Personal Presentation

Clara Pimenta do Vale (1967) is an Architect by University of Porto (1991), specialized in building physics and Portuguese 20th-century construction history. She holds a MSc in Building Construction by Faculty of Engineering (University of Porto 1999) and a PhD in Architecture with the thesis “An urban alignment in the construction of Porto – Boavista Axis (1927-1999) – Contribution to Portuguese Construction History in the Twentieth Century” (FAUP 2012).

Currently she is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and researcher at CEAU - Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism in the groups: Architecture, City and Territory Heritage (PACT) and Digital Fabrication Laboratory (DFL). She was a practitioner architect (1991-2004), and lecturer (1999-2012). She is also a photographer with several photo exhibitions.

Member of the Board of ‘Architects without Borders – Portugal’ (ASF-P), of ‘Portuguese Society for Studies on Construction History’ and Portuguese Association for the Urban Rehabilitation and Heritage Protection (APRUPP); Member of other national and international organizations (Construction History Society; ICOMO).

Research focus: Building Physics; Sustainability; 20th Century Construction History; Building Construction Legislation; Vernacular Architecture; Earthen Architecture; The social role of architecture; Emerging technologies applied to building construction; Rehabilitation and reuse; E­-learning and ICT. Supervisor of 3 on-going Ph.D. theses and more than 50 Master's dissertations in Architecture (10 in progress). She is the co-author of four books and the author or co-author of more than fifty other publications.

Link: Clara P. Vale on ResearchGate

Áreas de Interesse

1. Technological sciences > Architecture
2. Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering
3. Humanities > History > History of science