Rafael Sousa Santos (2512-FF17-DD5F)

Curriculum Vitae

Rafael Sousa Santos

Rafael Sousa Santos is a PhD candidate at Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto since 2017, a Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia scholar, and a researcher at Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism in the Territory Dynamics and Morphologies group (CEAU-MDT). Between 2021 and 2022 he was a visiting researcher at Politecnico di Milano, where he collaborated in two courses of architectural design in the master's program in Architecture. During 2022 he was a visiting researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Fulbright scholar. He has participated as a reviewer and guest speaker at several institutions, such as the Università degli Studi di Palermo, Università degli Studi Gabriele d'Annunzio di Pescara, Politecnico di Milano, Ecole Nationale d'Architecture de Marrakech, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He regularly publishes and participates in conferences on topics such as design teaching, the role of freehand drawing, quantitative research methods, architectural history or urban planning. He edited the fifth issue of Dimensions - Journal or Architectural Knowledge from the Technical University of Munich, "Collaborations: Rethinking Architectural Design" (2023), published by Transcript. Currently he is working as a research assistant in the research project Fishing Architecture, funded by the European Research Council, at CEAU-MDT.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Rafael Sousa Santos

Citation names

Sousa Santos, Rafael

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2512-FF17-DD5F
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6220-2631
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=EVyWu94AAAAJ

Email addresses

rssantos@arq.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://ceau.arq.up.pt/pt/about/researchers/rafael-sousa-santos (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Italian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/09 - 2024/09 Ongoing	Programa de Doutoramento em Arquitectura (Doutoramento) Major in Doutoramento em Arquitetura - Arquitetura: Teoria, Projeto, História Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal "Traces of Gestures: The Resources of Freehand Drawing in Architectural Design Teaching" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016 Concluded	Mestrado Integrado em Arquiectura (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal "Vida e movimento: Hipóteses de regeneração urbana a propósito da Estrada da Circunvalação do Porto \| Life and movement: Hypothesis of urban regeneration about Porto's Estrada da Circunvalação" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/06/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2021/03/10 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto, Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2022/03/01 - 2022/09/01	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

2021/05/01 - 2021/08/01	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Politecnico di Milano, Italy
	Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2014/07/01 - 2015/07/01	Research Trainee (Research)	CEFA-UP \| Centro de Estudos da Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/01/01 - 2018/01/01	Estagiário	CONTEMPORÂNEA \| Manuel Graça Dias + Egas José Vieira, Portugal

2014 - 2016	Estagiário e Colaborador	PROJECTUS C2F \| Investimentos e urbanismo, Portugal
	PROJECTUS C2F \| Investimentos e urbanismo, Portugal
2013 - 2014	Estagiário	A. MORGADO \| Gabinete de Arquitectura, Portugal
	A. MORGADO \| Gabinete de Arquitectura, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/06/01 - Current	Fishing Architecture: The Ecological Continuum between Buildings and Fish Species 101044244 Researcher	European Commission

