BROWSE PUBLICATIONS BY TOPIC
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS / EDITING
2015 Transcending Architecture: Contemporary Views on Sacred Space. Editor Julio Bermudez; assistant to the editor Brandon Ro. (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2015).
2015 Ro, Brandon, Corey Bowman, Kristi Faught, eds. The Box City Experience: Educating Elementary Children Through Architecture. Book design by Brandon Ro. (Salt Lake City: VCBO Architecture & Uinta Elementary School, 2015). Available online: https://www.academia.edu/15330110/The_Box_City_Experience_Educating_Elementary_Children_Through_Architecture
2010 Port of L.A. Visions: Reclaiming the Port of Los Angeles Waterfront, Bobby Brooks Memorial Interdisciplinary Design Studio: A Collaboration of Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Environmental Design and Walt Disney Imagineering. Edited by Leonardo Micolta, Irma Ramirez, Brandon Ro. Book Design by Leonardo Micolta and Brandon Ro. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2010. (The publication documents the architectural design process of the studio and serves as a published archive of student work)
REFEREED JOURNAL / MAGAZINE ARTICLES
2015 Ro, Brandon, and Julio Bermudez. “Understanding Extraordinary Architectural Experiences through Content Analysis of Written Narratives.” Enquiry: A Journal of Architectural Research, v.12, no.1 (2015): 17-34. Available online: http://www.arcc-journal.org/index.php/arccjournal/article/view/390
2013 Ro, Brandon. “(Re)Interpreting the Cosmic History of the Mormon Temple Experience: Theological Connections between Jewish and Catholic Sacred Space.” Journal of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity school, v. 4, no. 1 (June 2013): 21-73. Available online: http://www.comparativetheology.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/JCT-Issue-1-Vol4-Jun-2013.pdf.
2012 Bermudez, Julio, and Brandon Ro. “Experiencias Extraordinarias De La Arquitectura Sagrada. Los Casos De Chartres, Ronchamp y El Panteón.” Revista Arquitecturas del Sur [Chile], Special issue on “Rite and Architecture,” no. 42 (December 2012): 88-101. Available online: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/case-studies/91709665/experiencias-extraordinarias-de-la-arquitectura-sagrada
REFEREED PAPERS / ABSTRACTS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
2019 Ro, Brandon. “Temples as Text: The Swinging Pendulum of Ritual-Architectural Priorities.” In Abstracts of the 2019 Mormon History Association Conference. Salt Lake City, UT: MHA, 2019. (FORTHCOMING – ACCEPTED FOR PRESENTATION)
2015 Ro, Brandon. “Sacred Time as One Eternal Round: Understanding the Chiastic Pattern of Temple, Cosmos, History.” In Collected Abstracts of the Seventh Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Symposium, edited by Julio Bermudez, Norman Crowe and Paul Tesar. Ghost Ranch, NM: ACS Forum, 2015. https://www.academia.edu/12594478/Sacred_Time_as_One_Eternal_Round_Understanding_the_Chiastic_Pattern_of_Temple_Cosmos_History
2014 Bermudez, Julio, and Brandon Ro. “Measuring Architectural Phenomenology through Qualitative Analysis: Studying Written Narratives of Extraordinary Architectural Experiences.” In Building with Change: Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association, edited by Jeffrey A. Carney and Kristi Cheramie, 386-87. New Orleans, LA: Environmental Design Research Association, 2014.
2013 Ro, Brandon. “The Idealized Temple Morphology: Surveying the Public Perception of Sacred Architecture.” In The Visibility of Research: Proceedings of the 2013 ARCC Spring Research Conference, Architectural Research Centers Consortium, edited by Chris Jarrett, Kyoung-Hee Kim and Nick Senske, 740-41. University of North Carolina at Charlotte: ARCC, March 27-30, 2013. https://www.academia.edu/3280981/The_Idealized_Temple_Morphology_Surveying_the_Public_Perception_of_Sacred_Architecture
2013 Bermudez, Julio, and Brandon Ro. “Memory, Social Interaction, and Communicability in Extraordinary Experiences of Architecture.” In The Visibility of Research: Proceedings of the 2013 ARCC Spring Research Conference, Architectural Research Centers Consortium, edited by Chris Jarrett, Kyoung-Hee Kim and Nick Senske, 677-84. Charlotte, NC: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2013. Available online: http://www.arcc-journal.org/index.php/repository/article/view/232
2013 Bermudez, Julio, and Brandon Ro. “The Effect of Gender, Age, and Education in Extraordinary Aesthetic Experiences.” In Healthy + Healing Places: Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association, edited by Jeremy Wells and Elefterios Pavlides, 279-80. Providence, RI: Environmental Design Research Association, 2013. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/3779013/The_Effect_of_Gender_Age_and_Education_in_Extraordinary_Aesthetic_Experiences
2012 Bermudez, Julio, and Brandon Ro. “Extraordinary Architectural Experiences: Comparative Study of Three Paradigmatic Cases of Sacred Spaces, the Pantheon, the Chartres Cathedral and the Chapel of Ronchamp.” In Ambiances in Action : Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Ambiances, edited by Jean-Paul Thibaud and Daniel Siret, 689-94. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada: International Ambiances Network, 2012. Available online: http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00745545
2012 Ro, Brandon. “The Mormon Temple Ritual-Architectural Experience: Connections to Jewish and Catholic Ritual Contexts and Sacred History.” In Abstracts of the 30th Meeting of the Southeast Society of Architectural Historians, 18. Athens, GA: SESAH, 2012. Abstract: https://www.academia.edu/10982086/The_Mormon_Temple_Ritual-Architectural_Experience_Connections_to_Jewish_and_Catholic_Ritual_Contexts_and_Sacred_History
2010 Coyne, Andrew, Brandon Ro. “Best Practices: Student Energy Efficiency.” In California Higher Education Sustainability Conference 2010. Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Los Angeles, CA, June 20 – 23, 2010.
DESIGNS / PROJECTS / POSTERS
2017 Locke, Aaron, and Brandon Ro. “MOD 5: A Symbiotic Living System Promoting Biophilia.” In Pablo La Roche, Carbon-Neutral Architectural Design, 2nd edition. (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012), Figs. 3.43, 3.50, 3.70, 3.71, 3.72, 3.73, 3.74, 3.75.
2017 Ro, Brandon, Julie Coleman, and Gamaliel Aguilar. “Evaporative Rooftop Cooling with Night Ventilation.” In Pablo La Roche, Carbon-Neutral Architectural Design, 2nd edition. (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012), Figs. 3.76, 3.77, 3.78.
2014 “Tale of the Tongs: 2014 International Awards Program for Religious Art & Architecture.” Faith & Form, 47, no. 4 (2014).
2014 Tale of the Tongs: A Documentary Film. Dir. Judith Dwan Hallet and Stanley Hallet, 69 min. United States, Ireland: Judith Dwan Hallet, 2014.
2012 Ro, Brandon, Michael Steinmetz, and Brigid Wright. “Capilla Funeraria Aconfesional – Non-Denominational Funerary Chapel.” Revista Márgenes Arquitectura – Camposanto [Spain], 2, no. 5 (2012): 60-61.
2012 Ro, Brandon. “In Memoriam: An Urn for Donald Judd.” Revista Márgenes Arquitectura – Camposanto [Spain], 2, no. 5 (2012): 60.
2012 Locke, Aaron, and Brandon Ro. “MOD 5: A Symbiotic Living System Promoting Biophilia.” In Pablo La Roche, Carbon-Neutral Architectural Design. (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012), 60-62.
2011 Ro, Brandon. “The House of the LORD: Sacred Hermeneutics.” In 2011 Senior Projects | Graduate Thesis. Edited by Axel Schmitzberger, 72-73. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Department of Architecture, 2011.
2011 Locke, Aaron, Brandon Ro. “MOD 5 House for Pamo Valley.” In Building Enclosures Sustainability Symposium 2011: Integrating Design & Building Practices, edited by Tyler Tucker, 354, 59. Pomona, CA: Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc. and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2011.
2010 Ro, Brandon, et. al. “Ephemeral City: The Essence of a Good Life.” In Port of L.A. Visions: Reclaiming the Port of Los Angeles Waterfront, edited by Leonardo Micolta, Irma Ramirez, Brandon Ro, 43-45. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2010.
2010 Ford, Marshall, Brandon Ro, Tyler Tucker. “Modulux.” In BESS 2010: High Performance Building Enclosures – Practical Sustainability Symposium, edited by Salma Abdelghani, Juintow Lin, Tyler Tucker. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, April 30 – May 1, 2010.
2010 Ro, Brandon. “Living Cycles: Restoring Ecology and Humanity.” In Port of L.A. Visions: Reclaiming the Port of Los Angeles Waterfront, edited by Leonardo Micolta, Irma Ramirez, Brandon Ro, 47. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2010.
WHITE PAPERS / ESSAYS / TECHNICAL REPORTS
2019 Ro, Brandon. “Thinking with our Hands, Drawing with our Minds: Preserving the Embodied Wisdom of Sketching and Drawing.” This article was originally published at Lombard Conrad Architects – Insights. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/38412370/Thinking_with_our_Hands_Drawing_with_our_Minds_Preserving_the_Embodied_Wisdom_of_Sketching_and_Drawing
2017 Ro, Brandon. “Understanding the Impact of School Design on Academic Performance: Results of a Post-Occupancy Evaluation for Butler Elementary School.” Research Report. VCBO Architecture: Salt Lake City, August 2017. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/35269185/Understanding_the_Impact_of_School_Design_on_Academic_Performance
2016 Ro, Brandon, and Corey Bowman. “Digital Redlines for Architects: A Multifunctional Tool for Improving Communication and Workflow.” Peer-reviewed white paper. VCBO Architecture: Salt Lake City, June 2016. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/26196834/Digital_Redlines_for_Architects_A_Multifunctional_Tool_for_Improving_Communication_and_Workflow
2015 Ro, Brandon. “Evaluating Quality Learning Environments: Results of a Post-Occupancy Evaluation for Odyssey Elementary School.” Research Report. VCBO Architecture: Salt Lake City, December 2015. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/19696710/Evaluating_Quality_Learning_Environments_Results_of_a_Post-Occupancy_Evaluation_for_Odyssey_Elementary_School
