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Pedro de Azambuja Varela graduates in Architecture at FAUP in 2006 with the thesis "Elliptical spaces in religious architecture: the case of Igreja dos Clérigos in Porto". In 2013 finishes the Advanced Studies Course in Digital Architecture organized by ISCTE/FAUP, having won a grant by Amorim Isolamentos S.A. He is invited et al. to design and build a cork pavilion, becoming the first vault made purely of this material, with no extra reinforcement. In 2014 he teaches in Arkitektskolen Aarhus the summer course HARD CO(u)R(s)E DIGITAL Corkvault, building another full-size cork vault with waterjet cut conoid voussoirs. In the same year, Pedro wins a Research Scholarship to work in the DFL (Digital Fabrication Laboratory at FAUP), developing models and approaches for the FCT funded project Robotic Technologies for a Non-Standard Architecture. Following, he is awarded a PhD Research Scholarship from FCT, initiating his studies in the PDA in FAUP. During this time, his personal research on stereotomy is accompanied by activity in the DFL, developing algorithms and programming an industrial robot for digital fabrication, resulting in various constructions such as the GFRC Corkcrete Arch. In 2015 he teaches CAD in FAUP (filling a sabbatical), and in 2016 he starts teaching ArchiCAD in the newly created Continuing Training Course. While developing a system of reconfigurable moulds for bespoke vault building, he is invited to develop the same fabrication system for a vault in Italy, where is also an invited speaker in Politecnico di Bari and Ordine Architetti BAT. In 2020 Pedro presents and defends his PhD entitled "Reconstruction of a Stereotomy - for a multi-semantic stereotomic approach", approved with distinction. This thesis explores an updated contemporary augmentation of stereotomy, creating a detailed taxonomy of current possibilities, and developing a system of reconfigurable moulds which allows for the fabrication of custom geometries in blocks for the successful building of three experimental vaults. During this time, Pedro tutored several workshops, published several papers in international conferences, international journals and is a prolific reviewer of papers for international conferences and journals. In 2023 Pedro was teaching in the Constructive Geometry course, and in 2024 teaches in the CAAD course. Currently, he is developing his research project on Constructive Stereotomy, which already allowed for a rammed earth stereotomic vault built in Istambul.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro de Azambuja Varela

Citation names

  • Azambuja Varela, Pedro
  • Varela, Pedro
  • de Azambuja Varela, Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F91A-DFB0-11D6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7319-5019

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Galician Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/09/01 - 2020/06/09
Concluded
Programa de Doutoramento em Arquitectura (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Património Arquitetónico
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
"Reconstrução de uma Estereotomia - para uma abordagem estereotómica multi-semântica [Reconstruction of a Stereotomy - for a multi-semantic stereotomic approach]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Approved with praise and distinction by unanimity
2013
Concluded
Curso de Estudos Avançados em Arquitectura Digital (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
"CorkVault - Performance based design" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19
2011/11/13 - 2012/03/06
Concluded
CCP (CAP) - Pedagogical Aptitude Certificate / Certificado de Competências Pedagógicas (Título de especialista)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
Approved
2009
Attended
PDA - Programa de Doutoramento em Arquitectura (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
n/a
2006
Concluded
Arquitectura (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
"Espaços de planta elíptica na arquitectura religiosa: o caso da Igreja dos Clérigos do Porto (18)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15
2004/09/15 - 2005/06/15
Concluded
Erasmus Programme (Bachelor)
Università degli Studi di Firenze Dipartimento di Architettura, Italy
28
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/02/14 - 2028/02/13 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
2013/12/01 - 2021/12/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2015/09/01 - 2016/02/01 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/01/03 - 2022/01/02 Arquitecto Centro de Estudos da Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2021/12/30 Architect AZVAvisuals Lda., Portugal
AZVAvisuals Lda., Portugal
2018/01/02 - 2020/12/30 Architect Studio Toggle Architects, Kuwait
Studio Toggle Architects, Kuwait
2011/01/02 - 2014/08/30 Architect Pedro de Azambuja Varela - Unipessoal, Lda., Portugal
Pedro de Azambuja Varela - Unipessoal, Lda., Portugal
2008/10/01 - 2010/03/01 Architect EA - Engenheiros Associados, Portugal
EA - Engenheiros Associados, Portugal
2008/01/02 - 2008/09/15 Lead Architect Habiserve SGPS S.A., Portugal
Habiserve SGPS S.A., Portugal
2007/10/01 - 2007/12/20 Architect Architecture in Formation (AiF), United States
Architecture in Formation (AiF), United States
2006/09/15 - 2007/09/30 Architect Henke Schreieck Architekten ZT GmbH, Austria
Henke Schreieck Architekten ZT GmbH, Austria
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2014/09/01 - 2018/11/16 Repensar a Estereotomia através das tecnologias CAD/CAM
SFRH/BD/93438/2013
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/09/01 - Current CoVHer - Computer-based Visualization of Architectural Cultural Heritage
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/12/01 - Current R2U Technologies | modular system
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Ongoing
2025/02/03 - 2026/08/02 Habitação com bom equilíbrio energético: Método de reflexão para intervenções entre Património, Eficiência e Conforto
2023.11189.PEX
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/01/01 - 2026/06/30 BIM Estereotómico - Explorando o projecto e construção sustentável em pedra estrutural
2023.15500.PEX
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024/02/19 - 2024/07/23 Emergency Stereotomic Mediterranean Housing Made of 3D Printed Stone
101184397
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Ecole nationale supérieure d'architecture Paris-Malaquais, France
Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Submitted
2014/01/01 - 2015/12/01 MDFachada MDCobertura
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
Amorim Isolamentos SA
Concluded
2013/07/01 - 2015/11/30 Tecnologia Robótica para um Projecto e Construção Não-Standard em Arquitectura
PTDC/ATP-AQI/5124/2012
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Azambuja Varela, P.; Sancak, N.; Alaçam, S.; Güzelci, O.Z.; Póvoas, R.; Brito, E.. "Material informed computational design for a stereotomic rammed earth vault". In Structures and Architecture, 747-754. Londres, United Kingdom: CRC Press, 2025.
