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Nádia Albuquerque is an architect and researcher with expertise in modular architecture, passive design, bioclimatic construction, and spatial transformation of urban peripheries. Her involvement in the 'Africa Habitat' project, alongside her collaborative membership at research institutions GESTUAL (2019-) and CiTUA(2022-), underscores her commitment to sustainable design and social equity. Currently pursuing her doctoral studies at the Instituto Superior Técnico (since 2022), she is dedicated to advancing the fields of architecture and urbanism. Nádia's research focuses on raising awareness about slum upgrading and ensuring the right to the city for all inhabitants. Her work exemplifies a fusion of academic rigor and real-world impact, with a passion for creating inclusive and environmentally conscious built environments.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nádia Albuquerque
Date of birth
1992/09/22
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Albuquerque, Nádia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7415-2120-6D7A

Email addresses

  • nadia.albuquerque@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/03/01 - 2026/03/01
Ongoing
 Arquitectura (Doutoramento)
Major in Arquitectura Sustentável
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2018/04/25
Concluded
 Arquitectura (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Mussus. Guidelines for the Inclusion of Musekes in Luanda (18 valores)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 valores
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/07/10 - Current Arquitecta Responsável - Gestão de Projectos Ad Scopum Startup, Portugal
2018/11/01 - Current Arquitecta - Gestora de Projectos VUR - Vanguard Urban Renovation, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2018/06/01 Arquitecta - Estagiária em Projectos de Imóveis Silverflat, Mediação Imobiliária, Portugal
2018/01/10 - 2018/05/30 Arquitecta - Estagiária em Projecto de Desenvolvimento Administração Governamental de Angola, Angola
Gabinete Técnico de Reconversão Urbana do Cazenga e Sambizanga, Angola
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2024/04 Africa Habitat Project - From the Sustainability of Habitat to the Quality of Inhabit in the Urban Margins of Luanda and Maputo
IC&DT/FCT-AKDN/333121392/2018
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Faculdade de Arquitectura e Planeamento Físico, Mozambique

Universidade Agostinho Neto Faculdade de Economia, Angola

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Aga Khan Development Network

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/03/01 - 2023/12/31 Centro para a Inovação em Território, Urbanismo e Arquitetura
UIDB/05703/2020
10.54499/UIDB/05703/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/10/01 - Current GESTUAL: AH-OMU
AH-OMU
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura Urbanismo e Design, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Manuel Correia Guedes; Araújo, Gonçalo; Albuquerque, Nádia. Corresponding author: Araújo, Gonçalo. "Thermal Comfort in Informal Settlements. Case Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa.". In Climate Change and Sustainable Development. CRC Press, 2023.
    Published
  2. Albuquerque, Nádia. "'City Without slums vs Right to the City' in 'Diversity of Situations and Interventions on Urban Peripheries'". In Publications of the 2019's Seminar for the Africa Habitat Project. Lisboa, Portugal, 2020.
    Accepted
  3. Albuquerque, Nádia; Correia Guedes, M.. "Sustainable Building Design Approach to Slum-Upgrading". In Proceedings of the 9th SuDBE: International Conference on Sustainable Development of the Built Environment, 22-28. Cambridge, United Kingdom: SuDBE, 2019.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Albuquerque, Nádia. "The effects of great scale slum density in Luanda's population quality of life". Paper presented in Proceedings of the 100th WREC Seminar on Climate Change and Renewable Energy, 2021.
  2. Albuquerque, Nádia; Correia Guedes, M.. Corresponding author: Correia Guedes, M.. "Mussus: Guidelines for the Inclusion of Musekes in Luanda". Paper presented in PLEA 2020 - Planning Post Carbon Cities, 1-3 Sept. 2020, La Coruña, Spain. Ed. PLEA, La Coruña, Spain., 2020.
Newspaper article
  1. Albuquerque, Nádia; Correia Guedes, Manuel. Corresponding author: Correia Guedes, Manuel. "Cities without slums and the right to the city: slums in Subsaharan Africa", REES - Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2021, DOI: 10.1051/rees/2021022.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Albuquerque, Nádia. "Mussus. Guidelines for the inclusion of Musekes in Luanda (18 valores)". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2018. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/ma/dissertacao/1972678479054100.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/10/01 The effects of great scale slum density in Luanda's population quality of life World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC)
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/10/01 Slum Regeneration Solutions for a Sustainable Africa: A Study in Angola and Mozambique World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC)
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/09/02 Slum Regeneration Solutions for a Sustainable Africa: A Study in Angola 35th PLEA Conference: Planning Post Carbon Cities
Universidade da Corunha & Associados (Corunha, Spain)
2019/04/08 City Without slums vs Right to the City SEMINÁRIO 1. AFRICA HABITAT da sustentabilidade do habitat à qualidade do habitar nas margens urbanas de Luanda e Maputo
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/06/01 - 2020/09/30 World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) Membro colaborador da organização do evento. (2020/09/13 - 2020/09/18)
Seminar (Other)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/07/08 - 2021/08/26 Apresentação de tese de mestrado em Webinar.
Seminar
 Webinar África Habitat 'O Papel dos Arquitectos Urbanistas nas Margens Urbanas'
Africa Habitat, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2021/06/01 - 2021/06/06 Moderadora de Mesa-redonda com tópico de discussão sobre documentário no evento Arquiteturas Film Festival oitava edição sob o mote Bodies Out of Space com relevância para a divulgação da arquitetura portuguesa contemporânea, ao nível nacional e internacional. A edição de 2021 não é diferente, tendo os olhos postos na cinematografia do seu país convidado, Angola.
Festival
 Arquiteturas Film Festival
Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal

Cinema São Jorge, Portugal

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/06/25 - 2021/07/25 Revisão de Paper - REES Journal REES, France