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Teaching Freehand Drawing". In Stoà: Strumenti per l’insegnamento della progettazione architettonica, 136-151. Naples, Italy: Thymos Books, 2021. Published
Conference paper	Sousa Santos, Rafael; Clara do Vale; Bogoni, Barbara; Kirkegaard, Poul Henning. "Freehand drawing as a didactic instrument". Paper presented in A Focus on Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning and Research in the Modern Academy, 2022. Published Sousa Santos, Rafael; Clara Pimenta do Vale; Barbara Bogoni; Poul Henning Kirkegaard. "Didactics and circumstance: External representations in architectural design teaching". Paper presented in Online Education – Teaching in a Time of Change Virtual, Muncie, 2021. Published Lorenzo Iannizzotto; Sousa Santos, Rafael; João Ventura Trindade; Fabio Lucchesi. "Walking in-between: Urban interstices on the Lisbon hillside". Paper presented in Grand Projects: Urban legacies of the late 20th century, Lisbon, 2021. Published Sousa Santos, Rafael; Maria Clara de Carvalho Pimenta do Vale; Barbara Bogoni; Poul Henning Kirkegaard. "The Forms of Representation in Architectural Design Teaching: The cases of AUIC-POLIMI and FAUP". Paper presented in SIGraDi 2020 Transformative Design, Medellín, 2020. Published Sousa Santos, Rafael; Braz Afonso, Rui. "A methodological instrument for urban design in small towns: An experience for the valorization of Belmonte, Portugal". Paper presented in STC 2019 - International Conference on Small Towns, Salerno, 2019. Published
Conference poster	Iannizzotto, Lorenzo; Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Photography as an Instrument to Approach Residual Spaces". Paper presented in Nature for Innovative and Inclusive Urban Regeneration (NATiURB), 2022.
Journal article	Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Back to the Drawing Board: Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods in Architectural Education". archiDOCT 12 1 (2024): 1-11. https://archidoct.scholasticahq.com/article/118895-back-to-the-drawing-board-qualitative-and-mixed-research-methods-in-architectural-education. Open access • Published Elettra Carnelli; Federico Marcolini; Fabio Marino; Rafael Sousa Santos. "How Do We Work Together? Enhancing the Role of Collaborations in Architectural Design". Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.14361/dak-2023-0501. 10.14361/dak-2023-0501 Rafael Sousa Santos. "Collaborative Approaches for Sustainable Design A Conversation with Sofie Pelsmakers". Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.14361/dak-2023-0510. 10.14361/dak-2023-0510 Rafael Sousa Santos. "Convergence and Divergence in Mediterranean Port Cities". European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes (2023): https://cpcl.unibo.it/article/view/16637. 10.6092/ISSN.2612-0496/16637 Sousa Santos, Rafael; Clara Pimenta do Vale; Bogoni, Barbara. "Investigação de campo qualitativa em contexto educacional: Definição e considerações". New Trends in Qualitative Research 7 (2021): 190-199. http://dx.doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.7.2021.190-199. 10.36367/ntqr.7.2021.190-199 Sousa Santos, Rafael; Clara Pimenta do Vale; Bogoni, Barbara; Kirkegaard, Poul Henning. "Abordagem, projeto e métodos de investigação qualitativa em contexto educacional". New Trends in Qualitative Research 7 (2021): 181-189. http://dx.doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.7.2021.181-189. 10.36367/ntqr.7.2021.181-189 Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Sketching as a key instrument for design in architectural education". AIS - Architecture Image Studies 1 1 (2020): 132-140. https://journals.ap2.pt/index.php/AIS/article/view/306. Open access • Published
Journal issue	Sousa Santos, Rafael; Elettra Carnelli; Federico Marcolini; Fabio Marino. "Collaborations: Rethinking Architectural Design". Dimensions – Journal of Architectural Knowledge 3 5 (2023): https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6370-9/dimensions.-journal-of-architectural-knowledge/?c=310000010. Published • Editor
Magazine article	Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Notes on Architectural Education and Drawing", Drawing Matter, 2021, https://drawingmatter.org/notes-on-architectural-education-and-drawing/. Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Rule and emotion: The role of hand drawing at Porto School", presS/Tletter Associazione Italiana di Architettura e Critica, 2020, https://www.presstletter.com/2020/05/rule-and-emotion-the-role-of-hand-drawing-at-porto-school-rafael-sousa-santos/. Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Notes on Perception and Representation", U3 - UrbanisticaTre, 2020, http://www.urbanisticatre.uniroma3.it/dipsu/?portfolio=6907. Sousa Santos, Rafael. "The moral question in Adolf Loos", U3 - UrbanisticaTre, 2019, http://www.urbanisticatre.uniroma3.it/dipsu/?portfolio=the-moral-question-in-adolf-loos. Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Between exhaustion and creativity: The Burnout Society of Byung-Chul Han", U3 - UrbanisticaTre, 2019, http://www.urbanisticatre.uniroma3.it/dipsu/?portfolio=between-exhaustion-and-creativity. Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Mobility as an urban value: Concerning road monofunctionally and urban regeneration", U3 - UrbanisticaTre, 2019, http://www.urbanisticatre.uniroma3.it/dipsu/?portfolio=mobility-as-an-urban-value.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/12/11	Elements of Urban Valorization: Mobility and Public Space	Smart and Inclusive Public Space Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech (Marrakech, Morocco)