    Published • 10.1201/9781003658641-90
  2. Castro, Alexandra; Marques, João Luís; Sousa, Jose Pedro; de Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Lopes, José. "O Porto de Vilanova. Experiências Didáticas à volta do Desenho.". In Graphic Horizons, 21-28. Springer, 2024.
    Published
  3. João Luís Marques; Pedro de Azambuja Varela. "Reconstrução digital da Casa do Capítulo do Convento de Cristo em Tomar". edited by Ana Cristina Sousa; Marisa Pereira Santos; Tiago Trindade Cruz; Maria Leonor Botelho; Luís Sebastian, 256-256. CITCEM, 2024.
    https://doi.org/10.21747/978-989-8970-92-3/sal
  4. Alexandra Castro; João Luís Marques; José Maria Lopes; José Pedro Sousa; Pedro Varela. "Vilanova’s Porto. Didactic Experiments on Drawing". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-57575-4_3
  5. José Pedro Marques Ovelheiro Sousa; de Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Güzelci, Orkan Zeynel; Lacroix, Igor; Krezlik, Adrian; Mateus Pimenta. "Flying Earth". In Emerging voices on new architectural ecologies. Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa, 83-90. Porto, Portugal: Circo de Ideias, 2022.
    Published
  6. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Smiling yellow storage". In Small Homes Grand Living, 162-162. Berlin, Germany: Gestalten, 2017.
    Published
Book review
  1. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Physical Models: Their Historical and Current Use in Civil and Building Engineering Design". Review of Physical Models: Their Historical and Current Use in Civil and Building Engineering Design (2022): 1-6. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00004-021-00571-y.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-021-00571-y
Conference abstract
  1. Marques, João Luís; Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Permanência(s) no tempo longo. Terreiro, Cerca e Paço Episcopal de Lamego: evolução e transformação.". Paper presented in Colóqui dedicado a José Horta Correia 'Arquitectura, Urbanismo e Património da Época Moderna, Lisboa, 2024.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Necmettin Sancak; Sema Alaçam; Güzelci, Orkan Zeynel; Rui Humberto Costa de Fernandes Póvoas; BRITO, EDGAR. Corresponding author: Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Material informed computational design for a stereotomic rammed earth vault". Paper presented in Structures and Architecture. REstructure REmaterialize REthink REuse, Antwerp, 2025.
    Published
  2. Afonso Matos Silva; Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Marques, João Luís. "S. Torcato Sanctuary: 3D modelling of a 19th century design". Paper presented in IJUP 2025 - 18º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da U.Porto, Porto, 2025.
    Published
  3. Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Francisco Scotti Afonso. Corresponding author: Francisco Scotti Afonso. "Exploring Photogrammetry’s Creative Potential in Nature Driven Architecture Design". Paper presented in Formal Methods in Architecture, Porto, 2024.
    In press
  4. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Creating the Vault in IFC: IfcVault as one more step towards Stereotomy in BIM". Paper presented in SIGraDi 2025, Barcelona, 2024.
    Published
  5. Marques, João Luís; Azambuja Varela, Pedro. Corresponding author: Marques, João Luís. "Permanência(s) no tempo longo. Terreiro, cerca e paço episcopal de lamego: evolução e transformação". Paper presented in Colóquio dedicado a José Eduardo Horta Correia - Arquitectura, urbanismo e património da época moderna, Lisboa, 2024.
    Accepted
  6. Varela, Pedro; José Pedro Marques Ovelheiro Sousa. "Stereotomic BIM – a plugin for designing low carbon architecture". Paper presented in XXVII Congress of the Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital (SIGraDI) 2023 "Accelerated Landscapes", Punta del Este, 2023.
