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Fernando Lima   Ph. D., Assoc. AIA    Architect. Educator. Advocate for Purpose-Driven Design.

Journal articles:

• Seghetto, I., Lopes, R., & Lima, F. (2025). Virtual Reality as a Tool for Enhancing Understanding of Tactical Urbanism. Architecture, 5(2), 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture5020026

• Rosa, A. A., Lima, F. (2025). A Framework for Informing Complete Street Planning: A Case Study in Brazil. Buildings, 15(1), 125. 

• Vilela, J. P., Lopes, R., Lima F. (2023) Interpreting a virtual reconstruction from different levels of detail: 3D modeling approaches combined with a phenomenological exploratory study. International Journal of Architectural Computing.  Online First.

• Lima, F., Costa, F. (2023) The Quest for Proximity: A Systematic Review of Computational Approaches towards 15-Minute Cities. Architecture, v.3, 393-409 

• Lima, F., Brown, N. C., Duarte, J. P. (2022) A Grammar-Based Optimization Approach for Designing Urban Fabrics and Locating Amenities for 15-Minute Cities. Buildings – Special issue on  Performance-Based Urban Design: Integrated Urban Analytics, Simulation and Climate-Responsive Design. Online First.

• Lima, F., Brown, N. C., Duarte, J. P. (2022) A grammar-based optimization approach for walkable urban fabrics considering pedestrian accessibility and infrastructure cost. Environment Planning and B – Special issue on Smart Cities and Climate-Resilient Urban Planning. Online First. 

• Lemos, D., Barbosa, S., Lima, F. (2022) The influence of urban canyons on thermal comfort: the case of Juiz de Fora. PARC: Pesquisa em arquitetura e construção., v.13, p.e022016

• Lima, F., Brown, N. C., Duarte, J. P. (2021) Understanding the impact of walkability, population density and population size on COVID-19 spread: a pilot study of the early contagion in the United States. Entropy , v. 23, 1512 

• Verniz, D., Lima, F., Duarte, J. P. (2021) Decoding and recoding urban settlements: an overview of the world studio project. Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos (Design Management and Technology), v.17, p.131-140. 

• Vilela, J. P., Lopes, R. F., Lima, F. (2021) Modelagem 3d de edifícios históricos: a influência do LOD no processo de reconstrução virtual (3D modeling of historic buildings: the influence of LOD in the virtual reconstruction process. Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos  (Design Management and Technology). v.16 – Special issue on Digital technologies and international cooperation in the management of cultural, architectural and urban heritage.

• Lima, F., Kos, J. R., Paraizo, R. C. (2016) Algorithmic approach toward Transit-Oriented Development neighborhoods: (Para)metric tools for evaluating and proposing rapid transit-based districts. International Journal of Architectural Computing, 14(2), 131–146

• Lima, F. (2018) Architectural Teaching and Design Computing: A Didactic Experience in a Brazilian Architecture Course. Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, v. 12, p. 51-58, 2018.

• Corrêa, V. P., Conforte, D., Pereira, L. A. R., Sanches, F., Castro, S. R., Lima, F. (2021) The use of urban public transport in Brazilian medium cities: a case study on the number of passengers in Juizde Fora, MG. Revista Nacional de Gerenciamento de Cidades. v.09, p.83-95.

• Lima, F., Costa, C. F. R., Rosa, A., Vallone, L. (2020) Abordagem urbana (para)métrica em áreas de habitação de interesse social (Urban (para)metric approach in social housing neighborhoods). PARC: Pesquisa em arquitetura e construção., v.11, p.e020024

• Lima, F., Costa, C. F. R., Rosa, A. (2020) Lógica algorítmica-paramétrica e urbanismo: uma revisão téorica e de modelos computacionais para projetos urbanos (Algorithmic-parametric logic and urbanism: a theoretical and computational model review for urban projects. Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos (Design Management and Technology). v.15, p.84-97.

• Lima, F., Montenegro, N., Paraízo, R. C., Kós, J. R. (2019) Citymetrics: sistema (para)métrico para análise e otimização de configurações urbanas (Citymetrics: A (para)metric system for the analysis and optimization of urban configurations). Oculum Ensaios., v.16, p.409-427.

• Lima, F., Lopes, R. F., Abdalla, J. G. F. (2019) Conhecimento geométrico e modelagem algorítmico-paramétrica: um experimento prático-pedagógico sobre o processo projetual (Geometric knowledge and algorithmic-parametric modelling: A practical-pedagogical experiment about design process). Oculum Ensaios. v.16, p.121-137.

