LUIS URBANO

Luis Urbano (1972) graduated in Architecture from the University of Coimbra, from where he later concluded a post-graduation in Advanced Studies: Architecture, Territory and Memory. In 1999 he began teaching in the Faculty of Architecture at University of Porto, where he is currently developing his research and his PhD. Since then he has also been lecturing and delivering papers in conferences and meetings, chiefly focusing on the intersections between Architecture and Cinema. On this theme he has contributed with essays and reviews to academic journals and professional magazines. He has coordinated the international seminar Designing Light (2007); the workshop Cinemarchitecture (2008-2010); the summer course Architecture and Film (2010-2012), and the research project Silent Rupture. Intersections between architecture and film. Portugal, 1960-1974 (2010-2013). He has edited the books Designing Light (2007); Mundo Perfeito: Fotografia de Fernando Guerra (2008); and Revoluções, Arquitectura e Cinema nos Anos 60/70 (2013). He authored the book Histórias Simples. Textos sobre arquitectura e cinema (2013) and directed the short films on architecture Sizígia (2012), The House Next Door (2012) and How to Draw a House (2014).