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He has a landscape architecture degree from Instituto Superior de Agronomia in Lisbon. PhD/University of Massachusetts (Luso-American Foundation scholar), he received the “Fabos Silver Medal” award. He is a member of the National Academy of Fine Arts and the Portuguese Association of Landscape Architects. As lecturer at ISA/ULisboa, he teaches and coordinates master’s and doctoral courses and theses. He publishes in journals in Europe, the USA, South Korea, and China, and books on theory, design, and teaching of landscape architecture. He is a co-founder of the Professor Caldeira Cabral Landscape Research Center/LEAF/ULISBOA and founding partner of TOPIARIS, studio with projects in Angola, Cape Verde, USA, Gabon, Mozambique, Portugal, Switzerland, Timor. He is an expert in the restoration of historic gardens and a member of the advisory council for Parques de Sintra e Monte da Lua, and also a jury member for the Teresa and Vasco Vilalva Heritage Recovery Award/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, and of the South Apex/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian competition.

He is a landscape architect with a deep passion for drawing and for understanding the processes that shape the world. In 1985, he founded the PROAP studio, which, in line with his philosophy, approaches landscape in a broad and integrated way – engaging with the processes that the project becomes part of, with inputs from multiple disciplines, and viewing the landscape as a constantly evolving system. His professional work and academic practice are closely intertwined, enriching one another and contributing to the development of new avenues for research and experimentation. A visiting professor at several international institutions – including Harvard GSD, UPenn, OSU, Pamplona, and Versailles – he is currently a Full Professor at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio and a member of multiple scientific committees. In 2013, he was awarded the first “Adalberto Libera” Chair of Excellence. He is the author of PROAP – Arquitectura Paisagista (Note, 2010) and co-author of Lost Competitions (Proap Editions, 2011).

He is a landscape architect and founder of GLOBAL – Arquitetura Paisagista. He graduated from the University of Évora in 1987. Since 2001, he has been an Associate Professor at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, and since 2010, an Adjunct Professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio. He has taught and lectured extensively both in Portugal and internationally, at institutions such as the University of Évora, University of Coimbra, ENSP Versailles, Harvard GSD, Culturgest, Cornell University, University of Cagliari, Knowlton School of Architecture, ETSAB Barcelona, UPenn Philadelphia, and TU Berlin. In 2025, he was honored with the Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles Award. His work has received several recognitions, including the Schinkel Prize (1991, with Inês Norton and João Mateus), the Red Dot Award, SEGD Award, D&AD In-Book Award, European Design Award (2010, with P-06), and the Piranesi Award (2010, with JLCG). His work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, and the Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon.

She is a landscape architect and Emeritus Professor at the University of Évora, who has been a visiting professor and lecturer in several master’s and doctoral programs across Portugal, Europe, and Brazil. With a distinguished academic career, she served as the Principal Investigator of the Portuguese team for the European project InnoLAND – Launching Innovation-Based Landscape Architecture Training Framework in Europe.
She is a researcher at the Center for Art History and Artistic Research (CHAIA) and has acted as a garden consultant for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She is widely recognized as an expert in cultural landscapes, with a research focus on their aesthetic, ecological, and cultural values. Her contributions include numerous books, book chapters, and scholarly articles in national and international journals. She has supervised a significant number of master’s theses and doctoral dissertations in this field. In recognition of her work, she was awarded the Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles Award in 2021.