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JOÃO SANTA-RITA, Architect

Universidade autonoma de Lisboa
Department of architecture
Boqueirão dos Ferreiros, 11
1200-185 Lisbon
PORTUGAL

 

Teaching focus
Urban planning, architecture, sustainable development for tourist and leisure facilities, design and architectural constructing technologies

 

Participation in the International Architecture Workshop Würzburg 
2003, 2005, 2007

Vita
1960 Born
1976 to 1986 Collaboration in the office of José D. Santa-Rita in Lisbon
1982 Education/Professional Membership - International Union of Architects (UIA), University of Architecture of Darmstadt (Germany)
1983 Graduation in architecture - School of Fine Arts of Lisbon
1984 Assistant professor - State University of Architecture
1986 to 1988 Collaboration at the architectural firm of Manuel Vicente in Macau
1990 Founding member of the Atelier Santa-Rita Arquitectos
1991 Assistant professor - Lusiada University
1996/1998 Assistant professor - Institute of Visual Arts and Design - IADE, Lisbon
1996/2003 Invited professor - Lusofona University
1998- Invited professor - Autonoma University
2000 Visiting professor - SCALA - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (USA)

Invited for final reviews at several universities in Portugal and at the SCI-ARC (Los Angeles, U.S.A.), Columbia University (New York, USA), Granada University of Architecture (Granada, Spain)

2001/2006 Invited professor - Superior School of Theatre and Cinema, Lisbon
2003/2006 Invited professor - Moderna University
2009/2011 Invited Professor at the Superior School of Arts and Design - Master- Program of Interior Design
International Experience Participation
  • in architecture workshops in Portugal, Germany and Spain
  • in seminars in France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United States

Lecturing in France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United States

Invitation by the Stichting Kunstprojecten ArtProjects, Holland to develop a conceptual project (1991)

Invited member for the annual meeting of the Akademie for Baukultur in Munster Osnabruck (2003), Lisbon (2004), Granada (2006)

Publications Work publications in Argentina, Chile, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and Spain
Exhibitions Work exhibitions in Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States

Patron and Co-Director of the exhibition "Piranesi - Caprichos e Arquitecturas" - 1994, Lisbon

Exhibitions in Italy/Milan

  • Trienalle of Architecture “Identitá et Diferenza” - 1996
  • Portugal 1990-2004 - Triennale di Milano, Palazzo dell’Arte – 2004
  • Paysages Strategiques – La Galerie D` Architecture, Paris; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon

Individual exhibitions

  • “Objects + Architectures” – Polytechnic of Milan - 1999
  • “The Poetics of Fragmentation” – Polytechnic of Milan - 2006
Competitions Jury member in multiple competitions

Awards in several national and international competitions

  • Awarded Honourable Mention on the International Competition for the Revitalization of the Ulugh Beg Center in Samarkand (former USSR)
  • Awarded first place in the International Competition for the Urban Plan for Almada Nascente in association with Richard Rogers Partnership and Atkins