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MARIA
JOÃO PITA ¶ architecture + urban design
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WHO I AM
AND SOME OF MY WORK |
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I am an architect and urban
designer
with international experience in different contexts, teams
and project phases.
My aim is to link public and private space, city and
territory, physical and human space,
teams and projects, research and enterprises.

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Maria João
Pita (Lisboa, 1981) graduated in Architecture
from ISCTE, Lisboa, PT (2005), with an Erasmus exchange
at the TU Darmstadt, DE. She is member of the Portuguese
Architects Order (2006). Her work in architecture
and urban design includes collaborations with
S333 Architecture+Urbanism, NL; Feichtinger Architectes,
FR; Aéroports de Paris - INAU, FR; Reichen et Robert
& Associés, FR; Michel Desvigne Paysagiste, FR; ANMA
- Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés, FR.
She has also developed independent activities linked to
research and innovation, being project leader of
different Europan sessions - E10, Lisboa, PT
(“in-between”); - E11, Guimarães, PT (“270° Landscape” -
winner with Collectif ETC); - E13, AzenhaDoMar, PT
(“DreamCatcher”); being part of the 40 Europan experts
around the theme - The Adaptable City; being
collaborator of Contrepoint, CH and BazarUrbain, FR;
being part of Volumes Paris Creative Hub and CivicWise
network; and being co-editor of CivicPractices book.
She founded and develops
different projects for territorial action - Atelier Da
Rua (2014) finalist IOP’2014, NUFF’2015 and
CreaRÎF’2016, an immersive experience between research
and entrepreneurism, author of different texts and
communications presented in several contexts such as the
Venice Architecture Biennale‘2014 or the Future of
Places III UN Habitat, in Stckholm; - Conto-Contigo.fr
(2014) nominated for 2 Prizes Cap Magellan’2015 - Best
Citizen Initiative, and Best Associative Project; and -
mat.paris (2018) resident at Volumes Paris as part of
the cycle Common Territories and Happy Frugality.
She manages other
activities directly related to education for project,
architecture, urban and territorial design, in
collaboration with CAUE Paris (Conseil d'Architecture,
d'Urbanisme et de l'Environnement), and ESAJ Paris
(école des paysages de la transition écologique).
She is member
of the cooperative society Smart.coop, a european
company for free and independent workers, elected in
2020 member of the board - Smart Fr.
Her interest goes for territory and urban design,
architectural relations between public and private
space, working methodologies, participated and active
architecture, governance and entrepreneurism, stories of
life, people and places.
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 education |
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 2015
- 2016 Certification on Politic Studies -
Espace(S) Public(S), Sciences Po, Toulouse, FR |
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 2015
- 2016 Certification on Civic Design +
Collective Intelligence + Territory, COAM, Madrid, ES |
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 2005
- 2006 Graduation in Architecture, ISCTE,
Lisboa, PT + Admission at Portuguese Architects Order
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 1999
- 2005 Architecture Student, ISCTE, Lisboa,
PT + ERASMUS at TUDarmstadt, DE |
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 teaching |
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 @ésaj
- école des paysages de la transition écologique, Paris,
FR (Higher
Education) |
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 Atelier
de Projet - Outils de Représentation
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 2020
- 2021 P-OR 1A S01
"du point à l'espace" |
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 Atelier
d'Architecture
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 2020
- 2021 AAi 1A S02
+++
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 2019
- 2020 AA 1A W01
+ W02 "un plan - dialogues avec un
arbre" |
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 2019
- 2020 AA 1A
W03
+ W04 "un
espace pour un objet - un objet dans un paysage
I" |
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 2019
- 2020 AA 1A W05
+ W06 "habitatS
- volumes du paysage" |
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 2019
- 2020 AA 3A W01
+ W02 "3D - un volume dans la
nature" |
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 2019
- 2020 AA 3A W03 + W04
"un espace pour un objet - un objet dans un paysage
III" |
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 2019
- 2020 AA 3A W05
+ W06 "une architecture - un
paysage" (PFE / bachelor) |
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 (2018)
- 2019 AA 2A W02 "une
passerelle - une ligne du paysage" |
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 (2018)
- 2019 AA 2A W03 "ma
cabane - un volume du paysage" |
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 (2018)
- 2019 AA 3A W01 "musée
sur Seine"
#jury |
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 (2018)
- 2019 AA 3A W02 "jardinS
en ville - 1 espace ESAJ @JardinsJardin",
Tuileries
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 (2018)
