Caio G. A. Cacholas is a PhD candidate in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal Fluminense University (PPGAU/UFF), where he is also a research collaborator and a member of Urbana: Research Network for Sustainability. He holds a Master’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from PPGAU/UFF (2018) and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from UFF (2013). His current doctoral research examines the impacts of urban morphology on pedestrian navigation in urban environments through the use of virtual reality.
His work lies at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, computation, and environmental analysis. He has experience in urban simulation, geographic information systems (GIS), agent-based modeling (ABM), and programming in Python, C++, and CGA, as well as in desktop application development and virtual reality.
He has coauthored national and international publications and conference papers, including contributions to Entropy, PNUM, ISUF, and COSIT. He has also worked on consulting and masterplanning urban projects in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Mato Grosso. His research interests include urban morphology, human navigation and spatial cognition, computational urban simulation, digital tools for urban analysis and immersive technologies.
caiocacholas@id.uff.br
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-1790