• Almeida, C. A., Lima, F., Borges, M. M. (2019) Tectônicas Digitais: a (in) tangibilidade no processo de projeto em arquitetura (Digital Tectonics: the (in) tangibility in the architectural design process). Design & Tecnologia. v.9, p.1-21.

• Ribeiro, F. L. O., Lima, F. (2019) Explorando métricas urbanas: desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta algorítmico-paramétrica para suporte em drenagem urbana na cidade de Juiz de Fora (Exploring urban metrics: developing an algorithmic-parametric tool to support urban drainage in the city of Juiz de Fora. Revista de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território. p.126-152.

• Lima, F. (2014) A parametrização do conceito de cidade compacta: uma abordagem “pós-moderna” para centros urbanos contemporâneos sustentáveis (The parameterization of the concept of compact city: a “post-modern” approach towards contemporary sustainable urban centers. Oculum Ensaios. v11, p. 259-270.

Book chapters:

• Lima, F., Shankel, E., Dambrino, K. L., Bahemuka, O., McCoy, T., Harvey, M., & Ryan, B. (2025). Fostering Empathy and Innovation in Architectural Education: Exploring Interdisciplinary Service Learning in Disaster Relief Design. In Utilizing Service Learning Practices for Creative Design Improvements (pp. 311–340). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. 

• Lima, F., & Yates, J. (2025). Designing for Blue Zone Neighborhoods: Addressing Social Determinants of Health in an Underserved Neighborhood in Nashville, TN. In Utilizing Service Learning Practices for Creative Design Improvements (pp. 407–438). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. 

• Lima, F., Duarte, J. P. (2023). Teaching shape grammars and parametric urban design in the context of informal settlements: The World Studio project, In: Emergent Perspectives on Teaching Architecture and Urbanism. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Routledge. 

• Lima, F., Brown, N., Duarte, J. P. (2022) Optimizing urban grid layouts using proximity metrics, In: Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and Design: Technologies, Implementation and Impacts. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 

• Lima F., Montenegro N., Paraizo R., Kós J. (2017) Urbanmetrics: An Algorithmic-(Para)Metric Methodology for Analysis and Optimization of Urban Configurations, In: Planning Support Science for Smarter Urban Futures. Berlin: Springer, Cham. 

• Lima, F., Silva, G. (2019) (Para)metric representations and urban indicators: An application of CityMetrics in a neighborhood of João Pessoa, Brazil. In: Drawing (...) City (...) Body, Dwelling on Earth Imagined-Architectures: Architectural Graphic Representation and Other Images. London: CRC Press.

• Lima, F., Kos, J. R., Paraizo, R. C. (2016) Algorithms-Aided Sustainable Urban Design. In: Handbook of Research on Visual Computing and Emerging Geometrical Design Tools. Hershey, USA: IGI Global. 

• Andrade, R. A., Borges, M. M., Lima, F. (2019) Concepts of Building Information Modelling. In: Digital Techniques applied to Design Process. Juiz de Fora: Editora UFJF.

Edited and authored books:

• Lima, F. (2025) (ed.). Utilizing Service Learning Practices for Creative Design Improvements. IGI Global. 

• Lima, F., Borges, M. M., Costa, C. F. (eds). (2019) Design Techniques applied to design process. Juiz de Fora: Editora UFJF. ISBN 978-85-93128-35-6

• Lima, F. (2019) Métricas Urbanas: Abordagens paramétricas no planejamento de bairros e cidades sustentáveis (Urban Metrics: parametric approaches in sustainable neighborhoods and cities planning. São Paulo: Probooks. ISBN: 9788561453596

• Paula, F. B. R., Lima, F., Fonseca, J., Morais, V. R. R. (eds). (2016) 101 conceitos de arquitetura e urbanismo na era digital (101 concepts of architecture and urbanism in the digital age). São Paulo: ProBooks. ISBN: 9788561453503

Peer-reviewed international conference proceedings:

• Lemos, D., Barbosa, S., Lima, F. (2023) A Computational Workflow for Analyzing Thermal Comfort in Outdoor Spaces: Findings From an Urban Canyon Case Study. In: 18th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management - CUPUM Conference 2023, Montreal, Canada.

• Lemos, D., Barbosa, S., Lima, F. (2022) Thermal assessment of an urban canyon in Brazil: a chrono-morphological approach from 1940 to a future scenario. In: 36th Passive and Low Energy Architecture - PLEA Conference 2022, Santiago, Chile.