2023/12/01	From Fish to Architecture: The Fishing Community of Angeiras in Northern Portugal	Leaving Nothing Behind University of Bologna (Bolonha, Italy)
2023/11/22	Adaptive Design Studio: Digital Hand Drawing and Online Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Innovative & Adaptive Pedagogies During/Post E-Learning Period for Architecture and Design Education School of Architecture, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
2023/10/23	The Resources of Analytical Drawing: Public Space, Urban Settlements and Landscape	Technological innovation for the design of public spaces in historical contexts University G. D’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara (Pescara, Italy)
2023/09/13	Material Culture in Fragile Territories: Criteria for Observation and Documentation	Redescubrir el mediterráneo: La tierra, materia prima: Entre lo tectónico y lo estereotómico Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore” (Enna)
2023/06/04	Qualitative and mixed research methods in architectural education	Relevance of Doctoral Research in Architecture Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2023/04/22	Freehand drawing as a didactic instrument	A focus on pedagogy: Teaching, Learning and Research in the Modern Academy AMPS (Online)
2023/04/07	Fernando Távora: Design Approaches in Historical Buildings	Contemporary architectural design and historical contexts: Technological innovation for the future of memory Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech (Marrakech, Morocco)
2022/10/02	Traces of Gestures	Experiencing Sense(s) TERRA – Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/04/22	Fernando Távora and the Soares dos Reis Museum: A conceptual approach to intervention in historical buildings	Conservation of Historical and Architectural Heritage Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech (Marrakech, Italy)
2021/07/14	Investigação de campo qualitativa em contexto educacional: Definição e considerações	Ibero-American Congress on Qualitative Research CIAIQ (Online)
2021/07/14	Abordagem, projeto e métodos de investigação qualitativa em contexto educacional	Ibero-American Congress on Qualitative Research CIAIQ (Online)
2021/04/22	Didactics and circumstance: External representations in architectural design teaching	Online education: Teaching in a time of change AMPS (Online)
2021/02/17	Walking in-between: Urban interstices on the Lisbon hillside	Grand Projects 2021: Urban Legacies of the late 20th Century ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, Portugal (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/11/19	The Forms of Representation in Architectural Design Teaching: The cases of AUIC-POLIMI and FAUP	SIGraDi 2020 Transformative Design Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia (Medellín)
2020/09/19	No make up, make up: Mirroring the plausible in Ingmar Bergman	Mirror, Mirror: Perceptions, Deceptions and Reflections in Time London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (Londres, United Kingdom)
2019/09/20	A methodological instrument for urban design in small towns: An experience for the valorization of Belmonte, Portugal	STC 2019: International Conference on Small Towns University of Salerno (Salerno, Italy)
2018/11/23	A tecnologia como proposição: As ferramentas digitais de representação e ensino da arquitectura	ENIA: National Meeting of Research in Architecture ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, Portugal (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/03/22	A tecnologia como proposição: As ferramentas digitais de representação e ensino da arquitectura	ENIA: National Meeting of Research in Architecture Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015/06/16	Estrada de Circunvalação do Porto: Da barreira fiscal à monofuncionalidade viária	Estradas Antigas na Configuração do Território Urbano Lusofona University (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/12/11 - 2023/12/19	Tutor at the workshop "Technological innovation for the design of public space in the historical context" (2023/12/11 - 2023/12/19)	Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech, Morocco
2023/12/11 - 2023/12/11	Chairman at the seminar "Smart and Inclusive Public Space" (2023/12/11 - 2023/12/11) Seminar (Other)	Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech, Morocco
2023/06/14 - 2023/06/22	Co-organizer and tutor of the workshop "Fishing Architecture 03 Workshop: Angeiras" (2023/06/14 - 2023/06/22) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto, Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
2023/05/22 - 2023/05/26	Tutor at the workshop "Carton digital lab: International design and building workshop" (2023/05/22 - 2023/05/25) Workshop (Other)	Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech, Morocco
2019/11/13 - 2019/11/14	Tutor at the workshop "Drawing Connects: Thinking architecture visually" (2019/11/13 - 2019/11/14) Workshop (Other)	Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy
2019/07/24 - 2019/08/02	Tutor at the workshop “I limiti della città: Verso un modello metropolitano sostenibile”. (2019/07/24 - 2019/08/02) Workshop (Other)	ACMA, Centro Italiano di Architettura, Italy
2018/07/25 - 2018/08/03	Tutor at the the “La colina del Castello: Verso un modello di quartiere storico sostenibile”. (2018/07/25 - 2018/08/03) Workshop (Other)	ACMA, Centro Italiano di Architettura, Italy