  7. Marques, João Luís; Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Reconstrução digital da Casa do Capítulo do Convento de Cristo em Tomar". Paper presented in I ENCONTRO INTERNACIONAL | INTERNATIONAL MEETING ISCDMCH, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  8. Pedro de Azambuja Varela; Igor Lacroix; Orkan Guzelci; José Pedro Sousa. "Democratizing Stereotomic Construction through AR Technologies - A reusable mold methodology to the production of customized voussoirs using HoloLens". 2022.
    Published • 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.225
  9. Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Sousa, JP. "Drawing-to-factory process - Using freehand drawing to drive robotic assembly of brick walls". Paper presented in eCAADe 2021 - Towards a new, configurable architecture, Novi Sad, 2021.
    Published
  10. Varela, Pedro; Sousa, JP. "Liquid Stereotomy - the Tamandua Vault". Paper presented in 38th eCAADe Conference - Anthropologic: Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age, Berlin, 2020.
    Published
  11. Varela, Pedro; Sousa, JP. "Digital Expansion of Stereotomy - A semantic classification". Paper presented in 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference - Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  12. de Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Sousa, José Pedro. "Reinforced, Reusable, Reconfigurable Molds for Cast Voussoirs". Paper presented in 36th eCAADe Conference, Lodz, 2018.
    Published • 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.771
  13. Sousa, JP; Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Carvalho, João; Santos, Rafael; Oliveira, Manuel. "Mass-customization of Joints for Non-Standard Structures through Additive Manufacturing - The Trefoil and the TriArch projects". Paper presented in 36th eCAADe Conference - Computing for a better tomorrow, Lodz, 2018.
    Published
  14. Varela, Pedro; Sousa, JP. "Fabricating Stereotomy - Variable moulds for cast voussoirs". Paper presented in eCAADe 2017 - 35th Annual Conference - ShoCK! - Sharing Computational Knowledge!, 2017.
    Published
  15. Sousa, JP; de Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Martins, Pedro. "The CorkCrete Arch". Paper presented in 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, ACADIA 2017, Cambridge, MA, 2017.
    Published
  16. Pedro de Azambuja Varela. "Revising Stereotomy through Digital Technology". 2016.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.2.427
  17. Sousa, JP; Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Martins, Pedro. "The CorkCrete Arch Project: The digital design and robotic fabrication of a novel building system made out of cork and glass-fibre reinforced concrete". Paper presented in 21st CAADRIA - Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, Melbroune, 2016.
    Published
  18. De Varela, P.A.; Merritt, Tim. "Corkvault Aarhus: Exploring stereotomic design space of cork and 5-axis CNC waterjet cutting". 2016.
  19. Sousa, J.P.; Martins, P.; De Varela, P.A.. "The corkcrete arch project: The digital design and robotic fabrication of a novel building system made out of cork and glass-fibre reinforced concrete". 2016.
  20. Varela, Pedro; Sousa, JP; Martins, Pedro. "Between Manual and Robotic Approaches to Brick Construction in Architecture". 2015.
  21. Varela, Pedro; Sousa, JP. "Digital Flow in Stone Heritage Buildings - The Nasoni Keystone Experiment". 2015.
  22. Azambuja Varela, Pedro; PAIO, A. Corresponding author: Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "The Cork Vault Pavilion. A Design Research through Practice". Paper presented in Architectural Research through Practice: 48th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association 2014, Genova, 2014.
    https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2016.767
  23. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Informar a curvatura de Gauss". Paper presented in XII Encontro Nacional da APROGED, Porto, 2013.
    Published
  24. Pedro de Azambuja Varela; Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Genetic algorithms in architecture. History and relevance". Paper presented in Future Traditions - 1st eCAADe Regional International Workshop, Porto, 2013.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Joana Pinho Costa. "Holographic art applications in new architectural practices". Paper presented in Practical Holography XXXVI: Displays, Materials, and Applications, 2022.
    10.1117/12.2626625
  2. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Expanding stereotomy with digital technologies". Paper presented in Encontro CIÊNCIA '18, 2018.
  3. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Rural Hyperbolic Paraboloid Roof". Paper presented in Nexus 2010 Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics, 2010.
Edited book
  1. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. Symmetry: Art and Science, 2022 Special issue for the 12th SIS-Symmetry Congress. International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry. 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.24840/1447-607X/2022/12-01-001 • Editor
Journal article
  1. De Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Marques, João Luís; De Matos Silva, Afonso. "Digital reconstruction of Barros Lima’s design for São Torcato Sanctuary, 1825". Virtual Archaeology Review (2025): https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2024.22610.
    Published • 10.4995/var.2024.22610
  2. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Stereotomic vaults - Using digital tools to customize artificial stone blocks". MD Journal 12 12 (2021): 118-127. http://mdj.materialdesign.it/index.php/mdj/issue/view/14.