• Costa, F., Lima, F. (2022) Parametric evaluation of urban compactness in Brazil: a computational study in Juiz de Fora. In: 26th Conference of the Ibero-American Society for Digital Graphics - SIGraDi, Lima, Peru.

• Lima, F., Brown, N., Duarte, J. P. (2021) Urban Design Optimization: Generative Approaches towards Urban Fabrics with Improved Transit Accessibility and Walkability. In:  Projections: Proceedings of the 26th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia - CAADRIA, Hong Kong, China.

• Lima, F., Muthumanickam, N., Miller, M., Duarte, J. P. (2020) World Studio: a pedagogical experience using shape grammars and parametric approaches to design in the context of informal settlements. In: Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the Ibero-American Society for Digital Graphics - SIGraDi, Medellin, Colombia.

• Lima, F., Vallone, L., Costa, C. F., Rosa, A. A. (2019) (Para)metric Evaluation of Walkability, Diversity and Density in Low-income Neighborhoods Using the CityMetrics toolbox. In: Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference, Porto, Portugal.

• Vallone, L., Costa, F., Scafutto, L., Lima, F. (2018) Digital approaches for evaluating urban indicators: an application of CityMetrics for analysis of two neighborhoods in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. In: Proceedings of 22nd SIGraDi Conference, São Carlos, Brazil. 

• Paglis, J., Brandão, G., Lima, F., Serdoura, F. (2018) Urban Analysis and Space Syntax Theory: study and mapping of the city of Juiz de Fora, Brazil. In: Proceedings of 22nd SIGraDi Conference, São Carlos, Brazil. 

• Lima, F., Montenegro, N., Beirão, J. N., Kos, J. R. (2016) Computational Approach for the Assessment of Transit Oriented Development Principles: A multivariate optimization method for urban planning. In: 34th eCAADe Conference: Complexity & Simplicity, Oulu, Finland.

• Lima, F., Kos, J. R., Paraizo, R. C. (2015) Algorithmic Approach for Transit-Oriented Development: Computational Optimization in Sustainable Cities Proposals. In: 31st Passive and Low Energy Architecture - PLEA Conference 2015, Bologna, Italy.

• Lima, F., Calazans, A. M. (2013) The appliance of parameterization proposing urban projects: A digital approach for sustainability. In: 29th Passive and Low Energy Architecture - PLEA Conference 2013, Munich, Germany.

Ph.D. Dissertation:

• Urban metrics:(para) metric system for analysis and optimization of urban configurations (2017) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Lectures, workshops, and invited presentations:

• Invited lecture on “Resiliência urbana e design computacional:  explorando sistemas generativos, data Science e otimização (Cities, Resilience, and Computational Modeling: Exploring Generative Systems, Data Science, and Optimization in Urban Contexts)” at the 6th ERA BIM Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, 2023.

• Research presentation on "A Computational Workflow for Analyzing Thermal Comfort in Outdoor Spaces: Findings From an Urban Canyon Case Study" at the 18th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management - CUPUM Conference 2023, Montreal, Canada.

• Invited lecture on “Cities, Resilience, and Computational Modeling: Exploring Generative Systems, Data Science, and Optimization in Urban Contexts” at Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, PA, United States, 2022

• Invited presentation on "Understanding the impact of walkability, population density, and population size on COVID-19 spread: a study of the early contagion in the United States“ at Georgia Tech, GA, United States, 2022

• Invited presentation on "Parametric logic supporting architectural design“ at the O’More College of Architecture and Design, Belmont University, TN, United States, 2022

• Invited presentation on "Modeling the impact of walkability, population density, and population size on COVID-19 spread: a study of the early contagion in the United States“ at the International Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Combating Covid-19, 30th International Cartographic Conference. Florence, Italy, 2021

• Invited panelist on “Computational Research in Cities, Culture, and Resilience” at World CAAD Ph.D. Workshop. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, 2021

• Invited lecture on “Algorithmic-parametric urbanism” at  LAMO sessions, Ph.D. program in Urbanism (PROURB). Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021

• Invited lecture on “Optimizing urban performance: generative approaches to urban fabrics with walkability and transit accessibility” at Architecture and Urbanism specialization course. Unicamp University, Brazil, 2021

• Research lecture on "Urban Design Optimization: Generative Approaches towards Urban Fabrics with Improved Transit Accessibility and Walkability". at the International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Hong Kong, 2021 

