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Diego Beja Inglez de Souza (São Paulo, 1978) graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo in 2004. He also holds a master’s degree in History and the Social Foundations of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU USP, 2009) and a doctorate in History, Architecture, and Urbanism awarded by the same institution, in collaboration with Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (2014). During his postgraduate studies, he worked as a teaching assistant on the University of São Paulo (2006/07 and 2013). These formative years in education and teaching were followed by focus on scientific research. In 2010, the book Reconstruindo Cajueiro Seco: Arquitetura, política social e cultura popular em Pernambuco, 1960-64 [Reconstructing Cajueiro Seco: Architecture, social policy and popular culture in Pernambuco (1960-64)], was published by Annablume with the support of FAPESP (São Paulo, 2010). He combined research with public dissemination as scientific coordinator of the International Seminar Unsustainable Architecture France/Latin America meetings associated to the 10th Architecture Biennale of São Paulo (2013) and collaborated with design collectives in workshops, artist’s residence and exhibitions with Bijari (São Paulo), Atelier Vivo (Recife) and Encommun (Lausanne). Between 2015 and 2019 he became Associate Professor in Architecture and Urban Planning at the Catholic University of Pernambuco, where he also supervised various Integrated Master’s dissertations and Scientific Initiation projects, and coordinated exchanges with the University of Antwerp, in Belgium.
As a post-doctoral fellow, he joined the research project The Sea and the Shore, Architecture and Marine Biology: The Impact of Sea Life on the Built Environment at the University of Minho’s Lab2PT (Landscape, Heritage and Territory) research laboratory between 2019 and 2021. Between 2022 and 2023, he was a research fellow at Dinâmia’CET laboratory at ISCTE — University Institute of Lisbon and member of the European Research Council (ERC) funded project ReARQ.IB — Built Environment Knowledge for Resilient, Sustainable Communities: Understanding Everyday Modern Architecture and Urban Design in the Iberian Peninsula (1939-1985). Since 2023, he is a assistant researcher at the Center for Architecture Studies and Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto.
He has published peer-reviewed articles in Pós and Risco (São Paulo, Brazil), Pidgin (Princeton, USA) and Spool (Delft, The Netherlands), among other scientific journals edited in Europe and Brazil. In 2019, the book Genres urbains: Autour de Annie Fourcaut and the catalogue of the exhibition Infinito Vão - 90 anos de arquitectura brasileira [Infinite Span: 90 years of Brazilian architecture] were published, including chapters written by him. In 2020, the book Arquitetura atlântica - Deslocamentos entre Brasil e Portugal included a chapter by him among the results of the research group Inquérito Portugal: Arquitetura, paisagem e território [Portugal Survey: Architecture, landscape and territory]. The book Arquitectura do bacalhau e outras espécies — Uma leitura crítica das paisagens construídas pelas pescas portuguesas [The Architecture of Cod and Other Species: A critical reading of the landscapes built by Portuguese fisheries], written with André Tavares and published by Dafne Editora (Porto, 2022), presents the hypotheses and results of the research on Fishing Architecture, as well as suggesting continuities. He is an associate member of the Centre d'histoire sociale des mondes contemporains, a mixed research unit of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the CNRS (France). He participates in international scientific events in Brazil (USP, UFPE, UFBA), Portugal (CES/University of Coimbra, ISCTE-IUL, FAUP), France (Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, École Nationale Superieure d'Architecture Paris Belleville), Spain (Polytechnic University of València), Belgium (KU Leuven, University of Antwerp), Norway (Oslo School of Architecture and Design) and the Netherlands (TU Delft).