    Open access • Published
  3. Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Sousa, Jose Pedro. Corresponding author: Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Variable Casting of Voussoirs for a Stereotomic Shell". Nexus Network Journal (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-018-0382-z.
    10.1007/s00004-018-0382-z
  4. Casanova, Maria José. "Bragança, cidade-fortaleza "setuada no estremo de portugall e Castela"". Monumentos 1 32 (2011): 24-41. http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/site/app_pagesuser/SitePageContents.aspx?id=eb4234f6-edde-4265-a057-64cd50d5ab9d.
    Published • Assistant staff
Online resource
  1. Azambuja Varela, Pedro; Marques, João Luís. QGIS - Vídeos de apoio à utilização para Pensar a História. 2023. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXW9QlNiLpvpvqKaFU8TblZMWCUGV-PxI.
Website
  1. Website of the DFL - Digital Fabrication Laboratory. 2013. https://dfl.arq.up.pt/.

Intellectual property

Licensing patent rights
  1. 2018. "House in Rio Mau, Vila do Conde". Portugal.
    Assigned
  2. 2012. "Yellow Renovation, Porto". Portugal.
    Assigned

Other

Invention
  1. Reusable mould with variable geometry. This technology was invented within the PhD development. This mould is capable of accommodating an infinite number of geometries within the design space comprised of planar parallel intrados and extrados, and planar contact faces.. Construction of vaults. 2018. Azambuja Varela, Pedro.
  2. Vault made of cork voussoirs fabricated with 3-axis CNC mill. Within a bounding box of 12.0 x 6.0 x 3.0 m it was the first structure made of cork capable of spanning spaces with no added reinforcement, resorting only to compression resistance. Funded by Amorim Isolamentos SA. Trade fair. 2016. Azambuja Varela, Pedro.
  3. Vault made of cork voussoirs fabricated with 5-axis water jet. Within a bounding box of 6.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 m it was the first realization of its kind. Funded by the Arkitektskolen Aarhus.. Architecture Masters students Summer course. 2014. Azambuja Varela, Pedro.
Physical object
  1. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Stereotomic Marble Slab". 2025. Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Verona, Italia.
  2. Azambuja Varela, Pedro. "Flying Earth three legged vault". 2024. Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Mimarlik Fakültesi
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/12/05 Exploring Photogrammetry’s Creative Potential in Nature Driven Architecture Design 7th International Symposium on Formal Methods in Architecture
Escola Superior de Arquitectura e Design (Porto, Portugal)
2024/05/27 O Porto de Vilanova. Experiências Didáticas à volta do Desenho XX Congresso Internacional de Expressão Gráfica de Arquitectura. EGA
Escola Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura da Universidade da Coruna e Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/11/29 Stereotomic BIM – a tool for designing low carbon architecture. XXVII SIGraDi Congress - Accelerated landscapes
Centro Universitario Regional Este (Punta del Este, Uruguay)
2022/09/22 Machine Learning in Predicting Section Drawings - Case of Anatolian Seljuk Kümbets 40th eCAADe Conference - Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design
KU Leuven (Gent, Belgium)
2022/09/14 Democratizing Stereotomic Construction through AR Technologies - A reusable mold methodology to the production of customized voussoirs using HoloLens 40th eCAADe Conference - Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design
KU Leuven (Gent, Belgium)
2020/09/17 Liquid Stereotomy - the Tamandua Vault 38th eCAADe Conference - Anthropologic: Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age
TU Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
2020/02/28 [INVITED] Architettura tra sughero e colore - Invited keynote to present own architectural production RICERCA, SPERIMENTAZIONE E PROGETTO
Ordini degli Architetti Pianificatori Paesaggisti e Conservatori della provincia Barletta-Andria-Trani (Trani, Italy)
2020/02/27 [INVITED] A Escola do Porto Architettura rurale e architettura sostenibile
Liceo artistico Federico II - Corato (Corato, Italy)
2019/09/11 Digital Expansion of Stereotomy - A semantic classification 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference - Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/09/20 Reinforced, Reusable, Reconfigurable Molds for Cast Voussoirs 36th eCAADe Conference - Computing for a better tomorrow
Lodz University of Technology (Lodz, Poland)
2017/09/20 Fabricating Stereotomy - Variable moulds for cast voussoirs eCAADe 2017 - 35th Annual Conference - ShoCK! - Sharing Computational Knowledge!
Sapienza University of Rome (Rome, Italy)
2015/04/30 [INVITED] Repensar a Estereotomia DIGITAL DARQ - Encontros entre o Passado e o Futuro da Arquitetura
Departamento de Arquitectura da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/12/10 The Cork Vault Pavilion. A Design Research through Practice Architectural Research through Practice: 48th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association 2014
University of Genoa (Genova, Italy)
2013/05/13 [INVITED] Genetic Algorithms in architecture. History and relevance ARQUIBIO 2013
Departamento de Arquitectura da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013/05/01 Genetic Algorithms in architecture. History and relevance Future Traditions - 1st eCAADe Regional International Workshop
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2013/04/06 Informar a curvatura de Gauss XII Encontro Nacional da APROGED
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/05/19 - Current "Casa do Moscadim - Na Vila da Chamusca. Metodologia para a compreensão e documentação de uma Casa Setecentista".
