenced by the architectural context. Our main objective is to propose the development of a concept for an informatic application that supports architects in planning decisions concerning architectonic contexts for meditation in urban environments. A concept that should allow architects to know which visual, haptic, and other architectonic context features influence mediumterm practitioners' meditation. We will meet with the research team to define the variables to study; we will also use an experts' survey and finally search in the literature for architectonic contexts prone to be manipulated. This problem will be addressed in three stages: 1. Understanding the interaction context; 2. Defining the architectonic context variables to be manipulated; 3. Defining the body-mind reactions related with meditation of medium-term practitioners; 4. Proposal for the informatic application. To conclude, we will discuss the positive and negative aspects of this decision support tool, the variables selection, the subtleties of meditation and this model acceptance amongst architects.
Mary McCarthy e Portugal (1942-2017): (Não) tradução, estudos de género e censura
Revista de estudos anglo-portugueses, 2018
N o presente artigo iremos analisar duas importantes narrativas de The Poisoned Kiss and Other St... more N o presente artigo iremos analisar duas importantes narrativas de The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories From the Portuguese (1975) de Joyce Carol Oates, "Letters to Fernandes from a Young American Poet" e "Plagiarized Material", para compreender como Portugal foi utilizado como pretexto para Oates marcar uma posição no meio literário norte-americano da época. E, por outro lado, como a apropriação (ao estilo pessoano?) do pseudónimo Fernandes de Briao terá permitido a Oates libertar uma faceta porventura mais recalcada e, desse modo, enriquecer a sua persona artística. Em inícios dos anos setenta, no princípio da retirada das tropas na Guerra do Vietname, o movimento hippie culminava no Festival de Woodstock (Agosto 1969), desacreditava-se no sistema político norte-americano e as filosofias orientais, como o Budismo e o Hinduísmo, tornavam-se moda nos Estados Unidos. Joyce Carol Oates (n. 1938), ainda no princípio da sua vida literária, tendo publicado apenas cerca de uma dúzia de livros (contando hoje com quase duas centenas), escreveu, em Novembro 1970, a obra em que se relaciona com Portugal. Publicada nos Estados Unidos, um ano após a Revolução dos Cravos, em 1975, a colectânea contém uma série de contos,
PHI Tradition and Innovation, 2021
Luis Barragán has done with his work an exhaustive study of color. In the Chapel for the Capuchin... more Luis Barragán has done with his work an exhaustive study of color. In the Chapel for the Capuchinhas Sacramentarias del Purisimo Corazón de Maria and Convent Restoration (1952-1955), Barragán has done a reflection on color applied to the sacred. Barragán seems to have made very personal color choices. His choices might be subjective, but they are also intersubjective. And as this space seems to have qualities for meditation practice. We aim to understand how the use of the color palette in this Chapel enhances introspection. The research was based on literature review and use of images from the Chapel. We looked for balance, harmony principles and symbology in Barragán's choice of colors. For this we used Goethe, Chevreul and Ostwald classifications. With this article we expect to create a critical basis for future color composition in rooms destined for introspection.
Luis Barragán has done with his work an exhaustive study of color. In the Chapel for the Capuchin... more Luis Barragán has done with his work an exhaustive study of color. In the Chapel for the Capuchinhas Sacramentarias del Purisimo Corazón de Maria and Convent Restoration (1952-1955), Barragán has done a reflection on color applied to the sacred. Barragán seems to have made very personal color choices. His choices might be subjective, but they are also intersubjective. And as this space seems to have qualities for meditation practice. We aim to understand how the use of the color palette in this Chapel enhances introspection. The research was based on literature review and use of images from the Chapel. We looked for balance, harmony principles and symbology in Barragán's choice of colors. For this we used Goethe, Chevreul and Ostwald classifications. With this article we expect to create a critical basis for future color composition in rooms destined for introspection.
Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy, 2019
In Japan, Shôji has been used in fenestration that communicates with the exterior in rooms for me... more In Japan, Shôji has been used in fenestration that communicates with the exterior in rooms for meditation practice. This Japanese paper seems to be geared towards filtering the amount of solar light adequate to meditation practice. In the West, it has been replaced with an adhesive polymeric film, such as Japanese paper, imitating the Shôji, which can be used in external glazing. In this study, the effect of replacing the Shôji with this polymeric film will be analysed through a set of experimental tests conducted in reduced scale models. We look forward to having the intelligence to be creative enough to find new solutions to the problems that are emerging in this field. So, in these models, the Japanese paper solution will be applied and, in parallel, another model, with a 6 mm single clear glazing, with and without the adhesive film, will be tested. The tests will be carried out in an external environment, during the Winter and Summer equinoxes and the Spring solstice, to obtain significant data from different solar geometries. The present paper will only focus on the results of winter equinox. The main aim of the present study is to understand if there are advantages in keeping the traditional Japanese solution, compared to the solutions offered by the adhesive films in glazing. Moreover, the results of the present study, provide a better understanding of the illuminance conditions, using traditional Japanese solution of Shôji and the application of the adhesive polymeric film, which are of utmost importance inside a meditation room where the light, with its immense power of creation and fantasy, strongly influence the meditation practitioner’s health, wellbeing and mood.
Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy, 2019
In Japan, Shôji has been used in fenestration that communicate with the exterior in rooms for med... more In Japan, Shôji has been used in fenestration that communicate with the exterior in rooms for meditation practice. This Japanese paper seems to be geared towards filtering the amount of solar light adequate to meditation practice. In the West, it has been replaced with adhesive polymeric film, such as Japanese paper, imitating the Shôji, which can be used in external glazings. In this study, the effect of replacing the Shôji with this polymeric film will be analysed through a set of experimental tests conducted in reduced scale models. We look forward to having the intelligence to be creative enough to find new solutions to the problems that are emerging in this field. So, in these models, the Japanese paper solution will be applied and, in parallel, another model, with a 6 mm single clear glazing, with and without the adhesive film, will be tested. The tests will be carried out in an external environment, during the Winter and Summer equinoxes and the Spring solstice, to obtain significant data from different solar geometries. The present paper will only focus on the results of winter equinox. The main aim of the present study is to understand if there are advantages in keeping the Japanese traditional solution, compared to the solutions offered by the adhesive films in glazings. Moreover, the results of the present study, provide a better understanding of the illuminance conditions, using traditional Japanese solution of Shôji and the application of the adhesive polymeric film, which are of utmost importance inside a meditation room where the light, with its immense power of creation and fantasy, strong influence the meditation practitioner's health, wellbeing and mood.
Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses, 2018
In the beginning of the seventies Joyce Carol Oates published a
pseudo translation from the Port... more In the beginning of the seventies Joyce Carol Oates published a
pseudo translation from the Portuguese of Portugal called The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories From the Portuguese (1975) which was composed during the writing of her novel Wonderland (1971). Various critics have written about this Oates’ reverie, raising problems and questions. We will explore the two most important of its stories not only to understand the reason of the appearance of this book, but also to look at Oates besiegement and use of a pseudonym, to draw a parallel with Fernando
Pessoa. This article aims to highlight the book most important issues taking into account the relationship between Portugal and the United States and the way they draw attention to new problems and questions, thus hoping to contribute to new research in Anglo-Portuguese studies.
Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses, 2016
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Papers by Mário Bruno Cruz
pseudo translation from the Portuguese of Portugal called The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories From the Portuguese (1975) which was composed during the writing of her novel Wonderland (1971). Various critics have written about this Oates’ reverie, raising problems and questions. We will explore the two most important of its stories not only to understand the reason of the appearance of this book, but also to look at Oates besiegement and use of a pseudonym, to draw a parallel with Fernando
Pessoa. This article aims to highlight the book most important issues taking into account the relationship between Portugal and the United States and the way they draw attention to new problems and questions, thus hoping to contribute to new research in Anglo-Portuguese studies.