- 2019 AA 3A W03 "un
habitat hier et demain - carrefours"
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 workshops
set-up |
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 2020
- Nature en Ville (Elementary School), CAUE
Paris, FR #animation |
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 2019
- La recette magique du papier (all
publics), mat.paris + YuanYuan D.S. #co-conception
#animation |
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 2019
- 2020 COURS OASIS FEDER/UIA (Nursery
School), CAUE Paris, FR #co-conception #animation |
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 2019
- Atelier d'Architecture (Elementary
School), CAUE Paris, FR #co-conception #animation |
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 2019
Ma Place / Place Droits de l'Enfant
(Elementary School), CAUE Paris, FR #co-conception
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 2019
- 2020 Maison Écologique (Elementary
School), CAUE Paris, FR #animation |
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 2018
- 2019 Architectures Du Monde (Elementary
School), CAUE Paris, FR #animation |
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 competitions
and distinctions |
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 2016
NEW URBANISM FILM FESTIVAL "Atelier DaRua", Toronto, CA
#selected |
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 2016
CreaRÎF Atelier IdF Entrepreneurs du Changement
"AtelierDaRua", Paris, FR #finalist
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 2015
EUROPAN13 The Adaptable City 2 "DreamCatcher", Azenha do
Mar PT |
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 2015
NEW URBANISM FILM FESTIVAL "Atelier Da Rua", Los
Angeles, CA, USA #finalist |
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 2015
CIDADE&ARQUITECTURA "Um arco de tempo, da cerâmica
ao território" Caldas da Rainha PT |
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 2015
CAP MAGELLAN AWARD - MACIF - Best Associative Project
"Conto-Contigo.fr" FR
#finalist |
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 2015
CAP MAGELLAN AWARD - CGD - Best Citizen Initiative
"Conto-Contigo.fr" FR #finalist |
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 2015
ACREDITA PORTUGAL 5ed Realize o seu sonho "Atelier Da
Rua", PT #10%bestprojects |
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 2014
FAZ-IOP 2014 3ed "se essa RUA fosse minha..." / "Atelier
Da Rua", PT #finalist |
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 2011
EUROPAN11 From place to territory "270°Landscape",
Guimaraes, PT #winner + CollectifETC |
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 2009
EUROPAN10 Inventing Urbanity "in-between", Lisboa, PT
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 2009
FERNANDO TAVORA AWARD 4ed "AGRI CUL TURA +
ARQUI TEC TURA", PT #finalist |
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 2005
SECIL UNIVERSIDADES AWARD "Santarém
ReDefiniçoes" Santarém, PT #finalist |
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 2005
UIA Creating Space in Extreme and
Extraordinary Conditions "Santarém ReDefinitions",
PT |
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 2004
UIA Celebrating the Cities "Eatable
Landscapes", Évora, PT |
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 workshops
participant |
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 2016
I CivicWise Glocal Camp, Paris, FR |
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 2016
XII Encontro Nacional do Grupo Cidadania
& Territorio, Juncal do Campo, PT |
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 2015
FoPIII UrbanThinkersCampus
PublicSpaceInTheNewUrbanAgenda UN-Habitat, Stockholm, SE |
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 2015
Direction BIM #1, #2, Pole Formation IdF -
EVA, Paris, FR |
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 2015
Programme Entrepreneurs du Changement,
L'ATELIER IdF, Paris, FR |
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 2015
Projectando a participaçao cidada a nivel
supralocal, CES + CIUL, Lisboa, PT
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 2015
MIES - 1a fase: Inovaçao e Sustentabilidade,
FCG, Lisboa, PT
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 2014
Design-Fiction, PROTO204-EPPS + GHOST CITY
LAB, Paris-Saclay, FR |
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 2014
Paris-Saclay à l'heure de l'économie
collaborative et de l'innovation social,PROTO204-EPPS,FR |
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 2014
BOOTCAMP IOP'2014, FCG + IES, Lisboa, PT |
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 2013
Atelier I-II: Av. France VdP, with
CONTREPOINT et BAZAR URBAIN, Paris, FR |
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 2012
Linking wih uses - Adalklaaersrasse - T2 -
WildWien, EUROPAN 11 + CITY OF WIEN, Wien, AT |
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 2008
3D Studio Max Architecture, ARCHIBAT, Paris,
FR |
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 2005
Intuitive 3D modelling in architectural space
design, ECAADE'05, Lisboa, PT |
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 2005
VI Workshop - The spatial organization of a
Place by Arch. R.Thut, Riein, CH |
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 2003
V.2 Atomicdelicia web + design, by R.
