Luciana Rocha is an architect (FAUP, 2007) and Assistant Researcher at the Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism (CEAU), Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto (CEAU/FAUP). She was awarded a PhD in Architecture in 2016 (FAUP) with the thesis "Intervention in the Modern: Recognition, Characterisation and Safeguard of Multifamily Housing Buildings". This research was funded by FCT [SFRH/BD/71743/2010] and developed within the "European Doctoral Programme" to expand concepts and methodologies to international contexts. Within this scope, she attended the Techniques et Sauvegarde de l'Architecture Moderne (TSAM) laboratory at EPFL (Lausanne). Her main interests lie in the architectural heritage of the 20th century, mainly multifamily housing and intervention strategies regarding preservation measures, energy efficiency, comfort, and well-being. Hence, she has invested in further specialised training (Comfort and Health in Buildings, TU Delft, 2021; Sustainability in Building Construction, FEUP, 2022). At CEAU, she is a member of the research groups 'Architecture, City and Territory Heritage' (PACT) and 'Housing architectural design and forms of dwellings' (AdC). From 2016 to 2019, she was a research fellow on the FCT-funded project "Mapping Public Housing: A Critical Review of the State-subsidised Residential Architecture in Portugal (1910-1974)" (MdH), hosted by FAUP [P2020-PTDC/CPC-HAT/1688/2014], managing and leading different tasks and outputs. She undertook the research 'Design and Intervention between Form and Function: Approach to the safeguarding and sustainability of the built heritage' [CEEC/INST/00162/2018, 2019-2024]. With Rui Póvoas, she has established a collaboration with Domus Social E.M. to analyse the contemporary intervention actions on neighbourhoods of the Improvement Plan for the city of Porto and develop strategies for an energy-balanced housing stock., which triggered the formation of an extensive network. Currently, she is the Principal Investigator of the research project "WellBEH | Well-Balanced Energy Housing: Reasoning Method towards Interventions Crossing Heritage, Efficiency and Comfort" (https://doi.org/10.54499/2023.11189.PEX, FCT). She was also the Guest Co-Editor of a Special Issue of the indexed international journal Buildings on "Indoor Comfort in Residential Buildings: Research on Energy Efficiency and Thermal Perception", gathering findings across different disciplinary areas and methodologies. Rocha has taught 'Building Construction 2' (Master Degree in Architecture) at FAUP. She is a scientific consultant in contracts with municipalities – methodologies and intervention practices in Vernacular Architecture (ongoing protocol with Foz Côa Municipality, Portugal). Rocha has professional experience in architecture, both in authoring/co-authoring works and collaborating with architects such as Eduardo Souto de Moura and Luís Peixoto, coordinating projects involving intervention in built heritage.