The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities (PHI) - INTELLIGENCE, CREATIVITY AND FANTASY were compiled with the intent to establish a multidisciplinary platform for the presentation, interaction and dissemination of research. The aim is also to foster the awareness and discussion on the topics of Harmony and Proportion with a focus on different visions relevant to Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Design, Engineering, Social and Natural Sciences, and their importance and benefits for the sense of both individual and community identity. The idea of modernity has been a significant motor for development since the Western Early Modern Age. Its theoretical and practical foundations have become the working tools of scientists, philosophers, and artists, who seek strategies and policies to accelerate the development process in different contexts.
Part I Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy. Part II Architecture / Urbanism / Design. Part III Arts. Part IV Humanities. Part V Social Sciences. Part VI Sciences/Technologies. Part VII Exhibtions.
The texts presented aim to foster awareness of and discussion on the topics of Harmony and Proportion with a focus on different visions relevant to Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Design, Engineering, Social and Natural Sciences, and their importance and benefits for the sense of both individual and community identity.
M?rio S. Ming Kong has a degree in Architecture from the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade de Lisboa (FAUTL), and a PhD in Architecture with Aggregation in the field of drawing and visual communication from Escuela Superior Technical Architecture Barcelona - Universidad Polit?cnica de Catalu?a (UPC-ETSAB). He is presently Professor at FAUTL, Lecturer in ESELx and Visiting Professor at the Master Course in arts at ESBAL. He previously taught at Lusophona University (ULHT) and Independent University, rl“+