Cerqueira, Lisboa, PT |
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 2003
IX Internacional Workshop of Urban Design, Fondation
Romualdo del Bianco, Firenze, IT |
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 conferences
and presentations |
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 2019
Paris Design Summit "m@T" #Action #Éducation
#DesignCulture, Paris, FR #speaker |
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 2019
Paris Design Summit "Atelier da Rua" #Action #Éducation
#DesignCulture, Paris, FR #speaker |
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 2018
Espace(s) Public(s) - la ville et ses usagers "Atelier
da Rua", Maison des Ensembles, Paris #speaker |
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 2018
DR_SoM
Design Research (in) Practice II, ARENA + OASRS "Atelier
Da Rua", Lisboa, PT #speaker |
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 2018
Séminaire Histoire du Design S1 - Swinging or
not Swinging?, MSH Paris-Saclay + ENSAD, Paris, FR |
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 2016
Atelier l'Avenir de la Rue, RUE DE L'AVENIR
"Atelier Da Rua", Paris, FR #speaker |
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 2016
PAYSAGE.S! "Le design civique et le réseau
collaboratif CW", NERUDALAB, FR #speaker |
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 2016
CivicTalks #01 CivicWise GlocalCamp, VOLUMES,
Paris, FR #speaker |
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 2016
CivicMarathon #01 "AtelierDaRua",
CIVICWISE, VOLUMES, Paris, FR #speaker |
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 2016
CinemaDePassages - du passage des images à
l'image des passage, IVM, Paris, FR #guest |
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 2016
CivicWise PechaKucha #02 "un parcours vers
CivicWise", VOLUMES, Paris, FR #speaker |
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 2015
Activando o espaço publico "Atelier Da Rua",
NOTE Arquitectura e Arte, Lisboa, PT #speaker |
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 2015
1a Conferencia on-line de Urbanismo Tatico
#organisation committee |
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 2015
1er Forum des Carrières de l'Europe, SGAE,
Alliance Française, Paris, FR |
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 2015
CivicWise MeetUp #2 "Participation
Citoyenne", VOLUMES, Paris, FR #speaker |
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 2015
ESS Europe - Réenchanter l'Europe avec le
ESS, l'Atelier IdF, VdP, Paris, FR |
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 2015
La Rue - partage et frontage, avec Nicolas
Soulier, RUE DE L'AVENIR, IAU, Paris, FR |
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 2015
L'innovation dans les métiers de l'ingénierie
territoriale, AITF, SUPERPUBLIC, 27e Région, Paris, FR |
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 2015
La démocracie locale à l'épreuve des communs,
SUPERPUBLIC, 27e Région, Paris, FR |
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 2015
FoPIII "Atelier Da Rua", AX: Johnson
Foundation, UN-Habitat, PPS, Stockholm, SE #contributor |
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 2015
Penser l'écologie politique,
LCSPParis7Diderot,MNHM,Ladyss,CEPN,AgroParisTech,TEM,FR |
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 2015
Colectivos para uma arqueologia do
território, colloque international ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa, PT |
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 2015
Digital Polis, colloque international, MAIRIE DE PARIS,
Paris, FR |
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 2015
MIES - Mapa da Inovaçao e Empreendedorismo Social - fase
1, FCG, Lisboa, PT |
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 2014
Soirée crowdfunding, Social Good Weekend, MDA 12eme,
Paris, FR |
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 2014
Soirée BéneVolt, MAIRIE DE PARIS + SENSECUBE, Paris, FR |
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 2014
2eme LusoJournée: Luso-Idées,
AGRAFr "Atelier Da Rua" + "Conto-Contigo.fr", FCG,
Paris, FR |
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 2014
CIDADANIA 2.0 "Atelier Da Rua", Porto, PT #speaker |
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 2012
World Heritage Earhen Architecure, UNESCO - WHEAP
Colloquium, Paris, FR |
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 2012
Europan - Bauen als Diskurz - hybride praktiken (E11),
HAUS DER ARCHITEKTUR, Graz, AT #speaker |
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 2012
Europan 11 - Forum of Results - inventing typologies to
diversify uses "GU270", Wien, AT #speaker |
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 2012
Europan 11 PT results - connectivity - from place to
territory "GU270", Guimaraes, PT #speaker |
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 2011
Urban Morphology in Portugal -
approaches and perspectives, 1st Conf. PNUM, Porto, PT |
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 2003
DesignInclusivo,SociedadeInclusiva+ProjectarP/Todos+EspaçoPúblico,EspaçoDeCidadania,PT |
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 2003
CidadeEmExercício -
AbandonoDaVocaçãoIndustrial, AfirmaçãoDeNovosUsos,
Lisboa,PT |
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 exhibitions |
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 2020
habit@, "Et demain, on fait quoi?", Pavillon de
l'Arsenal, Paris, FR |
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 2019
Tissage m@T +
HAIKO prototype #02, Smart Paris, FR
#objetenmouvement #reobject #noloss |
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 2018
Résidence Results
m@T AT Volumes Paris, FR #expoOFF
#commonterritories #happyfrugality |
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 2018
Tissage m@T +
HAIKO prototype #02, Volumes Paris, FR #action
#0waste #carrefourresidences |
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 2018
Tissage m@T +
HAIKO prototype #01, Villette MakerZ, FR #action
#0waste #carrefourresidences |
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 2018
Espace(s) Public(s) - la ville et ses usagers, Maison des
Ensembles, Paris, FR
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 2012
Europan - bauen als diskurs, HAUS DER ARCHITEKTUR, Graz,
AT |
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 2012
Forum Europan 11 Results - inventing typologies to
diversify uses, EUROPAN, Wien, AT
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 2012
Europan 11 Portugal Results - connectivity from place to
territory, EUROPAN,Guimarães,PT |
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 2010
Europan 10 Portugal Results - European Urbanity,
EUROPAN, Lisboa, PT |
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 2007
S333 - Nouvelles Ecologies Urbaines, LA GALERIE
D'ARCHITECTURE, Paris, FR |
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 2003
Celebration of Cities - Results, UIA, Lisboa, PT |
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 academic
papers |
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 2016
QuelCheminPourUnProjetD’InitiativeCitoyenneDediéàl’EspacePublic?A.DaRua,
SciencePo,FR |
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 2015
AtelierDaRua:aParticipatedStreetDesignProcess,
8thCITTA-AESOPconf.OnPlanningResearch,PT |
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 2015
APopulaçãoPortuguesaQualificadaEmFrança:RealidadeAGRAFr,
Conf.FugaDeCérebros,FLUP,PT |
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 2015
HowIsYourStreet?Questioning&CreatingUrbanDesignToolsTowardsMoreHumanizedPlaces",
FoPIII |
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 2014
DesigningWithThePeopleOnTheStreetTowardsTheCity,
Arch.DesignResearchSymp.,VeniceBiennal |
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 publications |
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 2020
habit@, "Et demain, on fait quoi?", Pavillon de
l'Arsenal, Paris, FR #author #contributor |
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 2019
Espaces Publics de demain? - Espaces de tous?! Espaces
Communs?! Espaces libres! #authorOFF
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 2018
Civic Design 1, Civic Innovation School #contributor
#civicdesignin20points |
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 2017
Civic Practices, CivicWise + Lugadero #co-editor |
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 2016
DiseñoCívico: Diseño,Territorio e Inteligencia Colectiva
- v 1.0, Trabajo Colaborativo #co-author |
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 2014
Architectural Design Research Symposium 20 - 21 November
2014, Venice #contributor |
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 2014
AtelierDaRua (PT), in
issuu.com/atelier.da.rua/docs/20141111_atelier_da_rua_book_pt
#co-author |
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 2014
AtelierDaRua (FR), in
issuu.com/atelier.da.rua/docs/20141111_atelier_da_rua_book_fr
#co-author |
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 2013
E13 Theme - Contributions of 40 European Experts,
europan-europe.eu, EU #contributor |
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 2012
Reconnections -
Europan 11 Results, europan EU #contributor |
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 2012