• Research presentation on "World Studio: a pedagogical experience using shape grammars and parametric approaches to design in the context of informal settlements". at the 24rd Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi) Conference, Bogota, 2020 

• Keynote speaker: “Understanding the impact of walkability, population density, and population size on covid-19 spreading: a study considering the early contagion in the United States” at Global Architect Builder Awards 2021 E-Edition, 2021

• Invited presentation on “A grammar-based optimization approach for walkable urban fabrics: addressing walkability and infrastructure cost trade-off” at the Workshop on contributions of smart city projects to climate resilience. Hiroshima University, 2020

• Research presentation on “Understanding the impact of urban features on covid-19 spreading” at Stuckeman Center for Design Computing Symposium, Pennsylvania State University, 2020

• Research presentation on “Urban design optimization: a generative approach towards urban fabrics with improved walkability”at Stuckeman Center for Design Computing Symposium, Pennsylvania State University, 2020

• Research presentation on “World studio: a pedagogical experience using shape grammars and parametric approaches to design in the context of informal settlements” at Stuckeman Center for Design Computing Symposium, Pennsylvania State University, 2020

• Invited lecture on “CityMetrics: a (para)metric system for analysis and optimization of urban configurations” at Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, 2020

• Invited presentation on “Book - Digital Techniques Applied to Design Process” at Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, 2019

• Invited presentation on “CityMetrics: a parametric system for analysis and optimization of urban configurations” at the Environment-culture-technology nexus: envisioning future green cities. Workshop organized by University of Portsmouth - Universidade de Brasília - Global Challenges Research Fund, 2019

• Guest lecture on “Cidade para Pessoas (Cities for People)” at the Juiz de Fora City Hall, 2019

• Guest lecture on “Sintaxe Espacial: teoria e prática (Space Syntax: Theory and praxis)” at Federal University of Vicosa, 2019

• Research presentation on "(Para)metric Evaluation of Walkability, Diversity and Density in Low-income Neighborhoods Using the CityMetrics toolbox". at the 37th Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) and 23rd Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi) joint Conference, Porto, 2019 

• Research presentation on "Computational Approach for the Assessment of Transit Oriented Development Principles: A multivariate optimization method for urban planning". at the 34th Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) Conference, Oulu, 2016

• Research presentation on "Multi-Objective Optimization and Transit-Oriented Development: evolutive algorithms in urban planning strategies". at the 20th Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi) Conference, Buenos Aires, 2016 

• Research presentation on "Algorithmic Approach for Transit Oriented Development: Computational Optimization in Sustainable Cities Proposals". at the 31st Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) Conference, Bologna, 2015

• Research presentation on "The appliance of parameterization proposing urban projects: A digital approach for sustainability". at the 29th Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) Conference, Munich, 2013

Funding:

• 2021 | FAPERJ – Rio de Janeiro State Foundation for Research Support. Project: Immersive technologies for more resilient, just, and sustainable cities. $60,000

• 2021 | Stuckeman Center for Design Computing (SCDC). Project: Modeling the impact of urban features on COVID-19 spread in US cities  Pennsylvania State University Grant. $5,000

• 2020 | Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES, Brazil), Visiting Professors call 2020. Project: CityMetrics: (para)metric tools for analysis and optimization of urban configurations. $30,000

• 2018 | Minas Gerais Research Foundation (FAPEMIG), Universal demands program. Project: CityMetrics: (para)metric tools for analysis and optimization of urban configurations. $7,000

• 2016 |  Ph.D. Scholarship: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brazil), Ph.D. student exchange program - Science without borders. $20,000

• 2016 | Ph.D. Scholarship:  Federal University of Juiz de Fora Ph.D. funding scholarship Ph.D. program, Federal University of Juiz de Fora UFJF – Brazil. $20,000

Awards:

• Buildings 2022 Best Paper Award - A Grammar-Based Optimization Approach for Designing Urban Fabrics and Locating Amenities for 15-Minute Cities, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2024.

• Best presentation award - International Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Combating COVID-19, 30th International Cartographic Conference. Florence, Italy, 2021

• Best paper award – VI Brazilian Symposium of Design Quality in Built Environment (SBQP), 2019

• CAPES-Fullbright Ph.D. Thesis Award 2018 – Honorable mention, 2018

• 20th Scientific Initiation Seminar of Federal University of Juiz de Fora - Main award - Project Coordinator, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, 2014

• Architecture and Urbanism class of 2017 graduation keynote speaker - Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, 2018

• Architecture and Urbanism class of 2014 graduation honored professor - UniAcademia, 2014