Co-supervisor
Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/02/11 - Current Entre a herança e o legado: O projeto de Ludwig Bohnstedt para São Torcato - Visualização e análise de uma arquitectura do séc. XIX a partir da sua reconstrução digital
Co-supervisor
Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2024/08/16 - Current Autonomous multi-robot systems for digital stereotomic fabrication of masonry structures
Co-supervisor
Architectural Design Computing Graduate Program (PhD)
Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Mimarlik Fakültesi, Turkey
2024/01/31 - Current Neuroarquitetura. Experienciar e reconhecer a cinestesia humana nos espaços
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/05/02 - Current Espetáculos de Parametrização: Parametrização acústica em espaços de Espetáculo
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2022/05/02 - 2033/11/09 Arquitetura Fotorrealista: A imagem de arquitetura como projeto
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/03/14 - 2025/09/22 Stereotomic Design and Prototyping with Digital Fabrication
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/01/22 - 2025/07/15 Abóbadas BIM: Uma Ferramenta de Modelação Paramétrica para o Resgate de uma Construção Estereotómica.
Supervisor
Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2024/01/02 - 2025/07/15 Modelação 3D de um projeto abandonado - O Santuário de São Torcato a partir dos desenhos de Luís Inácio Barros Lima
Supervisor
Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/05/15 - 2024/07/10 O Capítulo Incompleto de Tomar: Ferramentas Digitais ao Serviço da Reconstituição Arquitetónica da Abóbada Desaparecida.
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/05/24 - 2024/05/21 Projectar para o Mundo Virtual. Uma Experiência para o Metaverso
Supervisor
Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/02/20 - 2024/05/05 Fotogrametria e Arquitetura: Transformando a Natureza em Ornamento
Supervisor
Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023/04/14 - 2023/04/14 IA? - Workshop sobre inteligência artificial (2023/04/14 - 2023/04/14)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2020/07/11 - 2022/07/16 Organising Committee of the conference: 2022 Symmetry: Art and Science | 12th SIS-Symmetry Congress (2021/07/11 - 2022/07/16)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2022/02/21 - 2022/05/05 Organização do PH 22 Porto House, um curso leccionado pelo i.sd - Structure and Design University Innsbruck na cidade do Porto, em que os estudantes passaram 2 semanas na cidade e trabalharam na FAUP. (2022/04/21 - 2022/05/05)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
i.sd - Structure and Design - University Innsbruck, Austria
2019/11/21 - 2019/11/24 Architecture 4.0 Square by DFL at Concreta 2019 (2019/11/21 - 2019/11/24)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
Exponor - Porto International Fair, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2019/09/13 The 37th eCAADe Conference and the XXIII SIGraDi Conference (Joint Event) - Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Organizing Committee (2019/09/09 - 2019/09/13)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2019/05/16 - 2019/05/18 Technology exhibition at 360 TECH INDUSTRY – International Trade Fair of Industry 4.0, Robotics, Automation and Composites (2019/05/16 - 2019/05/18)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
Exponor - Porto International Fair, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2015/10/03 Session chair in APROGED's III International Conference, "Trends on Graphic Thinking" (2015/10/01 - 2015/10/03)
Conference (Other)
Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/07/25 - 2015/07/25 Blender - Full day workshop as an introduction to Blender as a tool for vizualization, with a prepared template (2015/07/25 - 2015/07/25)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
Espaço2D, Portugal
2014/05/15 - 2014/05/15 Geometry as a language of design and materialization - Four hour workshop on generative design with Grasshopper and fabrication of bi-dimensional voussoirs in cork for catenary arches constructions. (2014/05/15 - 2014/05/15)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Escola de Tecnologias e Arquitectura, Portugal
2014/02/15 - 2014/02/15 WorkYourFolio - Workshop on digital tools for architectural portfolio creation and management (2014/02/15 - 2014/02/15)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2013/05/25 - 2013/05/25 Open Source Visualization - Workshop on using Blender 3D for architectural visualization (2013/05/25 - 2013/05/25)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
Espaço2D, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2013/04/04 Organising committee of the 1st eCAADe Regional International Meeting “Future Traditions 2013” (2013/04/04 - 2013/04/04)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2006/10/24 - 2006/10/28 Organization of exhibition [porto+arquitectura] featuring photographic and architecture works of final year students of architecture within the CONCRETA fair at Exponor. (2006/10/24 - 2006/10/28)
Exhibition (President of the Organising Committee)
Exponor - Porto International Fair, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2014/09/19 - 2014/09/21 Participation in Mini Maker Faire – Lisbon with project “Robotic Technologies for a Non-Standard Design and Construction in Architecture”
Exhibition
Mini Maker Faire - Lisbon
Pavilhão do Conhecimento-Centro Ciência Viva, Portugal

Ciência Viva, Portugal
2010/03/10 - 2010/03/10 Metamorphose - Workshop by Rinus Roelofs on using Rhino3D and Grasshopper as means for mathematical and geometrical art
Workshop
Metamorphose
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2009/04/06 - 2009/04/10 Out of the Box - Workshop organized by José Pedro Sousa as an introduction on using Rhino3D for digital fabrication
Workshop
Out of the Box
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/07/16 Inteligência Artificial como Ferramenta e Agente - Transformações e Desafios na Arquitetura Contemporânea
(Thesis) Main arguer
Francisco José Monteiro Carneiro (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/07/15 Arquitetura, Desporto e Bem-estar: do Indivíduo e do Planeta
President of the jury
Beatriz Hewitt Moura Carrapato Landau (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/07/15 Arquitetura, Desporto e Bem-estar: do Indivíduo e do Planeta. Um Estudo sobre a Arquitetura do Desporto e a sua Integração no Meio Urbano
President of the jury
Beatriz Hewitt Moura Carrapato Landau (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2024/09/24 Geometria e Estrutura Espacial na Obra da Arq. Manuela Braga
(Thesis) Main arguer
José Luís Sequeira Magalhães (Master)
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2024/07/09 Arquitecto, BIM e os Desafios Contemporâneos a partir de uma experiência pessoal
(Thesis) Main arguer
Tiago Tasca Mendes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/11/06 Do físico ao virtual na Arquitetura - As tecnologias digitais na (re)configuração da ideia de Museu
(Thesis) Main arguer
Fábio Augusto Bessa da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2022/07/13 Analógico vs Digital. Especificidades e complementaridades a partir de uma experiência pessoal
(Thesis) Main arguer
Marco André da Silva Rosa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2020/12/15 Memória (do) Martyrium de Dom Gonçalo da Silveira O Monóptero de Penas Róias, Mogadouro
(Thesis) Main arguer
Catarina Lopes Capitão (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/05/06 - Current ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (1556-4673) Association for Computing Machinery
2023/01/15 - 2033/02/15 Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management (1471-4175) Emerald Publishing

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2025/07/14 - 2025/07/17 Comissão CERT – Concursos Especiais e Regimes de Transferências – 2024.2025
Member
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2024/06/01 - 2024/09/29 Comissão CERT – Concursos Especiais e Regimes de Transferências – 2024.2025
Member
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/06/16 - 2023/09/29 Comissão CERT – Concursos Especiais e Regimes de Transferências – 2023.2024
Member
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/08/27 - 2024/10/01 CAADRIA 2025 - Architectural Informatics Tokyo
2024/07/29 - 2024/08/19 28th SIGraDi conference: Biodigital Intelligent Systems Barcelona
2024/06/27 - 2024/07/29 Acadia 2024 - Designing Change Calgary
2024/05/05 - 2024/05/10 29th SIGraDi conference: Meta-Responsive Approaches Cordoba, Argentina
2023/07/05 - 2023/07/07 CAAD Futures 2023 TU Delft
2022/11/07 - 2022/11/11 26th SIGraDI conference : Critical appropriations Lima
2022/09/14 - 2022/09/16 eCAADe 2022 - Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design Leuven
2022/01/22 - 2022/05/27 2022 Symmetry: Art and Science | 12th SIS-Symmetry Congress Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura
2021/07/16 - 2021/07/18 CAAD futures 2021 - University of Southern California University of Southern California
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/01 25th International CAADRIA Conference, "Anthropocene Design in the Age of Humans" Faculty of Architecture at Chulalongkorn University Bangkok
2019/01 - 2019/12/01 24th International CAADRIA Conference, "Intelligent & Informed" Faculty of Architecture & Design, Victoria University of Wellington
2017/01/01 - 2017/12/01 22nd International CAADRIA Conference, "Protocols, Flows and Glitches" Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou
2017/01/01 - 2017/12/01 Geometrias’17 International Conference. "Thinking, Drawing, Modelling" Departamento de Arquitectura da Universidade de Coimbra
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/01 21st International CAADRIA Conference, "Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing", 30 March - 2 April, 2016, to be held at The University of Melbourne, Australia Melbourne

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/02/10 - 2025/06/20 CAAD 2 - Computer Aided Architectural Design 2 Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/05/05 - 2025/05/09 ArchiCAD - Curso de Formação em ArchiCAD (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/04/14 - 2025/04/15 Workshop | Building with Recycled Waste (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2024/09/20 - 2025/02/07 CAAD 1 - Computer Aided Architectural Design 1 Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2024/09/16 - 2024/09/16 Aula sobre técnicas digitais para levantamento em arquitectura e introdução ao GIS para análise geográfica História e Ucronia (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Arquitetura, Portugal
2024/02/05 - 2024/07/31 Geometria Construtiva 2 Geometria Construtiva 2 (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2024/07/17 - 2024/07/21 Flying Earth - The 5-day workshop organized by ArfLab, led by Dr. Pedro de Azambuja Varela from the Digital Fabrication Laboratory of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP-DFL); and attended by Prof. Dr. Bilge Isik, Assoc. Dr. Ömer Dabanli, Serafettin Derin, Yunus Can and Kadir Sahin as invited speakers, aims to perform computational modeling of stereotomic structures in the Rhino Grasshopper environment and to physically produce these structures using compressed soil blocks to be produced during the workshop. Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Mimarlik Fakültesi, Turkey