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2024/03/20 - 2025/03/22	ACSA 113th Annual Meeting: Repair	New Orleans, US
2024/07/15 - 2024/07/17	Urban Futures - Cultural Pasts: Sustainable Cities, Cultures & Crafts	Barcelona, ES
2024/03/14 - 2024/03/16	ACSA 112th Annual Meeting: Disrupters on the Edge	Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
2023/10/19 - 2023/10/21	Intersections Research Conference 2023	Amherst, Massachusetts, US

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/06/05 - 2023/06/05	Examining board for the final exam of the course "Architectural Design Studio", from the Master's in Architecture	Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech, Morocco
2023/06/02 - 2023/06/02	Examining board for the mid-term exam of the course "Architectural Design Studio", from the Master's in Architecture	Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech, Morocco
2022/06/15 - 2022/06/15	Examining board for the final exam of the course "Architectural Design Studio", from the Master's in Architecture	Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech, Morocco
2022/06/10 - 2022/06/10	Examining board for the mid-term exam of the course "Architectural Design Studio", from the Master's in Architecture	Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech, Morocco
2022/03/17 - 2022/03/17	Examining board for the mid-term exam of the course "Augmented Historical Pedagogies", from the Master's in Architecture	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2022/03/15 - 2022/03/15	Examining board for the mid-term exam of the course "Design Studio: How to Design", from the Master's in Architecture	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2020/01/09 - 2020/01/09	Examining board for the final exam of the course "Architectural Design Studio", from the Master's in Architecture	Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2018/07/16 - 2018/07/16	Examining board for the final exam of the course "Urban and Natural Landscapes of Historical Sites", from the Master's in Architecture	Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/10/08 - 2023/10/15	This field trip was conducted in Iceland as part of the Fishing Architecture research project. The activities included visits to the University Centre of the Westfjords, the Marine and Freshwater Institute, and the local archive and library in Ísafjörður. Additionally, the University of Iceland was visited, and The Third Ecology conference in Reykjavik was attended.	Háskólasetur Vestfjarða, Iceland Háskóli Islands, Iceland
2023/09/12 - 2023/09/18	This BIP "Laboratorio de Arquitectura Popular: Redescubir el Mediterráneo" focused on the vernacular architecture of the Mediterranean and took place in Sicily. The purpose was to conduct fieldwork, primarily using freehand drawing, to document specific cases of vernacular architecture in various urban settlements on the island. The activities included guiding a working group during on-site activities, composed of students from the involved universities, participating in discussions with other tutors, and giving a lecture.	Università degli Studi di Enna 'Kore', Italy Universidad de Granada, Spain

Distinctions

Award

2022	Fulbright Research Grant Fulbright Portugal, Portugal

Other distinction

2017	PhD Student Fellow Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal