Gustavo Rocha
Reality Capture BIM Architect, Project Manager at SmartModel - Scan-to-BIM
Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolGustavo Rocha is a Reality Capture BIM Architect and Project Manager with 12 years of experience specializing in scan-to-BIM, point-cloud processing, and 3D laser scanning, currently leading projects at ASI 3D Imaging Services. He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Lisbon and has published research on integrating historic buildings into BIM, pairing academic rigor with practical delivery across more than 160 projects internationally. Skilled in QA/QC, standardization of scan-to-BIM workflows, and programming for automation, he also contributes to major open-source geospatial projects such as QGIS and GDAL—adding backend fixes and drivers that improve handling of DWG/DGN and PostGIS integrations. Comfortable working remotely across continents, he bridges architecture, computation, and reality capture to convert complex built environments into accurate, usable digital twins. An uncommonly research-driven practitioner, he blends heritage conservation insight with systems-level engineering to solve challenging geometric and data-interoperability problems.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism, Architecture, Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism, Architecture at Universidade Federal da BahiaArchitectural Technician, Escuela Técnica Superior de Gestíon de Edificación, Architectural Technician, Escuela Técnica Superior de Gestíon de Edificación at Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaPhd in Architecture, Scan-to-BIM, Design and Computation, Phd in Architecture, Scan-to-BIM, Design and Computation at Universidade de Lisboa
Portuguese, Spanish, English
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Github Skills (30)
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
qgis/QGIS
Jan 2017 - Nov 2021
QGIS is a free, open source, cross platform (lin/win/mac) geographical information system (GIS)
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & QA Engineer
Backend Developer & QA EngineerContributions:13 reviews, 105 commits, 67 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Gustavo primarily contributed to the QGIS project by updating references to issues on issues.qgis.org and modifying tests related to the QgsOGRProviderGpkg, QgsGeometry, QgsPostgresProvider, QgsWFSProvider, and other database-related plugins. They were focused on fixing specific issues and bugs, as evidenced by the commit messages referencing various GitHub issues, including bug fixes. The user also implemented performance improvements and added functionality related to handling geometry types in the Postgres provider.
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OSGeo/gdal
Aug 2020 - Dec 2021
GDAL is an open source MIT licensed translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Systems Engineer
Back-end Developer & Systems EngineerContributions:17 reviews, 8 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Gustavo contributed to the GDAL library by implementing and documenting support for the Open Design Alliance (ODA) platform, specifically for AutoCAD DWG and Microstation DGN v8 file formats. They added requirements for building GDAL with ODA libraries on Linux, detailing the compilation process. The user also enhanced existing DGN and DWG drivers by adding support for reading User Data Linkage data and block attributes, improving data handling capabilities. The user worked on PostgisRaster to support libpq services, fixing a related issue.
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