2024/04/08 - 2024/04/24 Mais do que Casas: Liberdade, Pluralidade, Prospetiva Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/09/15 - 2024/02/02 Geometria Construtiva 1 Geometria Construtiva 1 (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/06/27 - 2023/06/27 Workshop | Photo3D: Fotogrametria em Arquitetura (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/04/14 - 2023/04/14 Workshop | IA? Inteligência Artificial em Arquitetura (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/01/04 - 2023/01/04 Práticas digitais em projecto e investigação de arquitectura Cultura Digital (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2022/11/15 - 2022/11/15 Geometria Construtiva - Aula sobre fotogrametria e análise de nuvens de pontos para aferição de rigor de modelos produzidos manualmente comparados com modelo digital. MIArq (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2022/10/14 - 2022/10/14 Digital tools for surveying - Photographic perspective correction; Spherical photo projection; Photogrammetry. "Complementary session of HAP-OT dedicated to survey strategies, within the scope of the fieldwork in progress." História da Arquitectura Portuguesa (Mestrado integrado) (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2017/06/30 - 2021/07/14 Grasshopper - Three dimensional interactive visualization digital methods applied to the Teaching of Descriptive Geometry. Editions of this course in 2017, 2019 and 2021 Using Grasshopper as a visualization tool for the Teaching of Descriptive Geometry (Diploma de especialização) APROGED - Associação portuguesa dos Professores de Geometria e de Desenho, Portugal
2021/03/04 - 2021/03/04 Class on surface subdivision for funicular structures - Constructive Geometry Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/03/01 Tutorial support in class - History of Portuguese Architecture Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2021/02/15 - 2021/02/15 Tutorial support in class - History of Portuguese Architecture Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2020/12/01 - 2021/01/15 BIM implementation in context - consultancy and teaching ArchiCAD in the architecture office Paula Santos Arquitectura ArchiCAD as BIM tool (Outros) Paula Santos | Arquitectura, Portugal
2018/03/26 - 2019/11/04 Curso de Formação em ArchiCAD Curso de Formação em ArchiCAD (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2019/10/23 - 2019/10/23 Digital tools for surveying. "Complementary session of HAP-OT dedicated to survey strategies, within the scope of the fieldwork in progress." História da Arquitectura Portuguesa (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2016/11/15 - 2016/11/15 Métodos de Investigação em Design e Desenvolvimento do Produto Mestrado em Design e Desenvolvimento de Produto (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Design, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2016/02/01 Desenho Assistido por Computador Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2016/01/25 - 2016/01/29 Workshop Bau - Digital Tools And Robotics In Architecture WORKSHOP BAU – DIGITAL TOOLS AND ROBOTICS IN ARCHITECTURE (Outros) Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
2014/11/28 - 2014/11/28 Genetic Algorithms - Within the CEAAD, a class of Parametric and Algorithmic Design dedicated to the history and mechanics of genetic algorithms and with a simples application in Grasshopper. CEAAD - Curso de Estudos Avançados em Arquitectura Digital (Pós-Graduação) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Escola de Tecnologias e Arquitectura, Portugal
2014/06/16 - 2014/06/27 Corkvault - Course on digital design and CNC waterjet fabrication of cork blocks for building a vault HARD CO(u)R(s)E DIGITAL Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Denmark
2013/07/08 - 2013/07/12 International Summer School course on Social Design and Fabrication: STTF | Sustainable Technologies and Transdisciplinary Futures – from collaborative design to digital fabrication STTF | Sustainable Technologies and Transdisciplinary Futures – from collaborative design to digital fabrication (Outros) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/02/11 - 2013/02/12 Two classes entitled to introduce the Grasshopper visual programming language to 3rd year architecture course students Design Studio - Grasshopper (Mestrado integrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Escola de Tecnologias e Arquitectura, Portugal
2011/12/11 - 2012/05/01 BIM implementation in architecture office using ArchiCAD - 50 hours ArchiCAD course (Outros) J. Bragança, M. Marqees, Arquitectos Lda., Portugal
2012/04/28 - 2012/04/29 ArchiCAD intensive course Intensive ArchiCAD course (Outros) Espaço2D, Portugal
2011/11/22 - 2011/11/22 Geometria Construtiva - Apoio aos trabalhos sobre fotogrametria e análise de nuvens de pontos para aferição de rigor de modelos produzidos manualmente comparados com modelo digital. MIArq (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2018/06/26 Publication in italian design web magazine Domus of architectural design of house in Rio Mau. "Inspired by local architecture, architect Pedro de Azambuja turns a stable into a single-family house." Domus Web
2018/05/09 Publication in portuguese newspaper P3 of architectural design of house in Rio Mau. "Fazer algo simples, directo, óbvio, na linha do que seria uma habitação rural, mas com o conforto de uma casa contemporânea": P3 - cultural edition of newspaper Público
2014/11/07 Publication on italian magazine web Domus of Cork vault Aarhus. "Conceived by Pedro de Azambuja Varela and Tim Merritt, and built in a 2-week course in Aarhus, CorkVault uses three-dimensional stereotomic blocks of cork for creating a vault." Domus Web
2013/12/04 Publication on italian magazine web Domus of Cork vault Aarhus. "Three Portuguese architects built a pavilion to demonstrate the properties of cork as building material at Concreta 2013, a biennial building fair in Porto." Domus Web
2012/04/01 Publication in the italian monthly magazine DCASA of the architecture project "Yellow Renovation" co-authored with Renata Pinho. "In Portogallo, un appartamento banale diventa super organizzato. Complice una parete gialla." DCASA - GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A.
