Sara Eloy’s background is in architecture. After several years working in practice, she is since 2006 a professor and researcher at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa on topics related to digital technologies in architecture.
She works with virtual and augmented reality applied to architecture and cultural heritage and virtual simulations allowing the analysis of the building space, namely considering space perception. Eloy develops her research in ISTAR-Iscte, a multidisciplinary research center, where she collaborates with researchers from Computer Sciences, Mathematics, and Psychology. This collaboration enables the development of innovative VR/AR software prototypes for supporting the architectural design process. In Iscte and ISTAR, also exciting exhibitions and events take place where VR and AR solutions for architecture and other fields are explored.
She is the director of ISTAR since 2017 and was director of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism and of the Integrated Master of Architecture at ISCTE in Lisbon between 2013 and 2016. She has participated in several national and international research projects where architecture and digital technologies are combined. She has been expert evaluator for the European Commission since 2015.
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