Zara Ferreira (b. Lisbon, 1988) is an architect and a PhD student at Técnico – University of Lisbon (IST), with a research project entitled "Housing for the Greatest Number in Lisbon: Olivais and Telheiras. The Transformation of Domestic Space and Lifestyles (1960s-2020s)." She is a researcher and scholarship holder at the Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism, and Architecture (CiTUA), under the project “reHAB - Habitat Regeneration as a Cradle for Resilient Healthy Communities.” Since completing her Integrated Master's in Architecture at IST (2012), she has dedicated herself to the study and defense of Modern Movement architecture, with a particular focus on the post-war period. In this area, she has been a member of three research projects, co-edited four books, published around 60 articles in books, proceedings, scientific journals, megazines and online resources, conducted scientific peer reviews for three scientific journals, and was a member of the scientific committee of four international conferences (Lisbon, Valencia, Ljubljana). Her Master's thesis, “O Moderno e o Clima da África Lusófona. Arquitectura escolar em Moçambique: o programa de Fernando Mesquita (1955-1975)”, was developed within the research project "EWV_Exchanging worlds visions: modern architecture in Lusophone Africa (1943-1974) looking through Brazilian experience established since the 1930s” where she was a scholarship holder and researcher (2011-2013). From 2014 to 2018, she was the Secretary-General of Docomomo International, an NGO dedicated to documenting and preserving modern architecture in over 70 countries. In this capacity, she organized conferences, seminars, and student workshops (Seoul, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Tokyo, Valencia), served as a tutor for urban workshops (Seoul, Kuwait City), participated in research projects (“Reuse of Modernist Buildings. Design Tools for Sustainable Transformations”; “Modern ASEAN Architecture”), and co-edited 10 issues of the Docomomo Journal, the only international journal regularly dedicated to the topic. She was a participating architect in the official Portuguese representation at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale and a copy-editor for the “Journal Homeland-News from Portugal” (2014), and collaborated with the Tetractys Arquitectos studio (2010, 2014). Occasionally, she contributes theater reviews for the magazines Umbigo and Brotéria and conducts guided tours of modern neighborhoods in Lisbon. She is a member of external evaluation committees for study programs in the field of Architecture, and an active member of the Docomomo International Specialist Committees in Interior Design and Urbanism & Landscape, and the secretary-general of the recently created Docomomo Portugal.