Rita Ochoa (Tomar, PT, 1973) is an architect trained at the Technical University of Lisbon (1998). She holds a Post-Graduation in City Qualification (Portuguese Catholic University, 2003), an MSc in Urban Design (University of Barcelona, 2008), and was also awarded an international PhD in Public Space and Urban Regeneration (University of Barcelona, 2011), funded by a grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design of the Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon (CIAUD-FAULisboa), and between 2023 and 2025 she served as the Scientific Coordinator of its hub at Beira Interior University (CIAUD.UBI). She is also a member of the research group URBinLAB – Urbanism & Territorial Dynamics and an associated researcher at CrPolis – Polis Research Centre of the University of Barcelona. Her work has emphasized interdisciplinarity, and more recently has focused on temporary uses and sharing practices as design tools for fostering more adaptable cities, notably by coordinating the ongoing interdisciplinary project Intermittent City: Temporary Uses and Sharing Practices to Support an Adaptive Urban Space, which is currently integrated into the COST Action CIRCUL’ARTs – Connecting Critical Pedagogies, Inclusive Art Forms and Alternative Barometers for Urban Sustainability. Beyond this, Rita has participated in several international funded research projects, the most recent being: 1 - Landscapes of Care and Domesticity (2025–27); 2 - T3SH-City: Towards Truly Smart, Secure, Sustainable, and Healthy Cities (2025–28); 3 - CreaM: Creative (inter)Actions. Cultural Heritage as Creativity to Revitalize Mountain Communities (2025–26); 4 - REVIVE – The Threads of the Past Weaving the Future: The Colors from the Royal Textile Factory of Covilhã, 1764–1850 (2023–26); 5 - W@ARCH.PT – Female Architects in Portugal: Building Visibility, 1942–1986 (2018–22). Between 2007 and 2025, Rita Ochoa was an Assistant Professor at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), where she taught several courses, among which “Design Studio” and “New Architectural Practice” in the MSc in Architecture, “Inter-Arts Practice” in the PhD in Media Arts, and “Forms and Dynamics of the City” in the PhD in Architecture. At UBI, she implemented the research line Architectures of (inter)Action, developing numerous design experiences with local communities and in partnerships with public and private institutions, resulting in pedagogical publications, public exhibitions, and project packages to be applied in real contexts. Since 2025, Rita Ochoa has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urbanism at the Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon. In addition to authoring several international conference presentations and publications, she has been a guest lecturer in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Kosovo, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. She has served as an organiser and guest critic in several international workshops, such as “More than Cities: Rural-Urban Spaces in a Post-Agriculture Age” (with Politecnico di Milano, 2025), “Portugal & Netherlands Summerschool on Sustainable Campuses and Cities” (with TU Delft, 2022), "Northern Metropolis: Weaving Future Living and Producing" (with Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2025), “Elementary Intervention in Natural Space: Art, Landscape, Photography” (with École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-La Villette, 2013), and “Bridging the City” (with Bauhaus Universität Weimar/Gdansk University of Technology/Slovak University of Technology, 2008). Rita Ochoa was co-founder of MA (Women in Architecture), R3iAP (Research Network in Public Art), and editor of Branca (Journal of Architecture, University of Beira Interior).