2012/04/01 Publication in the Hong Kong monthly magazine PERSPECTIVE of the architecture project "Yellow Renovation" co-authored with Renata Pinho. "Hello, yellow" PERSPECTIVE Architecture_Interiors_Design
2012/02/01 Publication in the German bi-monthly magazine AIT of the architecture project "Yellow Renovation" co-authored with Renata Pinho. "YELLOW - Sanierung eines apartments in Porto von Pedro Varela in Renata Pinho" AIT
2012/01/27 Publication in the weekly newspaper Sol of the architecture project "Yellow Renovation" co-authored with Renata Pinho. "Os arquitectos Pedro Varela e Renata Pinho explicam como reabilitaram um imóvel e lhe deram um nova funcionalidade" Semanário Sol
2011/12/01 Publication in the portuguese bi-monthly magazine arquitectura & construção of the architecture project "Yellow Renovation" co-authored with Renata Pinho. "casa amarela" arquitectura & construção

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/01/24 - 2025/02/07 Nexus Network Journal (1522-4600) Springer Nature
2024/07/16 - 2024/11/18 Journal of Computational Design (2687-4318) Istanbul Technical University
2024/07/17 - 2024/10/01 Journal of Computational Design (2687-4318) Istanbul Technical University
2024/01/09 - 2024/02/14 Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (2044-1266) Emerald Publishing
2024/02/07 - 2024/02/08 Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (2522-8722) Springer Nature
2023/04/01 - 2023/05/23 Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management (1471-4175) Emerald Publishing
2023/02/08 - 2023/02/15 Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management (1471-4175) Emerald Publishing
2022/09/21 - 2022/09/21 Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (1556-4673) ACM
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Thinking, Drawing, Modelling (2194-1009) Springer

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025/07/10 - 2025/07/10 Arguente na Sessão da UC – Preparação de Tese | Arqueologia, História da Arte, Museologia no Doutoramento em Estudos Do Património 2024-25 da Faculdade de Letras de Universidade do Porto Candidato: João Novais Tavares Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2025/06/13 - 2025/06/13 Júri em sessão de apresentação de trabalhos na disciplina Arquitectura, Projecto e Tecnologia Digital do Programa de Doutoramento em Arquitectura na FAUP Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/04/16 - 2025/05/08 Membro do júri da 35.ª Edição do Concurso de Soluções Construtivas Pladur®, na qualidade de Docente especialista em BIM. Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/05/05 - 2025/05/05 PH 22 Porto House Midterm Reviews - Curso i.sd - Structure and Design University Innsbruck leccionado na FAUP i.sd - Structure and Design - University Innsbruck, Austria
2021/11/17 - 2021/11/17 Midterm Review of MEGAVIZ design studio at i.sd - Structure and Design, University Innsbruck Universität Innsbruck, Austria
2010/06/01 - 2011/06/30 Product Design course (12th grade) jury member of Final Work at Escola Artística Soares dos Reis Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 "House in Mishref" wins the MEA Residential Project of the Year
Middle East Architect Awards, United Arab Emirates
2018 "Bean to Bar" wins Interior Design of the Year
Commercial Interior Design, United Arab Emirates

Other distinction

2022 Concurso Estímulo ao Emprego Científico Individual - 5.ª Edição 2022.07367.CEECIND
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
2020 PhD approved with distinction
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2013 PhD Studentship (SFRH/BD/93438/2013)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
2012 Research Fellow - FCT Project "Robotic Technologies for a Non Standard Architecture"
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal