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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.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Rafael Sousa Santos

Nomes de citação

  • Sousa Santos, Rafael

Identificadores de autor

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

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • rssantos@arq.up.pt (Profissional)

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Humanidades - Artes - Arquitetura e Design

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Italiano Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2017/09 - 2024/09
Em curso
Programa de Doutoramento em Arquitectura (Doutoramento)
Especialização em 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" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2016
Concluído
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" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2023/06/01 - Atual Investigador Contratado (Investigação) Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2021/03/10 - Atual Investigador (Investigação) Universidade do Porto, Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2022/03/01 - 2022/09/01 Investigador visitante (Investigação) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Estados Unidos
2021/05/01 - 2021/08/01 Investigador visitante (Investigação) Politecnico di Milano, Itália
Politecnico di Milano, Itália
2014/07/01 - 2015/07/01 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) CEFA-UP | Centro de Estudos da Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Outros

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
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
Projetos

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2023/06/01 - Atual Fishing Architecture: The Ecological Continuum between Buildings and Fish Species
101044244
Investigador
European Commission
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência
  1. Sousa Santos, Rafael; Clara do Vale; Bogoni, Barbara; Kirkegaard, Poul Henning. "Freehand drawing as a didactic instrument". Trabalho apresentado em A Focus on Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning and Research in the Modern Academy, 2022.
    Publicado
  2. Sousa Santos, Rafael; Clara Pimenta do Vale; Barbara Bogoni; Poul Henning Kirkegaard. "Didactics and circumstance: External representations in architectural design teaching". Trabalho apresentado em Online Education – Teaching in a Time of Change Virtual, Muncie, 2021.
    Publicado
  3. Lorenzo Iannizzotto; Sousa Santos, Rafael; João Ventura Trindade; Fabio Lucchesi. "Walking in-between: Urban interstices on the Lisbon hillside". Trabalho apresentado em Grand Projects: Urban legacies of the late 20th century, Lisbon, 2021.
    Publicado
  4. 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". Trabalho apresentado em SIGraDi 2020 Transformative Design, Medellín, 2020.
    Publicado
  5. Sousa Santos, Rafael; Braz Afonso, Rui. "A methodological instrument for urban design in small towns: An experience for the valorization of Belmonte, Portugal". Trabalho apresentado em STC 2019 - International Conference on Small Towns, Salerno, 2019.
    Publicado
Artigo em revista
  1. 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.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado
Artigo em revista (magazine)
  1. Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Notes on Architectural Education and Drawing", Drawing Matter, 2021, https://drawingmatter.org/notes-on-architectural-education-and-drawing/.
  2. 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/.
  3. Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Notes on Perception and Representation", U3 - UrbanisticaTre, 2020, http://www.urbanisticatre.uniroma3.it/dipsu/?portfolio=6907.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
Capítulo de livro
  1. Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Teaching Freehand Drawing". In Stoà: Strumenti per l’insegnamento della progettazione architettonica, 136-151. Naples, Itália: Thymos Books, 2021.
    Publicado
Edição de número de revista
  1. 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.
    Publicado • Editor
Poster em conferência
  1. Iannizzotto, Lorenzo; Sousa Santos, Rafael. "Photography as an Instrument to Approach Residual Spaces". Trabalho apresentado em Nature for Innovative and Inclusive Urban Regeneration (NATiURB), 2022.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2023/12/11 Elements of Urban Valorization: Mobility and Public Space Smart and Inclusive Public Space
Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech (Marrakech, Marrocos)
2023/12/01 From Fish to Architecture: The Fishing Community of Angeiras in Northern Portugal Leaving Nothing Behind
University of Bologna (Bolonha, Itália)
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, Itália)
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, Reino Unido)
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, Marrocos)
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, Itália)
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, Reino Unido)
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, Itália)
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)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)
Instituição / Organização
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, Marrocos
2023/12/11 - 2023/12/11 Chairman at the seminar "Smart and Inclusive Public Space" (2023/12/11 - 2023/12/11)
Seminário (Outra)
Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech, Marrocos
2023/06/14 - 2023/06/22 Co-organizer and tutor of the workshop "Fishing Architecture 03 Workshop: Angeiras" (2023/06/14 - 2023/06/22)
Oficina (workshop) (Coorganizador)
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)
Oficina (workshop) (Outra)
Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Marrakech, Marrocos
2019/11/13 - 2019/11/14 Tutor at the workshop "Drawing Connects: Thinking architecture visually" (2019/11/13 - 2019/11/14)
Oficina (workshop) (Outra)
Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Itália
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)
Oficina (workshop) (Outra)
ACMA, Centro Italiano di Architettura, Itália
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)
Oficina (workshop) (Outra)
ACMA, Centro Italiano di Architettura, Itália

Arbitragem científica em conferência

Nome da conferência Local da conferência
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

Expedição científica

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
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, Islândia

Háskóli Islands, Islândia
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', Itália

Universidad de Granada, Espanha

Outro júri / avaliação

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
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, Marrocos
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, Marrocos
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, Marrocos
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, Marrocos
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, Estados Unidos
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, Estados Unidos
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, Itália
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, Itália
Distinções

Prémio

2022 Fulbright Research Grant
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal

Outra distinção

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