Europan11 Results - Resonance between territories and
ways of life, PT & FR #contributor |
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 press |
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 2018
Projecto "ContoContigo" leva contos em português a
crianças em França, Agência LUSA, PT
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 2016
Você quer participar de uma ação que vai mudar a cara de
Curitiba?, GazetaDoPovo, Curitiba, BR |
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 2015
Un atelier participatif pour repenser… la rue.,
Paris-Saclay Le Média, FR |
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 2015
Parcours d’une jeune architecte… « européenne »,
Paris-Saclay LeMédia, FR |
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 2014
Retour s/ la journée: l’innovation sociale et l’économie
collaborative, Paris-Saclay LeMédia,FR |
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 2014
Projecto Atelier
da Rua é apresentado amanha no Museu do Trabalho, O
Setubalense, PT |
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 2014
AGRAFr organizou debate sobre os olhares exteriores
sobre Portugal, Luso Jornal, FR |
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 2012
eUropean Urbanity - E11 Results from Austria, Hungary
and Kosovo, europan AT |
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 2012
Europan: Der mobile Architekt, Bauwelt 15-16.12, DE |
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 2012
Guimarães: Am äuBersten Rand der Europäischen
Kulturhauptstadt, Bauwelt 15-16.12, DE |
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 2012
Guimarães 270°Landscape: regeneration of an urban
sequence, IlGiornaleDell'Archiectura,102, IT
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 2010
Europan 10 Portugal Results, Inventing de urbanity:
regeneration, revitalization, colonization, PT |
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 other
experiences |
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 2020
- Member of the Board Smart Fr #coordinator
of activity #member |
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 2019
- Pedagogic Council of ésaj #teacher
#member |
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 2019
Design in the
Boardroom / episode 21 - Better Future Podcast, Driven x
Design, WW #emissionguest |
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 2018
UX urban design / Master Design for Smart Cities,
STRATE, FR #jurymember
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 2018
- m@T #founder
#projectleader |
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 2016
Les
universalistes,
50AnsD'ArchitecturePortugaise,Chaillot+Aligre93.1FM, FR
#emissionguest |
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 2016
- CivicWise
#civicpractices #co-editor
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 2015
- 2016 ISOCARP
& UIA / Habitat III / World Urban Campaign
#professionalsconstituentgroup |
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 2015
Urban October
Design, UN-HABITAT, concours de design graphique |
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 2015
- PlaceMaking
Leadership Council - Project for Public Spaces #member |
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 2015
5e Utopiades /
Passages de l'Utopie / master Utopies Métropolitaines,
ENSA Nantes, FR #invited guest |
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 2014
2e Luso Journée,
AGRAFr, Paris, FR #organisationcommittee |
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 2014
- AGRAFr
Association des Diplomês Portugais en France
#member #direction '2015 #CC.fr |
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 2014
-
CONTO-CONTIGO.fr / AGRAFr #founder
#projectleader
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 2014
- ATELIER DA RUA
#founder #projectleader |
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 2013
E13 theme -
Contributions of 40 European Experts - europan-europe.eu
#expert |
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 2005
Grupo de Ordenamento do Território do GEOTA - ONG #volunteer |
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 2003
1st National Congress of Architecture
Students in Portugal #organizationcommittee |
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 2003
Journey “Arquitectura.ISCTE 2003” #organizationcommittee |
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 2001
- 2003 GEAr.ISCTE - Group of Architecture
Students #co-founder
#direction |
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 2000
- 2002 Pedagogic Council of ISCTE #architecturestudent
#member |
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