Apresentação Pessoal

Emeritus Professor of the University of Porto.
Retired Full Professor of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto.

Habilitation in Architecture, University of Porto, PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Porto, Master in Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto and Graduated in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto.

A faculty member of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) since 1986, until his retirement in January 2025. Between 1978 and 1986, he was an assistant professor at the School of Fine Arts of Porto (Architecture department). His teaching activity has also been extended to other Public Institutions of Higher Education, namely, the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, the School of Engineering of the University of Minho and the School of Science and Technology of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, through specific collaborations, mainly in the context of postgraduate courses.
At international universities, he has lectured at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Brazil).

At FAUP, he was a member of both the Representatives Council and the Scientific Board of FAUP, also exercising, at the same institution, the functions of director of the Center of Studies of the Faculty of Architecture (CEFA) and, in the academic plan, of director of the Architectural Heritage advanced studies course (third cycle of studies).

The research activity initially focused on computational mechanics and, more specifically, the study and development of numerical models for the nonlinear analysis of concrete structures.
Currently, the research interests fall mainly in the area of Conservation and Rehabilitation of Ancient Buildings, focusing, in particular, on the study of the structural and building system of ordinary buildings built between the 19th and 20th centuries – aiming the establishment of intervention methodologies for their rehabilitation –, as well as in themes that are enrolled in the field of History of Construction.

In the context of his scientific activity, he has been participating in several research projects, some as a coordinator.

He has been scientific supervisor of M.Sc. dissertations, Ph.D. thesis and post-doctoral studies.

Author or co-author of publications in books, chapters of books, articles in scientific journals, papers in conference proceedings, etc.

Keynote speaker at several scientific events and guest lecturer in institutions in different countries, namely: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Brazil.

Member of various scientific organizations and committees, namely: ICOMOS - Portugal National Committee (member of the National Advisory Council); ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Shared Built Heritage (ICOMOS ISC SBH); DOCOMOMO International Specialist Committee/Technology (Co-chair) and DOCOMOMO International Specialist Committee/Publications; International Association on Structures and Architecture (founder and member of the Executive Council); and Portuguese Society for the Study of Construction History (founder and President of the General Assembly), among others.