Personal Presentation

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 the Council of Representatives, the Scientific Council and the Pedagogical Council, and also served as director of the Centre for Studies on Architecture and Urbanism (CEAU) and the Centre for Studies of the Faculty of Architecture (CEFA).

On the academic side, he served as director of the Master's programme in Architectural Heritage Intervention Methodologies (MIPA) and the advanced studies course in Architectural Heritage (CEAPA), which is part of the third cycle of studies. Finally, within the scope of FAUP's Doctoral Programme in Architecture (PDA), he was the coordinator of the Architectural Heritage study profile.

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 coordinator (IR or co-IR).

He has been a supervisor of M.Sc. dissertations, PhD theses 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, Switzerland and Brazil.

Member of various scientific organisations and committees, namely: Order of Engineers (advisory member), ICOMOS - Portugal National Committee (Chair 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.